- Docente: Fulvio Bertuccelli
- Credits: 10
- SSD: SPS/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
International Development and Cooperation (cod. 8890)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages, Markets and Cultures of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (cod. 9264)
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from Feb 13, 2023 to May 16, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the historical development of the islamic countries
Course contents
The course will focus on the historical, political and ideological development of Middle East in the XX century with the modern nation-building processes with special regard to Turkey, Iran and Arabic speaking countries. In this perspective, attention will be payed to the different faces of modernization policies in Ottoman and Persian context, to nation building in the area, the development of the political and ideological movements during the Cold War, the rise of political Islam, the recent revolts and the conflicts which contributed to re-shape the area.
Readings/Bibliography
Attending students (more than 75% of the classes)
-William Cleveland, Martin Bunton. 2018. A History of the Modern Middle East. Boulder: Routledge.
-6 scientific articles made available on the Virtuale platform by the teacher
Although it is strongly discouraged, students who cannot participate to the classes can take the exam studying the following books:
-Cleveland, William e Martin Bunton, Storia del Medio Oriente Moderno, Mondadori Education, 2021
-Emiliani, Marcella. Purgatorio arabo: il tradimento delle rivoluzioni in Medio Oriente. Laterza, Roma-Bari 2020.
Erasmus and non-native Italian speakers can contact the teacher in order to arrange an alternative to the second book
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
Texts, slides and audiovisual aids
Office hours
See the website of Fulvio Bertuccelli