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67663-01 - Practical course: The Russian-Ukrainian War: Conflict Analysis, Mediation and Dialogue Interventions (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Tetiana Kyselova (tetiana.kyselova@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The course belongs to a highly multidisciplinary area of research and practice – Peace and Conflict Studies/ Conflict Resolution and focuses on the aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine that started in 2014 and continues with the large-scale invasion from February 2022 until now. The teaching goal of the course is to introduce students to the basic conflict resolution approaches and tools, and to contextualize this knowledge to the current war in Ukraine thereby offering practical insights into deep societal processes in Ukraine such as identity formation, state-building and civil society mobilization. The course consists of three modules. The first module – “Approaches to Conflict and Conflict Resolution” will introduce students to the notions of conflict and conflict dynamics as well as the theoretical basics of negotiation and mediation. Students will take part in a negotiation role play (simulation) and do a reflection on the simulation. The second module – “Conflict Analysis Skills” will introduce students to the several conflict-analysis tools. Then, the students will practice conflict-analysis based on the Ukraine case-study. The third module – “Mediation and Dialogue Interventions” will introduce students to the landscape of mediation and dialogue in Ukraine – from track one political negotiations in Minsk in 2014-2021, to track three grass-root dialogue initiatives in local communities. The students will be equipped with the multitrack approach to mediation and will get the wholistic picture of the mediation and dialogue interventions, their design and impact, as well as challenges of connections between initiatives at various tracks. |
| Bibliography | Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse, Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts, 4th Edition, Oxford? Polity Press, 2016 Rodger Fisher and William Ury, Getting to Yes: Negotiating an Agreement without Giving In, Penguin Books, 1984 Serhiy Kudelia; The Ukrainian State under Russian Aggression: Resilience and Resistance. Current History 1 October 2022; 121 (837): 251–257 Simon Mason and Sandra Rychard, Conflict Analysis Tools Tip Sheet, ISN-ETH Zurich, 2005 Isak Svensson and Magnus Lundgren, Patterns of Peacemaking: When do we see international mediation, and what are the impacts? CONFLICT TRENDS. 02. PRIO, 2015 Tetiana Kyselova, Understanding Dialogue in Ukraine: A Survey-Based Study, Mediation and Dialogue Research Center, Kyiv, 2018 Lanz, David, Jamie Pring, Corinne Von Burg, and Mathias Zeller. Understanding mediation support structures. Bern: swisspeace, 2017. |
| Comments | Das Seminar beginnt mit zwei Blockveranstaltungen am 23. Februar und 9. März (14:00 bis 18:00 Uhr). |
| Admission requirements | Students of history at all levels of study as well as students of other subjects in whose modules the exercise is linked. In the case of over-subscription, students of history are given priority. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 23.02.2023 | 14.15-18.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 02.03.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Fasnachstferien |
| Thursday 09.03.2023 | 14.15-18.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 23.03.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 30.03.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 06.04.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Ostern |
| Thursday 13.04.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 20.04.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 27.04.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 04.05.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 11.05.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 4 |
| Thursday 18.05.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Auffahrt |
| Thursday 25.05.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 01.06.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Geschichte Russlands und der Sowjetunion (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) Module: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Active participation. |
| 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 Geschichte |