| Wed., January 19 | Introduction |
| Fri., January 21 | Craig
Calhoon, "European Studies: Always Already There and Still in
Formation" (handout) |
| Mon., January 24 | Craig Calhoon, cont. |
| Wed., January 26 | Anthony Pagden, "Introduction" to The Idea of Europe, pp. 1-32 |
| Fri., January 28 | History
of the Idea of Europe, pp.
7-26: “Europe and Antiquity” and
“Europe in biblical commentary”; The
Idea of Rome (handout) |
| Mon., January 31 | Visit by Prof. Barbara Saylor Rodgers (Classics); The Idea of Rome (handout) |
| Wed., February 2 | "The Legacy of Rome"
(handout); Anthony Pagden,
"Europe: Conceptualizing a Continent" (The
Idea of Europe, pp. 33-54) |
| Fri., February 4 | J.G.A. Pocock, "Some
Europes in Their History (The Idea of
Europe, pp. 55-71); History
of the Idea of Europe, pp. 26-38: "Europe and the Middle Ages"
and "Europe and Christendom" |
| Mon., February 7 | Visit by Prof. Sean Field (History); Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (handout); |
| Wed., February 9 | William Chester Jordan, "'Europe' in the Middle Ages" ( The Idea of Europe, pp. 72-90) |
| Fri., February 11 | History
of the
Idea of Europe, pp. 38-45: "European rulers and the balance of
power" |
| Mon., February 14 | History
of the
Idea of Europe, pp. 45-58: "Representations of Europe" |
| Wed., February 16 | History of the Idea of Europe, pp.
40-43: "The balance of power in the sixteenth through the eighteenth
centuries" |
| Fri., February 18 | History
of the Idea of Europe, pp.
58-65: "The civilization of Europe" |
| Mon., February 21 | [Presidential Holiday] |
| Wed., February 23, Fri., February 25 | History of the Idea of Europe, pp. 65- 74: "1789-1848: different ideas of Europe"; Novalis, "Christendom or Europe" (handout) |
| Fri., February 25 - Mon., February 28 | Biancamaria Fontana, "The Napoleonic Empire and the Europe of Nations" (The Idea of Europe, pp. 116-128) |
| Wed. March 2 |
Small-group Discussion of the topics for the Midterm Take-home Essay |
| Fri., March 4 | Midterm Take-home Essay is
due (10%); History of the Idea of
Europe, pp. 75-78: "Europe in the grip of nationalism
(1848-1914)" |
| Mon., March 7 | History
of the Idea of Europe, pp.
83-106: "Projects for Europe (1914-1945)" |
| Wed., March 9 |
History
of the Idea of Europe, pp.
106-113: "Perceptions of Europe (1914-1945)" |
| Friday, March
11 |
Discussion of the Nazi
propaganda film Deutsches Land in Afrika
( |
| Mon., March
14 - Fri., March
18 |
History
of the Idea of Europe,
pp. 113-149: "Europe's regions and borders (1914-1945)" |
| Fri., March 18 | First Draft of Research Paper thesis and bibliography is due (10%) |
| March 21-25 | [Spring Vacation] |
| Mon., March
28 |
History of the Idea of Europe, pp.
151-175: "Europe since 1945: crisis to renewal"
|
| Wed., March 30 | Library session with Prof.
Patricia Mardeusz on research resources and strategies |
| Fri., April 1 | History of the Idea of Europe, pp. 175-193: "Europe as a common destiny?"; Research Paper thesis and bibliography is due (10%) |
| Mon., April 4
|
History
of
the Idea of Europe, pp. 193-210: "The idea of Europe" |
| Wed., April 6 | Article by Tony Judt
on "Europe vs. America" in the February 10, 2005 issue of The New York Review of Books
(handout) |
| Fri., April
8 |
Visit by Aida Sehovic (UVM graduate and visual artist), in connection with the showing of her film Sto te nama? (Where are you?) on the victims on the 1995 massacre in Srebernica; Noel Malcolm, Bosnia, A Short History (handout) |
| Mon., April 11 | Wilfried Nippel, "Homo Politicus and Homo Oeconomicus: The European Citizen According to Max Weber" (The Idea of Europe, pp. 129-138) |
| Wed., April 13 | Ariane Chebel d'Appolonia, "European Nationalism and European Union" (The Idea of Europe, pp. 171-190) |
| Fri., April 15 | Talal Asad: "Muslims and
European Identity: Can Europe Represent Islam?" (The
Idea of
Europe, pp. 209-227); share the draft of your Seminar Paper
with a fellow student |
| Mon., April 18 | Visit by Prof. Meaghan
Emory (French); article by Philip
Gourevitch on Jean-Marie Le Pen and the Front National in
the April 28, 1997 The New Yorker
|
| Wed., April
20 |
Visit by Prof. Juan Maura (Spanish); Andres de Blas Guerrero, "Nationalisms in Spain: The Oganization of Convivenica" (The Idea of Europe, pp. 317-330) |
| Fri., April 22 | Thomas Risse and Daniela
Engelmann-Martin, "Identity Politics and
European Integration: The Case of Germany" (The Idea of
Europe, pp. 287-316); Research paper is due (20%) |
| Mon., April
25- Mon., May 2 |
In-class presentation of Research papers (10%) |
| Wed., May
4 |
Concluding Remarks |
| Fri., May 6, 4 PM | Oral Final Exam
(20%), OR |
| Mon., May 9, 8 AM | Take-home Final Essay is due
(20%) |
| Attendance and Class
Participation |
20% |
| Protocol of two consecutive
seminar meetings, to be distributed to seminar participants via e-mail
by the next class |
10% |
| Midterm Take-home Essay (5-6 pages, double-spaced and typed), due March 4th | 10% |
| Research Paper thesis and bibliography, due April 1st | 10% |
| Research Paper (10-12 pages +
bibliography), due April 22nd |
20% |
| Oral Presentation of Seminar
Paper, April 22nd to May 2nd |
10% |
| Oral Final exam (May 6, 4 PM) OR Take-home Final Essay (due Monday, May 9th, 8 AM) | 20% |
Students' research papers will be evaluated with respect to the thoroughness of their discussion of major themes, the clarity and cohesion of their explication and development, the skillful integration of their research findings, and the carefulness of their writing (i.e. the grammar, style, and appearance of their manuscript). Needless to say, similar criteria also apply for the writing and evaluation of the midterm take-home essay and final exam!