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Master's Program of European Union with Thesis

PSIR518

EUROPEAN IDENTITY

Course Code
PSIR518
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Have knowledge about the historical process of formation of European identity
  2. Explain the creation of "others" in European identity
  3. Analyze theoretical approaches toward "European identity"
  4. Compare EU's identity policies from past till today
  5. Examine Turkey's role in European identity formation
  6. Get an idea about critical approaches toward European identity.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNo recommended optional programme components.
Course DescriptionThis course aims at raising the following questions and examining possible answers to them: How is European identity built? Which historical sources and traditions provide the background material for the development of this identity? How is the potential tension between the cultures in Europe and European culture is resolved whilst the construction of European identity. Does European identity connote a single culture?
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Different theoretical approaches to the concept of identity
2nd Week European identity from ancient to medieval age
3rd Week Perception of Eastern Europe
4th Week Enlightenment and "Others" of Europe
5th Week European identity from the I. World War till today
6th Week National identities and European identity
7th Week Impact of European institutions on identity formation
8th Week Mid-term Exam
9th Week Cultural policies of the EU and identity
10th Week Impact of enlargement and deepening on European identity
11th Week Migration policies and European identity: Islam and European identity
12th Week European identity and Turkey
13th Week September 11 attacks and European identity
14th Week Arguments on constitution - European identity and different models
Recommended or Required ReadingAnthony D. Smith, National Identity, Reno, University of Nevada Press, 1993, s. 1-42.
Ernest Gellner, "Nationalism and High Cultures", John Hutchinson ve Anthony Smith (der.), Nationalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994, s. 63-70.
Ernest Gellner, "Nationalism and Modernization", Hutchinson ve Smith (der.), Nationalism, s. 55-63.
Eric Hobsbawm, "The Nation as Invented Tradition", Hutchinson ve Smith (der.), Nationalism, s. 76-83.
Benedict Anderson, "Imagined Communities", Hutchinson ve Smith (der.), Nationalism, s. 89-96.
Gerard Delanty, Inventing Europe, Idea, Identity, Reality, Londra, Macmillan, 1995, s. 1-47.
Delanty, Inventing Europe, s. 49-99.
Edward Said, Orientalism, London, Penguin Books, 1978, s. 1-28 ve 201-225.
Ariane Chebel D'appollonia, "European Nationalism and EU", Anthony Pagden (der.), The Idea of Europe from the Antiquity to the European Union, Wash. D.C., Woodrow Wilson Center Press, s. 171-190.
Anthony Pagden, "Conceptualizing a continent", içinde Anthony Pagden (der.), The Idea of Europe from the Antiquity to the European Union, Wash. D.C., Woodrow Wilson Center Press, s. 33-55.
Delanty, Inventing Europe, s. 100-163.
Anthony D. Smith, "National Identity and the Idea of European Unity", Peter Gowan ve Perry Anderson (der.), The Question of Europe, Londra, Verso, 1997, s. 318-342.
Jack Citrin and John Sides, "More than Nationals: How Identity Choice Matters in the New Europe", Richard Herrmann, Thomas Risse ve Marilyn Brewer (der.), Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU, Lanham, Rowman, 2004, s. 161-185.
"The Declaration on European Identity", European Foreign Policy, Key Documents, London, Routledge, 2000.
Michael Bruter, "Civic and Cultural Components of a European Identity: A Pilot Model of Measurement of Citizens' Level of European Identity", Richard Herrmann, Thomas Risse ve Marilyn Brewer (der.), Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU, Lanham, Rowman, 2004, s. 186-213.
Romano Prodi, "Enlargement of the Union and Eruopean Identity", Speech at the opening of the 2002/2003 academic year, Florence, 20 January 2003.
Jürgen Habermas, "Toward a European Political Community", Society, July/August 2002, s. 58-61.

Thomas Risse and Daniela Engelmann-Martin, "Identity Politics and European Integration: The Case of Germany", Anthony Pagden (der.), The Idea of Europe from the Antiquity to the European Union, Wash. D.C., Woodrow Wilson Center Press, s. 287-316.
Irene Finel-Honigman, "European France/French Europe, Deconstructing EU Identities", European Union Studies Center, Occasional Paper Series, No. 55, April 26, 2004.
Brigid Laffan, "The European Identity and Its Institutions as Identity Builders", Richard Herrmann, Thomas Risse ve Marilyn Brewer (der.), Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU, Lanham, Rowman, 2004, s. 75-96.
Cris Shore, "A supranational civil service? The role of the Commission in the Integration Process", içinde Cris Shore, Building Europe, The Cultural Politics of European Integration, Londra, Routledge, 2000, s. 130-146.
Cris Shore, "Creating People's Europe: Symbols, History and Invented Traditions", içinde Cris Shore, Building Europe, The Cultural Politics of European Integration, Londra, Routledge, 2000, s. 41-65.
Monica Sassatelli, "Imagined Europe, The Shaping of a European Cultural Identity through EU Cultural Policy", European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2002, s. 435-451.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Assignment 7 30
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 5 70
Preparation for Final exam 1 75 75
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 60 60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 7 7 49
Total Work Load302
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.06
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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