E-learning course
Enrolment starts on August 27. at 12.00 and ends September 10. at 12.00.
E-learning course
Enrolment starts on August 27. at 12.00 and ends September 10. at 12.00.
Course can be used as part of the Uskonto ja maailmankuva -theme.
E-learning course
Enrolment starts on August 27. at 12.00 and ends September 10. at 12.00.
E-learning course
Enrolment starts on August 27. at 12.00 and ends September 10. at 12.00.
The course explores number of issues central for the understanding of the Stalin's regime - the origins of the terror, the beginning of the Second World War and the ideological/cultural underpinnings of Stalinism. The key question which we are going to address is that of the degree to which Communist regime was able to mobilize support of Soviet population and the means it was using in order to achieve it. Politics of terror and politics of culture will be considered as two parallel and interdependent strategies of gaining such support. The course is based on newly published archival sources and presents a discussion of recent historiography of Soviet history. Students are expected to produce papers discussing the themes of the seminar.
The main themes of the course are the following:
The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.
Enrollment via NettiOpsu
The course aims at examining the problem of dramatic transformations in attitudes towards the Soviet past undergone by the Russian society since 1985 till nowadays. Representations of Stalinism and that of Soviet regime have diverged over this period from a predominant radical denial of "everything Soviet" manifested in the heated public debates and wages of public revelations of Stalinism and the Soviet terror (1986-1991) to a sudden loss of interest in and an ignorance of the Soviet heritage (1992-1997) followed by the mass nostalgia for the Soviet times, revisionism and glorification of Stalinism (1999-2009). Alongside these transformations, debates on the Soviet past have moved to the very center of internal affairs and foreign politics. The course will consider the theoretical problems that this process in the Russian historical memory poses to the memory studies.
The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.
Enrollment via NettiOpsu
E-learning course / Verkkokurssi
Enrolment starts on January 3. at 12.00 and ends January 12. at 12.00.
E-learning course / Verkkokurssi
Enrolment starts on January 3. at 12.00 and ends January 12. at 12.00.
This intensive lecture course examines the role of the United States in world affairs. Although the emphasis will be put on the years since 1945, the lectures will also explore the long-term reasons behind and the processes that led to America's rise to a global superpower. Specific focus will be put on the interplay between domestic pressures and external threats.
Language of instruction will be English, but students may write their essays in Finnish.
Evaluation: Course will be assessed on the basis of an essay of ca. 2000-2500 words. The questions for the essay will be provided during the first lecture. The essays should be sent as an email attachment by 6.5. 2011 to: jussi.hanhimaki@uta.fi
No enrolment. Everyone is welcome.
E-learning course / Verkkokurssi
Enrolment starts on January 3. at 12.00 and ends January 12. at 12.00.
E-learning course / Verkkokurssi
Enrolment starts on January 3. at 12.00 and ends January 12. at 12.00.