| Course Description: | Begins with Fernand Braudel’s landmark work on the Mediterranean in the sixteenth century and goes on to explore the historiography surrounding Mediterranean studies. Themes include the Mediterranean as a continuous space for exchange, interaction, and synthesis in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods; migrational patterns and labor movements across the Mediterranean; the Mediterranean as a site for colonial encounters; the discourse about the Mediterranean during the fascist period; the postcolonial construct of a “North/South” divide; and the issues of a common Mediterranean culture, environment, and heritage. |