Histoire du monde arabo-musulman contemporain

Session 1: General introduction to the course 26/09Session 2: History of Palestine (1) with Professor Abaher el Sakka 3/10Session 3: History of Palestine (2) with Professor Abaher el Sakka 10/10Session 4: The Arab world, a mosaic of peoples and cultures 17/10Session 5: End of the Ottoman era and European domination in the Mashreq 24/10Session 6: Colonization and protectorate in the Maghreb 7/11Session 7: Decolonization and independence 14/11Session 8: Baathism in Syria and Iraq, Nasserism in Egypt 21/11Sessions 9: Crises and conflicts in the Middle East. Case study: Lebanon. 28/11Session 10: Authoritarianisms: the case of Tunisia 5/12Sessions 11: Challenges, Uprisings and Transitions 12/12Session 12: Introduction to political Islam 19/12

The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the history of the Arab World in the 19th and 20th centuries.This course will allow students to better understand the complexity of this changing and conflict-ridden area.

Conference, presentations and readings.

Contribution to the teaching profile

The course will be taught in 12 sessions of 2 hours. It is addressed to students registered in BA d'Histoire and BA/ Master en langues et lettres modernes, orientation Orientales, à finalité Monde arabo-musulman. The course discusses the disintegration of the Ottoman empire, the impact of the Nahda, Muslim reformism, the birth of Arab nationalism, European political involvement in the Arab world (protectorates and colonies), the decolonization process, the era of independence, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and political regimes in the Arab world today. This year we will welcome Professor Abaher el Sakka from Birzeit University (Chair of International Cooperation) for two sessions on the history of Palestine.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

- Cloarec, Vincent et Laurens, Henry, Le Moyen-Orient au XXe siècle, Armand Colin, 2000-Dupont, Anne-Laure, Atlas de l'Islam dans le monde, Autrement, 2005-Gresch, Alain, et Vidal, Dominique, Les 100 clés du Proche-Orient, Hachette, 2011 (réédition).-Hourani, Albert, Histoire des peuples arabes, Paris, 1990-Laurens, Henry, L’Orient arabe, arabisme et islamisme de 1798 à 1945, Paris, Armand Colin, 2000- Luizard, Pierre-Jean, Comment est né l'Irak moderne, CNRS Editions, 2009.- Luizard, Pierre-Jean, Laïcités autoritaires en terres d'islam, Fayard, 2008.- Luizard, Pierre-Jean, Le piège Daech. L'État islamique ou le retour de l'histoire, La Découverte, 2015, 180 p.-Mervin, Sabrina, Histoire de l’Islam, doctrine et fondements, Paris, Champs-Flammarion, 2000-Picaudou, Nadine, La Décennie qui ébranla le Moyen Orient, Paris, 1992.-Rivet, Daniel, Le Maghreb à l'épreuve de la colonisation, Paris, 2002.

Contacts

Jihane Sfeirjsfeir@ulb.ac.be

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

1. 3 pages of essay (to be submitted at the last meeting): a biography of a person who has marked the history of the Arab world, a technical sheet or a reading sheet for a book: in a maximum of three pages.2- A written exam will take place at the end of the year.3-A participation note: personal investment, without which there can be no meaningful education, is highly recommended.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Essay (30%)Presence and Participation (10%)Final Exam (60%)