History of the Modern MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region 2100-ERASMUS-MENA
The course is composed of 15 classes.
Lesson 1: “Introduction” and “Early Modernisation and Decline, part 1.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 4; Lust pp. 1-14
Lesson 2: "Early Modernisation and Decline, part 2.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 5,6, Lust, pp. 14-25
Lesson 3: “Sykes-Pikot, the oil and the maps: the MENA Region between the two World Wars.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 9,11-12; Lust pp. pp. 26-32
Lesson 4: “The Cold War: Ankara, Cairo, and Tehran.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 14-15
Lesson 5: “Moses dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle
East where there was no oil: History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, part 1.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 13,17; Lust pp. pp. 288-327
Lesson 6: “The Oil Decades (1970s-1980s).”
Suggested readings: material distributed during the class
Lesson 7: “Case Study n. 1: The Iranian Revolution.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 18; material distributed during the class
Lesson 7: “The Washington Consensus: How in the 1990s the previous equilibrium of the Cold War were
redrawn and how the different MENA Countries managed their relation with the international financial
institutions.”
Suggested readings: material distributed during the class
Lesson 8: “Democratization and Authoritarianism in the MENA Region.”
Suggested readings: Lust ch. 4; material distributed during the class
Lesson 9: Islamism and Post-Islamism.
Suggested readings: Lust ch. 4; material distributed during the class
Lesson 10: “From Bush to Obama: how the West attempted to frame the “good” and the “bad” Muslim.”
Suggested readings: : Cleveland ch. 22 (“The Gulf Crisis of 1990–1991”, “The Aftermath of the Gulf
War”), 25; material distributed during the class
Lesson 11: “Moses dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle
East where there was no oil: History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, part 2.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 22 (“The Intifada from 1987 to 1991”), 23, ; Lust pp. pp. 327-368.
Lesson 12: “Case Study n.2 : The GCC Countries.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 12 (New Kingdom in Arabia: The Rise of the Saudi State), 20; Lust ch.
15,18,21
Lesson 13: “From Spring to Winter: Rise and Fall of the Arab Spring.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 26; Lust ch. 15,18,21
Lesson 14: “Case Study n.3 : Lebanon.”
Suggested readings: Cleveland ch. 12 (Syria and Lebanon During World War II: The Troubled Path to
Independence), 16 (Lebanon: The Precarious Sectarian Balance), 19 (The Lebanese Civil War, 1975–
1990), 24 (Hizbullah and the Struggle for Lebanon); Lust ch. 16.
Lesson 15: Final Test
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Kryteria oceniania
1) Engagement (30% of the final grade): Active involvement and consistent attendance contribute
significantly to your overall grade. I will regularly track attendance, and it's essential that you
notify me in case of your absence. Each student will be excused for only two absences.
Throughout our lessons, each student will be invited to engage by posing questions and
participating in discussions.
2) Mid-term essays (30% of the final grade): The students will be required top prepare two essays
in the middle and at the end of the course The students are required to prepare two essays as
a demonstration of their comprehension of the subjects covered during the lessons.
3) Final exam (40% of the final grade): a final quiz will take place during the last class, testing the
knowledge of the students on the subjects treated in the course.
Literatura
William L Cleveland, Martin Bunton, A History Of The Modern Middle East, Westview Press
(6th edition).
Ellen Lust (Ed.). (2019). The Middle East. CQ Press. (14th ed.).
Other material distributed during classes,
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