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International Politics and Regional Changes in the MENA Region: Ramifications, crises and interventions
From March 01, 2017 until July 03, 2017Course: from July 3-21, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (75 hours).
MADRID
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Moncloa Campus
Course: from July 3-21, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (75 hours).
Prior registration required by April 30.
Online registration at the UCM. The number of participants is limited to no more than 40.
Registration now open to attend this course at the Complutense Summer School and receive economic aid until April 30.
You may now register for the course “International Policy and Regional Changes in North Africa and the Middle East: Ramifications, crises and interventions,” at the Complutense Summer School (ECV), to be held in Madrid from July 3-21, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with 75 class hours in all, given by professors and specialists on the contemporary Arab world.
The course, directed by Isaías Barreñada and Rafael Bustos García, both professors of International Relations at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with the support of Casa Árabe, seeks to provide tools for analysis and gathering information to understand and interpret the region’s rearrangement and the political transformations that have taken place in the Middle East and North Africa since the protests of 2011.
Universidad Complutense students receive a 50% discount on course registration. Furthermore, everyone can apply for the different forms of aid granted by the General Foundation of the UCM. Therefore, though the full general tuition is normally €780, with the different aid levels, this amount can be reduced to €546, €395 or €195. The aid is granted automatically in the order of registration, so students must pay the tuition amount directly with this aid already discounted. Apply to register before this assistance runs out!
Further information:
Course schedule
Funding provided by the Complutense Summer School
Online Registration - Complutense Summer School
The course, directed by Isaías Barreñada and Rafael Bustos García, both professors of International Relations at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with the support of Casa Árabe, seeks to provide tools for analysis and gathering information to understand and interpret the region’s rearrangement and the political transformations that have taken place in the Middle East and North Africa since the protests of 2011.
Universidad Complutense students receive a 50% discount on course registration. Furthermore, everyone can apply for the different forms of aid granted by the General Foundation of the UCM. Therefore, though the full general tuition is normally €780, with the different aid levels, this amount can be reduced to €546, €395 or €195. The aid is granted automatically in the order of registration, so students must pay the tuition amount directly with this aid already discounted. Apply to register before this assistance runs out!
Further information:
Course schedule
Funding provided by the Complutense Summer School
Online Registration - Complutense Summer School
AID FOR UCM STUDENTS AND STAFF
50% discount on registration (€390) for UCM students and for UCM administration and services staff
• How many can receive aid? No limit.
GENERAL AID FOR THE COMPLUTENSE SUMMER SCHOOL (ECV)
30% discount on registration (€546) for all of the students who register. Apply now!
• How many can receive aid? 750 people will receive aid among all the courses given at the ECV.
• When and how do I apply? During the online registration process itself, from January 24 through June 2, 2017, but don’t wait because it might run out!
AID FOR THE DISABLED
75% discount on registration (€195) for individuals with a degree of disability equal to 33% or more.
• How many can receive aid? No limit.
50% discount on registration (€390) for UCM students and for UCM administration and services staff
• How many can receive aid? No limit.
GENERAL AID FOR THE COMPLUTENSE SUMMER SCHOOL (ECV)
30% discount on registration (€546) for all of the students who register. Apply now!
• How many can receive aid? 750 people will receive aid among all the courses given at the ECV.
• When and how do I apply? During the online registration process itself, from January 24 through June 2, 2017, but don’t wait because it might run out!
AID FOR THE DISABLED
75% discount on registration (€195) for individuals with a degree of disability equal to 33% or more.
• How many can receive aid? No limit.
The course’s purpose is to analyze the complexity of socio-political structures and the dynamics currently existing through a multidisciplinary approach (sociology, politics, economics, demographics and international relations), relating the changes being experienced by Arab societies and States with those taking place in the regional and international arenas, through classes given by professors and specialists, case studies (the civil wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen, Turkey and its role in the region, Palestine after the Arab uprisings, Morocco and the Western Sahara, Algeria, human rights and women, the role of international cooperation, etc.), debates with guest speakers (the Spanish Committee of the UNRWA, Casa Árabe, the Félix Pareja Library, AECID), practical exercises for analysis (presentations of topics by students, commentary on documentaries) and institutional visits (Casa Árabe, the Islamic Library, AECID/MASAR).
The course thereby seeks to contribute to the training which exists in university-level studies about the region of North Africa and the Middle East. This is one of the priorities in foreign policy action for both Spain and the European Union.
The course will begin with a first set of introductory sessions on the contemporary MENA region, in which topics will be discussed involving demographics and social change; political systems, description and changes; civil society and social movements; economic structure and recent dynamics. After this, a second set of sessions will be devoted to providing an overview of the year 2011 uprising from an internal perspective, discussing such topics as the widespread recapitulation, the Tunisian experience and the Egyptian experience. The third set of sessions will be dedicated to regional rearrangement: the role of external role-players and neighboring countries; the United States and changes in the region; foreign action in the region by the European Union, and the roles of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran and Russia.
The course thereby seeks to contribute to the training which exists in university-level studies about the region of North Africa and the Middle East. This is one of the priorities in foreign policy action for both Spain and the European Union.
The course will begin with a first set of introductory sessions on the contemporary MENA region, in which topics will be discussed involving demographics and social change; political systems, description and changes; civil society and social movements; economic structure and recent dynamics. After this, a second set of sessions will be devoted to providing an overview of the year 2011 uprising from an internal perspective, discussing such topics as the widespread recapitulation, the Tunisian experience and the Egyptian experience. The third set of sessions will be dedicated to regional rearrangement: the role of external role-players and neighboring countries; the United States and changes in the region; foreign action in the region by the European Union, and the roles of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran and Russia.
• Providing a foundation of knowledge to interpret the changes being experienced in North Africa, the Middle East and, in particular, the Mediterranean region.
• Equipping students with analytical tools to relate the changes being lived by Arab societies and States with the regional changes that are coming about, as well.
• Getting a grasp of the complexity of the socio-political structures and dynamics currently at work through a multidisciplinary approach (sociology, politics, economics, demographics and international relations).
• Making it possible for Latin American students and researchers interested in this subject matter to receive specialized training on the Arab countries in the Spanish language, given the limited potential to study these topics in their own countries.
• Equipping students with analytical tools to relate the changes being lived by Arab societies and States with the regional changes that are coming about, as well.
• Getting a grasp of the complexity of the socio-political structures and dynamics currently at work through a multidisciplinary approach (sociology, politics, economics, demographics and international relations).
• Making it possible for Latin American students and researchers interested in this subject matter to receive specialized training on the Arab countries in the Spanish language, given the limited potential to study these topics in their own countries.
José Abu Tarbush Quevedo, Universidad de La Laguna
Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio, University of Alicante
Isaías Barreñada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Rafael Bustos García de Castro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Daniel Gil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Paloma González del Miño, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Laura Mijares Molina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jesús Núñez Villaverde, IECAH
Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Casa Árabe
Carmen Rodríguez López, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Luciano Zaccara, Qatar University
Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio, University of Alicante
Isaías Barreñada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Rafael Bustos García de Castro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Daniel Gil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Paloma González del Miño, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Laura Mijares Molina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jesús Núñez Villaverde, IECAH
Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Casa Árabe
Carmen Rodríguez López, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Luciano Zaccara, Qatar University