The Jean Monnet Chair “Democracy in the European Union” supports the development of new courses and/or the continuous improvement of existing courses taught or co-taught by Professor Hurrelmann. The following courses have been offered with support from the Jean Monnet Chair.
Summer 2018:
EURR 5108/PSCI 5103, EU-Canada Relations. This course examines the relations between Canada and the EU, with attention to policy issues affecting the relationship and common policy challenges. After introductory sessions on external policy making in Canada and the EU it will examine various aspects of the relationship, including trade, security cooperation, as well as environmental and energy policies. Particular emphasis will be placed on recent events and debates in EU-Canada relations, such as the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), controversies about visa reciprocity, the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (“Brexit”) and the Trump presidency in the US, and attempts to develop joint responses to international crises. Guest speakers from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the EU Delegation to Canada will be brought into the seminar. The course is offered in a “blended” format that combines online teaching with an intensive one-week classroom component, during which daily sessions will be held. Please find the course outline here.
Winter 2018:
PSCI 3207, The Government and Politics of European Integration. This lecture course for advanced undergraduates provides a systematic introduction to the political system and policy processes of the EU. The course consists of three sections: The first examines the EU’s institutional structure and legal system, as well as discussing the most important theories of European integration; the second surveys major fields of EU policy making; while the third discusses some of the challenges that the EU is facing in the early 21st century. The course will be offered both as a regular classroom section and as an online section delivered via Carleton University Online (CUOL). Please find the course outline here.
Fall 2017:
EURR 1001, Introduction to European and Russian Studies (co-taught with Professor Jeff Sahadeo). This course for incoming undergraduates provides an introduction to interdisciplinary research on Europe, Russia and Eurasia. It discusses selected topics relating to the history, politics, economics and society of the region. The course expands students’ knowledge about the region, as well as familiarizing them with various disciplinary approaches used in academic research about it, including History, Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology and Economics. Please find the course outline here.
EURR 5106/PSCI 5609, Selected Topics in European Integration Studies: Negotiating Brexit. This seminar for graduate students analyzes the decision of British voters, in a referendum on June 23, 2016, to withdraw from the European Union (so-called “Brexit”). The course will analyze the roots of the referendum decision, debate policy options for implementing Brexit, examine the content and complications of the negotiations (which constitute a two-level game with international and domestic aspects), and assess the longer-term impact of Brexit on British and European politics. The course will actively follow progress in the negotiations between September and December 2017, and will include a simulation in which students take the roles of key actors. Please find the course outline here, and a report on the course here.
Summer 2017:
EURR 5108/PSCI 5103, EU-Canada Relations. This course examines the relations between Canada and the EU, with attention to policy issues affecting the relationship and common policy challenges. After introductory sessions on external policy making in Canada and the EU it will examine various aspects of the relationship, including trade, security cooperation, as well as environmental and energy policies. Particular emphasis will be placed on recent events and debates in EU-Canada relations, such as the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), controversies about visa reciprocity, the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (“Brexit”) and the Trump presidency in the US, and attempts to develop joint responses to international crises. Guest speakers from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the EU Delegation to Canada will be brought into the seminar. The course is offered in a “blended” format that combines online teaching with an intensive one-week classroom component, during which daily sessions will be held. Please find the course outline here.
Winter 2017:
PSCI 3207, The Government and Politics of European Integration. This lecture course for advanced undergraduates provides a systematic introduction to the political system and policy processes of the EU. The course consists of three sections: The first examines the EU’s institutional structure and legal system, as well as discussing the most important theories of European integration; the second surveys major fields of EU policy making; while the third discusses some of the challenges that the EU is facing in the early 21st century. The course will be offered both as a regular classroom section and as an online section delivered via Carleton University Online (CUOL). Please find the course outline here.
Fall 2016:
EURR 1001, Introduction to European and Russian Studies (co-taught with Professor Jeff Sahadeo). This course for incoming undergraduates provides an introduction to interdisciplinary research on Europe, Russia and Eurasia. It discusses selected topics relating to the history, politics, economics and society of the region. The course expands students’ knowledge about the region, as well as familiarizing them with various disciplinary approaches used in academic research about it, including History, Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology and Economics. Please find the course outline here.
EURR 5106/PSCI 5609, Selected Topics in European Integration Studies: Democracy in the European Union.This seminar for graduate students examines democratic institutions and practices in the EU from both empirical and normative perspectives. It is based on the premise that the EU can best be analyzed as a system of multilevel democracy that combines various democratic channels operating according to supranational, national/member-state based, and transnational logics. In its first part, the course examines the operation of these channels; it also analyzes the increasing politicization of European integration and the rise of populism and Euroscepticism. The second part of the course introduces more explicitly normative aspects by discussing the democratic quality and/or deficiencies of the EU, as well as democratization strategies. Please find the course outline here.
Summer 2016:
EURR 5108/PSCI 5103, EU-Canada Relations. This seminar for graduate students examines the relations between Canada and Europe in the context of European integration. It focuses in particular on the impact that democratic processes within the EU – such as the increasing powers and growing assertiveness of the European Parliament in external relations – have on the EU’s relations with Canada. A number of high-profile controversies, relating for instance to the EU’s ban on seal products, the treatment of Canadian oil sands in the Fuel Quality Directive, or the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), have made some Canadian foreign policy makers quite apprehensive about democracy in the EU. EU-Canada relations are hence an excellent case to study the impact of democracy on the EU’s external relations. The course is offered in a “blended” format that combines online teaching with an intensive one-week classroom component, during which daily sessions will be held. Please find the course outline here.
Winter 2016:
PSCI 3207, The Government and Politics of European Integration. This lecture course for advanced undergraduates provides a systematic introduction to the political system and policy processes of the EU. The course consists of three sections: The first examines the EU’s institutional structure and legal system, as well as discussing the most important theories of European integration; the second surveys major fields of EU policy making; while the third discusses some of the challenges that the EU is facing in the early 21st century. The course will be offered both as a regular classroom section and as an online section delivered via Carleton University Online (CUOL). Please find the course outline here.
EURR 5010A, Research Design and Methodology in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (co-taught with Professor Crina Viju). This course for graduate students examines various issues in research design and methodology, with examples from the academic literature. It is designed to support EURUS MA students from the EU concentration in drawing up research proposals for their theses or research essays. Please find the course outline here.
Fall 2015:
EURR 1001, Introduction to European and Russian Studies (co-taught with Professor Jeff Sahadeo). This course for incoming undergraduates (newly created with support from the Jean Monnet Chair) provides an introduction to interdisciplinary research on Europe, Russia and Eurasia. It discusses selected topics relating to the history, politics, economics and society of the region. The course expands students’ knowledge about the region, as well as familiarizing them with various disciplinary approaches used in academic research about it, including History, Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology and Economics. Please find the course outline here.
EURR 5001A, Interdisciplinary Seminar in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (co-taught with Professor Crina Viju). This course is the core interdisciplinary seminar for EURUS MA students in the EU concentration. It serves to familiarize students with major directions of research and debates in the field of study; to examine themes and approaches within major disciplines (Political Science, Economics, Sociology, History, Cultural Studies, International Affairs, and Law); and to assess the importance and utility of these disciplines’ theories and concepts in studying the region. The course considers developments at the national and EU levels, as well as differences and similarities between sub-regions of Europe. Please find the course outline here.