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Political History of Europe
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:05.02.2024 10:32:26
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_068 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Andris Sprūds | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General understanding of historical and political processes. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the European political history course is to analyze and understand the problems and processes of European political history, which would simultaneously give an opportunity to understand the peculiarities and complications of the internal and mutual relations of European countries today. Special attention is paid to the political-military processes of the 20th century in Europe, which resulted in the formation and existence of the current state system. The material to be learned is organized chronologically, however, considering the amount of information contained in the topics under consideration, the main emphasis will be placed on achieving an understanding of the basic principles of historical development by comparing the processes taking place in different countries and at different times. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. European concepts: geography and politics. Origins of European civilization: legacies of Ancient Greece and Rome | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Christianity in European history. Crusades. Religious interaction | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Renaissance. Reformation and contrreformation in Europe. Origins of nation-states and modern international system | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Great discoveries. European empires. Absolute monarchies | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Enlightment and French Revolution. Napoleonic Wars and Vienna Congress | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Europa at the turn of centuries. Industrial revolution. Transformation of political ideologies. International conflicts | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | German realpolitik. New imperialism. Origins of the First World War | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | First World War and transformation of European political map. Creation of new countries | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Russian revolution and civil war. Implications for European developments | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 10 | Political processes in Europe in the twenties and thirties. Authoritarianism. Origins of the Second World War | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Second World War outcome and Iron Curtain. Cold War | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Post Cold War Europe. Historical legacies in contemporary European politics and foreign policy | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Requirements include seminar preparation, and elaboration of opinion pieces and individual project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Quality and ability for analytical assessment, critical thinking and own opinion. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students acquire knowledge of European most important political developments and identify political impact on contemporary Europe. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students facilitate their opinion formulation and expression as well as digital skills. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to critically assess important trends, phenomena and event, identify causalities and make linkage with with contemporary political processes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brendon, Piers. The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s. Vintage Books, 2002 | ||||||||
| 2 | Deiviss, Normans. Eiropas vēsture. Rīga: Jumava, 2009 | ||||||||
| 3 | Hobsbawm, Eric. The Age of Extremes. Vintage books, 1996 | ||||||||
| 4 | King, Margaret L. Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History, 1500 to the Present Prentice Hall PTR. 2002 | ||||||||
| 5 | Kisindžers, Henrijs. Diplomātija. Rīga: Jumava, 2001 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ralfs, Filips Lī. Roberts Lerners, et al. Pasaules civilizācijas, to vēsture un kultūra. Rīga: RaKa, 1999 | ||||||||
| 7 | Schirer, William. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Birzer, Bradley J. “How Did Lewis and Tolkien Defend the Old West?” July 2015, The Imaginative Conservative. | ||||||||
| 2 | Remarks, Ērihs Marija. Melnais Obelisks. 1956 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Bew, John. “Real Realpolitik: A History”. Library of Congress, 2014 | ||||||||
| 2 | Triumph of the Will. Directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Berlin: Universum Film AG, 1935 | ||||||||
| 3 | “Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here”. Narrated by professor Jeremy Black, BBC, 2013 | ||||||||
