Course: Middle East in the Modern Era 2

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Course title Middle East in the Modern Era 2
Course code KBS/M2X
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 8
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)
  • Hautová Dana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Klor Zdeněk, Mgr.
  • Hrušková Jana, doc. M.A., Ph.D.
Course content
2. History of Egypt 3. History of Libya 4. History of Algeria 5. History of Tunisia 6. History of Morocco 7. General history of Arabian Peninsula, characteristics and specifics of the oil monarchies 8. History of Kuwait and Bahrain 9. History of Katar and United Arab Emirates 10. History of Oman 11. History of Yemen 12. History of Saudi Arabia 13. History of Iraq 14. History of Iran

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with a video analysis, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, One-to-One tutorial, Group discussion, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 58 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- to know the history of the Middle East and North Africa from Antiquity to the early 20th century - to list and describe the most important historical events, milestones, transformation trends or processes, dynasties, cultures etc. - to describe main elements of religious traditions in the region - to characterize development of three monotheisms - to draw social, religious and ethnics map of the region
Skills
- to work individually and critically with academic sources - to study independently selected problem - to put into context selected events and phenomena - to use relevant on-line sources - to evaluate reliability or agenda of available on-line sources - to interpret key events, processes and trends in given countries
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
- to identify and describe main events, processes, phenomena and context of the history of the region in the 20th and 21st centuries - to define specific causes of differences between given countries and regions - to describe the internal political events of selected countries of Mashriq, Maghreb and Turkey in the 20th and 21st century
Skills
- to interpret key events, processes and trends in given countries - to study individually available relevant academic sources - to be familiar with the latest history of the Middle East and North Africa - to use relevant on-line sources - to evaluate reliability or agenda of available on-line sources
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
One-to-One tutorial
Group discussion
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Written exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Cleveland, William; Bunton, Martin. A History of the Modern Middle East. Boulder: Westview Press, 2009.
  • Čejka, Marek. Izrael a Palestina : minulost, současnost a směřování blízkovýchodního konfliktu. Brno : Centrum strategických studií, 2005. ISBN 80-903333-9-7.
  • Durman, K. Blízký východ ve světové politice 1918 - 1959. 1918.
  • Gombár, Eduard. Dramatický půlměsíc : Sýrie, Libye a Irán v procesu transformace. Praha : Karolinum, 2001. ISBN 80-246-0370-5.
  • Gombár, Eduard. Kmeny a klany v arabské politice. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0895-2.
  • Halliday, Fred. The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Hefner, Robert (ed.). The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Hourani, Albert, Khoury Philip, Wilson Mary (eds.). The Modern Middle East: A Reader. London: I.B.Tauris, 2004.
  • Kamrava, Mehran. The Modern Middle East: A Political History Since the First World War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.
  • Křížek, Daniel; Tarant, Zbyněk. Arabské jaro - příčiny, průběh, důsledky. II. díl, Sýrie a Arabský poloostrov. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-261-0441-4.
  • Lewis, Bernard. Dějiny Blízkého východu. Praha : Lidové noviny, 1997. ISBN 80-7106-191-3.
  • Mendel, Miloš. Dějiny Saúdské Arábie. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7422-499-7.
  • Schulze, R. Dějiny islámského světa ve 20. století. Atlantis, Brno, 2007.
  • Soliman, Mounira. Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook. London: Routledge, 2012.


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