From 19 to 21 July from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in online format.
COURSE INFORMATION
The enrolment period will remain open until all places are filled. The course will be held online from 19 to 21 July 2021, from 10 am to 6 pm. The duration of the course is 20 hours (1.5 ECTS credits). The fee is 50€, with the possibility of obtaining a full scholarship (100% of the amount) or a reduced scholarship (50%).
Full programme: Download the full programme here (link is external)
Course website: Curso Relaciones internacionales y cambio político en el Norte de África y Oriente Medio. Current challenges (upo.es) (link is external)
Information on scholarships: Scholarships Summer Courses (upo.es) (link is external)
Contact: olavideencarmona@upo.es (link sends e-mail)The Pablo Olavide University (UPO) in Seville, Casa Árabe and the Euro-Arab Foundation have joined forces to organise this summer course, which will feature leading specialists in the contemporary Arab-Islamic world.
Directed by professors Veguilla del Moral and Govantes Romero, both lecturers in the UPO’s Department of Public Law, this course aims to provide students with the analytical tools necessary to understand the regional and international political challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) today.
The course will focus on the challenges that emerged after the upheavals caused by the social mobilisations of the Arab Spring and the armed conflicts that broke out in the region. The aim is to present, from a global approach but also from the perspective of political change in authoritarian regimes, the main dynamics affecting the region (migratory processes, violation of human rights, interests of international organisations and foreign powers, disenchanted youth, etc.), specifying particular features in each context that we address, the result of their own trajectories.
The programme is aimed primarily at students and graduates in International Relations, Political Science, Communication Sciences, Translation, Arab and Islamic Studies, Sociology and Law, as well as media and civil society professionals.
This course will help participants to deliberate and develop reasoned arguments on these issues, placing the region in its global context without losing sight of the local and regional dynamics, cultures and political traditions of each country.The sessions will be taught by recognised authorities in their respective fields, allowing students to explore and deepen their understanding of the great diversity of the contemporary Arab-Islamic world in a context of proximity to specialists on the region.
In the context of the current situation arising from COVID-19, this online course is the perfect opportunity to connect and share the experience with people from all over the world, and at the same time to do so from anywhere.
COURSE CONTENT
Session 1) Human rights in the MENA region (Laura Feliu, UAB)
Session 2) The challenge of migratory flows (Ana Planet Contreras, UAM)
Session 3) The EU’s policy towards North Africa and the Middle East (Irene Fernández Molina, University of Exeter)
Session 4) The future of Algeria as an oil-producing country and its impact on regional governance (Miguel Hernando de Larramendi, UCLM, and Aurelia Mañé Estrada, UB)
Session 5) European Neighbourhood Policy in North Africa (Bosco Govantes Romero, UPO)
Session 6) Political change in Morocco (María Angustias Parejo Fernández, UGR)
Session 7) The exploitation of natural resources in Western Sahara (Victoria Veguilla del Moral, UPO)
Session 8) Tunisian political disaffection through its electoral processes (Antonio Alfonso, Universidad Loyola Andalucía)
Session 9) Peripheral social movements in the Maghreb (Miguel Hernando de Larramendi, UCLM)
Session 10) Round table: “Journalism-research synergies in fieldwork in the Maghreb and the Middle East”.
Session 11) Political Conflict in Yemen (Ewa Strzelecka – UGR)
Session 12) New Dynamics in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, UC3M / Fundación Alternativas)
Session 13) Turkey’s regional role (Carmen Rodríguez López, UAM)
Students who have attended at least 85% of the timetable foreseen for the programme will be able to apply for a diploma of attendance and / or achievement.
