Dr Kirsten Schulze SAR 2.12

This course is available on the BA in History, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in History and Politics, BSc in International Relations and History, BSc in Politics and History and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students.

The course is available to General Course students whose home department is International History.

This course covers early Zionism and Arab nationalism; the British mandate; the 1936-39 Arab Revolt and Palestinian nationalism, the 1947 Jewish Revolt; the 1948 Arab-Israeli War; Israeli foreign and defence policy; the 1956 Suez-Sinai Campaign; the 1967 June War; the PLO 1964-1974;  regime change in Egypt and Syria in 1970; the 1973 October War; the 1975 Lebanese civil war; the ascendance of the Likud; the 1978 Camp David Accords; the 1982 invasion of Lebanon; the 1987 Intifada; the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference; the 1993 Oslo Accords; the 1994 Jordanian-Israeli Peace Treaty; the 2000 al-Aqsa intifada; and the 2006-2023 Gaza Wars.

20 hours of seminars in the AT. 20 hours of seminars in the WT. 2 hours of seminars in the ST.

Week 6 of both the Autumn and the Winter terms will be a Reading Week.

Students are required to write two 1500-word essays and a one-hour timed essay.

Exam (75%, duration: 3 hours) in the spring exam period.
Class participation (25%) in the AT and WT.