AP/RLST 1844 6.00

Muslim Travel Narratives

This course explores the ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity of the Muslim world through the travelogues and memoirs of Muslim scholars, pilgrims, envoys and adventurers, who traversed its domains from the tenth century to the present. It problematizes essentialist perceptions of "the Muslim world" as an undifferentiated and monolithic entity, and proposes a dynamic view of its unity and diversity.

RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Islam

Course Category: Religion, Literature, and the Arts