This course aims to understand the emergence and development of the European Culture. In this manner, the course starts with a brief explanation, a historical background and continues by the relations of European culture with modernity, religion, nation-state, democracy and enlightenment. The last part of the lecture series will cover the present cultural traits and problems emerged after the formation of the EU.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cemal Ertürk
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
Tuesday, 15:00-18:00, Basın Ekspres Campus, L04, a.erturk@iku.edu.tr
Office Hour(s)
Tuesday, 09:00-12:00, Basın Ekspres Campus, B604, a.erturk@iku.edu.tr
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture and Discussion
Principle Sources
Judt, T. (2006). Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945. New York: Penguin Books.
Mazower, M. (1998). Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century. New York: Vintage Books.
Other Sources
Davie, G. (2000). Religion in Modern Europe: A Memory Mutates. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Psychogiopoulou, E. (2015). Cultural Governance and the European Union. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction to the Course
Oral presentation
2. Week
What is European Culture and why does it matter?
Oral presentation
3. Week
Emergence of the European Culture: Ancient Greece and Romans
Oral presentation
4. Week
Emergence of the European Culture: Middle Ages
Oral presentation
5. Week
Europe and Modernity: Enlightenment and Science
Oral presentation
6. Week
Europe and the Nation-state
Oral presentation
7. Week
European Culture and its relation with religion
Oral presentation
8. Week
Mid-Term Week
Exam
9. Week
Mid-Term Week
Exam
10. Week
European Culture during the world wars
Oral presentation
11. Week
The place of democracy in the European Culture
Oral presentation
12. Week
Europe as/and the other
Oral presentation
13. Week
EU's culture building after 60s
Oral presentation
14. Week
European Culture today: EU's culture/identity after refugee crisis
Oral presentation
15. Week
Final Exam Week
Exam
16. Week
Final Exam Week
Exam
17. Week
Final Exam Week
Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To identify and use theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations.
PO-2
To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3
To acknowledge ethical and scientific responsibilities of data collection, evaluation and publication.
PO-4
To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-5
To use a second language at an intermediate level.
PO-6
To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-7
To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-8
To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions.
PO-9
To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-10
To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present, and future through a scientific perspective.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To discuss and understand the meaning of European Culture
LO-2
To investigate the emergence of European Culture
LO-3
To identify European Culture's relationship with the concepts such as religion, modernity and nation-state
LO-4
To clarify the relationship between democracy and European culture
LO-5
To elaborate the present arguments over European Culture
