Israel and the Middle East
The Israel and Middle East teaching program is set within a range of global perspectives incorporating Israeli history, politics, law, international relations, public affairs, economy, cultures and arts. The courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level provide students with a comprehensive, multi-layered knowledge of the history, politics, society and culture of the present-day Middle East, with a critical understanding of the deep-end contexts of current affairs. The sequence also offers an overseas study unit entitled, War and Peace: Models of Conflict Resolution.
Teaching and research supervision draws on distinguished overseas visiting academics, led by the Leon Liberman Chair in Israel Studies, Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger. Exchange programs incorporating Israel and the Middle East exist with the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University. Research scholarships to Israel are available for students undertaking a major research project.
Undergraduate Units
- ATS1355 Fanatics and Fundamentalists: The Global Politics of Violence
- ATS2582/ATS3582 History of the Arab-Israel Conflict*
- ATS2580/ATS3580 The Middle East in the Modern World
- ATS2599/ATS3599 Modern Israel: History, Politics and Society*
- ATS2591/ATS3591 Facing History: Israeli and Palestinian Film and Literature
- ATS2691/ATS3691 Politics, Violence and Memory
- ATS2698/ATS3698 Crisis Zone: The International Relations of the Middle East
- ATS2701/ATS3701 Terrorism and Violence in Global Politics
- ATS3287 War and Peace: Models of Conflict Resolution
*not available in 2011
Honours and Postgraduate Units
- ATS4319/APG4319 Zionism: The Argument*
- ATS4287/APG4287 War and Peace: Models of Conflict Resolution
- ATS4292/APG5292 Historiography of the Arab-Israel Conflict
Honours and Postgraduate Degrees
Honours
Master of Applied History (Holocaust and Genocide Studies) – flier [pdf 1.24MB]
Master of Arts (Research 100%)
Master of Arts by Coursework and Research (through a discipline approved by the Arts Faculty)
Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Research)
PhD
For all enquiries about coursework or research in this area, please contact arts-acjc@monash.edu or contact Mark Baker.