210160 SE BAK15 East European Studies (2018W)
Ukraine, Russia and the West: Understanding the current conflict
Continuous assessment of course work
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A registration via u:space during the registration phase is required. Late registrations are NOT possible.
Students who miss the first lesson without prior notification will lose their seat in the course.Follow the principles of good scientific practice.The course instructor may invite students to an oral exam about the student’s written contributions in the course. Plagiarized contributions have the consequence that the course won’t be graded (instead the course will be marked with an ‘X’ in the transcript of records).
Students who miss the first lesson without prior notification will lose their seat in the course.Follow the principles of good scientific practice.The course instructor may invite students to an oral exam about the student’s written contributions in the course. Plagiarized contributions have the consequence that the course won’t be graded (instead the course will be marked with an ‘X’ in the transcript of records).
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 04.10.2018 11:45 to Fr 05.10.2018 12:00
- Registration is open from Mo 05.11.2018 08:00 to Th 08.11.2018 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 08.11.2018 08:00
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Friday
09.11.
09:45 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Friday
16.11.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Friday
23.11.
09:45 - 14:45
Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Friday
07.12.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Friday
14.12.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Saturday
15.12.
09:45 - 15:00
Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Friday
11.01.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Focusing on the analysis of the events of 2014 from various perspectives, this course deals with the Ukrainian-Russian conflict in the context of post-Soviet transformations. It addresses such topics as the historical background of the Ukrainian-Russian relations in the context of the EU and NATO enlargements, the causes for the Orange Revolution 2004 and the Euromaidan (2013-14) and Russia’s responses to both events, the political crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s hybrid aggression, the annexation of Crimea and its international consequences, the role of the Western actors in the conflict as well as the political and social transformations in post-Maidan Ukraine and post-Crimean Russia. Perspectives of settling the conflict in Donbas, of a Ukrainian-Russian reconciliation, and prospects of Russia’s relations with the West will also be addressed.
Assessment and permitted materials
Weekly readings, class presentations and discussions, seminar paper
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Each session will include a short introduction to the topic but build primarily on discussions of the assigned readings. Students are required to have completed the readings before class and to actively participate in class discussions.
Grades will be assigned according to the following breakdown:
- class attendance and contribution to class discussion 20%
- class presentation 20%.
- final seminar paper (10-12 pages) on the topic chosen by student 60 %
To pass the course, the assignments should be successfully completed. Not more than two sessions can be missed.
Grades will be assigned according to the following breakdown:
- class attendance and contribution to class discussion 20%
- class presentation 20%.
- final seminar paper (10-12 pages) on the topic chosen by student 60 %
To pass the course, the assignments should be successfully completed. Not more than two sessions can be missed.
Examination topics
Reading list
Selected literature:Yekelchyk, Serhy, The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press 2015.Wilson, Andrew, Ukraine Crisis: What It Means for the West, Yale University Press 2014.Sasse, Gwendolyn, The Crimea Question: Identity, transition, and conflict, Harvard University Press 2007.Sakwa, Richard, Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands, London: I. B. Taurus 2015.Zhurzhenko, Tatiana, Borderlands into Bordered Lands: Geopolitics of identity in post-Soviet Ukraine, Stuttgart: Ibidem 2010.Elias Götz, Russia, the West, and the Ukraine crisis: three contending perspectives,in: Contemporary Politics 22:3 (2016),pp. 249-266.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:38