Module ARA2161 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA2161: The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discussions in seminars | During seminars | 1-5 | Verbal |
| Individual Presentations in seminars | 10 - 15 minutes | 1-5 | Verbal |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 0 | 20 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Class Presentation | 20 | 15 minutes | 1-5 | Oral feedback |
| Essay 1 | 40 | 1,500 words | 1-5 | Written comments and mark |
| Essay 2 | 40 | 1,500 words | 1-5 | Written comments and mark |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Class Presentation | Write up of presentation (1,000 words) | 1-5 | August/September assessment period |
| Essay 1 | Essay (1,500 words) | 1-5 | August/September assessment period |
| Essay 2 | Essay (1,500 words) | 1-5 | August/September assessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Ernest Bersiach, Historiography, Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Asima A. Ghazi-Biulion, Understanding the Middle East Peace Process: The Israeli Academia and the Struggle for Identity, London and New York: Routledge 2009.
John Hutchinson and Anthony Smith (eds.), Nationalism, Oxford: Oxford Papers 1994.
George G. Iggers, and Q. Edwards Wang, A Global History of Modern Historiography, Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
Steven Kepnes (ed.), Interpreting Judaism in the post-Modernist Age, New York: New York University Press, 1998.
Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Oxford: One World (2006).
Ilan Pappe (ed.), The Israel/Palestine Question, Second Edition, London and New York, second edition, 2007.
Ilan Pappe, The Modern History Palestine, One Land, Two Peoples, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2003; second Edition 2006).
Ilan Pappe. The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951, London and New York: Tauris, 1992 and 1994.
Eli Podeh, The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Israeli History Textbooks, 1948-2000, Westport: Bergin and Garway, 2002.
Michal Prior (ed.), Western Scholarship and the History of Palestine, Melisende London 1998.
I. Rotberg (ed.), Israel and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict; Historys Double Helix, Bloomington, Indiana University Press 2006.
Edward Said, The Question of Palestine, New York: Random House, 2003.
Anita Shapira and Derek J. Pensler (eds.), Israeli Historical Revision, From Left to Right, London: Frank Cass, 2003.
