Spring 2023

MELC 119 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Near Eastern Studies C119/Anthropology C123F

Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Middle East

Benjamin Porter

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023

Tu, Th

02:00 pm - 03:29 pm

Dwinelle 251

Class #:26927

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 30

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 30

Waitlist Max: 10

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Benjamin Porter

This course examines the development of archaeology in the Middle East from 1800 to contemporary times. The first half of the course explores the roles that explorers, pilgrims, and archaeologists played in the field’s development against the backdrop of European imperialism and Middle Eastern nationalism. The second half of the course evaluates urgent issues about looting, the antiquities market, repatriation, tourism, and climate change. Students will examine primary source materials such as ethnographies, memoirs, films, social media, and still images, and interrogate case studies that ponder the future of the past in the Middle East.