The course exposes students to Islamic Revivalism or ‘tajdid’, which has resulted from encountering modernity in diverse ways in the last few centuries. This process causes significant discussions of Islam in modernity or Islamic modernity, reflected in reform movements, also classified as revivalist movements. There are other conceptualizations as the impact of modernity, such as Islam and social change, Islamic nationalism, Pan-Islamism, etc., in Islamic understanding is the changing processes. The course is designed to trace the discourses of Islamic revivalism encountered in the writings of Muslim thinkers who have experienced modern and colonial conditions in both contemporary and previous centuries. Since the subject is closely related to modernity and encounters of Muslim communities from diverse geographies with modern European developments and states throughout the centuries, longue durée -historical- and comparative methods are applied. The course materials -including similar/relevant processes occurred in the West- are selected based on this fact. While priorities are given to the developments and changes that occurred historically in the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian geographies, the Sub-continent, and Southeast Asia, global developments are also considered to some extent. The interactive method is applied between the students and the lecturer. In this regard, students perform their coursework by doing pair or group work presentations and written assignments. In this process, students are expected to develop skills in conducting research and writing short articles in selected areas.
