Graduate Certificate in Public History Coming in Fall 2017
The U History Department Welcomes Professor Nicole Giannella
Bradley Parker Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
Graduate Student Kathryn Hain Wins World History Association Honors
First-Year Graduate Student Lori Wilkinson Accepted for Publication
Graduate Student Travis Ross Curates Rare Utah Map Exhibit
Graduate Student Kate Mower Wins Fulbright for 2016-17
Featured Course
(HIST 4230) Global Islam
China has more Muslims than Saudi Arabia. India has more Muslims than Iran, Iraq,
Syria, and Jordan combined. And Indonesia has the largest Muslim population on earth.
We think of Islam as a religion of the Middle East and North Africa, but the vast
majority of the world’s Muslims are not Arab and do not live in those regions. This
course explores Islam as it exists everywhere else. We discuss the military, political,
intellectual, and economic reasons for Islam’s expansion into Africa, Asia, and Europe.
We look at historical relations between Muslims and non-Muslims and ask what “counts”
as orthodox Islam as we discuss Sufism, the Sunni-Shi’ite divide, and Islamic extremism.
We also discuss current news stories and try to understand them in historical context.
See this and all other featured courses.