Bachelor
2021/2022
The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part 2
Type:
Elective course (Asian and African Studies)
Area of studies:
Asian and African Studies
Delivered by:
School of Asian Studies
When:
2 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
24
Open to:
everyone
Instructors:
Аникеева Татьяна Александровна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
4
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The main aim of the course “Emergence of the modern Middle East – Part 2” is to provide students with a full and systematic review for the emergence of the modern states and borders in the Middle East from the fall of the Ottoman Empire, at the end of the First World War to the present. The course is taught at the 4th year in the 3rd module.
Learning Objectives
- Exploring the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its impact on the region. Making depth analysis of the “Arab Spring” by placing these contemporary revolutionary events in their historical context.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Discussing the common tendencies of the Arab revolutions on the example of the Egyptian case (1952).
- Discussing the cycles of the conflict through the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967.
- Learning the key tendencies of the period.
- Learning the specifics of the Iraqi revolutionary case. Also, the neighboring states of Levant.
- Reviewing the topics from the October war to the Oslo agreements.
- Understanding the connection between the early Zionism and the events of the Arab mutinies and the Jewish response to this challenge.
Course Contents
- Introduction
- Independence and revolutionary politics in the Arab world
- Iraq from the Overthrow of the Hashemites to Saddam Hussein
- The beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict
- The escalation and de-escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1948 to 1973
- The escalation and de-escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1973 to the present
- The Middle East from 1967 to the present including the Arab Spring
- final lesson
Assessment Elements
- Test after the 1st week (10 minutes)
- Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes)
- Test after the 3rd week (10 minutes)
- Test after the 4th week (10 minutes)
- Test after the 5th week (10 minutes)
- Test after the 6th week (10 minutes)
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 1st module0.165 * Test after the 3rd week (10 minutes) + 0.17 * Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes) + 0.17 * Test after the 1st week (10 minutes) + 0.165 * Test after the 4th week (10 minutes) + 0.165 * Test after the 5th week (10 minutes) + 0.165 * Test after the 6th week (10 minutes)
