To develop an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the main approaches and theories of European integration and an ability to apply them to the enlargement of the European Union (EU).

Lectures 36 h + exam (3 ECTS) 5 Sept - 24 Oct; essay seminar 6 h (5 ECTS) 10 - 17 Nov.

Compensations:

International Relations:
KVPOA3, Wiener - Diez (3 ECTS) or Wiener - Diez and Bindi/Vogt - Maier (5 ECTS)

Political Science: VALTA7, 3-5 ECTS.

Description and objectives:

The course explores the history of the concept of "Europe" both theoretically and empirically, understood in its historical, cultural and normative terms. The mutual perceptions between the "West" and the "East" of the continent, as well as individual nations´ images with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe since the 19th Century and up till now will also be examined. The material is structured by time periods, themes and regions and is supported by case studies. Such concepts as identity, self- and other´s perception, xenophobia, inter-ethnic and inter-state relations will be dealt with and illustrated during the course by such visual material as pictures, short films, and historical maps.

This seminar is an attempt to find plausible answers to the following questions:

What are and were mutual perceptions between Eastern and Western Europe and for what reasons? What connects and what divides both parts of the continent?  Where is the border separating it into the Western, Central and Eastern Europe?  Which historical and contemporary factors contributed to the current state of affairs? What role should we attach to religion? How were the images of the "other" interpreted and understood over time? What factors were crucial for the dynamics of the pan-European communication processes, political rapprochement and current institutional developments? What roles were played over the past two centuries by different stereotypes among nations? What is the relation of the elites / "agents of change" and parties to the political-symbolic "European process"? How did the Europeanization take place after 1945 and 1989?  What was the nature of post-1945/1989 reshaping of Europe? How is European integration and successive rounds of enlargement assessed today? Is a pan-European identity possible?

The seminar has a total of 16 hours. The seminar will be devoted to teaching of skills of analysis and knowledge over the transformation of "Europe". Course participants should recognize the complexity of the issues, describe, understand and explain the processes in Europe. Systematic presence is required. Each session consists of two academic hours.

Methods: traditional teaching, case study analysis, group discussions, individual presentations, course work, oral presentations, final essay.

Modes of study: teaching in English; lectures, seminar; readings; oral presentation / essay (ca. 3000 words).

Maximum number of students: 20

Sign up for the seminar in advance (29 August - 19 September) by using the course enrolment service NettiOpsu

Compensations:

International Relations KVPOA3 (two books of the following: Bengtsson, Vogt-Mayer, Bindi) 4 ECTS

Political Science VALTA7 5 ECTS or VALTS2e (two books) 6 ECTS

1) To go deeper into the nature of science and scientific discussion and contribute to the completion of the final thesis.
2) To prepare essays suitable for publishing and present research plans as well as draft chapters on the theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the doctoral thesis.

Doctoral programme IR2a.

To develop an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the main approaches and theories of European integration and an ability to apply them to the enlargement of the European Union (EU).

Lectures 36 h + exam (3 ECTS) 5 Sept - 24 Oct; essay seminar 6 h (5 ECTS) 10 - 17 Nov.

Compensations:

International Relations:
KVPOA3, Wiener - Diez (3 ECTS) or Wiener - Diez and Bindi/Vogt - Maier (5 ECTS)

Political Science: VALTA7, 3-5 ECTS.

Description and objectives:

The course explores the history of the concept of "Europe" both theoretically and empirically, understood in its historical, cultural and normative terms. The mutual perceptions between the "West" and the "East" of the continent, as well as individual nations´ images with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe since the 19th Century and up till now will also be examined. The material is structured by time periods, themes and regions and is supported by case studies. Such concepts as identity, self- and other´s perception, xenophobia, inter-ethnic and inter-state relations will be dealt with and illustrated during the course by such visual material as pictures, short films, and historical maps.

