Where Empires Come to Die? Afghanistan, History, and Islam in the 20th and 21st Centuries (38003)

BA Course

 

The return of the Taliban in 2021 seems to have lent truth to an old cliché of Afghanistan as a far away, isolated land that operates according to its own timeless rules and has proven itself repeatedly as a “graveyard of empires.” This course will instead shed light on the strong entanglements of the country with the Middle East, South- and Central Asia in order to de-exceptionalize modern Afghanistan. 

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Semester: 
1st semester
Offered: 
2024