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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2019/2020

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
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 4 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Instructors: Valery Matrosov
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 2

Course Syllabus

Full 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

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

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Discussing the common tendencies of the Arab revolutions on the example of the Egyptian case (1952).
  • Learning the specifics of the Iraqi revolutionary case. Also, the neighboring states of Levant.
  • Understanding the connection between the early Zionism and the events of the Arab mutinies and the Jewish response to this challenge.
  • Discussing the cycles of the conflict through the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967.
  • Reviewing the topics from the October war to the Oslo agreements.
  • Learning the key tendencies of the period.
  • Digestion of the learned material.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Independence and revolutionary politics in the Arab world
    This topic is dedicated to the common tendencies of the Arab revolutions on the example of the Egyptian case (1952) and the earliest attempt to form the revolutionary government in the Arab world.
  • Iraq from the Overthrow of the Hashemites to Saddam Hussein
    The part focuses on the specifics of the Iraqi revolutionary case. Also, the neighboring states of Levant are discussed as the contrast of Iraq: from the instable system of Syria to the conservative regime in Jordan.
  • The beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict
    The part aims at understanding the connection between the early Zionism and the events that occurred on the lands of the Mandate Palestine during 30-s and through the events of the World War II.
  • The escalation and de-escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1948 to 1973
    This topic will consider not only the cycles of the conflict through the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, but also the questions of the state-building in Israel, and the revival of the Palestinian identity after the collapse of 1967.
  • The escalation and de-escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1973 to the present
    The part provides the wide range of topics from the October war of 1973 to the Oslo agreements, trying to explain, how the states such as Egypt, Jordan and, finally, Palestine went under the idea of the peace with Israel.
  • The Middle East from 1967 to the present including the Arab Spring
    Explaining the failure of the secular national ideas (pan-Arabism) and the rise of the national local ideas through the prism of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
  • Debates
    Before final grading the students must get acquainted with the results of the participation in the debates.
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Test after the 1st week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 3rd week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 4th week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 5th week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 6th week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking 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

  • 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

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.