HIST619I

Special Topics in History; History of Palestine in Modern Times

This seminar explores the contested history of Palestine from the 18th century to 1948. We will explore some of the major historiographical debates pertaining to Ottoman Palestine until WWI, Zionist settlement and Arab resistance, the British mandate and the emergence of the State of Israel. Topics covered include the emergence and trajectories of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism, "Arab Jews," Palestine's economy, colonialism, religiosity and the politics of memory.

Sister Courses: HIST619C, HIST619D, HIST619E, HIST619F, HIST619G, HIST619J, HIST619K, HIST619L, HIST619M, HIST619N, HIST619O, HIST619P, HIST619Q, HIST619R, HIST619T, HIST619V, HIST619W, HIST619X, HIST619Y, HIST619Z

Spring 2025

Peter Wien

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Past Semesters

Shay Hazkani

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Arthur Eckstein

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.61 between 19 students*

A-: 26.32%

A: 52.63%

B-: 10.53%

B: 5.26%

C-: 5.26%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.