GLOBAL HISTORY, THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

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1 DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE E SOCIALI Corso di laurea magistrale in Global Politics and Euro- Mediterranean Relations Anno accademico 2018/ anno, THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 12 CFU - 1 e 2 semestre Docenti titolari dell'insegnamento GIUSEPPA DI GREGORIO - Modulo - M-STO/04-6 CFU digregor@unict.it Edificio / Indirizzo: via Vittorio Emanuele, 8 Telefono: Orario ricevimento: Lunedì ore 11,00/12,00 Venerdì ore 12,00/13,00 AGATA DANIELA MELFA - Modulo - SPS/13-6 CFU melfa@unict.it Edificio / Indirizzo: Via Vittorio Emanuele II Catania Telefono: Orario ricevimento: Martedì 16-17; Mercoledì OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI Students will acquire approaches, methods and contents of global history. They will be able to situate the history of the Middle East in relation to Europe and to apprehend the internal dynamics of development Students will acquire approaches, methods and contents of global history. They will be able to situate the history of the Middle East in relation to Europe and to apprehend the internal dynamics of development MODALITÀ DI SVOLGIMENTO DELL'INSEGNAMENTO LF/P Il corso prevede lezioni frontali con uso di materiale iconografico, cartografico, video e documentario, nonché presentazioni di paper da parte degli studenti.

2 PREREQUISITI RICHIESTI No Conoscenze storiche e geografiche di base del Nord Africa e del Medio Oriente, nonchè elementi introduttivi sull'islam necessari a inquadrare i processi esaminati. FREQUENZA LEZIONI Monday- Tuesday-Wendsday 12,00/14,00 Compulsory attendance. Obbligatoria CONTENUTI DEL CORSO Global History - World History Transnational History - Internationalism - International Relations, Global Institutions. Empires - Imperialism - Decolonisation - Nationalism - Nation states Politics and Religion European Union Foreign Policy - Migration Human Rights. Il corso ripercorre le principali tappe della storia del Medio Oriente e del Nord Africa dall'invasione francese dell'egitto (1798) alla fine del XX secolo. Gli sviluppi a livello locale e regionale saranno messi in relazione ai processi globali e i principali temi trattati saranno la "modernizzazione difensiva", l'imperialismo, le lotte di liberazione nazionale, la costruzione dello Stato-nazione e i conflitti contemporanei. Particolare attenzione sarà rivolta alle ideologie politiche come modernismo, panarabismo, islamismo, socialismo. TESTI DI RIFERIMENTO Norman Lowe, Mastering Modern World History, Palgrave Master Series, New York 2013, 5th edition. James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East. A History, New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011 (3rd edition).

3 PROGRAMMAZIONE DEL CORSO Argomenti Riferimenti testi 1 WHAT IS Selection of chapters and scientific 2 TRANSNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY Selection of chapters and scientific 3 COMPARATIVE HISTORY Selection of chapters and scientific 4 THE PROBLEM OF WORLD ORDER Selection of chapters and scientific 5 AFTER I WORLD WAR: LEAGUE OF NATIONS Selection of chapters and scientific 6 EMPIRES AND NEW IMPERIALISM Selection of chapters and scientific 7 THE MANDATE SYSTEM Selection of chapters and scientific 8 SELF DETERMINATION AND INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Selection of chapters and scientific 9 THE STRUGGLE OVER SOVEREGNITY Selection of chapters and scientific 10 LEGITIMATION CRISIS WORLD ORDER Selection of chapters and scientific 11 STATEHOOD AND DECOLONIZATION Selection of chapters and scientific 12 THE ORGANIZATION OF UNITED NATION Selection of chapters and scientific Argomenti Riferimenti testi 1 The advent of the modern age 2 The process of modernisation in the 19th century 3 Constitutionalism

4 4 Imperialism 5 WWI and the Middle East state system 6 National movements 7 The process of state and nation building 8 The birth of modern Turkey 9 The Arab-Israeli conflict 10 Islamism and the Muslim Brotherhood 11 Nasser's regime and ideology (Socialism, Pan-Arabism, anti-imperialism) 12 Libya from Idris to Qadhafi 13 Neocolonialism and anti-imperialist polices 14 The Iranian Revolution 15 Sadat's Egypt MATERIALE DIDATTICO Selection of chapters and scientific distribuited during the lesson. VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO Oral Exams, presentations, written papers. Assessment will be based on students attendance, paper presentation, and participation in class debates. The final exam will also count towards overall assessment. DATE DEGLI APPELLI

5 n%20politica%20globale%20e%20relazioni%20euro-mediterranee/exams ESEMPI DI DOMANDE E/O ESERCIZI FREQUENTI Questions will be related to the topics of the course with specific attention to the methodogical approaches of Global History. What did the nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956 represent for the Middle East and Western Powers? Describe the main measures implemented by neo-independent states in order to get rid of European influence. When did political Islam emerge in the Muslim world? What are the internal and international causes that contributed to its rise? What are its main trends?