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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Islamic & Middle East Stud.
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Katia Cytryn
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wed 10:00-12:00 Archaeo 504
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Katia Cytryn-Silverman
Course/Module description:
The course will explore the development of Friday mosques, from the beginning of Islam through the late Islamic period. It will deal with the main sources of inspiration - internal and external- that influenced the various architectural models, while also discussing their degree of regionality.
Course/Module aims:
The course aims at introducing the student to the main vehicle of Islamization of the landscape: the mosque. It will provide basic and expanded knowledge on the components of the mosque, architectural styles and the various meanings of the architectural-artistic and epigraphic language of choice and their socio-historical context.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The student should be able to identify styles and influences, analyze their respective meanings in the given historical context (not only of mosques), even of mosques not studied in class, including modern ones.
Attendance requirements(%):
75%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Power Point presentations vis-a-vis reading materials
Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction and terminology
2. Conversion of religious places
3. The archaeological data - the Umayyad period as a case study
4. Early Islamic mosques in the Negev as a case study for the Islamization of the periphery
5. The Abbasid Mosque
6. Fatimid Cairo vs. Saljuq Iran
7. The epigraphic Evidence
8. East and West: regionalism and pan-Islamic trends
9. During and after the Crusades...
10. The new-old architectural model: the Ottoman mosque
Required Reading:
Check biblio in the Hebrew version
Additional Reading Material:
same
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam / Home Exam 100 %
Additional information:
Students can opt counting this course as a course-seminar.
In such a case, there will be an addition of 2 drills during the semester (20% of the final mark of the course) and a seminar paper (evaluation independent from that of course)
FIELD TRIP MANDATORY FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
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