週次
Week |
課程主題
Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間
Student workload expectation |
課堂講授
In-class Hours |
課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours |
1 |
Introduction |
- Sorli, Mirham E., Gleditsch, N. P., and Strand, H. (2005) ‘Why Is There So Much Conflict in the Middle East?’ Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49: 1.
- Mather, Y. (2014) ‘The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and Current,’ Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory, 42: 3.
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Theoretical debates |
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Conflict theory (1) |
- Bartos, O. J. and Wehr, P. (2002) Using Conflict Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Ch. 1-3).
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Conflict theory (2) |
- Long, W. J. and Brecke, P. (2003) War and Reconciliation: Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution, Massachusetts: The MIT Press (Ch. 1).
- Matyok, T., Senehi, J. and Byrne, S. eds. (2011) Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Education (Ch. 1).
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Clash of civilization vs. Orientalism |
- Hauk, E. and Muller, H. (2015) ‘Cultural Leaders and the Clash of Civilizations,’ Journal of Conflict Resolution, 59: 3.
- Media Education Foundation (2005) Edward Said: The Myth of ‘the Clash of Civilizations.’
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Historical context of the conflicts |
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Colonialism |
- Choueiri, Y. M. ed. (2005) A Companion to the History of the Middle East, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (Ch. 13).
- Hunwick, J., Seesemann, R. and Vikor, K. (2006) Islam and Colonialism: Intellectual Responses of Muslims of Northern Nigeria to British Colonial Rule, Leiden: Koninklijke Bill NV (Intro.).
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6 |
World War 1 |
- Ulrichsen, K. C. (2014) The First World War in the Middle East, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Ch. 7 & 8).
- Colin, J. (2018) ‘A Crude History of the Great War,’ History Today.
- Jacobs, M. F. (2014) ‘World War 1: A War (and Peace?) for the Middle East,’ Diplomatic History, 38: 4.
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7 |
World War 2 |
- Cleveland, William L. and Bunton, Martin (2009) A History of the Modern Middle East, , Boulder: Westview (p. 191, 201-204, 211-213, 228-230, 233-234, 261-267)
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8 |
Cold War |
- Khalidi, R. (2009) Sowing Crisis: The COld War and American Dominance in the Middle East, Boston: Beacon Press (Intro.).
- Barrett, R. C. (2007) The Greater Middle East and the Cold War: US Foreign Policy Under Eisenhower and Kennedy, London: I.B. TAURIS (Ch. 6).
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3. seminar |
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4 |
9 |
Midterm |
none |
Exam. |
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Major wars and conflict in the Middle East |
10 |
1948 Palestine-Israel |
- Milton-Edwards and Hinchcliffe, P. (2001) Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945, New York: Routledge (Ch. 2).
- A Companion to the History of the Middle East (Ch. 14).
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11 |
1956 Suez crisis |
- Varble, D. (2003) The Suez Crisis 1956, Oxford: Osprey Publishing (p.7-14, p.21-72, p. 91-92).
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3. seminar |
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12 |
1967 Six-day war |
- Oren, M. B. (2002) Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Making of the Modern Middle East, New York: Oxford University Press ( p.1-32, 305-327).
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13 |
1973 October war |
- Sindawi, K. and Kahana, E. (2015) The Yom Kippur War: The Successes of Israeli Intelligence, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 28: 4.
- Siniver, A. (2013) The Yom Kippur War: Politics, Legacy, Diplomacy, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Ch. 1).
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14 |
1979 Islamic revolution |
- Abrahamian, E. (2008) A History of Modern Iran, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Ch. 6).
- Arjomand, S. A. (1988) The Turban for the Grown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Ch. 5 & 6).
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15 |
Gulf-war (1): Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988 |
- Donovan, J. (2011) The Iran-Iraq War: Antecedents and conflict escalation, London: Routledge (Ch. 1, 2, 6).
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16 |
Gulf war (2): Iraq vs. Kuwait 1990 |
- Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 (Ch. 8).
- Long, J. M. (2004) Saddam’s War of Words: Politics, Religions, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, Austin: University of Texas Press (Ch.2 & 3).
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17 |
US invasion of Iraq 2003 |
- Ritchie, N. and Rogers, P. (2007) The Political Road to War with Iraq: Bush, 9/11 and the drive to overthrow Saddam, London: Routledge (Ch. 6-9).
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18 |
Essay |
none |
The students should hand in their essay this week. |
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