The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part I

2019/2020

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа востоковедения

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The main aim of the course “Emergence of the modern Middle East – Part 1” 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

• Analyzing the Ottoman legacy in the region and the Western imperial impact on the creation of the Arab state system. Learning the processes of rise and retreat of Arab nationalism, the problems of internal cohesion of the Arab states, issues of religion and state, and the evolution of Islamist politics.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Learning the basic data about the 19th-century Middle East, the structure of its society and economy as well as the dynamics of its politics.
• Review on the fate of the Ottoman Empire and the balance of power in Europe.
• Understanding the forces and the processes of modernity and tradition in the Middle East, asthe filtering of European ideas into the Middle East engendered a process of reform in the region throughout much of the 19th century.
• Carrying out analysis of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in the context of Islamic responses to the crisis of modernity as a result of the inherent tension between faith and secularism.
• Describing the rise of nationalism in the Middle East, as it became a much more acceptable idea in the late 19th and early 20th century among an intellectual, elitist, urban minority.
• Following the processes of creating the Middle East state system in accordance with British and French designs after the First World War.
• Digestion of the learned material.

Course Contents

• The Middle East in time and space
  The basic data about the 19th-century Middle East, the structure of its society and economy as well as the dynamics of its politics.
• Discussion on the “Eastern Question”
  Review on the fate of the Ottoman Empire and the balance of power in Europe.
• Modernity, Tradition and the Age of Reform
  This part of the course is dedicated to the forces and the processes of modernity and tradition in the Middle East, as the filtering of European ideas into the Middle East engendered a process of reform in the region throughout much of the 19th century.
• Two centres of reform: Ottoman Empire and Egypt
  Analysis of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in the context of Islamic responses to the crisis of modernity as a result of the inherent tension between faith and secularism.
• The Rise of Nationalism; The Demise of Empire
  Describing the rise of nationalism in the Middle East, as it became a much more acceptable idea in the late 19th and early 20th century among an intellectual, elitist, urban minority.
• Creation of the Middle East state system
  The processes of creating the Middle East state system in accordance with British and French designs after the First World War.
• Debates
  Before final grading the students must get acquainted with the results of the participation in the debates.

Assessment Elements

• Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes)
• Test after the 1st 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)
• Debates
  Debates missed by a student for a good reason (illness, scientific or academic trip, participation in a conference, etc., documented to the training office), if agreed with the teacher, may not be taken into account and the weight will be redistributed to all elements of the online course control. The exam is conducted off-line. To participate in the exam, the student must appear according to the exact schedule. During the exam, it is forbidden to use notes and other tips, to leave the audience for both long and short periods.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.1 * Debates + 0.15 * Test after the 1st week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 3rd week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 4th week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 5th week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 6th week (10 minutes)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Cleveland, W. L., & Bunton, M. P. (2017). A History of the Modern Middle East (Vol. Sixth edition). Boulder, CO: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1286707

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Newman, A.J. Society and culture in the early modern Middle East : Studies on Iran in the Safavid period, BRILL, 2003. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=253673.