Students will take turns leading discussions and will write four short papers. The instructor will lead discussion on Tuesdays and students take the lead on Thursday. Students are encouraged to bring their knowledge of policy issues to the table. Four short papers required. For TAs and prospective TAs.
Students learn concepts, techniques, and methods for teaching international studies.
They become self-conscious about themselves as teachers. One small paper, teaching one section for one day of a real course and leading the class's discussion of the video taken of that session. We are developing a more nuanced understanding of the periods and dynamics of this history now. In particular, we have learned to pay special attention to the patterns of inter action between the Ottoman state and groups within the Ottoman society and to how the bounda ries between these two spheres were drawn and negotiated on various levels over the empire's long existence. This course will focus on how the nature of these interactions changed over the course of the empire and how they played a key role in shaping the distinct phases of this history.