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NEW
COURSE: Fall 2011
HIST 585
Islam in South Asia: 1000 AD to Present
Instructed by: Professor Sarah Waheed ([log in to unmask])
Wednesday 7:20pm-10:00pm
Robinson A 245
CRN 79582
Muslims in
South Asia constitute the largest population of Muslims
worldwide. This is an advanced course on the history of
Muslim communities and Islamic institutions in South Asia. Its
aim is to introduce students to the broad historical currents of
the expansion of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, the nature of
Muslim
political authority, the interaction between religious communities
(Hindu, Muslim, etc.,), Islamic aesthetics and contributions to
material culture, the multiple engagements and reactions of
Muslims to
colonial rule, the partition of British India and the creation of
Pakistan, and the contemporary concerns of South Asia’s Muslims.
This course is also an introduction to the
political, cultural, and social history of this diverse
group of people. We will begin by examining Muslim encounters
with South Asian peoples in the pre-modern
and early modern periods.