Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- formulate and clarify the relations between the regional, national European levels.
- Produce complex readings of texts in various media;
- Analyse and discuss questions of cultural identity and agency;
- Carry out advanced research into cultural and political issues;
- Produce your own analyses of varied cultural processes attached to European integration;
- Engage critically about the workings of the European Union;
- Define, present and analyse theoretical work on the processes of European integration, cultural identification and Europeanisation;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Communicate effectively and confidently in English sophisticated theoretical arguments in both orally and in writing;
- Adhere to guidelines and deadlines.
- Work affectively alone and in collaboration with others to carry out seminar presentation and discussions;
- Exercise independence and initiatives through your learning.
- Plan and organise your learning through self-management.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- both concepts of European identity and Europeanisation.
- the evolution of the European Union (EU) from its early stages to the present.
- the various debates on European identity;
- the ideas and history of the EU, the institutions of the EU, examples of specific key areas and the present and future challenges facing the Union.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 2 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Seminar | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Follow-up work | 4 |
Lecture | 12 |
Revision | 40 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Demossier, M. (2007). The European Puzzle, the political structuring of cultural identities at a time of transition. Oxford, New York: Berghahn.
Friedman Rebecca and Markus Thiel (eds.) (2012). European Identity and Culture: Narratives of Transnational Belonging. Ashgate: Studies in Migration and Diaspora.
Fligstein, Neil (2008). Euroclash. The EU, European Identity, and the Future of Europe. OUP.
Favell, Adrian (2008). Eurostars and Eurocities. Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe. Oxford: Blackwell publishing.
Jeffrey T. Checkel, Peter J. Katzenstein. (2009). European Identity. Cambridge: CUP.
Richard K. Herrmann, Thomas Risse, and Marilynn B. Brewer (Eds) (2004). Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 20% |
Essay | 60% |
Seminar write up | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 60% |
Coursework | 40% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External