States and interstate relations: Greece-Balkans-Turkey

Course Information
TitleΚράτη και διακρατικές σχέσεις: Ελλάδα, Βαλκάνια, Τουρκία / States and interstate relations: Greece-Balkans-Turkey
CodeΠΙΥ001
FacultySocial and Economic Sciences
SchoolPolitical Sciences
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorVemund Aarbakke
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600021731

Programme of Study: PMS Politikī Istoría (2022-sīmera)

Registered students: 15
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course1110
Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600216063
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The student becomes acquainted with general issues related to Balkan political history from the early 19th century until the present within a comparative framework that takes into consideration general international political developments as well as Balkan particularities.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course deals with the position of the Balkans, including Turkey, in international relations from the 19th century up until today. It adopts a systemic approach and examines how the countries of the wider Balkan region have been affected over time by their place in different political systems. In this regard the course will deal more extensively with: 1) The 19th century and the so-called Eastern Question; 2) The consequences of the breakdown of the socialist order in Eastern Europe after 1990; 3) The emergence of Turkey as a regional power. The classes have the character of seminaries which requires the active participation of the students. The students will be required to write an essay of 15 pages as part of the course requirement. This should introduce her/him to the formal and creative aspects of academic writing. The subject for the essay can be selected to complement the planned master thesis and consequently deal with other areas than the Balkans.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.4✓✓
Reading Assigment1083.9
Written assigments1284.7✓
Total27510
Student Assessment
Description
Student presentations and papers.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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06-10-2024