Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia in the world

Core Course

This course adopts multi-disciplinary perspectives to examine significant and complex issues of the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia in the past and present. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a base of knowledge of the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia’s historical and contemporary experiences and contexts. It aims to help students understand how the historical legacy of the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia is reflected in today’s states and societies of these regions, and how political, economic, social, and cultural characteristics of the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia continue to evolve in a comprehensive way.