Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2161: The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

This module covers the major Islamist movements in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its aim is to explore the behaviour of these movements, understand their ideologies, and compare their similarities and differences in a cross-regional setting. The module will also address the causes and the political consequences of the rise of Islamist movements in the Muslim-majority states.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Understand the role of historical narratives in regional and national conflicts 2. Demonstrate critical familiarity with current historiosophical and historiographical debates about the past; 3. Recognise how crucial is the historical narrative in informing the positions of the elites and people involved in the never ending conflict in Israel and Palestine
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. Deconstruct historical writing within a historiographical context; 5. Discuss the works of the professional historiography on both sides within a wider theoretical context 6. Demonstrate acumen in the various methodologies and how the impact historiography
Personal and Key Skills	7. Demonstrate critical and analytical skills through readings, class discussions and presentations 8. Contextualise case studies within wider theoretical discussions

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following:

The Theoretical Infrastructure: part 1
The Theoretical Infrastructure: part 2
The Zionist Narrative
The Palestinian Narrative
The New History in Israel
Post-Zionism
New Trends in Palestinian Historiography
The Bridging Narrative
The New-Zionist Historiography
Religion and Historiography
A Vision for the Future

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	22	Teaching will take the form of seminars. Seminars will be weekly and will be organized around the discussion of themes covered in the previous lectures and students' class presentations.
Guided Independent Study	68	Reading and research
Guided Independent Study	30	Preparation for seminars and presentation
Guided Independent Study	30	Preparation for examinations

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/