May 23 WELCOME SESSION
The Critique of Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
May 24 THE SPREAD OF ISLAM & ISLAMIC SICILY
Introduction to Strategic Geography in the Mediterranean
Strategy and Foreign Policy of the Roman Empire in the Middle East
May 25 THE SPREAD 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 26 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE CRUSADES
The Foreign Policy of Amalfi, Genoa, and Venice during the Crusades
WEEK II
May 30 THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
International Trade between the Peninsula and the Middle East
A “Clash of Civilizations” in Renaissance Art?
Quiz 1!
May 31 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Political Memorialization of Otranto and Lepanto Battles
Screening of ‘Fetih 1453’
June 1 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Foreign Policy of Bandwagoning: Venice and the Ottoman Hegemon
June 2 Holiday
WEEK III
June 6 THE ITALIAN PENINSULA & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
North African Piracy and the Italian Peninsula
Quiz 2!
June 7 THE LIBYA COLONY
The Italian-Ottoman War of 1911
Foreign Policy of Mussolini’s Italy and the Middle East
June 8 THE LIBYA COLONY
Italian Counter-Insurgency and the Revolt of Umar Mukhtar
June 9 THE LIBYA COLONY
Screening of ‘Lion of the Desert’
June 10 THE LIBYA COLONY
Screening of ‘Lion of the Desert’
WEEK IV
June 13 ITALY & TERRORISM
Perceived Security Threats within Italy
Quiz 3!
June 14 ITALY’s MUSLIMS
Conversion among Italians to Islam
Screening of ‘The Tiger and the Snow’ 6-845pm
June 15 ENI, ITALY, & OIL
The Geopolitics of Energy and Italian Foreign Policy
Introduction to Resource Nationalism
The Foreign Policy of ENI
June 16 ITALY & IRAQ
Italy’s Role in the 2003 Iraq War
WEEK V
June 20 ITALY & IRAQ
Screening of the Tiger and the Snow
Quiz 4!
June 21 ITALY & LIBYA
The Italian Role in the 2011 Libya War
June 22 ITALY & THE LEVANT: SYRIA, LEBANON ISRAEL, & PALESTINE
Non-State Actors, Transnational Islamist Networks
June 23 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 24 Final Exam