Visiting lecturer: Assoc. Univ. Professor, Vladislav B. Sotirovic, Ph.D., Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Goals and contents:

1) To provide a comprehensive account of the part played by language in national identity formation process and nationalism in contemporary Europe

2) To present different academic views of the phenomena of interrelationships between language and ethnic/group identity and nationalism taking into consideration different parts of the Old Continent

3) To discuss differences between dialects and standardized language system that played important role in identity formation across Europe

Academic level: BA/MA

Prerequisites: basic knowledge about group identity

Language of instruction: English

Teaching methodology: lectures, discussion, seminars

Examination: written (one essay 10 pp.)

Assessment: 1-5 point scale

Teaching methods: lectures and seminars. An individual work and readings are encouraged.

Evaluation: Class attendance and active participation in discussions (30%) and essay (70%) including at least 4-6 references from the following reading list.

Compensations:

Bachelor's programme in Social Sciences:

Compensates one book from KVPIB7A1, KVPIB8A2 or VALIB8C1

Kansainvälisen politiikan opiskelijat:

A3,A4,A5 (2 op/teos)

Suggested reading list:

Alladina S., Edwards V., Multilingualism in the British Isles, vols. I-II, London: Longman, 1991.

Meara P., Ryan A. (eds.), Language and Nation, London: British Association for Applied Linguistics, CILT, 1991.

Hoffmann C. (ed.), Language, Culture and Communication in Contemporary Europe, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 1996.

Bright W., International Encyclopaedia of Linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Clyne M., The German Language in a Changing Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Crowley T., Language in History, London: Routledge, 1996.

Comrie B., Corbett G. G. (eds.), The Slavonic Languages, London: Routledge, 1993.

Donaldson B., Dutch: A Linguistic History of Holland and Belgium, Leiden: Nijhoff, 1983.

Edwards J., Multilingualism, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1995.

Fishman J. A., Language and Ethnicity in Minority Sociolinguistic Perspective, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 1989.

Friedman V., Linguistic Emblems and Emblematic Languages: On Language and Flag in the Balkans, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio University Slavic Department, 1999.  

Ginsborg P., Italy and its Discontents, 1980-2001, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2001.

Herr R., Polt J. (eds.), Iberian Identity, Berkeley: IIS, 1989.

Jahr E. H. (ed.), Language Conflict and Language Planning, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.

Lodge A., French, from Dialect to Standard, London: Routledge, 1993.

Maiden M., A Linguistic History of Italian, London: Longman, 1995.

Marley D., Hintze M. A., Parker G. (eds.), Linguistic Identities and Policies in France and in the French Speaking World, London: Association for French Language Studies, CILT, 1998.

Mar-Molinero C., Smith A. (eds.), Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula, Oxford: Berg, 1996.

Penny R., A History of the Spanish Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.Blom G. et al. (eds.), Minority Languages-The Scandinavian Experience, Oslo: Nordic Language Secretariat, 1992.

Sanders C. (ed.), French Today: Language in its Social Context, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Siguán M., Multilingual Spain, Amsterdam: Swets&Zeitlinger, 1993.

Smith G. (ed.), The Baltic States: The National Self-Determination of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, London, Macmillan, 1994.

Vikør L. S., The Nordic Languages: Their Status and Interrelations, Oslo: Novus forlag, 2001.

Wilson A., Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: A Minority Faith, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Win J. (ed.), Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, London: Europa, 1997. 

Lectures 36 h + exam (3 credit points);
essay seminar 8 h ERS/CBU; Tallinn 8 h; 8 h Jyväskylä; (5 credit points).

Essay seminars are to be held during the II period.

Compensations:

KVPOA4 Wiener - Diez (3 credit points) + Vogt - Maier (2 credit points)

Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: KVPIB8A1 Wiener - Diez (3 credit points) + Vogt - Maier (2 credit points) or VALIB8C1 Hooghe - Marks and Scharpf.

ERS/CBU local studies.

Aims:
1) To learn the major approaches and theories of international political economy from more traditional to more recent ones
2) To learn to think critically about international political economy
3) To develop an idea of how perspectives from international political economy can be applied in context of Europe and the EU  

16 hrs lectures + essay based on lectures and readings 6-8pp 3ECTS; with an essay of 10-12pp 5ECTS. The essay should be returned to prof. Pami Aalto.

Compensations:

Master's programme on Political Communication and Master's programme in Global Governance and World Culture: KVPIGG2J International Political Economy 

Master's Programme in European Studies: KVPIES16-18 Specialization course I-III 

Kansainvälinen politiikka: KVPOS3 maailmanpolitiikka tai Eurooppa-tutkimus

Lectures and exam (2 ECTS) + book exam (3 ECTS). In addition to the lectures, students can choose to take an exam on Sakwa, Richard (2008), Russian Politics and Society, London, Routledge (4th ed.)

Compensations:

IR KVPOS3,

ERS13

Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: KVPIB7A1 World Politics,

Russian Studies: RSTA4 Society and Politics.

The course focuses on Putinism as a distinct phenomenon of political ideology and practice.

The course deals with the Asian security issues from Sino-Indian point of view. The course consists lectures, readings and written essay.

The content of professor Chaturvedi's lectures includes: mapping the rise of Asia in global geopolitics, environmental security & climate change, energy security, maritime security, human security.

The part of the essay end readings can be compensated by the course at the University of Turku.
(Lectures Yuan Jin-Dong 12.-16.10.; hours and venues will be announced later.)

Compensates 4 cr pts from KVPOS3 World Politics or International Conflict Analysis.

IR Master's thesis seminar I-II KVPOS4A-B or ERS/CBU Master's Thesis seminar.