This seminar is an attempt to find plausible answers to the following questions:

What are and were mutual perceptions between Eastern and Western Europe and for what reasons? What connects and what divides both parts of the continent?  Where is the border separating it into the Western, Central and Eastern Europe?  Which historical and contemporary factors contributed to the current state of affairs? What role should we attach to religion? How were the images of the "other" interpreted and understood over time? What factors were crucial for the dynamics of the pan-European communication processes, political rapprochement and current institutional developments? What roles were played over the past two centuries by different stereotypes among nations? What is the relation of the elites / "agents of change" and parties to the political-symbolic "European process"? How did the Europeanization take place after 1945 and 1989?  What was the nature of post-1945/1989 reshaping of Europe? How is European integration and successive rounds of enlargement assessed today? Is a pan-European identity possible?

The seminar has a total of 16 hours. The seminar will be devoted to teaching of skills of analysis and knowledge over the transformation of "Europe". Course participants should recognize the complexity of the issues, describe, understand and explain the processes in Europe. Systematic presence is required. Each session consists of two academic hours.

Methods: traditional teaching, case study analysis, group discussions, individual presentations, course work, oral presentations, final essay.

Modes of study: teaching in English; lectures, seminar; readings; oral presentation / essay (ca. 3000 words).

Maximum number of students: 20

Sign up for the seminar in advance (29 August - 19 September) by using the course enrolment service NettiOpsu

Compensations:

International Relations KVPOA3 (two books of the following: Bengtsson, Vogt-Mayer, Bindi) 4 ECTS

Political Science VALTA7 5 ECTS or VALTS2e (two books) 6 ECTS

Lectures 10 h and seminar 10 h. The seminar is for ERS/CBU students only.

ERS2: lectures and seminar, 5 ECTS
KVPOA3: lectures, 2 ECTS.

The goal of the course is to provide conceptual and theoretical tools that shed light on how the interaction of great and small powers has historically shaped the Northern European region; to apply the conceptual and theoretical tools to the contemporary context where supranational integration and regionalization both at the interstate and substate level challenge traditional great and small power dynamics; to provide necessary prerequisites for the students for assessing and examining international dynamics in Europe's north independently.

1) To go deeper into the nature of science and scientific discussion and contribute to the completion of the final thesis.
2) To prepare essays suitable for publishing and present research plans as well as draft chapters on the theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the doctoral thesis.

Doctoral programme IR2a.

Geopolitical Adventures of the Name Asia is an online course containing 18 lectures.

The lectures deal with the various ways Asia has been conceptualized during the past two millennia, starting with the ancient Greeks, and ending with contemporary East Asian conceptualizations.

Viewing time is 1.2.-1.3.2012.

For UTA students of International Relations: mention that you are from there in your texts, and that you are doing this as a JYU-UTA Alliance course. 2 ECTS, KVPOP4 or KVPOP5 (KVPOP4: Pempel).

For further information, please see the course home page.

A web-based course. For further information, contact tarja.seppa(at)uta.fi.

Compensates 5 ECTS from KVPOA4 or KVPOA6.

Registration for the course starts December 1st.

Virtual course in Moodle.

Registering: by email to eero.palmujoki(at)uta.fi at the beginning of period III.

The aim of the course is to provide theoretical and conceptual tools for analyzing the prevalent issues in Asia, focusing on the perceived problems on the Sino-Indian axis.

The literature of the course is available in moodle

1) To go deeper into the nature of science and scientific discussion and contribute to the completion of the final thesis.
2) To prepare essays suitable for publishing and present research plans as well as draft chapters on the theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the doctoral thesis.

Doctoral programme IR2a.

A web-based course. For further information, contact tarja.seppa(at)uta.fi.

Compensates 5 ECTS from KVPOA4 or KVPOA6.

Registration for the course starts December 1st.

Virtual course in Moodle.

Registering: by email to eero.palmujoki(at)uta.fi at the beginning of period III.

The aim of the course is to provide theoretical and conceptual tools for analyzing the prevalent issues in Asia, focusing on the perceived problems on the Sino-Indian axis.

The literature of the course is available in moodle

1) To go deeper into the nature of science and scientific discussion and contribute to the completion of the final thesis.
2) To prepare essays suitable for publishing and present research plans as well as draft chapters on the theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the doctoral thesis.

Doctoral programme IR2a.