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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Natasa Miskovic (natasa.miskovic@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | A millennia-old cultural border cuts Europe into two parts, the Catholic-Protestant West and the Orthodox East. Usually, this border is seen as stretching horizontally from France and Germany in the West to Russia in the East. There is little awareness about the two facts that this division origins in Antiquity, in the division between the Eastern and the Western Roman Empires, and that the border between these two empires ran across the Balkan peninsula long before the Eastern European steppe was christianized. Ever since, the Balkans have been an area of passage for invadors and crusaders, missionaries and traders, imperialists and colonialists, and for refugees. This division is apparent today as a "phantom pain" which emanates to the whole of European society: Western problems of perception, consequences of war, cultural diversities, the East-West gap in the EU including the challenges in dealing with the refugee crisis. In this seminar, we will look at Southeastern Europe as an area of passage between centres in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and explore how former political borders and territorial divisions continue to shape the present. Specific examples to be enhanced during the course will be selected according to the preferences of the study group. |
| Learning objectives | • Theoretical-methodological discussion of the phantom border concept and the relationship between political and cultural centres and peripheries • Perception of the historical region Southeastern Europe (the Balkans) • Exemplary discussion of selected cases of phantom borders in the Balkans |
| Bibliography | Calic, Marie-Janine: The Great Cauldron. A History of Southeastern Europe. Harvard UP 2019 (Translation of: Südosteuropa. Weltgeschichte einer Region. Munich 2016). Goldstein, Slavko and Ivo Goldstein: The Holocaust in Croatia. Pittsburg 2016 (Translation of: Holokaust u Zagrebu, Zagreb 2001). Hirschhausen, Béatrice von et al.: Phantom Borders in Eastern Europe: A New Concept for Regional Research. Slavic Review 78 (2019) vol 2, pp. 368–389. — Phantomgrenzen. Räume und Akteure in der Zeit neu denken. Göttingen 2015. Kaser, Karl: The Balkans and the Near East. Introduction to a Shared History. Vienna 2011. |
| Comments | Depending on the language skills of the participants, the course will take place either in English or in German. |
| Admission requirements | This MA seminar will start on Tuesday 1 s t O c t o b e r at 4:15 pm at Alte Universität, room 207. As a preparation for the fist session, students fulfilling the requirements for inscription (MA level) will kindly read the journal article Hirschhausen, Béatrice von et al.: Phantom Borders in Eastern Europe: A New Concept for Regional Research. Slavic Review 78 (2019) vol 2, pp. 368–389. You will find the article on the ADAM working space. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Aufbau Geschichte: Südosteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Geschichte Südosteuropas (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree subject: History) Modul: Öffentlichkeit und Religion (Master's Studies: Religion - Economics - Politics) Modul: Profil: Moderne (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Profil: Osteuropäische Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Themen der Near & Middle Eastern Studies (Master's degree subject: Near & Middle Eastern Studies) Module: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Regional Integration and Global Flows (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften |