Dr.
Jonathan Goldstein
History of Modern
Spring
Semester 2005
MW
Pafford
206
[1] LEARNING OUTCOMES
The
State of Israel is the largest Jewish community ever created in history. By the end of this course you should become
familiar with the history of modern
[2] ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND GRADING POLICIES
There will be a research project, quizzes, and mid-term and final
examinations. These exams will cover
lecture material plus assigned readings.
The exact scope and form of the exams will be announced at the
appropriate time.
Each
student must do a research project, details to be provided. Grades will be determined as follows:
Midterm
25
percent
Research
project: Due before class Wed. April
20 25 percent
Final
exam: Wed, May 4,
and
other miscellaneous assignments averaged
together
25 percent
Attendance
at all announced examinations is required.
Except under very exceptional circumstances, make-up examinations will
not be allowed unless the professor has excused the student before the regular
exam time for legitimate reasons. Consistent
with University policies, graduating seniors can exempt out of the final exam
if they wish. In that case, the final
grade will consist of midterm 33 1/3%, research project 33 1/3%, and the
average of quizzes and other miscellaneous assignments 33 1/3%. Please notify the professor no later than May
2 if you are a graduating senior who wishes to exempt out of the final.
There
are no pre-requisites for this course, although a general acquaintance with Biblical
history and with the Hebrew and/or Christian Bibles [“Old” and/or “New” Testaments]
may be helpful.
[3] COURSE ADMINISTRATION
Office hours:
Office hours will be held in TELC Room 3207 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:20 to 5 PM; on Tuesdays from 8 to 9:40 PM; and by
appointment. Students who have questions
or concerns about their performance in class or on tests or who would like
simply to confer should take it upon themselves to see the professor. If you have any problems or questions please
do not hesitate to come by TELC Room 3207 or telephone at 678-839-6034 or 678-839-6508
(leave message).
Methods of Instruction:
The course will be taught through lecture, discussion, and a possible
outside speakers and film. I encourage
you to ask questions and raise issues.
We have flexibility in our schedule and can take time to discuss issues
you may raise.
[4] TEXTS AND REQUIRED
MATERIALS
The
texts required for this course are:
S.
Ilan Troen, IMAGINING
Arthur
Herzberg, THE ZIONIST IDEA, 2d ed [
There
also will be a number of xeroxed handouts distributed during the course for
which you will be responsible.
[5] ATTENDANCE POLICY
Attendance
will be taken. It is most important that everyone try to attend each class
session. Anything above three absences
in this seventeen week class will be considered grounds for dismissal. Leaving class early constitutes an absence,
and two latenesses are the equivalent of one absence. It should be made very clear that (a)
students are responsible for all material presented in class; (b) examinations
will be based substantially on this materials; and (c) a positive attitude
shown by an absence of cuts and lateness can work to raise a student’s letter
grade in borderline grading situations.
[6] CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE
AND OTHER COURTESIES
Out
of courtesy to those students trying hard to concentrate, please refrain from
smoking, drinking, eating, nail polishing, and chewing gum during class. Please do not bring children to class. PLEASE DO NOT BRING CELL PHONES, AUDIBLE
PAGERS, OR ALARM WATCHES TO CLASS. It is
not sufficient to say “Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot to turn off.” The student in front of you, behind you, or
next to you may be on probation and must do well in this course. It is therefore
essential that we have a positive learning environment in the classroom.
[7] ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE.
A detailed assignment schedule will be passed out at the beginning of
the semester, including the dates on which specific pages of the basic texts
and handouts should be read. Other
general readings which may be helpful to you include:
Shlomo
Dov Goitein, JEWS AND ARABS: THEIR
CONTACTS THROUGH THE AGES.
“Mandate
for
“Protocols
of the Elders of
Jehuda
Reinharz and Itamar Rabinovitch, ed. ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST [
Palestinian
Liberation Organization charter.
Aviezer
Ravitsky, MESSIANISM, ZIONISM, AND RELIGIOUS RADICALISM [
Gershon
Shafi, “Zionism and colonialism: a comparative approach,” in Ilan Pappe, ed.
THE ISRAEL/PALESTINE QUESTION: REWRITING HISTORIES [
Aaronsohn,
Ran. “Settlement in Eretz
Shimon
Peres, TOWARD A NEW MIDDLE EAST [1993].
Benjamin
Netanyahu, PLACE AMONG THE NATIONS [1993].
Other references:
Hammond,
ATLAS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
ISRAEL
STUDIES website: www.aisisraelstudies.org; see also index to journal ISRAEL STUDIES,
1996-2004.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
JUDAICA [
[8] Reading assignments through March 30:
Jan, 10, 12: intro to course; geography, geology, hydrology
Jan. 17; no class, Martin Luther King holiday
Jan. 19: take-home geography quiz
due before class; Who were the European Jews, esp. Jews of Germany,
Jan. 24; Read Herzberg, pp. 103-39: Zionist forerunners: Alkalai, Kalischer, Moses Hess;
Jan. 26: Events of 1870s-80s; Read Herzberg, pp. 145-198; Mendele Mokher Sforim, “Shem and Japeth on the Train.”: Smolenskin, Ben Yehuda, Lilienblum, Pinsker
Jan. 31: Review Jan. 26 readings; also read Troen, p. 3-13, on early settlements
Feb. 2: Read Herzberg pp. 201-245: Herzl and Nordau
Feb. 7; Review Feb. 2 readings.
Feb. 9: Read Troen, pp. 15-41: early settlements
Feb. 14: Read Herzberg, pp. 248-327: Ahad Ha-am, Bialik, Berdichcevski, Brenner, Klatzkin
Feb. 16: Read Herzberg, pp. 330-396: Zionism of Marxist and Utopian Socialists: Syrkin, Borochov, Gordon, Katznelson
Feb. 21: Read Herzberg, pp. 398-466, 515-23: Religious nationalists: Mohilever, Pines, Kook, Landau, Magnes, Buber; Louis Brandeis and American Zionism
Feb. 23; review Feb. 21 reading
Feb. 28: Read Troen, pp. 42-81: Arab-Jewish accomodation; military dimensions.
Mar. 2; Read Troen:
85-111; Urban life/Tel Aviv as “
Mar. 7: Read Troen, 112-140: other urban alternatives;
March 9: Read Herzberg, pp. 547-619: Zionist ideologists in action: Bar-Ilan [
March 14: review March 9 readings
March 17: midterm exam
March 21-25: SPRING BREAK—NO CLASS
March 28; Read Troen, pp. 141-59: Imagined communities
March 30; NO CLASS—HONORS DAY
FINAL
EXAM AT THE TIME SPECIFIED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER BULLETIN: Wednesday, May 4, from