Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Workshop
Module Offerings
5127HIST-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To assess the modern history of the Middle East from chronological and thematic perspectives
2. To explain the importance of Middle Eastern historiographical perspectives for an understanding of the contemporary Middle East
3. To develop further the ability (from L4) to use a wide range of primary and secondary source material in historical analysis
Learning Outcomes
1.
Assess modern Middle Eastern history using a range of historiographical sources
2.
Determine chronological thematic and thematic links between countries in the region, through use of primary and secondary sources
3.
Interpret primary sources and explain their relevance to modern and/or contemporary events in the Middle East
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Studying the “Middle East”
2. The Ottoman Empire: did the “sick man of Europe die of Europe”?
3. The Question of Palestine: the much promised land?
4. Kings and Kingdoms: monarchies and mandates in the Middle East
5. Revolution: the rise of pan-Arabism and Arab socialism
6. Arab-Israeli Conflict: ain breira from 1948-1982
7. The Minority Plight: discrimination and genocide from the Ottomans to Isis
8. Not-so-Civil Wars: from Yemen to Yemen
9. Terrorism, Intractability and Peace: from terror in the skies to normalization
10. The “Arab Spring”: new wine in old wineskins?
11. Taliban 2.0
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to consider the modern history of the Middle East from both chronological and thematic perspectives. It will also emphasise the importance of Middle Eastern historiographical perspectives for an understanding of the contemporary Middle East. You will be able to develop further the ability to use a wide range of primary and secondary source material in historical analysis.
The aim of this module is to consider the modern history of the Middle East from both chronological and thematic perspectives. It will also emphasise the importance of Middle Eastern historiographical perspectives for an understanding of the contemporary Middle East. You will be able to develop further the ability to use a wide range of primary and secondary source material in historical analysis.
Additional Information:This module runs in S1 in order to coincide with as many regional anniversaries as possible, to enable discussion of memory and commemoration, and their relation to historicity, throughout the course of the module.