Eastern Europe and EU Integration

Dear Students,
With the recent 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, now is the perfect time to learn more about Eastern Europe and the European Union!
Register for the following exciting course offered in spring 2015, team-taught by expert University of Illinois and visiting faculty in fields like Slavic studies, political science, sociology, and economics. The course is cross-listed in multiple departments. See the attached flyer and further details below.
New Course – Spring 2015
Eastern Europe and EU Integration
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30pm – 1:50pm, 113 Davenport Hall

EURO 490: CRN 60800 (undergrad 3 hrs.) and CRN 60801 (grad 4 hrs.)
SLAV 452:  CRN 39070 (undergrad 3 hrs.) and CRN 40702 (grad 4 hrs.)
CWL 453: CRN 39071 (undergrad 3 hrs.) and CRN 40704 (grad 4 hrs.)
SOC 596: CRN 61112 (grad 4 hrs.)

Course Description: Explores the subject of European Union expansion to the east and south from an interdisciplinary, multifocal perspective, examining crucial problems of political enlargement and social integration. Addresses issues of East European domestic and transnational identities in the broader European context, and intersection of these issues with the European integration project, to include representations of Eastern Europe, historical conflict, migration, religious identities, and gendered identities. Examines structures and policies that connect the people and societies of Eastern Europe to the European Union, including democratic consolidation, conflict management, minority rights, environmental policy, and the role of Eastern European leadership in formulating EU policy.
Questions? Contact the Lead Instructor: Professor George Gasyna, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, ggasyna@illinois.edu

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Matthew A. Rosenstein, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Director
European Union Center
University of Illinois