Lectures 36 h + exam (3 credit points);
essay seminar 8 h ERS/CBU; Tallinn 8 h; 8 h Jyväskylä; (5 credit points).

Essay seminars are to be held during the II period.

Compensations:

KVPOA4 Wiener - Diez (3 credit points) + Vogt - Maier (2 credit points)

Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: KVPIB8A1 Wiener - Diez (3 credit points) + Vogt - Maier (2 credit points) or VALIB8C1 Hooghe - Marks and Scharpf.

ERS/CBU local studies.

The Philosophical Foundations of Multidisciplinary Social Science

This course will take a look at recent developments in philosophy of social sciences from the point of view of interdisciplinary research. Among the issues discussed will be scientific explanation, causation, social ontology, and human intentionality. The course will also take a look at philosophical theories of development of science and consider whether they apply to the social sciences.
The course will consist of lectures, readings and seminar exercises. The lecturer is Petri Ylikoski, professor of philosophy of science in University of Tampere.

Compensations: IR doctoral studies: Theory of Science, or IR: KVPOS2.

Pre-registration by 11.11. to isss@uta.fi.

Lectures and write at home exam (2 ECTS) + book exam (10 ECTS).

Compensations in IR: KVPOS2 or KVPOS3, or in ERS17 Major Theoretical and Methodologcal Orientations in IR: Introduction

The course presents a disciplinary history of International Relations from its inception to the present, focusing on the major theoretical and methodological debates in the discipline. We shall analyze the development of the discipline in terms of key debates, focusing on ontological foundations, epistemological principles and methodological orientations. The course will cover the realist-idealist debate of the 1920s-1950s, the traditionalist-behavioralist debate of the 1950s-1970s, the 'interparadigm debate' of the 1970s-1980s and the fourth, 'post-positivist' debate of the 1990s. The course concludes with the discussion of the current state of the discipline and its relation to the wider debates in pilosophy and social sciences.

Workshop only for CBU students, possibly some ERS students.

Compensations:
KVPOS3 Aalto's or Prozorov's or Scott's book (only lecture)
or
ERS4
or
Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: KVPIB8A1 European Integration Coudenhove-Kalergi and Vogt-Mayer's books.

Compensates IR KVPOS3 2-5 ECTS, ERS23 or 2 ECTS from Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: KVPIB7A1 World Politics.

The seminar part  has been cancelled and can be compensated for by individual essay  writing or literature exam.

IR Master's thesis seminar I-II KVPOS4A-B or ERS/CBU Master's Thesis seminar.

The Philosophical Foundations of Multidisciplinary Social Science

This course will take a look at recent developments in philosophy of social sciences from the point of view of interdisciplinary research. Among the issues discussed will be scientific explanation, causation, social ontology, and human intentionality. The course will also take a look at philosophical theories of development of science and consider whether they apply to the social sciences.
The course will consist of lectures, readings and seminar exercises. The lecturer is Petri Ylikoski, professor of philosophy of science in University of Tampere.

Compensations: IR doctoral studies: Theory of Science, or IR: KVPOS2.

Pre-registration by 11.11. to isss@uta.fi.

Compensations

International Relations:
KVPOA4 Vogt-Mayer/Laidi or KVPOS3 Prozorov/Scott (2 credit points) or at Master's level also Bicchi (3 credit points).

Political Science:
Only lecture compensates VALTA5 Tiihonen's book (2 cr pts) or VALTS2F Bisleys's book (3 cr pts).
Lecture and seminar together compensates VALTS2F Bisley and Patomäki - Teivainen.

Opening lecture (AALTO), 2-8 h visiting lecturers and seminar 6 h.

Compensates IR KVPOS3 2-5 ECTS, ERS23 or 2 ECTS from Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: KVPIB7A1 World Politics.

The seminar part  has been cancelled and can be compensated for by individual essay  writing or literature exam.

IR Master's thesis seminar I-II KVPOS4A-B or ERS/CBU Master's Thesis seminar.

Compensations

International Relations:
KVPOA4 Vogt-Mayer/Laidi or KVPOS3 Prozorov/Scott (2 credit points) or at Master's level also Bicchi (3 credit points).

Political Science:
Only lecture compensates VALTA5 Tiihonen's book (2 cr pts) or VALTS2F Bisleys's book (3 cr pts).
Lecture and seminar together compensates VALTS2F Bisley and Patomäki - Teivainen.

Opening lecture (AALTO), 2-8 h visiting lecturers and seminar 6 h.

Examination date to be announced later.

Lectures and book exam (2 ECTS) + essay writing (3 ECTS). In addition to the lectures, all students are expected to take a book exam on Prozorov Sergei (2006), Understanding conflict between Russia and the EU. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. The 5 ECTS option also includes essay writing (the choice of the topic should be confirmed with the teacher in charge).

Virtual course in Moodle.

Registering: by email to eero.palmujoki (AT) uta.fi by 31 March at the latest.

Organizer: Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tampere and Department of Political Science, University of Turku.

Goals: The aim of the course is to provide theoretical and conceptual tools for analyzing the prevalent issues in Asia, focusing on the perceived problems on the Sino-Indian axis.

Contents: The course combines the lenses of Sino-Indian relations and various theoretical approaches to security for viewing the contemporary structure of security issues in the Asian context. Security is understood here as encompassing a variety of topics including economic, trade, environmental, societal and military sectors.

Taken as: The course consists of 15 hours of online lectures including the approaches to security (Juha Vuori), to geopolitical issues (Sanjay Chaturvedi), and to subject matters on the security on the Sino-Indian axis (Jing-Dong Yuan), supervised readings, lecture diary and essay.

Grading: on a scale of 1-5

IR Master's thesis seminar I-II KVPOS4A-B or ERS/CBU Master's Thesis seminar.