2018-19

The course offers basic information on archaeology for the beginning student.

The course examines the development of history as a discipline from ancient times to the 20th century. It deals with the principle theoretical approaches to the subject that have influenced various forms of historiography. It analyses the most important questions in current discussion about history and the relations between history and the social sciences. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue on the development of contemporary history.

The course examines the following topics: Definition of primates, anatomy, origin, culture, recent and fossil primates, social structures and the origin of the family, primate locomotion, sexual dimorphism and systematics.

The course focuses both on the changes to be observed in Ottoman administrative structures from the middle period of the Ottoman empire (17th cen.) onwards and on the consequences for economy and society of such changes. The weakening of the Sultan’s institutional power and the emergence of çiftlik land ownership, the implementation of Tanzimat reforms are some of the issues discussed in the course. In addition, the course analyses aspects of social and economic questions of the 19th century and the matter of how far the Ottoman empire enjoyed access to the new industrial era.