Reflections on Palestine and Imperialism: Readings in Edward Said
Borah Course in the Martin Institute 404/02; History 404/06
Spring 2002

Dale Graden, Department of History, University of Idaho
My office is in Admin 305 A; office telephone is 885-8956
Email: Graden@uidaho.edu

The course will meet on five Friday afternoons from 3:30 to 6:15 in Administration 208

Several topics and themes will be addressed including Said’s childhood and intellectual background, perceptions of the outsider, perspectives on Palestine and Israel, Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism and effective teaching in universities.

The following books are on sale at the UI Bookstore:

Required readings:
Edward Said, Out of Place: A Memoir
Bayoumi and Rubin, eds., The Edward Said Reader

Recommended reading:
Valerie Kennedy, Edward Said: A Critical Introduction

8 March Introduction

view “The Arabs, Who They Are, Who They Are Not”

29 March Childhood

Reading: Said, Out of Place, 1-146
Discussion of the reading and view “Palestine 1890s to 1990s”

5 April Education and Maturity

Reading: Said, Out of Place, 147-295. Recommended is Kennedy, Edward Said, 1-48, and Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of World Order 
Discussion of the reading and view Edward Said’s lecture “The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations”

12 April Orientalism and After

Reading: Bayoumi and Rubin, eds., The Edward Said Reader, 63-113; 169-194. Recommended is Kennedy, Edward Said, 81-110
Discussion of the readings and view “Edward Said on Orientalism”

19 April Palestine

Reading: The Edward Said Reader, 14-37; 114-168. Recommended is Kennedy, Edward Said, 49-80.
Discussion of the readings and view Charlie Rose interview with Edward Said

24 April Borah Lecture by Dr. Hannah Ashrawi, Secretary General, Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, Sub ballroom, 8pm

Final Essay Friday 3 May at noon (or before) is due a final reflection paper of 5-10 pages on any topic or theme based on your readings of Edward Said. This essay can be left in my mailbox in the dept of History, 315 Admin. If you would like to discuss your choice of a topic or theme, please do not hesitate to contact me. This essay is worth 90 percent of the grade, and your class participation is worth 10 percent.

Some recommended readings on reserve at the UI Library:

Edward W. Said, After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives
Edward W. Said and Christopher Hitchens, Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinians
Edward W. Said, Culture and Imperialism
Edward W. Said, Orientalism
Edward W. Said, End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After
Edward W. Said, The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Self-Determination, 1969-1994