History and Politics of North Africa and the Middle East

The course aims at providing students with an advanced understanding of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary MENA region, with the methodology to analyse this theme in a range of settings and with an adequate lexicon.

By studying the most relevant events of North African and Middle eastern history, students will acquire an awarenesss of the origins of currents events in a crucial area of the world and will be enabled to comprehend and critically analyse them.