Historical Roots of Contemporary Religious Issues - Period 2

STEM in Amsterdam Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates: mid Aug 2025 - late Dec 2025

STEM in Amsterdam

Historical Roots of Contemporary Religious Issues - Period 2

Historical Roots of Contemporary Religious Issues - Period 2 Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Religious Studies
Instruction in: English
Course Code: G_BATRSCC102
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84

DESCRIPTION

The module aims at exploring historical backgrounds of contemporary issues. We all know that societal issues, suddenly popping up in our society, do not really 'suddenly' pop up. On the contrary, modern issues have Their historical backgrounds and their story is rooted in historical processes. These historical roots represent also multi-layered structures, which have to be analysed. The analysis has to be a careful one, taking into Account the techniques of historical research as well as philosophical approach of what is 'history'.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. 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.


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