Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Modulo generale (Prof. Angela Romano): "Sistema / i internazionale: politica, economia e governance nel mondo del XX secolo" - 10 CFU

Modulo speciale (Prof. Uzi Rabi): "Stati, culture e identità: il Medio Oriente incontra l'Europa" - 2 CFU


Modulo generale:
"Sistema / i internazionale / i: politica, economia e governance nel mondo del XX secolo"
Prof. Angela Romano


Argomento 1 Imperi e colonialismo 1870-1945
Argomento 2 Ordini mondiali e guerre mondiali 1870-1945
Argomento 3 Governance globale del 20 ° secolo: Organizzazioni internazionali (ad es. Società delle Nazioni; ONU)
Argomento 4 Pax Americana, Europa divisa e Guerra fredda globale
Argomento 5 Ricostruzione europea: blocchi regionali, integrazione e cooperazione 1945-1989
Argomento 6 Storia dei conflitti e degli intrecci in Medio Oriente
Argomento 7 Religione (e) e politica internazionale: la relazione in continua evoluzione
Argomento 8 Interdipendenza, globalizzazione e governance 1970–2000









Modulo speciale:
"Stati, culture e identità: il Medio Oriente incontra l'Europa"
Prof. Uzi Rabi

Tema 1 Prima guerra mondiale: la creazione di un nuovo Medio Oriente
Argomento 2 Regimi rivoluzionari
Argomento 3 Gli stati del Golfo - Guerra, petrolio e politica
Argomento 4 La "primavera araba": un'alba di una nuova era?
Tema 5 Musulmani in Europa: multiculturalismo e terrore

Prof. Angela Romano:

• Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph A. Maiolo e Kirsten E. Schulze, Storia internazionale del Novecento e oltre, Routledge, 2014 (Capitoli 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 , 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21)
• Catherine Schenk, Relazioni economiche internazionali dal 1945, Routledge, 2011 (capitoli da 1 a 5)
• Matthew G. Stanard, Impero europeo d'oltremare, 1879–1999: una breve storia (capitoli 1 e 2).
Materiale aggiuntivo per seminari in classe verrà caricato sulla piattaforma didattica a tempo debito prima delle lezioni.


Prof. Uzi Rabi
• Lewis Bernard, The Middle East : 2000 years of history from the rise of Christianity to the present day (London: Phoenix, 1995)
• Wright Robin, "Islam, Democracy and the West", Foreign Affairs, Vol. 71, No. 3 (Summer, 1992), pp. 131-145
• Van Nieuwenhuijze C. A. O., "Islam and the West: Worlds Apart? A Case of Interactive Sociocultural Dynamics", Arabica, Vol. 42, No. 3 (November, 1995), pp. 380-403
• Worth Robert, A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil (New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2016), pp. 61-95
• Rabi Uzi & Friedman Brandon, "Weaponizing Sectarianism in Iraq and Syria", Orbis, (April, 2017), pp. 1-16.
• Rabi Uzi, The Return of the Past: State, Identity, and Society in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East (Maryland: Lexington Books, 2020).

General Module (Prof Angela Romano): “International System(s): Politics, Economy, and Governance
in the XX Century world” – 10 CFU
Special Module 1 (Prof Uzi Rabi): "States, Cultures and Identities: The Middle East Meets Europe" –
2 CFU
General Module:
“International System(s): Politics, Economy, and Governance in the XX Century world”
Prof Angela Romano
Topic 1 Empires and colonialism 1870-1945
Topic 2 World orders and world wars 1870-1945
Topic 3 20thcentury global governance: International Organizations (e.g. League of Nations; UN)
Topic 4 Pax Americana, divided Europe, and the Global Cold War
Topic 5 European reconstruction: regional blocs, integration and cooperation 1945–1989
Topic 6 The rise of the Global South
Topic 7 Interdependence, Globalization and Governance 1970–2000
Topic 8 Religion(s) and international politics: the ever-changing relationship

Special Module:
"States, Cultures and Identities: The Middle East Meets Europe"
Prof. Uzi Rabi
Topic 1 World War I: The Creation of a New Middle East
Topic 2 Revolutionary Regimes
Topic 3 The Gulf States – War, Oil and Politics
Topic 4 The "Arab Spring": A Dawn of a New Era?
Topic 5 Muslims in Europe: Multiculturalism and Terror
Topic 6 The "New Regionalism":

• Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph A. Maiolo and Kirsten E. Schulze, International History of
the Twentieth Century and Beyond, Routledge, 2014 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20,
21)
• Catherine Schenk, International Economic Relations since 1945, Routledge, 2011 (Chapters 1 to 5)
• Matthew G. Stanard, European Overseas Empire, 1879–1999: A Short History (Chapters 1 and 2).
Additional materials for the section on Religion and for in-class seminars will be uploaded on the teaching
platform in due time ahead of classes
• Lewis Bernard, The Middle East: 2000 years of history from the rise of Christianity to the present day (London:
Phoenix, 1995)
• Wright Robin, "Islam, Democracy and the West", Foreign Affairs, Vol. 71, No. 3 (Summer, 1992), pp.
131-145
• Van Nieuwenhuijze C. A. O., "Islam and the West: Worlds Apart? A Case of Interactive
Sociocultural Dynamics", Arabica, Vol. 42, No. 3 (November 1995), pp. 380-403
• Worth Robert, A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil (New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux,
2016), pp. 61-95
• Rabi Uzi & Friedman Brandon, "Weaponizing Sectarianism in Iraq and Syria", Orbis, (April 2017),
pp. 1-16.
• Rabi Uzi, The Return of the Past: State, Identity, and Society in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East (Maryland:
Lexington Books, 2020).
• Robert P. Beschel Jr. and Tarik M. Yousef, "The Middle East and North Africa and Covid-19:
Gearing up for the long haul", Brookings, (December 13, 2020)
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-middle-east-and-north-africa-and-covid-19-gearing-upfor-the-long-haul/