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Spring 2012 Middle East W3620 section 001 LANG,HIST,CATASTROPHE:TAM WRLD | |
| Call Number | 68350 |
| Day & Time Location |
MW 9:10am-10:25am C01 80 Claremont Ave |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Bernard Bate |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Course Description | Though Tamil has been sung, spoken, and written since at least the first centuries of the Common Era the Tamil People are only about one hundred years old. We will interrogate this seeming paradox by exploring 1) Tamils deep literary tradition and history; 2) the politicization of a language and the creation of the Tamil People as a modern political community; and 3) how language and history themselves were deployed in the catastrophic clash of modern peoples the Tamils and the Sinhalese in contemporary Sri Lanka. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies |
| Enrollment | 7 students as of 11:56PM Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| Final Exam Day/Time | May 9 W 9:00am-12:00pm |
| Final Location | C01 80 Claremont Ave |
| Subject | Middle East |
| Number | W3620 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Interfaculty |
| Open To | Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, Graduate School of Arts and Science, School of the Arts, International and Public Affairs, Barnard, Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20121MDES3620W001 |
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