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Middle East, From History to Destiny

Middle East, From History to Destiny

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We will look at social movements, culture and education, migration, the environment, minorities, the interdependence of societal concerns, and the issue of peace in the Middle East, all of which go beyond the dominant and policy-oriented narratives.

Course Description:

Conflict and war, authoritarian governments, Islamism, the persecution of women, and the oppression of minorities are all things that have, and continue to be, linked with the Middle East in public and media discourse. However, internal and nationalist narratives are often accompanied by bias and bigotry, and they are less concerned with getting to the bottom of things. The "Middle East from History to Destiny" course begins with an analytical explanation of how the modern Middle East came to be, before moving on to a more topic-oriented and concrete investigation of the root causes of some of the region's most pressing issues. As such, we will not limit ourselves to the standard, policy-oriented narratives, but instead will investigate issues in Middle Eastern societies beyond those directly related to politics and government, including social movements, culture and education, migration, the environment, minorities, and the interplay between these factors. These and other concerns related to the Middle East's potential future will be examined at length. Can the issues in the Middle East be decoupled from other problems? Is it realistic to hope for a permanent end to conflict in the Middle East? These issues will be covered in the "Middle East: From History to Destiny" lecture series.

Level: Basic

Language: Persian

Institute: Iran Academia

Reading: 3 h/w

Self Paced

Free

Length: 8 weeks

Participation Certificate

Middle East
AcademiX Courses in the field of Middle East Studies
Counted: 1

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Middle East Course Schedule

First week: Preliminaries and the formation of the modern Middle East

  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction – Anahita Hosseini
  • Introduction to Orientalism

Week Two: Political and Social Movements in the Middle East – 1

  • An introduction to social movements in the Middle East
  • Social movements and factors affecting them – 1
  • Social movements and factors affecting them – 2
  • Political Islam: From the Muslim Brotherhood to ISIS
  • Neoliberalism and the labor movement in Iran

Week Three: Political and Social Movements in the Middle East – 2

  • Gender and the women’s movement in the Middle East and North Africa – 1
  • Gender and the women’s movement in the Middle East and North Africa – 2
  • Revolution and anti-revolution in Egypt – 1
  • Revolution and anti-revolution in Egypt – 2
  • Introduction to theories of Iran’s revolution
  • Introducing the theories of systems
  • The Iranian revolution from the perspective of systems theory

Week Four: Culture, art and education in the Middle East

  • The Middle East and the right to the city: the intersection of class, gender, ethnicity and environmental crises
  • Authoritarian neoliberalism in Turkey
  • The relationship between political conflicts and environmental damage
  • The environmental problem in the Middle East – 1
  • The environmental problem in the Middle East – 2
  • Neoliberal policies in nature
  • Neoliberal policies in the nature of the Middle East

Course Completion Certificate

Certi Ec02Fe4967 7 October 2024
دریافت گواهی رسمی پایان دوره با امضای مدرس دوره، دسترسی به گواهی پایان دوره با لینک دائم و یکتا قابل اشتراک گذاری در قسمت گواهینامه‌های لینکداین، امکان افزودن نسخه چاپی گواهی پایان دوره به رزومه

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