Students will acquire approaches, methods and contents of global history. They will be able to situate the history of the Middle East in relation to Europe and to apprehend the internal dynamics of development
Students will acquire approaches, methods and contents of global history. They will be able to situate the history of the Middle East in relation to Europe and to apprehend the internal dynamics of development
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Il corso prevede lezioni frontali con uso di materiale iconografico, cartografico, video e documentario, nonché presentazioni di paper da parte degli studenti.
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Conoscenze storiche e geografiche di base del Nord Africa e del Medio Oriente, nonchè elementi introduttivi sull'islam necessari a inquadrare i processi esaminati.
Monday- Tuesday-Wendsday 12,00/14,00
Compulsory attendance.
Obbligatoria
Global History - World History – Transnational History - Internationalism - International Relations, Global Institutions. Empires - Imperialism - Decolonisation - Nationalism - Nation states –Politics and Religion – European Union Foreign Policy - Migration – Human Rights .
Il corso ripercorre le principali tappe della storia del Medio Oriente e del Nord Africa dall'invasione francese dell'Egitto (1798) alla fine del XX secolo. Gli sviluppi a livello locale e regionale saranno messi in relazione ai processi globali e i principali temi trattati saranno la "modernizzazione difensiva", l'imperialismo, le lotte di liberazione nazionale, la costruzione dello Stato-nazione e i conflitti contemporanei. Particolare attenzione sarà rivolta alle ideologie politiche come modernismo, panarabismo, islamismo, socialismo.
Norman Lowe, Mastering Modern World History, Palgrave Master Series, New York 2013, 5th edition.
James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East. A History, New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011 (3rd edition).
Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles distribuited during the lesson.
http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2019/courses/15785/
GLOBAL HISTORY | ||
Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
1 | WHAT IS GLOBAL HISTORY | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
2 | TRANSNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
3 | COMPARATIVE HISTORY | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
4 | THE PROBLEM OF WORLD ORDER | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
5 | AFTER I WORLD WAR: LEAGUE OF NATIONS | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
6 | EMPIRES AND NEW IMPERIALISM | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
7 | THE MANDATE SYSTEM | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
8 | SELF DETERMINATION AND INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
9 | THE STRUGGLE OVER SOVEREGNITY | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
10 | LEGITIMATION CRISIS WORLD ORDER | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
11 | STATEHOOD AND DECOLONIZATION | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
12 | THE ORGANIZATION OF UNITED NATION | Selection of chapters and scientific journal articles |
THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | ||
Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
1 | The advent of the modern age | |
2 | The process of modernisation in the 19th century | |
3 | Constitutionalism | |
4 | Imperialism | |
5 | WWI and the Middle East state system | |
6 | National movements | |
7 | The process of state and nation building | |
8 | The birth of modern Turkey | |
9 | The Arab-Israeli conflict | |
10 | Islamism and the Muslim Brotherhood | |
11 | Nasser's regime and ideology (Socialism, Pan-Arabism, anti-imperialism) | |
12 | Libya from Idris to Qadhafi | |
13 | Neocolonialism and anti-imperialist polices | |
14 | The Iranian Revolution | |
15 | Sadat's Egypt |
Oral Exams, presentations, written papers.
Assessment will be based on students’ attendance, paper presentation, and participation in class debates. The final exam will also count towards overall assessment.
Questions will be related to the topics of the course with specific attention to the methodogical approaches of Global History.
What did the nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956 represent for the Middle East and Western Powers?
Describe the main measures implemented by neo-independent states in order to get rid of European influence.
When did political Islam emerge in the Muslim world? What are the internal and international causes that contributed to its rise? What are its main trends?