Diversity in Islamic History

Allgemeine Beschreibung

This module provides an overview of Islamic religious history, with a special focus on how Islamic political regimes and social groups conceptualised and dealt with different forms of diversity, from the beginnings of Islam up to the cusp of modernity. Through various primary and secondary readings, the course will deal with questions of identity formation and religious difference, orthodoxy, and heterodoxy, as well as racial, ethnic, and sexual diversity. The course as such aims to provide a survey of the diachronic and geographic experiences of being Muslim and/or living under Islam. The class will also introduce methods by way of which questions of class, gender and race can be approached historically.

Lernziel

Students will have access to primary sources and first-hand accounts, ranging from legal prescriptions and opinions to religious discourses, historiographic accounts, and literary perspectives. Students will be taught how to find such materials and how to approach and interpret them. Special attention will be given to new digital developments in the field to make such materials more easily accessible at scale. 

Leistungsnachweis

Portfolio (schriftliche Prüfung; schriftliche Arbeit)  Schriftliche Prüfung: 17. Dezember 2024, 14:00 Uhr (60 Minuten) On-site (paper-pencil) Alle Elemente des Portfolios müssen absolviert und bestanden werden. Wird ein Element nicht absolviert bzw. nicht bestanden, gilt das gesamte Portfolio als nicht absolviert und das Modul damit als nicht bestanden.