Course Name | Middle East Politics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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PSIR 558 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to provide the students a holistic understanding of Middle Eastern politics. In this pursuit a historical overview will be utilized to disentangle the dynamics behind nationstate formation and underline the unique features of the Middle East as region in the worldsystem. A secondary objective of this course is to challenge conventional wisdom towards the region by making use of certain conceptual interventions. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course will begin with a historical overview of the remapping of the Middle East. In addition a comparative historical analysis will help to locate the Middle East within the larger world historical context. Finally, a review of contemporary developments in world politics will provide information on major conceptual issues such as Orientalism, the rise of political Islam, Islamophobia and more. |
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Major Area Courses | X | |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | The Transformation Era | Cleveland Ch. 4 Forging a New Synthesis, Ch. 7 The Response of Islamic Society, Ch. 9 WWI and the End of the Ottoman Order |
3 | WWI and the Disintegration of the Empire | Fromkin Part I At the Crossroads of History |
4 | The Colonial Heritage | Fromkin Part III Britain is drawn into the M. Eastern Quagmire Part V The Allies at the Nadir of Their Fortunes |
5 | Waves of Independence | Cleveland Part III The Struggle for Independence: The Interwar Era to the End of WWII |
6 | Independent Middle East | Cleveland Part IV The Independent M. East from the End of WWII to the 1970s |
7 | Midterm Exam | |
8 | New Dynamics, New Challenges | Cleveland Part V A Time of Upheaval and Renewal: The Middle East from the 1970s to the 2000s |
9 | New Dynamics, New Challenges | Cleveland Part V A Time of Upheaval and Renewal: The Middle East from the 1970s to the 2000s |
10 | Orientalism | Lockman Ch. 6 Said’s Orientalism: a book and its aftermath, Ch. 7 After Orientalism? |
11 | Islam | Esposito and Burgat Introduction, Ch. 3 Islam and Civil Society |
12 | Islam in Europe | Esposito and Burgat Ch. 8 The Growing Islamization of Europe, Ch. 10 Muslim Minorities in Europe: the Silent Revolution |
13 | Student presentations | |
14 | Student presentations | |
15 | student presentations | |
16 | Review of the semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | A History of the Modern Middle East William L. Cleveland and Martin Bunton, Westview Press, 2009. A Peace to End All Peace David Fromkin, Holt and Co., 2001. Contending Visions of the Middle East Zachary Lockman, Cambridge UP, 2004. Modernizing Islam: Religion in the Public Sphere in Europe and the Middle East John L. Esposito and Francois Burgat (eds.) |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 7 | 91 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 21 | |
Total | 225 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and use them competently. | |||||
2 | To be able to evaluate critically the relationships between various factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to determine and question the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature. | |||||
4 | To be able to identify the political and cultural conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion at national and international levels. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to gather and analyze data by using scientific research methods. | |||||
6 | To be able to analyze and evaluate the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to present individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to take responsibility in generating solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to determine the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in domestic and international politics. | |||||
10 | To be able to prepare a thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. | |||||
11 | To be able to follow new research and developments in Political Science and International Relations and participate the debates in academic meetings through a foreign language. | |||||
12 | To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations. |
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