LAPI 824 (PIPT*307) ‘Orientalism’: 19th Century European Eyes on the Middle E.

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
800 level undergraduate course

The ‘Orient’ (the land and its peoples included in the Ottoman Empire in the Near East, North Africa, Egypt, Palestine, and the Arabian peninsula) as seen by 19th century European travelers, artists, poets, adventures, wayfarers, do-gooders, soldiers, and colonial officials; i.e., ‘outsiders’ in cultures they observed, imagined, marveled at, or exploited - sometimes all of them simultaneously - in their art. The history and culture of 19th century colonial expansion is studied as is the modern discourse surrounding it.

Prerequisites LACR*210 or one HUMS course

This course is not repeatable for credit.