BERLIN SEMINAR IN TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN STUDIES
Seminar Readings
Monday, June 3
Migration to Europe: The New York Times, 2018, Opinion: "It's an Act of Murder: How Europe Outsources Suffering as Migrants Drown."; about Sea-Watch; Sea-Watch Annual Report; Sea-Watch Position Paper; Analysis of the current situation by Amnesty International
Populism:
Mudde, Cas, and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. (about the book)
Mark Gilbert 2016: Italy Enjoys a Political Lull, but Storm Clouds are Gathering
Mark Gilbert 2014: Italy's Forty Years' Crisis
Populism:
Mudde, Cas, and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. (about the book)
Mark Gilbert 2016: Italy Enjoys a Political Lull, but Storm Clouds are Gathering
Mark Gilbert 2014: Italy's Forty Years' Crisis
Tuesday, June 4
no readings
Wednesday, June 5
France in Crisis:
Adam Nossiter: Violent 'Yellow Vest" Protests in Week 13.
Adam Nossiter: French Mayor Offers Shelter to Migrants, Despite the Government's Objections.
Adam Nossiter: In Aftermath of Notre-Dame Fire, Macron Urges Unity in Fragmented Nation.
Visit to the German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie Agentur, DENA): Integrated Energy Transition, a DENA study
Film Screening: Watch the trailer for Büyükatalay's film Oray here.
Adam Nossiter: Violent 'Yellow Vest" Protests in Week 13.
Adam Nossiter: French Mayor Offers Shelter to Migrants, Despite the Government's Objections.
Adam Nossiter: In Aftermath of Notre-Dame Fire, Macron Urges Unity in Fragmented Nation.
Visit to the German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie Agentur, DENA): Integrated Energy Transition, a DENA study
Film Screening: Watch the trailer for Büyükatalay's film Oray here.
Thursday, June 6
Transnational Europe in German Literature: Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Beside Myself (excerpt)
For a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury, Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Where I come from, Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Visible, Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Feeling Spoken to, watch an interview with Sasha Marianna Salzmann discussing Beside Myself on Swedish television (min. 13 - 30)
Gender and German Law: The Rule of—and not by any—Law. On Constitutionalism., by Susanne Baer (for a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury), a press release on the third gender option, an introduction to the German Federal Constitutional Court, a press release on militant democracy, a press release on equal opportunities for the 'Alternative für Deutschland' (a political party), and on the topic of constitutional identity
England's Europe: Fintan O’Toole. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain. Apollo, 2018. (about the book)
For a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury, Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Where I come from, Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Visible, Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Feeling Spoken to, watch an interview with Sasha Marianna Salzmann discussing Beside Myself on Swedish television (min. 13 - 30)
Gender and German Law: The Rule of—and not by any—Law. On Constitutionalism., by Susanne Baer (for a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury), a press release on the third gender option, an introduction to the German Federal Constitutional Court, a press release on militant democracy, a press release on equal opportunities for the 'Alternative für Deutschland' (a political party), and on the topic of constitutional identity
England's Europe: Fintan O’Toole. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain. Apollo, 2018. (about the book)
Friday, June 7
Surging Nationalism in Eastern Europe:
Why is Orbán so strong? and Fifteen Years of Convergence: East-West Imbalance and What the EU Should Do About it, both by Lásló Andor
An individual in the world of total communication by Rafal Pastwa
Why is Orbán so strong? and Fifteen Years of Convergence: East-West Imbalance and What the EU Should Do About it, both by Lásló Andor
An individual in the world of total communication by Rafal Pastwa
Saturday, June 8
Transnational Europe in German Film: Trailer to Büyükatalay's film Oray; read about the movie here and here.
