Sumários

The mergence of Zionism in Europe and o Arab nationalism in the Middle East

25 Setembro 2025, 11:00 Miguel Vale de Almeida


The mergence of Zionism in Europe and o Arab nationalism in the Middle East. How Zionism was diverse, but always a product of European visions of nation-state and colonialism. Arab Nationalism as a reaction to Ottoman rule and European interventionism, including the first Zionist / Jewish migrations to Palestine

Muslims and Jews in Europe

23 Setembro 2025, 11:00 Miguel Vale de Almeida


The European and Orientalist representations of Muslims as the "enemy" outside and of Jews as the "enemy" within - Islamophobia and Antissemitism as European problems

Myth and History, Time and Space

18 Setembro 2025, 11:00 Miguel Vale de Almeida


The scope of the analysis: distinguish myth from history, and contemplate both time and space in different zoom-in / zoom-out approaches. 

The Israeli-Palestinian case as an exagerated and living example of Modernity's and Social Sciences main political topics: the Nation-State, nationalism, ethnicity, racism, colonialism.

Introduction to the course

16 Setembro 2025, 11:00 Miguel Vale de Almeida


Introduction to the course.