SEMINAR IN S,SEASN

Mughal History

This graduate seminar is designed to introduce students to the Mughal Empire (c. 1500-1750). As well as interrogating the larger question of early-modernity and the empire's place in a global context, we will also -- among others -- explore debates focused on state-formation, Islam, elite women, male comportment, Persian and other languages, relations with the Ottomans and the Safavids, the imperial city, and decline/decentralization.