Courses

CVSP 112

Syllabus

Contemporary Arab Identity

Instructor:   Dr. Hayat Bualuan

Office:           Nicely- 313

Office hours: W.F. 11-12, and by appointment

E-mail:           hb19@aub.edu.lb

Reading List:

• Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples (Warner Books, 1991), Chapters: 19, 21, and selections from chapters  24, 25, 26.

• Sharabi, Hisham, Neo-Patriarchy (Oxford University Press, 1998),Chapter:  2.

• Barakat, Halim. The Arab World (University of California Press, 1993),Chapter: 3.

• Maalouf, Amin .On Identity(Harvill Press, 2000).

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students should be able to:

-  Identify and describe the major events in the Arab World during the period of 1914 to the present.

-  Learn the main conceptual framework (the notion of neo-patriarchy and modernity in the Arab World) related to modern contemporary identity and study the challenges facing the changing societies.

-  Present information clearly using appropriate English on the major internal and intra-regional conflicts.

-  Show critical awareness of social and cultural values in the Arab World, and the problems facing the Arabs in an era of globalization and change.

Teaching Method:

This will be a lecture/discussion course. We shall explore events, movements     and ideas as they occurred, through a close reading of the chosen texts. We will see films and discuss them. I hope that you will feel free to express personal ideas and ask questions when you need more explanation. I also hope that you will write good essays where you will develop your reactions and comments on the texts.

 Evaluation:

Exam 1:    20%

Exam 2:     20%

Final    :     40%

Attendance, participation in class etc.. :10%

Oral reports presented in class:10%

 Schedule

Course Policy:

• You are allowed nine absences.

• Academic Integrity: For definitions of cheating and plagiarism see the AUB Student Code of Conduct as found in the Student Handbook.

For definitions of cheating and plagiarism as well as the consequences for such, see the AUB "Student Code of Conduct" as found in the Student Handbook (esp. pp. 85-86 and 88) and on the AUB website. http://pnp.aub.edu.lb/general/conductcode/158010081.html

At minimum, anyone caught in violation of academic integrity will receive, as per the "Student Code of Conduct," a failing grade of forty points for the assignment in question. Should the violation deserve greater punishment, it will be referred to the Dean and the Dean's Administrative Committee.
Classes meet three times a week: one common lecture and two discussion sessions.