Using a thematic approach, this course deals with the question of French identity, encouraging students to engage in and debate key issues that have challenged society in the post-War War II era. To this end, the course examines France’s main...
This course examines the political history of South Africa in the post-apartheid period from 1994 to the present. During this period, South Africa has changed dramatically from the ‘Rainbow Nation’, a country brimming with potential and democratic...
The Mediterranean basin has historically been a space for human mobility and cultural exchange. Immigration is changing Europe rapidly with large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers arriving from the East and South. Beside “old immigration...
This course analyzes Spanish democracy from a critical perspective, focusing on two crucial variables to measure the quality of a democratic regime: Effective gender equality, and the degree of integration and multicultural diversity. Class visits by...
The course examines the current process of wall building along borders experienced by diverse nation -states in the Western world in a comparative perspective. Even though common discourse on globalization dismisses borders as increasingly irrelevant...
The course examines the current process of wall building along borders experienced by diverse nation-states in the Western world in a comparative perspective. Despite the fact that common discourse on globalization dismisses borders as increasingly...
This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy...
This course offers students insight on the creation of a globalized world and how different cultures, languages and ways of life progressively came together as a result of the contribution of migrants. Students are exposed to the evolution of Italy...
Urban space is constantly structured and given meaning by different actors and changing constellations. In Berlin, the collapse of communism, the reunification of the formerly divided city, and the subsequent transformations created a new framework...
By the end of the course, the successful student will develop a basic foundation in the five skills: intercultural communication, reading, writing, listening and speaking to accomplish a variety of basic everyday needs in the host culture as...