Palestine and Israel

29 Março 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- Preliminary overview: how to approach it

- The Ottoman Empire

- The British Mandate

- 1947-1948: Between the UN Partition Plan and the State of Israel/Palestinian Nakba

- The Palestinian refugees issue

- 1956 and 1967 wars

- Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

- 1973 war and the role of Egypt

- The first Intifada

- The Oslo Accords

- The second Intifada

- After 2000

- Other current major issues (both in academia and political debate): Israeli fragmentation and asymmetries; one/two state solution

- Palestine and Israel in 2022

The EU and its role within and towards the MENA region

22 Março 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- Historical and political steps: from the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership to the European Neighbourhood Policy

- Action Plans and the attempt "to create good neighbours"

- The ENP between theory and practice

- EU Normative Power and the MENA region

- The EU and Palestine/Israel

- The EU and Turkey

- Asymmetric rhetoric between "shared/common values" and objectives

- A "New Mediterranean" towards inclusion and cooperation

Islam and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

15 Março 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- Contemporary Political Islam, "Islamic resurgence" or "Islamic revival"?

- The beginning: Muslim Brotherhood

- From 1970s onwards (a focus on Tunisia and Ennahda)

- Problematising the definition itself

- Is Political Islam still capable of continued growth?

- Islam and democracy (case-studies: Hamas and Hezbollah)

- Islam and political violence (case-studies: Hamas and Hezbollah)

- The current panorama of the "Islamist revival"

- Political Islam in the West

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8 Março 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- Significance of the 8th of March in the region

- Waves of feminist theory and activism

- Nationalism: What's beyond?

- The Palestinian case-study

- Wars and conflicts: Women's double burden

- Orientalism as a gendered discourse

- Islam and women/gender: recognising its complexity

- Veil: Forms, choices and perspectives

- Islamic Feminism(s): Not a strict definition

- Women's organisations and states

- Transnational feminism: Transcending borders and identities

Introduction to the MENA region: meanings, approaches and perspectives

22 Fevereiro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- overcoming clichés

- Islam and beyond

- how can we describe the region? (Near East/MiddleEast/Southwest Asia)

- approaching the analysis of the region

- organisation of the course