Undergraduate Course: Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict (IMES08037)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is an introduction to the political, economic, social and cultural history of the Middle East from 1950 to the present. It covers the coming to independence of nation-states in the region after the Second World War and examines the subsequent domestic and regional conflicts, ranging from nationalism, statism and socialism to Islamism and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Lectures in this course are not recorded. |
| Course description |
This course examines the history of the Middle East over the period from the end of World War II until the present, exploring the impact of nationalism, socialism, and Islamism on the development of the state, the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the challenges of the Arab Spring.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 180 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 21,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1800-word essay 40%,
seminar participation 15%,
1200-word time-limited assignment 45%.
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify, describe and explain trends and events in the Middle East of the period c.1950 to the present.
- Identify, critique and interrogate the secondary literature relating to that period
- Incorporate primary sources in translation into analyses of trends and events in the period in question.
- Participate effectively in informed debates and present arguments in a variety of formats both written and oral form.
- Critique academic methodologies.
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Reading List
William L. Cleveland and Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, 6th ed., Boulder: Westview, 2016.
Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, 8th ed., Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2002.
Pappé, Ilan, The Modern Middle East, A Social and Cultural History, 3rd ed., London & New York: Routledge, 2014.
Malcolm Yapp, The Making of the Modern Middle East 1798-1923, London: Longman, 1987.
____________, The Near East since the First World War, 2nd edit., London: Longman, 1996.
Erik J. Zürcher, Turkey, A Modern History, 3rd ed., London: IB Tauris, 2004.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus tutorials |
| Keywords | IMES MMEH B |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elvire Corboz
Tel:
Email: elvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Hope Hamilton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
Email: hope.hamilton@ed.ac.uk |
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