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 (9/16)

Introduction

1. 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.


2. Mather, Y. (2014) ‘The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and Current,’ Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory, 42: 3.

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4

Theoretical debates

2 (9/23)

Conflict theory (1)

1. Bartos, O. J. and Wehr, P. (2002) Using Conflict Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Ch. 1-3).

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3 (9/30)

Conflict theory (2)

1. Long, W. J. and Brecke, P. (2003) War and Reconciliation: Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution, Massachusetts: The MIT Press (Ch. 1).


2. 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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4

(10/7)

Clash of civilization vs. Orientalism

1. Hauk, E. and Muller, H. (2015) ‘Cultural Leaders and the Clash of Civilizations,’ Journal of Conflict Resolution, 59: 3.


2. Media Education Foundation (2005) Edward Said: The Myth of ‘the Clash of Civilizations.’

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2

4

Historical context of the conflicts

5

(10/14)

Colonialism

1. Choueiri, Y. M. ed. (2005) A Companion to the History of the Middle East, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (Ch. 13).


2. Hardy, Roger (2017) The poisoned well: empire and its legacy in the Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Epilogue).


3. Stop Blaming Colonial Borders for the Middle.

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4

6

(10/21)

World War 1

1. Ulrichsen, K. C. (2014) The First World War in the Middle East, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Ch. 7).


2. Jacobs, M. F. (2014) ‘World War 1: A War (and Peace?) for the Middle East,’ Diplomatic History, 38: 4.

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7

(10/28)

World War 2

1. 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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4

8 (11/4)

Cold War

1. Khalidi, R. (2009) Sowing Crisis: The COld War and American Dominance in the Middle East, Boston: Beacon Press (Intro.).


2. 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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2

4

9

(11/11)

Midterm

none

Exam.

Major wars and conflict in the Middle East

10

(11/18)

1948 Palestine-Israel

1. Milton-Edwards and Hinchcliffe, P. (2001) Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945, New York: Routledge (Ch. 2).


2. A Companion to the History of the Middle East (Ch. 14).

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11

(11/25)

1956 Suez crisis

1. Varble, D. (2003) The Suez Crisis 1956, Oxford: Osprey Publishing (p.7-14, p.21-72, p. 91-92).

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4

12

(12/2)

1967 Six-day war

1. 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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4

13

(12/9)

1973 October war

1. Sindawi, K. and Kahana, E. (2015) The Yom Kippur War: The Successes of Israeli Intelligence, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 28: 4.


2. Siniver, A. (2013) The Yom Kippur War: Politics, Legacy, Diplomacy, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Ch. 1).

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14

(12/16)

1979 Islamic revolution

1. Abrahamian, E. (2008) A History of Modern Iran, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Ch. 6).


2. 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

(12/23)

Gulf-war (1): Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988

1. Donovan, J. (2011) The Iran-Iraq War: Antecedents and conflict escalation, London: Routledge (Ch. 1, 2, 6).

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16

(12/30)

Gulf war (2): Iraq vs. Kuwait 1990

1. Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 (Ch. 8).


2. 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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2

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17

(1/6)

US invasion of Iraq 2003

1. 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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2

4

18

(1/13)

Essay

none

The students should hand in their essay this week.