Course: Cultural Minorities of the Middle East

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Course title Cultural Minorities of the Middle East
Course code KBS/KMYY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Schäferling Bohuslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hautová Dana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Priesol Milan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Theoretical introduction, minority rights, international protection, minorities in world politics 2) Jews 3) Samaritans, Israeli Arabs 4) Berbers 1 5) Berbers 2 6) Kurds 7) Shi'ites - Shi'ites of twelve imams 8) Shi'ites - other Shi'ite branches, Druze 9) Alawites, Alevis, Ibadiyya 10) Yezidis 11) Copts and other Christian minorities 12) Other Middle Eastern minorities 13) Final discussion

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 53 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 8 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- to describe important events, processes and context of the modern and contemporary history of countries of the Middle East and Africa - to list and use scholarly tools for the analysis of social-political roles of religions - to characterize important concepts and theoretical approaches to cultural and social anthropology in relation to the study of culture
Skills
- to search individually for relevant professional sources and to work with them - to interpret the importance of specific historical events and processes - to analyse the context of interreligious traditions and specific social-political development - to apply anthropological approaches to the study of cultural specifics
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
- to identify different cultural minorities in the region - to describe particular elements of given cultural systems, to characterize given traditions - to describe the position of each minority within the region or specific country - to explain theoretical approaches to minority studies
Skills
- to search individually for, evaluate and work with expert sources related to minorities of the studied region - to put into the historical, political and social context different topics related to the existence of minority cultures in the region - to analyze roles of various religious tradic in cultural expressions of given minorities
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Lecture
Textual studies
Seminar classes
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Students' portfolio
Competences
Textual studies
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Skills
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Competences
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Gebelt, Jiří. Ve stínu islámu : menšinová náboženství na Blízkém východě. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7429-692-5.
  • Kidd, B. J. The churches of eastern christendom : from A.D. 451 to the present time. London : Kegan Paul, 2006. ISBN 0-7103-1081-1.
  • Pavlincová, Helena; Horyna, Břetislav. Judaismus, křesťanství, islám. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2003. ISBN 80-7182-165-9.
  • Sobotková, Veronika; Pěchota, Jan. Židé v islámu : koncept ahl adh-dhimma a případová studie židovské menšiny v Maroku. 2018. ISBN 978-80-261-0795-5.


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