74785 - History and institutions of The Middle East Countries

Academic Year 2020/2021

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the historical development of the islamic countries

Course contents

The course is composed of two part:

GENERAL PART: Historical development of the Middle East focusing on the modern nation-building processes with regard to Turkey, Iran and arabic speaking regions.

SPECIAL PART: Political, Religious and identitarian aspects in the "Muslim World" in a global perspectives.


Readings/Bibliography

General part:

-William Cleveland, Martin Bunton. 2018. A History of the Modern Middle East. Boulder: Routledge.
- Carole Hillenbrand (2015) Islam: A New Historical Introduction. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.

Special part:

Cemil Aydin (2017), The Idea of the Muslim World. A Global Intellectual History, Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press.

 

 

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars.

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Texts, slides and audiovisual aids

Office hours

See the website of Fulvio Bertuccelli