May 25 WELCOME SESSION
The Critique of Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
May 26 THE RISE OF ISLAM & ISLAMIC SICILY
Introduction to Strategic Geography in the Mediterranean
Strategy and Foreign Policy of the Roman Empire in the Middle East
May 27 THE RISE OF ISLAM & ISLAMIC 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 28 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE CRUSADES
The Foreign Policy of Amalfi, Genoa, and Venice during the Crusades
Screening of ‘Fetih 1453’ 6-845pm: All films at GKG3 Guarini Campus
WEEK II
June 1 THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
International Trade between the Peninsula and the Middle East
A “Clash of Civilizations” in Renaissance Art?
Quiz 1!
June 2 National holiday
June 3 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Political Memorialization of Otranto and Lepanto Battles
June 4 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Foreign Policy of Bandwagoning: Venice and the Ottoman Hegemon
WEEK III
June 8 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
North African Piracy and the Italian Peninsula
Quiz 2!
June 9 THE LIBYA COLONY
The Italian-Ottoman War of 1911
Foreign Policy of Mussolini’s Italy and the Middle East
Screening of ‘Lion of the Desert’ 6-845pm
June 10 GROUP ASSIGNMENT
June 11 GROUP ASSIGNMENT
WEEK IV
June 15 THE LIBYA COLONY
Italian Counter-Insurgency and the Revolt of Umar Mukhtar
Quiz 3!
June 16 ITALY & TERRORISM
Perceived Security Threats within Italy
June 17 ITALY’s MUSLIMS
Conversion among Italians to Islam
Screening of ‘The Tiger and the Snow’ 6-845pm
June 18 ENI, ITALY, & OIL
The Geopolitics of Energy and Italian Foreign Policy
Introduction to Resource Nationalism
The Foreign Policy of ENI
WEEK V
June 22 ITALY & IRAQ and IRAN
Italy’s Role in the 2003 Iraq War
Italian Policy to Iran’s Nuclear Program
Quiz 4!
June 23 ITALY & LIBYA
The Italian Role in the 2011 Libya War
June 24 ITALY & THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: SYRIA, LEBANON ISRAEL, & PALESTINE
Non-State Actors, Transnational Islamist Networks
June 25 THE MIDDLE EAST IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN SOCIETY
Cultural Politics, the Middle East in Domestic Italian Politics
The Italian Media and the Middle East
Reviewing the Clash of Civilizations Argument
Paper is due on June 29 by 5pm.