AHUM 13A01 - Introduction to the Palestinian question

Course Description

This undergraduate course is designed as an introduction to one of the most debated issues in contemporary history. It does not pretend to cover all the complex and multi-faceted developments of the Israeli-Arab conflict, but it is dedicated to the understanding, description and interpretation of the various phases of the so-called “Palestinian question”. Each two-hour session will address one critical period of such a dense historical cycle, with compulsory readings in order, for the students, to be best prepared before each class. Specific times for Q and A will be allocated during each session.

Enseignants

Jean-Pierre FILIU

Type

Cours magistral seul

Language of tuition

English

Semester

Autumn 2024-2025

Course validation

Course validation: • 1 midterm book review (50% of course mark) • 1 final take-home exam (50% of course mark)

Lectures conseillées / Recommended readings

Lectures principales / Main readings

Gur ALROEY, An unpromising land, Jewish migration to Palestine in the early twentieth century, Palo Alto, Stanford University Press, 2014. https://catalogue-bibliotheque.sciencespo.fr/permalink/33USPC_SPO/17qrfdm/alma991006814404005808

Disponible / Available

Michael BRENNER, In search for Israel, the history of an idea, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2014. Jean-Pierre FILIU, Gaza, a history, London, Hurst, 2014.

Disponible / Available

Brenner, Michael. In search of Israel : the history of an idea. Princeton [etc : Princeton University Press. 2018.

Nir KEDAR, Ben Gourion and the foundation of the Israeli democracy, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2021. https://catalogue-bibliotheque.sciencespo.fr/permalink/33USPC_SPO/1d4eftp/alma991007568824205808

Disponible / Available

Kedar, Nir. David Ben-Gurion and the foundation of Israeli democracy. traduit par Haim Watzman. 1st ed. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press. 2021.

Rashid KHALIDI, The Iron cage, Boston, Beacon Press, 2006. https://catalogue-bibliotheque.sciencespo.fr/permalink/33USPC_SPO/1d4eftp/alma991006829847405808

Disponible / Available

Khalidi, Rashid. Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. 1re éd. Boston : Beacon Press. 2006. xlii‑xlii p.

Gudrun KRÄMER, A History of Palestine, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2008

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Krämer Gudrun, Harman Graham, Gudrun Krämer, et al. A history of Palestine : from the Ottoman conquest to the founding of the state of Israel. Princeton (N.J.) Oxford : Princeton University Press. 2008.

Lectures secondaires / Main readings

Mark LEVINE, Overthrowing geography, Jaffa, Tel Aviv and the struggle for Palestine 1880-1948, Berkeley, University of California Press, 2005. https://catalogue-bibliotheque.sciencespo.fr/permalink/33USPC_SPO/1d4eftp/alma991006924291305808

Disponible / Available

LeVine, Mark. Overthrowing geography : Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948. Berkeley Los Angeles London : University of California Press. 2005.

Benny MORRIS, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee problem revisited, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2003. https://catalogue-bibliotheque.sciencespo.fr/permalink/33USPC_SPO/1gfac67/alma991006862938105808

Disponible / Available

Morris, Benny. The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem revisited. 2e éd. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. 2012.

Sara ROY, The Gaza Strip, Washington, Institute of Palestine Studies, 2016. Tom SEGEV, 1967, New York, Metropolitan Books, 2007. Colin SHINDLER, A history of modern Israel, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2013. https://catalogue- bibliotheque.scien

Disponible / Available

Avi SHLAIM, Israel and Palestine, London, Verso, 2009

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Shlaim, Avi. Israel and Palestine : reappraisals, revisions, refutations. London New York : Verso. 2009.