Course Details in 2018/19 Session

Module Title	LC Understanding European Identities
School	Government
Department	Political Sci & Intern'tl Stud
Module Code	08 18495
Module Lead	Dr Galina Yemelianova
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Full Term
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	Culture, Society and Communication (Europe); Culture, Society and Communication (Europe/Modern Languages); MOMD
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-160 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The module will start from a brief consideration of typical European issues. It will then consider how contemporary understandings of what does and does not constitute 'European-ness' have been formed by their cultural historical trajectories, looking at themes such as Empire and the rise of the nation state, religion, the Enlightenment, colonialism, authoritarianism/democracy, post-colonialism, transnationalism, globalisation and localisation, and the processes of 'othering'. The module will then proceed to substantial consideration of how competing markers of European-ness and non-European-ness are played out in current European debates, with particular reference to the construction of a 'shared European past' and a 'common European identity'. A deeper understanding of such identity debates will be achieved by drawing on relevant cultural theorists such as Stuart Hall, Michel Foucault, Homi Bhabha, and Julie Kristeva in a manner appropriate to a Level C course.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module the student should be able to: Outline some historical and contemporary understandings of 'Europe' and 'European identity' in relation to current European issues and debates; Problematise 'Europe' and 'European identity' as constructed concepts, which are in constant process and negotiation; Draw on relevant Cultural Studies theory and analytical techniques to analyse the contemporary construction of a 'shared European past' and a 'common European identity'.
Assessment	18495-01 : 2000-word essay : Coursework (50%) 18495-02 : 3-hr exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	One 2,000 word essay/project (50%); One 3hr exam (50%)
Other
Reading List	Van der Dussen W & Wilson K (1995) The History of the Idea of Europe. Routledge, London. ISBN 0415124158 Waites B (1995) Europe and the Wider World. Routledge, London. ISBN 0415124212 Pamuk O (2005) Snow. Faber and Faber: London. ISBN 0571218318. This is a novel - you will need to read it in its entirety by WEEK 8 of Semester 2. Shore C (2000) Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration. Routledge, London. ISBN 0415180155 Duprat G, et al (1995) European Democratic Culture. Routledge, London. ISBN 0415124190