European Semester Fall 2008
EUROPEAN RESEARCH SEMINAR
HIST 196/ ECON 150/ PSCI 152/ SOC 150
EUROPEAN STUDIES 100 COLLOQUIUM ON EUROPE
ORGANIZING THEME: On Being Foreign: Personal values and assumptions
This colloquium will examine the challenges of being "the other" in an unfamiliar culture. The experience of being foreign as well as the setting in which it occurs are multiple and varied. This topic will resonate on our student-participants in Belgium, a true mosaic of European cultures. There they will encounter obstacles to overcome and problems of adjustment. From discussions and consideration of their personal experiences they should have a greater understanding of the large movements of people in the European community. Short fiction, films, and theoretical readings will comprise the basis of our colloquium.
This course may include visits to immigrant workers' neighborhoods and organizations in and around Brussels and during the final stage of the program will include the visit to Barcelona. The experience of being foreign has the potential for working a significant transformation at the deepest level of an individual's sense of being. SOC 168/Brussels: A European Mosaic (European Semester)
ECON 63/Economics of European Integration
PSCI 163/Politics of European Integration (European Semester)
HIST 168/Brussels: A European Mosaic (European Semester)
Activities:
The Committee of the RegionsNATO
European Parliament
European Commission
Directorate-General for Translation
Council of Europe: Travel to Strasbourg, France.
European Economic and Social Committee
EUROPIA
US mission to the EU
European Environmental Bureau
Council of the European Union
Historical and Modern tour visits of Brussels.
VISITS
| 1. The European Employers Federation (UNICE) | www.unice.org/ |
| 2. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) | www.etuc.org/ |
| 3. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) | www.eeb.org/ |
| 4. European Petroleum Industry Association (EUROPIA) | www.europia.com/ |
| 5. The College of Europe (Bruges) | www.coleurop.be/ |
| 6. The Port of Antwerp | |
| 7. The European Parliament | www.europarl.eu.int/ |
| 8. A rep. from Socialist M.E.P. UK delegation | www.eplp.org.uk/ |
| 9. A rep. from Peoples Party M.E.P. UK delegation | www.epp-ed.org/ |
| 10. A rep. from Liberal and Democratic Party M.E.P UK delegation | http://alde.europarl.eu.int/ |
| 10. A rep. from Green/Left M.E.P. UK delegation | www.europarl.eu.int/gue/ |
| 11. Confederation of British Industry in Brussels (CBI-Brussels) | www.cbi.org.uk/ |
| 12. Association of London Govt. in Brussels | www.alg-europe.gov.uk |
| 13. London's European Office in Brussels | www.london.gov.uk/london_house/ |
| 14. European Women's Lobby | www.womenlobby.org/index2.htm |
| 15. European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) | www.ert.be/ |
| 16. The European Consumer's Organization | www.beuc.org/ |
Field trip: BARCELONA
Spain in Europe: a multicultural perspective
Objectives:
- To introduce the students in the process of Spanish integration in the European Union, highlighting the impacts (both positive and negative) in the economic, social and political dimensions.
- Understanding the multicultural dimension of the Spanish society, both from the point of view of the national minorities, the immigration and the cultural diversity.
- To explain and analyze how multiculturalism is managed in Spain, making special emphasis in the Catalan case
- To analyze the link between multiculturalism and the urban phenomena, as a "microcosmos" where we can find reproduced the dynamics of multiculturality, and to show how to relate the EU programs and multicultural policies in the city,
- Introduction to multiculturalism: typologies and models of multiculturalism. Premises to interpret the multicultural processes.
- National minorities and immigration in Spain: the Catalan case
- The city as incubator of multicultural society: setting the scene
- The role of multicultural diversity in urban development: the key to creativity
- Managing the multicultural society: experiences from Barcelona
- "Europe" as an actor in the management of the multicultural society: the role of EU programs.