Module course for ARB6009_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Arabic (ORG:ARBS)
Convenor name: Yair Wallach
Convenor email: yw11@soas.ac.uk
Office room: 415
Office hours: Thursday 11-12, Friday 12-1pm
Appointment booking link: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/bookwithme/user/168bfd6419e14c6c9af03f601e6261e7@soas.ac.uk/meetingtype/SVRwCe7HMUGxuT6WGxi68g2?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mlink
Module dates: Semester 1
Intended learning outcomes: 1. Develop awareness of the challenges involved in approaching, in a scholarly manner, a contested history such as the Israel/Palestine conflict
2. Analyse critically prevailing historiographical approaches, regarding the colonial, settler-colonial, and national dimensions of the conflict
3. Provide their own analysis of key issues in the history of the conflict, engaging critically with the historiography while engaging with counter-arguments
4. Become acquainted with different methodological approaches to the history of the conflict, including social, cultural and political history
Assessment 1: Name: AS1
Assessment 1: Weighting: 30%
Assessment 1: Due date: 13/12/2026
Assessment 1: Release date: 6/1/2026
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Retrieval
Assessment 1: Format: Digital Exhibit
Assessment 2: Name: AS2
Assessment 2: Weighting: 70%
Assessment 2: Due date: 06/01/2027
Assessment 2: Release date: 20/01/2027
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Retrieval
Assessment 2: Format: 1,750 word essay
Page template: On campus 2026/27
