You may download a copy of the syllabus here:
Syllabus_30Aug2010_EgyptAfter the Pharaohs.doc
Weekly Schedule
Week 1 (9/2) Introduction: Alternative Egyptologies or “I am not an Egyptologist”
Week 2 (9/7, 9/9 and 9/14): Egypt’s other Pasts, Egypt’s other Contexts: Geography and Geo-politics
Week 3 (9/16 and 9/21): Alexandria and the end of the Classical tradition
Week 4 (9/23): Late Antiquity and Byzantine rule: The example of the Fayyum
Week 5 (9/28 and 9/30): The making of Coptic Egypt before Islam
Week 6 (10/5 and 10/7): Fustat: Islam and the urban transformation of Egypt
Week 7 (10/12 and 10/14): Cairo: A Royal City
Week 8 (10/19 and 10/21): Red Sea Ports and the Patterns of Trade
Week 9 (10/26 and 10/28): The world of the Peasant
Week 10 (11/2 and 11/4): Christians, Jews and Muslims
Week 11 (11/9 and 11/11): Material Cultures I: Status and the control of elite resources
Week 12 (11/16 and 11/18): Material Cultures II: The common folk and their goods
Week 13 (11/30 and 12/2): The Mamluk Sultanate
Week 14 (12/7 and 12/9): Heritage and the Egyptian Nation State
Week 15: Reading Period
