800861 VU Perspectives on Europe in a Global Context

winter semester 2024/2025 | Last update: 23.08.2024 Place course on memo list
800861
VU Perspectives on Europe in a Global Context
VU 2
5
Block
annually
English

After successful completion of the course, students are familiar with various stages of the history and transformations of Europe, its institutions and processes of integration. They are able to read critically and deconstruct different narratives of Europe. They will have a deeper understanding of

·         the History of Europe

·         the political, legal, social and cultural governance of the EU

·         processes of integration: strategies and mechanisms of political, social and cultural inclusion and exclusion

·         transformations and challenges in Europe: Media, migration, colonialism, war and conflict, religion, climate politics

·         concepts of Europeanness in everyday life 

·         representations of Europe in texts, museums, festivities and rituals

Furthermore, students examine the historical and contemporary roles of social organizations and their actions within global systems. They gain partial understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of other cultures in relation to history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices. Students are able to question assumptions and identify relevant contexts when presenting a position. After successful completion of the course, students identify their own and others' assumptions and relevant contexts when presenting a position.

The non-subject related learning outcomes have been formulated in accordance with the Aurora Competence Framework (LOUIS), which is based on the VALUE rubrics developed by the AAC&U.

This course is an introduction to studying the visions, realities and challenges of Europe and European integration in the making. Trans-European conflicts, cooperation and integration is addressed from a historical and contemporary perspective and by analyzing political institutions, societal objectives and symbolic representations in law, media, film, literature, popular culture and arts.

In 14 learning units, the course will cover:

  • History of Europe and the European Union: Political, Philosophical, Legal, Religious, Social and Cultural dimensions
  • Processes of Europeanization and Integration: Strategies and Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion
  • Migration and Mobility
  • War and Conflict
  • Imagined Others and Memory Cultures
  • Narratives of Europe in Film, Literature and Art

Teaching methods: Online lectures and exercises such as analysis of documents, visual sources and graphs; group discussions in breakout rooms; flipped classroom; preparatory reading

multiple choice test on 10 December 2024

Background reading: Patel, Kiran Klaus (2020). Project Europe: A History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108848893 (open access through University Library Innsbruck with your login)

The lecture is an Aurora Alliance (AURORA – Universität Innsbruck (uibk.ac.at)) event.

The course 800861 "Perspectives on Europe in a Global Context" is the first core course of the Aurora joint educational program "Understanding of Europe". The joint educational program consists of two core courses (5 ECTS credits each, taught in English) and an area of specialisation (20 ECTS credits). More here: https://aurora-universities.eu/understanding-europe/

Furthermore this course is also part of the micro-credential ‘Reading Austria in European and Global Context’. More here: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/international/aurora/aurora-european-universities-alliance/micro-credentials/

All students of all Aurora universities are invited to apply for participation in this course from June 03 till July 12 at the following link. After this date, registration via LFU:online  is possible for Innsbruck and Erasmus students, given there are still places: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/international/aurora/aurora-course-offerings/universitat-innsbruck/

 

Information: The non-subject related learning outcomes have been formulated in alignment with the Aurora Competence Framework (LOUIS) which is based on the VALUE rubrics developed by the AAC&U.

see dates
Group 0
Date Time Location
Tue 2024-10-15
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Silke Meyer: Introduction
Fri 2024-10-18
09.00 - 10.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online Andreas Maurer (University of Innsbruck): European Integration
Tue 2024-10-22
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Natascha Zeitel-Bank (University of Innsbruck: EU and Media
Fri 2024-10-25
09.00 - 10.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online Niels Grüne (Univerity of Innsbruck): How Europe Became Europeanized in the First Age of Globalization (1500-1800)
Tue 2024-10-29
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Werner Schroeder (University of Innsbruck): The Rule of Law Crisis in the EU or How to Defend the EU’s Values
Tue 2024-11-05
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Alessandro Arienzo (University of Naples): Historical and Political ideas about Europe
Fri 2024-11-08
09.00 - 10.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online Stefan Ehrenpreis (University of Innsbruck): War and Conflict in the History of Europe
Tue 2024-11-12
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Wolfgang Wagner (VU Amsterdam): The European Union as an Actor in International Security
Fri 2024-11-15
09.00 - 10.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online Selma Porobić (Palacky University Olomouc and University College London, UK): Migrants and refugees in Europe
Tue 2024-11-19
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Doris Eibl (University of Innsbruck): European Issues in Literature
Fri 2024-11-22
09.00 - 10.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online Silke Meyer University of Innsbruck): The Making of Europe from below
Tue 2024-11-26
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Dirk Rupnow (University of Innsbruck): European Others
Fri 2024-11-29
09.00 - 10.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online Guest lecture: Tim Rayner, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia: The GreenDeal. European climate & sustainability governance.
Tue 2024-12-10
17.15 - 18.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online Exam (multiple choice test)
Group Booking period
800861-0 2024-09-01 00:00 - 2024-09-21 23:59
Ehrenpreis S., Eibl D., Grüne N., Maurer A., Meyer S., Rupnow D., Schroeder W., Zeitel-Bank N.