BERLIN SEMINAR IN TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN STUDIES
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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
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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. 
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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.
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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)
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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


Saturday, June 8

Transnational Europe in German Film:  Trailer to Büyükatalay's film Oray; read about the movie here and here. 
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