| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- have the knowledge about the socio-political structure and post-revolutionary transformation of Iran.
- understand Iran's regional position and role.
- discuss how Iran's foreign policy affects regional and global relations.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No recommended optional programme components. |
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| Course Description | Course Description: In this course we deal with Middle Eastern politics from the end of the First World War to the present time. We begin with a lecture on the end of the Ottoman era and the British and French takeover of former Ottoman territories. We then carry on with Middle Eastern politics in the inter-war era concentrating in particular on Iran, Turkey, Syria and Saudi Arabia, as well as Egypt and the Palestine Mandate, and move on to the political developments in the region after the Second War. We look at the de-colonization process in the Middle East and major political developments in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Egypt as well as the conflict between the Arabs and Israel, and then we focus on the radicalization of Arab politics in the 1970s. We examine the period of upheaval in the 1970s and 1980s with special reference to the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian relations in the post-Cold War era. We?ll hold lectures on the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the Arab Spring events across the region with special focus on Syria war, 2011, to the present. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
End of Ottoman Era and British and French takeover of the Middle East (149-170) |
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2nd Week |
Reform in Turkey and Iran in the inter-war era (175-192) |
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3rd Week |
Arab struggle for independence in Egypt, Syria, and the establishment of Saudi Arabia to 1945 (217-238) |
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4th Week |
The Palestine Mandate and the Birth of Israel (239-270) |
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5th Week |
The Middle East after the Second World War: Turkey and Iran (275-300) |
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6th Week |
The Middle East in the Age of Nasser of Egypt (323-344) |
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7th Week |
Midterm Exam |
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8th Week |
Israel and the Palestinians from the establishment of Israel to 1970 (345-368) |
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9th Week |
Time of upheaval: 1970s to 2000s: Consolidation of authoritarian rule in Syria and Iraq: the regimes of Hafiz el-Assad and Saddam Husayn (397-420) |
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10th Week |
The Islamic Revolution of Iran and after (423-450) |
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11th Week |
The Palestinian Uprising and the 1991 Gulf War (472-498) |
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12th Week |
Israeli-Palestinian relations since the 1991 Gulf War (499-526) |
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13th Week |
The US invasion of Iraq and after |
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14th Week |
The Arab Spring, Syria War and its repercussions, 2001 to the present |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | William Cleveland and Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
4 |
56 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
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| Total Work Load | 150 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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