THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST: A HISTORICAL AND LEGAL APPROACH

The course is based on lectures, but students’ participation in class debate is highly appreciated. In order to facilitate interaction, students will be regularly solicited to provide their insights on specific questions. Primary sources, newspapers, maps, film excerpts, photos and videos will be used during the lessons.

The course will deal with the modern history of the Middle East from the French expedition to Egypt (1798) to the end of the twentieth century. These developments will be approached through the lens of constitutionalism and constitutional charters.

William L. Cleveland, Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, Westview Press, 2009 (selected pages).

Rainer Grote and Tilmann J. Röder(eds), Constitutionalism, human rights, and Islam after the Arab spring, Oxford University Press, 2016 (selected pages).