Current Challenges in Europe - JMMZ334

• Anglický název: Current Challenges in Europe
• Český název: Výzvy současné Evropy
• Zajišťuje: Katedra evropských studií (23-KZS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2021
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (1)
• Minimální obsazenost: 1
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: Mgr. Eliška Tomalová, Ph.D.; PhDr. Martin Mejstřík

Anotace

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (24.09.2019)

The master course Current challenges in Europe was especially designed for the European Politics and Society – Václav Havel Joint Master Programme and is a part of obligatory EPS courses. It consists mainly of guest lectures delivered by guest lecturers from Partner universities, Charles University academics, Associated partners representatives and experts giving the students a multidimensional perspective (academic and non-academic) on current challenges Europe and European Union have been recently facing.

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (24.10.2019)

The goal of this subject is to introduce the current challenges in Europe.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Eliška Tomalová, Ph.D. (03.10.2019)

Overall grade (A-E) consists of:

Active participation in class debates (30%)

Analytical Event Report (70%)– 3-4  pages, students may choose from different events/debates/workshops offered for EPS, deadline: 15/12/2019, students attend at least 3 events/semester and register in advance.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (24.09.2019)

Articles and book chapters (20-40 pages/week) available on moodle. Students will be given additional reading relevant to each topic.

Metody výuky

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Eliška Tomalová, Ph.D. (09.10.2020)

The course is based on an interactive approach, students will get involved in class debates during every session.

 

Eliška Tomalová is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Current challenges in Europe
Time: Oct 16, 2020 11:00 PM Prague Bratislava
Every week on Fri, until Dec 18, 2020, 10 occurrence(s)
Oct 16, 2020 11:00 PM
Oct 23, 2020 11:00 PM
Oct 30, 2020 11:00 PM
Nov 6, 2020 11:00 PM
Nov 13, 2020 11:00 PM
Nov 20, 2020 11:00 PM
Nov 27, 2020 11:00 PM
Dec 4, 2020 11:00 PM
Dec 11, 2020 11:00 PM
Dec 18, 2020 11:00 PM
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Weekly: https://cuni-cz.zoom.us/meeting/tJIvf-igrTsqGdYrNrFLyKp8ot0ngbI4kLp2/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCurDMrEteVsBqFRowAAIqgd_zztmJfjadkjjH3JQxKSROuOfYSPLV9OYzb

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 962 8183 0032
Passcode: 567520

 

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Eliška Tomalová, Ph.D. (03.10.2019)

4/10                 Introduction  (Eliška Tomalová)

 

11/10               Current Populism in Europe (Martin Mejstřík)

Kriesi, Hanspeter. 2014. "The Populist Challenge". West European Politics 37:2, 361-378.

 

18/10               Social and Demographic Changes in Europe Since You Were Born (Jan Váška)

(1) Requena M., „The Secularization of Spanish Society: Change in Religious Practice“, South European Society and Politics, 10:3 (2005), 369-390

(2) Field C., „Another Window on British Secularization: Public Attitudes to Church and Clergy since the 1960s, Contemporary British History 28:2 (2014), 190-218

 

25/10               European Soft Power, EU Cultural Diplomacy and Branding (Eliška Tomalová)

NIELSEN, Kristian L.; VILSON, Maili. The Eastern Partnership: Soft Power Strategy or Policy Failure, European Foreign Affairs Review. 2014 Special, Vol.    19, p243-262. 20p.

 

1/11                 Guest lecture: The Trojan Rabbit: The EU, Strategic Autonomy, and Transatlantic Relations (Sven Biscop)

Reading: http://www.egmontinstitute.be/content/uploads/2019/01/EP103.pdf?type=pdf

 

8/11                 EU and South Caucasus (Pikria Asanashvili, Tbilisi State University)

 

15/11           Climate and Water Diplomacy in the EU context (Eliška Tomalová)

 

22/11               Russia in the Liberal World Order (Maxine David, Leiden University)

 

29/11               The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Brexit and post-Brexit scenarios (Ivo Šlosarčík)

 

6/12                 Key Economic Challenges in the EU (Pamela Cotte)

 

13/12               European-African Relations: Role of Spain and Portugal (Barbora Menclová)

Robinson, S. Painting the CFSP in national colours: Portuguese strategies to help shape the EU`s external relations. International Journal of Iberian Studies. Jun2015, Vol. 28 Issue 2/3, p235-255.