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Decolonizing Europe: History and Memory - Period 2
Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - late Dec 2025
Decolonizing Europe: History and Memory - Period 2
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Instruction in: English
Course Code: L_GCBAALG008
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: Students will need a sufficient background in contemporary history, either at a general level, or specifically concerning the history of their own country, region, continent of origin.
DESCRIPTION
The course focuses on the impact of European imperialism on the dynamics of nation state formation within 'Postwar Europe'.* While all around the globe countries became independent, what did that mean for Europe itself? Students will come across at least three developments that played a major role in the repositioning of Europe in the international arena after colonialism:
- The reordering of European national states in East and West and the impact of the Cold War
- The changes within Europe and between Europe and the 'Third World' as a result of decolonization.
- The gradual European integration process and, simultaneously, the emergence of major ambiguities within separate nation states concerning the concept of multicultural society.
The course investigates these developments with particular attention to a better understanding of colonialism as a history with a deep influence on notions of belonging, inclusion and exclusion with respect to citizenship at national and European level. Against the backdrop of a political history, this course will discuss how historians, philosophers, activists, politicians, have approached this history within a national, European or global frame of reference. * Tony Judt, Postwar, A history of Europe since 1945. New York, 2005.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
- The reordering of European national states in East and West and the impact of the Cold War
- The changes within Europe and between Europe and the 'Third World' as a result of decolonization.
- The gradual European integration process and, simultaneously, the emergence of major ambiguities within separate nation states concerning the concept of multicultural society.
The course investigates these developments with particular attention to a better understanding of colonialism as a history with a deep influence on notions of belonging, inclusion and exclusion with respect to citizenship at national and European level. Against the backdrop of a political history, this course will discuss how historians, philosophers, activists, politicians, have approached this history within a national, European or global frame of reference. * Tony Judt, Postwar, A history of Europe since 1945. New York, 2005.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.