Course on Conflicts and Nationalism in Southeast Europe

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Course onConflicts and Nationalism in Southeast
Europe
Department of Political ScienceSofia University
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Structure of the presentation

• I. Course outline
• II. Sources and resources

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I. Course outline

• Lectures outline
• Target group
• Course Description
• Course Objectives
• Methods of Instruction
• Grading Policies
• Course Schedule

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• Lectures outline
• 30 hours
• Target group
• Full-time and correspondent students
• MA programs in International relations,
  Department of Political Science, Sofia University

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Course Description

• an in-depth investigation of contemporary
  conflicts and nationalism in SEE
• does not focus only on the former Yugoslavia

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Course Description

• Two parts
• Introduction into basic concepts and theoretical
  issues
• Case studies on political conflicts and
  nationalisms in the region

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Course Objectives

• Subject-specific skills
• Core academic skills
• Personal skills

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Methods of Instruction

• Challenges students to higher level learning
• Uses active forms of learning
• Gives frequent and immediate feedback
• Uses of different learning activities

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Grading Policies

• Class Participation
• 50
• Presentation and defence of a research paper
• 25
• Presentation and defence of a news outline
• 25

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Course Schedule

• Theoretical overview
• The integration and disintegration of Yugoslavia
• The Albanian Macedonian questions
• The Bulgarian nationalism
• Greece vs. Turkey
• The Romanian nationalism

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II. Sources and resources

• Challenges
• Possible solutions

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Challenges

• Availability of up-to-date literature
• Availability of literature in Bulgarian
• Students motivation to read
• Students familiarity with contemporary political
  developments in SEE
• Class attendance

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Possible solutions

• Power point presentations and outlines
• maps
• statistic data
• photos
• charts

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Possible solutions

• Other sources
• On-line news and reports
• Students presentations and their distribution
• Books and scientific journals

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On-line news and reports

• http//www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/bg/hom
  epage/ Southeast European Times
• http//www.seeurope.net - Daily business and
  political information about the region.
• http//www.balkanalysis.com/ - Analyses and
  articles
• http//www.rferl.org/reports/balkan-report/ -
  Radio Free Europe - Balkan reports
• http//www.rferl.org/reports/eepreport/ - Radio
  Free Europe - East European perspective
• http//www.tol.cz - Transition On-line
• http//www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk/ - Analyses
  and articles
• http//www.balkanforums.com/forum/ - Forums on
  Balkan issues
• http//www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id1239
  l1-International Crisis Group
• http//www.iwpr.net/balkans_index1.html -
  Institute of War and Peace Reporting
• http//www.balkanpeace.org/ - The Centre for
  Peace in the Balkans
• http//www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe.html - Maps
• http//www.b92.net/english/ - News, Serbian radio
  B92

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Students presentations and their distribution

• Presentation and defence of a research paper
• Outline the scenarios for the future of Kosovo.
• Major obstacles to the integration of Serbia in
  the EU and NATO.
• Presentation and defence of a news outline
• What are the three most important last month news
  related to former Yugoslavia?

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Students presentations and their distribution

• Instructions
• Prepare a brief (5-10) minutes presentation on
  one of the topics. Please, e-mail the outline of
  your presentation to me and to the other
  colleagues at least 2 days in advance

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Books and scientific journals

• A list with relevant titles is provided
• Access to electronic versions
• Distribution of copies of articles
• Readers with selected texts