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060004 SE Modern History of Israel II: The State of Israel (Israel Studies) (2019S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 01.02.2019 08:00 to Mo 11.03.2019 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2019 08:00
Details
Language: German, English, Hebrew
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 06.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 13.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 20.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 27.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 03.04. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 10.04. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 08.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 15.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 22.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 29.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 05.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 12.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 19.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Wednesday 26.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Course requirements:
Class attendance is mandatory and students are expected to actively participate in class
During each meeting there will be a presentation followed by a class discussion.
At the end of the course each student will submit a paper on a topic, no longer than 12 pages.
Class attendance is mandatory and students are expected to actively participate in class
During each meeting there will be a presentation followed by a class discussion.
At the end of the course each student will submit a paper on a topic, no longer than 12 pages.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Evaluation Criteria and Percentage of Grade
Class participation 20%
Class presentation 35%
The Paper 45%
Class participation 20%
Class presentation 35%
The Paper 45%
Examination topics
Topics:13.03.2019 Movie: He Walked in the Fields /Yesef Milo, 1967
20.03 The invention of Israeliness: The Sabra
27.03 The survivors: living with the Shoah
03.04 Jewish immigration and Ethnicity / multi-culturalism
10.04 Religion in Israel: Rabbis, Ayatollahs and Nationalism
08.05 Movie “A Quiet Heart”/ Eitan Anner, 2016
15.05 The Code of Security: The Israeli Military-Cultural Complex
29.05 Women in Israel
05.06 Israel and the Arab World - 1967 War, victory and occupation
12.06 1973 War and Camp David
19.06 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Oslo)
26.06.1 Movie “In Between”/ Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016
20.03 The invention of Israeliness: The Sabra
27.03 The survivors: living with the Shoah
03.04 Jewish immigration and Ethnicity / multi-culturalism
10.04 Religion in Israel: Rabbis, Ayatollahs and Nationalism
08.05 Movie “A Quiet Heart”/ Eitan Anner, 2016
15.05 The Code of Security: The Israeli Military-Cultural Complex
29.05 Women in Israel
05.06 Israel and the Arab World - 1967 War, victory and occupation
12.06 1973 War and Camp David
19.06 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Oslo)
26.06.1 Movie “In Between”/ Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016
Reading list
Readings List
History
Guy Ben-Porat, Yagil Levy, Shlomo Mizrahi, Arye Naor and Erez Tzfadia (ed.) (2006) Israel Since 1980. Cambridge University Press, LAK-212
Kimmerling Baruch, (2001) The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society and the Military. Los Angeles and Berkeley: University of California Press.
Naor Arye, ‘“Behold Rachel Behold” The Six Day War as a Biblical Experience and its Impact on Israel’s Political Mentality’, The Journal of Israeli History Vol. 24 No. 2 September 2005, 224-256.
Sachar Howard M. A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time. New York: Knopf. (2007) “War of Independence or Nakba?” 315-347; “Peace Process” pp. 740-784, 843-856 LAK-425
Shindler Colin, (2008) A History of Modern Israel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and NY.
Culture, ethnicities, identity
Ben-Rafael, Eliezer, Sternberg Yitzak (eds.), (2001) Identity, Culture and Globalization, Brill.
Ben Halpern, Yehudah Reinharz, (2000), Zionism and the Creation of a New Society, New York.
Fuchs, Esther (ed), (2005), Israeli Women’s Studies.
Helman Anat, ”Even the dogs in the street bark in Hebrew: national ideology and everyday culture in Tel-Aviv”. Jewish Quarterly Review 92, 3-4 (2002) 359-382.
Kaddari-Halperin Ruth, (2003), Women in Israel.
Peled Yoav and Gershon Shafir, (2002). Being Israeli. Cambridge University Press. LAK-404
Semyonov Moshe, Lewin-Epstein Noah (eds). Stratification in Israel: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender. New Brunswick, NJ. (2004). LAK-329
The Conflict Bar-Tal, Daniel, Teichman, Yona (2006) Stereotypes and Prejudice in Conflict: Representation of Arabs in Israeli Jewish Society, Cambridge Univ. Press, LAK-224
Lesch Ann M. (2006) Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Peace Process
Shamir Shimon, Maddy-Weitzman Bruce, (2005) The Camp David Summit – What Went Wrong? (2005), pp. 7-13, 42-51, 60-71, 74-82, 108-117 (SmartSite)
Ben Ami Shlomo ‘So Close and Yet so Far; Lessons From the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process’, Israel Studies 10, 2 2005, 572-590.
History
Guy Ben-Porat, Yagil Levy, Shlomo Mizrahi, Arye Naor and Erez Tzfadia (ed.) (2006) Israel Since 1980. Cambridge University Press, LAK-212
Kimmerling Baruch, (2001) The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society and the Military. Los Angeles and Berkeley: University of California Press.
Naor Arye, ‘“Behold Rachel Behold” The Six Day War as a Biblical Experience and its Impact on Israel’s Political Mentality’, The Journal of Israeli History Vol. 24 No. 2 September 2005, 224-256.
Sachar Howard M. A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time. New York: Knopf. (2007) “War of Independence or Nakba?” 315-347; “Peace Process” pp. 740-784, 843-856 LAK-425
Shindler Colin, (2008) A History of Modern Israel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and NY.
Culture, ethnicities, identity
Ben-Rafael, Eliezer, Sternberg Yitzak (eds.), (2001) Identity, Culture and Globalization, Brill.
Ben Halpern, Yehudah Reinharz, (2000), Zionism and the Creation of a New Society, New York.
Fuchs, Esther (ed), (2005), Israeli Women’s Studies.
Helman Anat, ”Even the dogs in the street bark in Hebrew: national ideology and everyday culture in Tel-Aviv”. Jewish Quarterly Review 92, 3-4 (2002) 359-382.
Kaddari-Halperin Ruth, (2003), Women in Israel.
Peled Yoav and Gershon Shafir, (2002). Being Israeli. Cambridge University Press. LAK-404
Semyonov Moshe, Lewin-Epstein Noah (eds). Stratification in Israel: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender. New Brunswick, NJ. (2004). LAK-329
The Conflict Bar-Tal, Daniel, Teichman, Yona (2006) Stereotypes and Prejudice in Conflict: Representation of Arabs in Israeli Jewish Society, Cambridge Univ. Press, LAK-224
Lesch Ann M. (2006) Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Peace Process
Shamir Shimon, Maddy-Weitzman Bruce, (2005) The Camp David Summit – What Went Wrong? (2005), pp. 7-13, 42-51, 60-71, 74-82, 108-117 (SmartSite)
Ben Ami Shlomo ‘So Close and Yet so Far; Lessons From the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process’, Israel Studies 10, 2 2005, 572-590.
Association in the course directory
BA: U1-455/456, als BA-Seminar: U1-455-BA
MA: U2-243
MA: U2-243
Last modified: We 09.08.2023 00:13
This is the second part of the yearly course in Israel Studies and deals with the history of modern Israel from the inception of the state of Israel to the present days. It will start with a brief review of the foundation of Jewish autonomy in Palestine and will continue with the major critical events and themes that dominate Israeli society, dividing it across national, religious, ideological and ethnic lines.
Among the topics to be discussed are:
The first decade: State and Nation Building
1967, 1973: The Ethos of War and Gender
1977: The Upheaval and Ethnicity
1980-2000: the Israeli–Arab struggle, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and The Peace Process
Cultural War: Jews and Israelis
Globalization and Modernism, Glocalization and PopulismAim:
This course aims to give students familiarity with the main characteristics of Israel's history, and society, with the different interpretations and narratives.Methods of Instruction:
The course will be taught through lectures, discussions, students' presentations,