Middle East
“The World Will Be Reconstructed”: Four Visions of Anticolonialism in 1920
Discussion of how to teach the various anticolonial strategies of 1920.
“All the Women of Cairo Would Have Taken Part”: Huda Sha’arawi and Egyptian Women’s Participation in the 1919 Revolution
Discussion of Huda Sha’arawi’s description of her participation in the Egyptian Revolution of 1919
“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919
Discussion of how to teach 1919 as the start of decolonization.
“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples
Monthly Digest: October 2023
Monthly Digest for October 2023
Monthly Digest: September 2023
Monthly Digest for September 2023
“The Means for Promoting Good Order”: Administering the Ottoman Empire
Discussion of how to teach Ottoman administration in Europe.
“To Render Cairo a Second Manchester”: Teaching Egypt’s Nineteenth Century Production Revolution
Discussion of how to teach Muhammad Ali and Egypt in the nineteenth century
“An Edict of the Khan”: Two Narratives of the Mongols
A discussion of how to teach multiple interpretations of the Mongols
“The Plague Increased and Spread Further”: The Spread of the Black Death
A discussion of the spread of the Black Death to the Middle East
