Course Schedule
First week: Preliminaries and the formation of the modern Middle East
- Introduction – Anahita Hosseini
- The roots of the Palestine problem 1 – Jacob Norris
- The roots of the Palestinian problem 2 – Jacob Norris
- The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its consequences 1 – Sara Kermanian
- The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its consequences 2 – Sara Kermanian
- The origins of the formation of the guardianship system in the Middle East – Anahita Hosseini
- An Introduction to Orientalism (Orientalism) – Behdad Bardbar
Second week: Political and social movements in the Middle East 1
- An introduction to social movements in the Middle East – Assef Bayat
- Social movements and the factors affecting them 1- Elaheh Amani
- Social movements and the factors affecting them 2- Elaheh Amani
- Political Islam: From the Muslim Brotherhood to ISIS – Manijeh Zargar
- Neoliberalism and labor movement in Iran – Alborz Ghandehari
Third week: Political and social movements in the Middle East 2
Fourth week: Culture, art and education in the Middle East
Fifth week: Immigration and the issue of minorities
Sixth week: Government and politics in the Middle East
Seventh week: Culture, art and education in the Middle East
Eighth week: the future perspective of the Middle East and theoretical issues