13945 - Europe in Transformation Modulübersicht
| Module Number: | 13945 |
| Module Title: | Europe in Transformation |
| Europa im Wandel | |
| Department: | Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences |
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: | Every summer semester |
| Credits: | 6 |
| Learning Outcome: | Students know how to approach Europe and European transformation by using sociological theories of belonging, culture, and power, and to apply these to historical and current theoretical discourses in European contexts. What is more, students have fundamental knowledge in central approaches to European Studies, Post- and Decolonial Studies as well as Postsocialist Studies, Migration Studies and Transnationalization Studies and to apply these to the societal realities of Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. They are able to: · understand the central positions and methods used in social and -cultural studies research · Understand and explain relations between culture, belonging, migration and transformation · Independently analyze, compare and discuss scientific texts and apply these to social phenomena |
| Contents: | In the module, classical and newer approaches in European Studies, Post- and Decolonial Studies, Postsocialist Studies, Migration and Transnationalization Studies will be read and discussed. Against this background, contemporary and historical questions/debates in the field of "Europe in Transformation" will be analyzed and discussed from the perspective of the social sciences. Towards a better understanding of transformation processes, a special focus lies on relational approaches to transnational realities and migratory movements, the European history of both Colonialism and Socialism, present processes of racialization and othering (coloniality), forms of re-membering etc.. |
| Recommended Prerequisites: | none |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | none |
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | Literature will be provided in the moodle. |
| Module Examination: | Continuous Assessment (MCA) |
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| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
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| Remarks: | No offer in summer semester 2025 |
| Module Components: | None |
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