Summer University 2004
The Baltic Sea Region after EU Enlargement
Given by:
Centre for Baltic Studies at Øresund University, i.e. in co-operation between the University of Copenhagen, Roskilde University, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and Lund University in Sweden.
Main location: University of Copenhagen in the centre of Copenhagen.
Time:
July 12 - August 13, 2004
Credits:
7,5 ECTS
Application Procedures:
Send the application form by postal mail to:
Øresund Summer University, Nørregade 10, POB 2177, DK-1017 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Application Deadline:
April 1 for students requiring a visa, and May 17 for other students.
Accommodation:
Fill in the accommodation form and submit it with the deposit to: Øresund Summer University, Nørregade 10, POB 2177, DK-1017 Copenhagen, Denmark along with your application.
The number of participants is limited to 25.
Requirements:
Participants must hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualifications in a relevant field of study.
Course coordinator:
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Uffe Jakobsen, UJ@ifs.ku.dk
Short description of course contents
Since the revolutions of 1989-1991 in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, a new era has begun and relations between old, restored and new states in Europe will undergo dramatic, multi-dimensional changes. The Baltic Sea Region, that used to be a dividing line between East and West, then, became rather a bridge builder. A second revolution, however, is going to take place after the accession of former Soviet republics and East European states to the European Union in May 2004. Again, the Baltic Sea Region will itself be drastically changed - becoming a lake inside the European Union after the EU Enlargement with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland - and qualitatively new relations between new and old member-states in the region will evolve. But, of course, also the nature of the European Union will change after the Eastern Enlargement from 15 to 25 Member States. Through the participation of new and old EU members in the initiative of the ‘Northern Dimension of EU’, the Baltic Sea Region will play a crucial role for the integration of the new Member States in the European Union.
The aim of the course is to provide participants with an overview of the political, economic and cultural transformations in the Baltic Sea Region, its integration into the European Union and processes of integration into structures of international cooperation generally. Within a decade or so, the Eastern part of the region (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland) has undergone transformations in practically all spheres of society that lasted centuries in the Western part of the region (Denmark, Sweden-Finland). The course will use a multi-disciplinary approach to understand the recent and historical processes of region-building, state formation, nation building, economic transition, democratisation and Europeanisation in the region as a whole and cases of individual countries in the region. To this end, the course will draw on cultural studies, macro history, historical sociology, economics, political science and international relations theory.
Requirements:
The classes will consist of lectures, student presentations, discussions and report writing. Active participation in the classes is expected as well as prior preparations through home study of the assigned readings. Each week readings are approximately between 150-200 pages.
Practical information:
Library and web access, printing and other computer facilities will be available at the Department of Political Science in central Copenhagen (See the exact location here). A reader with course literature will be distributed prior to course start. The examination consists of a combination of approved essays and report presentations.