HISTORY OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

FEDERICO CRESTI - Module History of North Africa and the Middle East - SPS/13 - 3 CFU
AGATA DANIELA MELFA - Module History of North Africa and the Middle East - SPS/13 - 3 CFU

Learning Objectives

History of North Africa and the Middle East
The knowledge of the processes of submission of almost all the territories affected by the ongoing imperialist control of some European countries allow the student to correctly interpret the bonds (not only historical, but also economic - and of society, among them the ties that intertwine populations) that affect the countries of the two shores of the Mediterranean. To name a few, the very close link today between Algeria and France, or the rivalries or claims related to the recognition of damage from colonization in the particular case of relations between Libya and Italy at the time of the Kaddhafi’s republic.
History of North Africa and the Middle East
This part of the course focuses on the major historical events occurred in the Mediterranean Africa and the Middle East since the Six-Day War (1967). The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian Revolution (1978-79), the war in Afghanistan (1979-89), the décennie noire in Algeria and the First Gulf War (1990-91) will be examined by taking into account the internal developments, their connections and impact at regional and international level. This in-depth study will provide students with the basic knowledge to understand contemporary challenges in the Mediterranean area such as Islamism, the crisis of the nation-state, the process of democratisation, authoritarianism and the role of the army.

Detailed Course Content

History of North Africa and the Middle East
Module The countries of the Mediterranean and the Middle East in the age of European domination.

The module is dedicated to the history of the formation of the state framework that emerges in the Middle East and North Africa area in the period of imperialism, from the nineteenth century to the Second World War, and more later to the analysis of the processes leading to national independences.

A particular emphasis is put on the international agreements that lead to the partition of the territories of the Ottoman Empire between the European powers and the evolution of the question of Palestine between the two world wars, as well as on the process of formation of independent states and on their different institutional forms.
History of North Africa and the Middle East
This part of the course deals with the main events that affected the MENA region since the Six-Day War up to the First Gulf War. The course programme includes the analysis of political regimes and institutions, conflicts in the area and socio-economic transformations that will be examined within the general framework of the Cold War and the regional struggle for hegemony.

Textbook Information

History of North Africa and the Middle East
M. Emiliani, Medio Oriente. Una storia dal 1918 al 1991, Laterza (Quadrante Laterza 176), Roma 2012, dal. cap. I al cap. V, pp. 3-170.
History of North Africa and the Middle East
M. Emiliani, Medio Oriente. Una storia dal 1918 al 1991, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012, dal. cap. VI al cap. XI, pp. 171-445.

M. Emiliani, Medio Oriente. Una storia dal 1991 a oggi , Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012, cap. 2, pp. 56-109.

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