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MA Program in European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
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Students in the Master of Arts program in European, Russian, and European Studies may, in addition to their required courses (ERE2001H and ERE2000Y), select from a wide array of courses offered through other departments at the University of Toronto. Please see the section below, Departmental Course Offerings.
All course selections must be approved by the Graduate Coordinator.
CERES Course Descriptions
NEW COURSE: ERE 1111H-F The Demography of Post-Socialism
L.J. KULCSAR
Wednesday, 2-4 pm; Frank Josef Scheybal Seminar Room (14352 Robarts)
The changes between 1989 and 1991 put Eastern Europe on a different political and economic trajectory. The changing demographic dynamics of post-socialist countries, such as rapid population decline, significant drop of fertility, rural aging, changing ethnic composition, emigration, and immigration have often been highlighted in the public discourse and seen as products of the political and economic transformation. This course investigates whether the population trends in contemporary Eastern Europe are associated with the post-socialist transition or rooted in the historical demography of the region. The main objective is to gain a comprehensive, non-technical understanding of how demographic dynamics and social change are related using the context of post-socialist Eastern Europe.
ERE 1151H-F Contemporary Issues in European Security
J.Y. HAINE
Tuesday, 2-4 pm; Frank Josef Scheybal Seminar Room (14352 Robarts)
The course will review contemporary security issues about European Security . It will offer a mix of historical understanding and political science concepts. The aim is to offer a broad picture of Europe's role in International Security. Among other issues, the course will review the creation of CFSP, look at ESDP operations, evaluate the European Security Strategy, address NATO's role in Europe and analyse European answers to threats, from terrorism to proliferation.
ERE 1188H-S European Identities: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Culture
E. KLEIN
Wednesday, 10-12; Frank Josef Scheybal Seminar Room (14352 Robarts)
This graduate seminar explores identity, society, and political cultures in post-communist Eastern Europe and in Western Europe primarily through the discipline of political science but also drawing upon the tools of sociology, cultural anthropology, social psychology, and the humanities. The seminar meetings (following the introduction) and the readings--drawing on cases from both Eastern and Western Europe--are structured in four sections: the first section deals with general background issues of social values, identity, and political culture in Europe; the second section focuses on the interplay between identity, ethnicity, and major social cleavages such as gender, generation, and social class; the third section addresses the impact of ethnicity and identity politics on specific areas such as ethnic war and violence, partition, memory, and reconciliation; finally, the fourth section deals with challenges of field work and intervention in recent cases of ethnic conflict. The expected outcome of this course for students is in-depth academic knowledge of contemporary European political cultures and social identities and a theoretical familiarity with ways in which such knowledge can be used in field applications.
ERE 1192H-S Minorities and Majorities in Southeastern Europe
R. AUSTIN
Thursday, 2-4; Frank Josef Scheybal Seminar Room (14352 Robarts)
This thirteen-week course examines minority-majority relations in EastCentral and Southeastern Europe in historic and contemporary perspective. The aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the often complex issue of minority rights in the Twentieth Century. The last century witnessed a multitude of attempts to solve the "minority question." These methods included population exchanges, multinational federalism, autonomy, assimilation, deportation, war, cohabitation and autonomy. Of particular focus will be the interwar period (1919-1939), the role of the League of Nations and the communist approach to the minority question, Yugoslav federalism and the wars that emerged in Southeastern Europe with the end of the Communist systems in 1989. The course will also include sections on the role of the European Union, NATO, the UN and the OSCE in advancing minority rights in the region.
ERE1195H Topics in Ukraine & Eastern Europe: Money and the Muse: A Social History of the Arts in Contemporary Ukraine
Dr. Mayhill C. FOWLER, Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellow
Spring term, Wednesdays, 12-2.
ERE 1198H-F European Eastward Enlargement: The Political Economy of Integration and Membership
O. HAVRYLYSHYN
Syllabus
Assignments
EUROCRISIS.1198.ppt
SOCIAL-VIE.PPT
Thursday, 2-4; Frank Josef Scheybal Seminar Room (14352 Robarts)
This course will deal with issues of European integration after the fall of communism. It will review the EU history, policy and formal requirements for Accession, in particular the Acquis Communautaire including its economic, political and institutional elements. It will discuss in detail the path followed by different countries in the post-communist transformation towards democracy and liberal markets: big-bang vs. gradual strategies; liberal democratization vs. electoral autocracies; global openness vs. inward industrial promotion. The resulting performance and outcome will be assessed in cross-country comparisons using a wide variety of measures for economic, democratic, judicial, and institutional advancement. A substantial part of the course will be devoted to analyse the role of the EU in this transformation asking such questions as: were some countries more favoured by EU than others and why? Did countries liberalize because they were forced by EU Accession requirements, or did EU accept countries because they liberalized more? Was there a difference between membership-track options and looser "integration" options offered by the EU such as European Action Plans, EU Free-trade Arrangements, the European Neighbourhood Plan. The course will also compare this latest wave of European integration with earlier ones, and with EU policies towards other non-members such as the Mediterranean countries.
ERE 2000Y Interdisciplinary Research Seminar (Required Course in 2nd year)
S. SOLOMON
Time TBA
This seminar provides training and support for second year students writing the major research essay, a requirement for obtaining the MA degree. Enrolment starts in the summer between the first and second years of the program, during which students are expected to think and do preliminary research about their papers. In the first part of the fall, they will refine their topics, engage primary supervisors, and write a formal proposal. Fall term sessions (which will occur irregularly but in the same time slot) will focus on research methodology—for example, how to choose a good research question and connect it to previous literature and how to develop a strategy for research. During the winter term students will report about their ongoing research and provide critical feedback on the work of their peers. Most students will deliver the completed paper in the spring.
ERE 2001H-F Gateway Proseminar to European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (Required Course in 1st year)
J. KOPSTEIN
Monday, 10-12; Frank Josef Scheybal Seminar Room (14352 Robarts)
This course introduces to first year students to the main currents of thought on Europe, Russia, and Eurasia. The approach is interdisciplinary, encompassing both historical and social scientific approaches to this broad region. Students are expected to write two review essays and participate in leading the seminar.
Departmental Course Offerings
Students interested in enrolling in courses offered by other departments cannot enroll themselves but must seek permission of the instructor or graduate secretary of the department first and then complete an "Add/Drop" form indicating the course name and session, and the course meeting section. It must be signed by:
- the student
- the professor teaching the course
- the graduate coordinator of the department which offers the course
- the CERES graduate coordinator
The Add/Drop Forms can be found on http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/students/inform/stuforms.htm. Completed Add/Drop forms should be submitted to Mrs. Jana Oldfield in Room 125N in the North House of the Munk School.
Please follow these links to the departmental course offerings:
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