DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Master's Degree in Comparative Literature and Languages
Academic Year 2019/2020 - 2° Year - EURO MEDITERRANEAN Curriculum

HISTORY OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Teaching Staff

Course Structure

• The countries of Mediterranean Africa and of the Middle East in the age of European domination
  

  The main method of teaching is “lecture-based” learning. During the course, primary sources, related to the topics, will also be read and discussed.

• The countries of Mediterranean African and the Middle East from independence to the present day
  

  The main method of teaching is “lecture-based” learning. During the course, primary sources, related to the topics, will also be read and discussed.

Detailed Course Content

• The countries of Mediterranean Africa and of the Middle East in the age of European domination
  

  After the main stages of the history of Mediterranean Africa and the Middle East from the French invasion of Egypt (1798) to the first half of the twentieth century, in the first module space will be given to the definition of the different types of European imperialism, the birth of associationism and the diverse political ideologies.

• The countries of Mediterranean African and the Middle East from independence to the present day
  

  In the second module the birth of the nation-states and nationalism in its diverse declinations will be considered. Furthermore, attention will be given to the diverse forms of power in the Arab–Islamic world and the main conflicts in the area that emerged over the course of the twentieth century.

Textbook Information

• The countries of Mediterranean Africa and of the Middle East in the age of European domination
  
  1. M. Campanini, Storia del Medio Oriente, 1798-2006, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, 258 p. (include cronologia, letture consigliate, indice).
  2. M. Campanini, Il pensiero islamico contemporaneo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009, 202 p. (include indice).
  3. A. Pellitteri, Introduzione allo studio della storia contemporanea del Mondo arabo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2008, 208 p. (include indice).
  4. B. Scarcia Amoretti, Il mondo musulmano. Quindici secoli di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2013, pp. 163-264.

   

  Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

  For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

  All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.

• The countries of Mediterranean African and the Middle East from independence to the present day
  
  1. M. Campanini, Storia del Medio Oriente, 1798-2006, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 258
  2. M. Campanini, Il pensiero islamico contemporaneo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009, pp. 202
  3. A. Pellitteri, Introduzione allo studio della storia contemporanea del Mondo arabo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2008, pp. 208
  4. B. Scarcia Amoretti, Il mondo musulmano. Quindici secoli di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2013, pp. 163-264.

   

  Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

  For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

  All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.