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Readings will be provided by the professor in electronic format |
WELCOME SESSION
Said’s Orientalism and Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
SICILY
Introduction to Strategic Geography in the Mediterranean
The Politics of Eddie Huang, Mafia, Lemons and Citrus Fruits
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
THE CRUSADES
The Foreign Policy of Amalfi, Genoa, and Venice during the Crusades
WEEK II
THE POLITICS OF THE RENAISSANCE & VENICE
International Trade between the Peninsula and the Middle East
A “Clash of Civilizations” in Renaissance Art?
OTRANTO
Political Memorialization of Otranto and Lepanto Battles
OTRANTO (part II)
THE BATTLE FOR LEPANTO
The Foreign Policy of Bandwagoning: Venice and the Ottoman Hegemon
WEEK III
LEPANTO
ORIENTALISM
The Politics of Edward Said and Italy and the Middle East
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
WEEK IV
ITALY & TERRORISM
Perceived Security Threats within Italy
ITALY’s MUSLIMS
Conversion among Italians to Islam
ENI, ITALY, & OIL
The Geopolitics of Energy and Italian Foreign Policy
Introduction to Resource Nationalism
The Foreign Policy of ENI
ITALY & THE 2003 IRAQ WAR
WEEK V
ITALY & THE 2011 LIBYA WAR
ITALY & THE LEVANT: SYRIA, LEBANON ISRAEL, & PALESTINE
Non-State Actors, Transnational Islamist Networks
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
ITALY, THE MIDDLE EAST, COVID-19, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
FINAL EXAM