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Last update: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)
1. Students will be required to attend classes regularly, read assigned readings and be active in discussions - this activity will constitute 10 points of the final grade. 2. Paper I: each student will be required to hand in a commented, AI-generated op-ed, which will debate any issue related to (contemporary) transatlantic relations. Each student will create a prompt and provide an analysis (1000 – 1200 words; excluding the AI-generated text) of the text generated by the AI-model. The analysis will entail the assessment of the text’s relevance, factual precision and plausibility. The activity will constitute 20 points of the final grade. The op-ed will be due on 20. 3. 2024. Examples of prompts: “Write an op-ed about the problems of Transatlantic trade in beef” “Write an 800-word op-ed about the challenges of data privacy between the US and the EU” 3. Paper II: each student will hand in a reaction paper to one of the required readings (1200 - 1500 words). The activity will constitute 20 points of the final grade. The reaction paper will be due on 15.4.2024. 3. Final test: Students will answer open-ended questions based on the mandatory readings. The activity will constitute 50 points of the final grade. Grading: 100 - 91 points: A 90 - 81 points: B 80 - 71 points: C 70 - 61 points: D 60 - 50 points: E less than 50 points: F (fail) Sanctions: Late submission of papers: -3 points/day Paper submission: Students will submit the papers via the Turnitin system: https://library.cuni.cz/services/turnitin/ Class ID: 42475316 Enrollment key: Jinonice1 Class Ethics (A) Any use of quoted texts, including AI-generated phrases, in submitted papers must be acknowledged. Such use must meet the following conditions:
It is recommended to use the style of Chicago Manual of Style. (B) In case the use of any texts other than those written by the author is established without proper acknowledgment as defined in (A), the paper will be deemed plagiarized and handed over to the Disciplinary Commission of the Faculty of Social Sciences. |
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Last update: Bc. Sára Lochmanová (31.01.2024)
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Last update: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)
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Last update: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)
Course schedule (2024)
Bloc I: Introduction 1. Course introduction and requirements (19.2.2024) 2. Searching for narratives: Debates about the American and European identities (26.2.2024) Discussion:
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Bloc II: Organizing territory – The United States vs. the United States of Europe 3. Building a federation (4.3.2024) Discussion:
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4. Regionalism in the US (11.3.2024) Discussion:
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Bloc III: Organizing society – Dialogues over solidarity, equality and liberalism 5. Conceptualizing solidarity (18.3.2024) Discussion:
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6. “In Europe, we don’t do God”: The Role of Religion in Society and Politics (25.3.2024) Discussion:
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7. Easter Monday - No class (1.4.2024) 8. Fighting the government, the elites or foreigners? Convergence of American and European Populisms (8.4.2024) Discussion:
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Bloc IV: Organizing the economy – Welfare states and Neoliberalism 9. Equality of opportunity and equality of outcome (15.4.2024) Discussion:
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10. Ideology, politics and identity in the economy (22.4.2024) Discussion:
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Bloc V: Ensuring security – Dealing with differing threat perceptions 11. Divergent threat and security perceptions across the Atlantic (29.4.2024) Discussion:
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12. Are “Americans from Mars and Europeans from Venus”? Civilian power Europe vs. military power US (6.5.2024) Discussion:
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Bloc VI: Transatlantic Dialogues 13. Anti-Americanism and Anti-Europeanism and Transatlantic “Othering”(13.5.2024) Discussion:
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NOTE: All texts available in this syllabus are for study purposes of this course only. They are protected by copyright and must not be further distributed. |