European History: From Nationalism to Globalisation

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Ioana Dinescu
This course explores the main intellectual, cultural and political traditions of Europe. Lecturers in the fields of history, philosophy, religion, art and other fields in the humanities will introduce students to key issues in European civilization from the emergence of European nationalism to the present. What are the distinctive characteristics of European civilization?

How did unique political concepts such as citizenship, human rights and democracy evolve? Which distinctive trajectories can one distinguish in the development of religions, fundamentalism, tolerance and the relation between church and state? How to explain the stunning contributions to literacy, scholarship and science? How did European nations cope with the challenges of totalitarianism, racism and the political ideologies of the twentieth century?

What are the cross border challenges that European societies face at the beginning of the twenty-first century? Among the topics to be discussed are the economic crisis and the role of state governments; the many global interconnections and dependencies of globalisation, and the trans-Atlantic ties between the Old World and the New World. Students will discuss these topics in small seminar groups and analyze a number of key issues in small assignments.The highlight of the course is a full day excursion to the historic German city of Cologne. Here the students will visit the Roman Praetorium and the impressive Cologne Cathedral.

Period
22-07-2013 - 02-08-2013 (2 weeks)

Target group
The course has a focus on the humanities. With humanities as a broad framework, this is a challenging course for students from all fields of studies with an interest in history.

Course aim
Giving students an introduction to the main intellectual, cultural and political traditions of Europe as well as the challenges of globalisation in the twenty-first century.



Credits
3.0 ECTS credits

Certificate of Attendance

Course fee
EUR 1115: Course + course materials + housing + mealplan

Course leader
dr. Jaap Verheul & drs. Maurits Rost

Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400