Syllabi

Katrina Yeaw already has wide teaching experience in Middle East studies and history at that University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Georgetown University and Loyola University, Maryland.  She is prepared to teach survey courses in world history, historical methods, historiography and modern Middle Eastern and North African history as well as specialized courses on gender, race, and colonialism. She is currently designing four courses: Race in Islamic Africa, Empires of the Mediterranean, Sahara as Frontier, and Ottoman Istanbul.

Women and Violence

This course is an undergraduate colloquium exploring the topic of women and war in the context of the Middle East and North Africa from the rise of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula to the contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Syria. We will look at the political, economic, social, religious and ideological trends that shaped women’s experiences during various conflicts.

History of the Modern Middle East

The course is an undergraduate survey course that outlines the factors that have shaped the political and social features of the modern Middle East from 1750 to the 1980s.

Race in Islamic Africa

This course is an undergraduate colloquium exploring the role of race in the construction of categories of difference by communities in Islamic Africa from the Maqhrib to the Swahili Coast. Starting with a theoretical introduction on race as an analytical concept, this course will introduce students to debates about race, ethnicity and slavery within the Islamic tradition. 

Gender in the Modern Middle East and North Africa

This course is an upper level  survey courses that provides an overview of the history of gender and women in the Middle East and North Africa from 1750 until the present.