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| Semester | spring semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Özhan Kapici (oezhan.kapici@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course aims to analyze Russo-Ottoman relations within the scope of global history from the beginning of the eighteenth up to the twentieth century. The main themes to be discussed during the proseminar include: - Russia in Ottoman historiography and Ottoman studies in Tsarist Russia - The first diplomatic contacts and beginning of the permanent diplomacy - The Russo-Ottoman wars of the eighteenth century and the fate of frontier peoples - Rapprochements between the Ottoman Empire and Russia in the balance of powers. - Military diplomacy and intelligence networks between Russia and the Ottoman Empire - The security of the Black Sea during the nineteenth century - “The Grand strategy” in practice: The Russo-Ottoman wars of the nineteenth century - The role of Islam within Russian ideology and Pan-Slavism - “Demographic warfare” in Eurasia: Emigrations and deportations of populations - The circulation of ideologies: Russian Nihilists, Anarchists and Socialists in Ottoman Empire - Russo-Ottoman relations in the age of autocracy (late 19th-early 20th centuries) - From the Autocracy to the Constitution: Russia and the Ottoman Empire in liberal times - The Ottoman view of the “Fatherland”: Central Asia in the modern Ottoman mind |
| Learning objectives | By the end of this course students will - identify the general characteristics of Eurasian politics in the 18th and 19th centuries - analyze the geopolitical, strategic, and diplomatic aspects of the Ottoman-Russian rivalry, evaluating these relations within their global context - explain the historical geography of Russo-Ottoman wars and compare the Russian and Ottoman armies from the point of view of Eurasian military history |
| Bibliography | An extensive list of required and recommended readings will be made available in the first course session. A representative sample includes: Adrian Brisku, Political Reform in the Ottoman and Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Akdes Nimet Kurat, Türkiye ve Rusya, Ankara 2011. Brian L. Davies, Empire and Military Revolution in Eastern Europe: Russia’s Turkish Wars in the Eighteenth Century, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Brian L. Davies, The Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Candan Badem, The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856), Leiden: Brill, 2010. Denis Vovchenko, Containing Balkan Nationalism: Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians, 1856-1914, Oxford University Press, 2016. Derek Hopwood, The Russian Presence in Syria and Palestine 1843-1914, The Clarendon Press, 1969. John P. LeDonne, The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650-1831, Oxford University Press, 2003. Michael A. Reynolds, Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1908-1918, Cambridge University Press, 2011. Viktor Taki, Tsar and Sultan: Russian Encounters with the Ottoman Empire, I.B.Tauris, 2016. W.E.D.Allen-Paul Muratoff, Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border, 1828-1921, Cambridge University Press, 1953. W.H.McNeill, Europe’s Steppe Frontiers, 1500-1800, Chicago University Press, 1964. Will Smiley, From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia and International Law, Oxford University Press, 2018. |
| Admission requirements | Familiar with reading texts in English |
| Course application | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: erforderlich. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) Modul: Themen der Nahoststudien (Bachelor's degree subject: Near & Middle Eastern Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Nahost-Studien |