Recent years have seen an explosion of empirical and normative scholarly interest in citizenship across many disciplines. This course seeks to provide an overview of some of the main topical issues and scholarly perspectives in citizenship studies, with a special emphasis on the legal and political aspects of citizenship policies in the European Union member states.
Given the special circumstances of new state formation and state succession in large parts of Eastern Europe after 1989, special attention will be given to problems of membership, ethnic selectivity, transnational and dual citizenship with their implications on the de- or re-ethnicization of citizenship. In addition, the course will also focus on the debates related to the inclusion and exclusion of immigrants.
These processes will be examined from comparative and normative perspectives within the larger European context that connects citizenship of the Member States of the EU through a common citizenship of the Union and its associated rights of free movement.
Period
27-06-2011 - 08-07-2011 (2 weeks)
Target group
Applications are invited from MA students, PhD students, researchers, and junior faculty. Undergraduates without a university degree will not be considered. Pre-requisites: The interdisciplinary course will be most suitable for participants who have pursued or intend to pursue independent research related to the citizenship legislation
Course aim
Several course faculty are members of the European Commission funded EUDO Citizenship project, a research network which focuses on the citizenship policies in the EU member states and Eastern and Southern borderlines (fSU, Turkey, fRY) of the Union. The research group offers the most comprehensive comparative analysis of European citizenship regimes. The summer course will concentrate on some specific issues that dominate the debate in the old and the new EU states and have to do with the potential re-ethnicization of citizenship through the instrument of non-resident dual citizenship for ethnic kins.
It will also disseminate the recent and not yet published novel findings of the project (concluded in June, 2010). The faculty will draw intensively on the unique research materials of the project such as citizenship statistics, comparative database on modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship in the European Union member states, collection of laws related to external citizenship, compilation of citizenship related international norms, EU citizenship case law, available online at http://eudo-citizenship.eu/.
Credits
2.0 ECTS creditsThe "The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationality and Citizenship" course offers 2 ECTS points, which may be accepted for credit transfer by the participants' home universities. Those who wish to obtain these credits should inquire about the possible transfer at their home institution prior to their enrollment. The Summer University Office will send a transcript to those who have fulfilled all the necessary course requirements and request one.
Course fee
EUR 550: Early bird fee in case of early registration paid before April 30: 500EUR
Course leader
Maria Kovacs, CEU, Nationalism Studies Program, Budapest, Hungary
Scholarships
Financial aid is available in the following categories:- tuition waiver- accommodation grant- travel grant (full or partial)
Central European University Summer University
Address: 9 Nador Street
Postal code: 1051
City: Budapest
Country: Hungary
Website: http://www.summer.ceu.hu
E-mail: summeru@ceu.hu
Phone: 361 3273811
The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationality and Citizenship
