Minorities and Politics in the Middle East 2102-ERASMUS-MPME

Attendance 40% (two absences permitted), active participation during classes in general 20%, presentation at the class 10%, multi-choose-exam 30%.

A list of topics for presentation will be provided to students during the first lecture.

Also pdf version of above mentioned sources will be sent to students on the beginning of the semester.

Grading scale:
From 60% satisfactory
From 75% good
From 80% good +
From 90% very good

 Haddad, F. (2020). Sectarian Identity and National Identity in the Middle East.
Nations and Nationalism, 123-137
 Abdo, G. (2017). The New Sectarianism: the Arab uprisings and the Rebirth of the
Shi’a Sunni Divide. New York: Oxford University Press.
 Angrist, M. P. (2019). Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East.
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publisher
 Heather, J. Sharkey. (2017). A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the
Middle East, New York: Cambridge University Press.
 Ceren Belge and Ekrem Karakoç. (2015). Minorities in the Middle East: Ethnicity,
Religion, and Support for Authoritarianism, Political Research Quarterly, 280-292.
 Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami. (2014). The foreign Policies of
the Middle East States. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publisher
 Güneş Murat Tezcür & Peyman Asadzade,. (2019). Ethnic Nationalism versus
Religious Loyalty: The Cases of Kurds in Iran, Nations and Nationalism. 652-672.
 Açıkyıldız, B. (2014). The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and
Religion, London: I.B. Tauris.
 Eva Pföstl and Will Kymlicka. (2015). Minority politics in the Middle East and North
Africa: the prospects for transformative change. Ethnic and Racial Studies,
2489–2498.

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