The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part I

• Week 1 - Intro
  In our first lesson, we will locate the Middle East in time and space. We will get to know the 19th-century Middle East, the structure of its society and economy as well as the dynamics of its politics. We will then look into the dramatic change that took plac...
• Week 2 - Modernity, Tradition and the Age of Reform
  Our second lesson is a discussion on the forces of modernity and tradition in the Middle East. The filtering of European ideas into the Middle East engendered a process of reform in the region throughout much of the 19th century. We will analyse two centres of...
• Week 3 - The Rise of Nationalism; The Demise of Empire
  In lesson three, we will witness the rise of nationalism in the Middle East, as it became a much more acceptable idea in the late 19th and early 20th century among an intellectual, elitist, urban minority, who were the graduates of western-style schools (remem...
• Week 4 - The Creation of the Middle East State System
  In our fourth lesson, we will be speaking about the creation of the Middle East state system in accordance with British and French designs after the First World War. First, we will discuss Egypt and how its distinct historical development gave way to a unique ...

Professor Asher Susser
Senior Research Fellow
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies