2024/2025
Muslim Women in the Contemporary Middle East, and North Africa (MENA)
Type:
Optional course (faculty)
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
When:
4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Mozhgan Samadi
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course about Muslim women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is designed for one semester. Participation in this course does not require special prerequisites.
Students will be introduced to the use of a range of the most up-to-date international sources relating to the study of Muslim women in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa including reference and survey works, studies of subjects, and internet resources.
Students will be able to answer the following two principal questions by the end of the course: “How has the situation of Muslim women in this culture area been changing throughout the modern age?” and “In what senses (if any at all) and to what extent the situation of Muslim women in this region distinctive and exceptional?”
Learning Objectives
- Aims and Objectives The key objectives of this course are: to introduce students to the study of Muslim women in this region from a multidisciplinary perspective, to lay the foundations for a deeper study of the situation of Muslim women the MENA while facilitating acquisition of intellectual and personal transferable skills, to debunk preconceived stereotypical ideas students might have acquired through the media about Muslim women in this region which are often typified as socially voiceless, submissive to, and dependent on, men.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Know the main approaches to study politics in Muslim societies
- Understanding of the ambiguous approaches towards women in Islam. Acquaintance with the intra-Muslim debates on the topic of Islamic feminism
- Student studies main forms of political participation in Arab-Muslim political culture.
Assessment Elements
- Activities in the lecture and seminar sessions
- An oral presentation by each student during the course
- Oral Exam by the end of the module
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module0.4 * Activities in the lecture and seminar sessions + 0.3 * An oral presentation by each student during the course + 0.3 * Oral Exam by the end of the module
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Abrahamian, E. (2008). A History of Modern Iran. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=234374
- Michael Axworthy. (2016). A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind. Basic Books.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Hamid Naficy. (2012). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3 : The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984. Duke University Press Books.
- Hamid Naficy. (2012). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4 : The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010. Duke University Press Books.