May 22 WELCOME SESSION
The Critique of Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
May 23 SICILY
Introduction to Strategic Geography in the Mediterranean
May 24 SICILY
Strategy and Foreign Policy of the Early Islamic Empires and the Italian Peninsula
The Role of Sicily in the Mediterranean Strategy of Early Islamic States
May 25 THE CRUSADES
The Foreign Policy of Amalfi, Genoa, and Venice during the Crusades
WEEK II
May 29 THE POLITICS OF THE RENAISSANCE
International Trade between the Peninsula and the Middle East
A “Clash of Civilizations” in Renaissance Art?
Quiz 1!
May 30 OTRANTO
Political Memorialization of Otranto and Lepanto Battles
Watch ‘Fetih 1453’
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June 31 OTRANTO
June 1 THE BATTLE FOR EPANTO
The Foreign Policy of Bandwagoning: Venice and the Ottoman Hegemon
WEEK III
June 5 LEPANTO
Quiz 2!
June 6 PIRATES
North African Piracy and the Italian Peninsula
June 7 THE LIBYA COLONY
The Italian-Ottoman War of 1911
Foreign Policy of Mussolini’s Italy and the Middle East
Italian Counter-Insurgency and the Revolt of Umar Mukhtar
Watch Lion of the Desert’ http://www.watchfree.to/watch-61d6-Lion-of-the-Desert-movie-online-free-putlocker.html
June 8 THE LIBYA COLONY
WEEK IV
June 12 THE LIBYA COLONY
Quiz 3!
June 13 ITALY & TERRORISM
Perceived Security Threats within Italy
June 14 ITALY’s MUSLIMS
Conversion among Italians to Islam
June 15 ENI, ITALY, & OIL
The Geopolitics of Energy and Italian Foreign Policy
Introduction to Resource Nationalism
The Foreign Policy of ENI
WEEK V
June 19 ITALY & IRAQ
Italy’s Role in the 2003 Iraq War
Quiz 4!
June 20 ITALY & LIBYA
The Italian Role in the 2011 Libya War
June 23 ITALY & THE LEVANT: SYRIA, LEBANON ISRAEL, & PALESTINE
Non-State Actors, Transnational Islamist Networks
June 24 THE MIDDLE EAST IN CONTEMPORARY ITALY
Cultural Politics, the Middle East in Domestic Italian Politics
The Italian Media and the Middle East
Reviewing the Clash of Civilizations Argument
June 25 Final Exam