STORIA EXTRAEUROPEA DELL'ETA' CONTEMPORANEA
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: SOUADOU LAGDAFExpected Learning Outcomes
knowledge and understanding: Provide interpretations of cultural and religious history and the evolution of political institutions in Islamic countries and in Arab ones in particular.
applying knowledge and understanding: By studying and analysing the history of Islam and the cultural aspects that characterize the Arab peoples, the student acquires knowledge of this civilization which facilitates his relationship with others and facilitates the work of those who undertake the activity of cultural mediation.
making judgment: The ability to analyse the texts both during research and the preparation of presentations and during the attendance of lessons are stimuli that strengthen the autonomy of the student's judgment which is consolidated by the new topics covered in this course.
communication skills: The course includes external seminars and internal presentations by students enhanced by the discussion of issues concerning the topics covered in the classroom; this reinforces the student's communication skills.
learning skills: During the course the necessary tools will be provided so that the knowledge acquired, both on the methodological and content level, can be used in the future to stimulate the student's curiosity, through topics of a culture so close but so different as the Arab-Islamic one. . This makes graduates able to exhibit and interact, with awareness, in new cultural themes.
Course Structure
- Frontal teaching
- Seminars
- Presentations.
Required Prerequisites
Detailed Course Content
The course focuses on the cultural and religious history of the colonial and post-colonial period and on the evolution of Arab countries in the twentieth century. It also covers the current situation of these countries under the impetus for change which has originated from the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
Textbook Information
1. Massimo campanini, Storia del Medio Oriente contemporaneo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017.
2. Reinhard Schulze, Il mondo islamico ne XX secolo, politica e società civile, Milano, Feltrinelli,1998.
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- Documents and bibliographies for further study will be indicated during the course.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Presentazione corso. Il mondo islamico (1850-1920) | pp. 15-19: testo 1; pp. 25-51: testo 2. |
| 2 | 2. La crisi dell’impero ottomano | pp. 25-32: testo 1; pp. 55-64: testo 2. |
| 3 | 3. La colonizzazione del Maghreb | pp. 20-24 e 33-35: testo 1. |
| 4 | 4. L’espansione europea nel mashreq | pp. 20-24 e 51-60: testo 1; pp. 26-43: testo 3. |
| 5 | 5. La rivolta in Egitto e l’indipendenza nazionale | pp. 71-78: testo 2. |
| 6 | 6. L’abolizione del califfato islamico | p. 96: testo 1; pp. 78-93: testo 2. |
| 7 | 7. La nascita dell’Arabia Saudita | pp. 89-91: testo 1; pp. 88-93; 205-209 e 176-179: testo 2. |
| 8 | 8. I paesi arabi durante il primo conflitto mondiale | pp.63-74: testo 1; pp. 112-133: testo 2. |
| 9 | 9. Il nazionalismo nord africano | pp. 83-88: testo 1; 191-200: testo 2. |
| 10 | 10. La decolonizzazione dei paesi arabi | pp. 106-110 e 119-126: testo 1; pp. 136-165: testo 3. |
| 11 | 11. La questione palestinese | pp. 111-116: testo 1; pp. 161-164 e 221- 224: testo 2; pp. 62-78 e pp. 44-47: testo 3. |
| 12 | 12. Il nazionalismo arabo | pp. 127-158: testo 1; pp. 153-154: testo 2 pp. 79-103: testo 3. |
| 13 | 13. La rivoluzione iraniana | pp. 161-175: testo 1; pp. 171-174: testo 2; pp. 310-325: testo 3. |
| 14 | 14. Gli stati arabi | pp. 177-208: testo 1; pp. 165-170: testo 2; pp. 171-200 e 206-276: testo 3. |
| 15 | 15. Il nuovo ruolo dell’Arabia Saudita | pp. 208-212: testo 1; pp. 205- 211: testo 2. |
| 16 | 16. Lo scontro tra potere e correnti religiose | pp. 213-238: testo 1; pp. 191-196: testo 2. |
| 17 | 17. Il mondo arabo dopo l’11 settembre | pp. 249-255: testo 1. |
| 18 | 18. Le organizzazioni regionali del mondo arabo-islamico. | Documenti e bibliografie saranno indicati durante il corso. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
LEARNING ASSESSMENT
LEARNING ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
Through a final oral test based on the following criteria:
Mastery of the topics, expository skills and knowledge of disciplinary vocabulary, ability to relate the knowledge acquired.
Knowledge and skills required to pass the examination
With reference to the determinations voted unanimously in point 2 of the Department Council meeting of 6 May 2020, and relating to measures to contain the number of out-of-school students, the knowledge and skills required to achieve a pass in the STORIA EXTRAEUROPEA DELL'ETA' CONTEMPORANEA examination are set out below.
- Ability to expound on the topics covered.
- Ability to analyse historical events.
- Ability to compare cultural aspects.
- Ability to interact on current topics by linking to historical facts.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The colonisation of Arab countries;
the birth of Saudi Arabia;
the so-called Arab Spring.