Course Outline for the Course „History of European Diplomacy“
Lecture 1: Introduction: The Foundations of Europe and European Diplomacy
Main Topics: Introduction & Administration; Presentation of the Schedule and Topic, Definitions, The Foundations of Europe: Antique, Feudalism, Holy Roman Empire, Church, the Medieval State
Lecture 2: The Foundations of Europe and European Diplomacy
Main Topics: Continuation of Lecture 1, European Diplomacy in the late Middle Ages, the Foundation of the Modern State and Modern Diplomacy in the Renaissance
Lecture 3: The age of Reformation (15 th century – 1648)
Main Topics: Early European Expansion, Reformation, Religious wars
Case study: Peace of Westphalia
Lecture 4: Absolutism and Enlightenment (1648 – 1789)
Main Topics: Absolutism: War as a “Sport for Kings”, Mercantilism, Enlightenment
Case study: War of Spanish Succession
Lecture 5: The rise of Nationalism (1789-1848)
Main Topics: French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Congress of Vienna , the European Concert, Nationalism, Professionalisation of State Bureaucracy
Case study: Congress of Vienna
Lecture 6: The dawn of the Modern Age, I (Transformation) (1848-1914)
Main Topics: Revolutions 1948, Industrial Revolution, Democratisation, Marxism, Darwinism, the German and Italian Questions
Case study: Bismarck 's Germany
Lecture 7: The dawn of the Modern Age, II (Expansion) (18 th century-1914)
Main Topics: Colonialism, Treaty politics before the First World War
Case study: The Moroccan Crisis
Lecture 8: World War I and the Peace Treaties (1914-1919)
Main Topics: Reasons for World War I, War Diplomacy, Russian Revolution, Peace Treaties
Case Study: The Treaty of Versailles
Lecture 9: Between the Wars
Main Topics: Communism and Fascism, Economic Crisis, League of Nations, Spanish Civil War, Appeasement
Case Study: The Conference of Munich
Lecture 10: World War II and the Formation of a New World Order
Main Topics: Political and Military Developments during the War, War diplomacy, Foundation of UN, Breton Woods
Case Studies: The Yalta Conference and the Nurnberg Trials
Lecture 11: Cold War, I
Main Topics: Partition of Europe , Post-War Reconstruction, Decolonialisation, NATO vs. Warsaw Pact, Foundation of the European Community
Case Studies: Marshall Plan, Suez Crisis
Lecture 12: Cold War, II
Main Topics: Proxy Wars, European Aid Relationships, Cold War Crisis Management, the Helsinki Process, Perestroika and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Case Study : The Helsinki Process
Lecture 13: New Europe ?
Main Topics: European Unification Process, Balkan Wars
Case studies: Treaty of Maastricht /the European Constitution
Lecture 14: The Future of Europe Main Topics: Terrorism, Globalisation, Demographics, Closing Discussion
Teaching Method:
The class will be held as a lecture with sufficient time allocated for questions and discussions. Students will get regular assignments connected to the topics. The lecturers will provide the students with electronic and printed materials they can copy for researching their paper. Power-point presentations used in class can be copied at the end of the class.
Grading:
The grades will consist of three components:
- Attendance and Participation: 30 %
- Midterm Assignment : 25%
- Final Paper: 45 %
Participation refers to the activity and interest shown by the student during class as well as smaller weekly assignmnets; the class midterm assignment will consist of a groupwork analysing a diplomatic casestudy; the final paper will consist of a 2500-4000 word paper in English or Bahasa Indonesia (Format A4, Times New Roman Size 12, Spacing 1,5; references and cover don't count as document body), the topic will be chosen in accordance with the lecturers and cover in detail one of the main topics or case studies of the lecture; Deadline for final papers is the 15st of January 2008.
Others:
Time managment: Both lecturers and students are allowed to be 15 minutes late to class. If the lecturer doesn't arrive within 15 minutes after the beginning, the lecture is post-poned to the next regularly scheduled date or to an extra date agreed upon with the students. Students arriving later than 15 minutes after the beginning of class will get a penalty regarding their attendance and participation scores.
Cellphones: Both lecturers and students have to keep their cellphones off during the lecture
