• Aims
• Themes
• Formula
• Accomondations
• Contacts

Aims

In an age of new international tensions and shifting global alliances, we need to develop a better understanding of local perspectives on global citizenship. This course serves as both an introduction to contemporary debates on global citizenship and a way to explore specific European issues in this debate. Students examine how historical, recent and current developments in Europe challenge ideas about global citizenship and global cultural participation. The course focuses in particular on the following five areas, each of which is in turn taught with an emphasis on one specific medium of communication:

• Museums: Europe of Empires
  
  
• Film: European History and Ethnic Differentiation: Holocaust
  
  
• Internet: New Media, New Citizenship
  
  
• Television: National Identities in Europe and Entertainment
  
  
• Theatre: Performing European Culture
  

As well as regular course work (lectures, reading, discussions) activities will include film screenings, visits to museums or European institutions, and organized discussions with students from Utrecht University's programme in Language and Culture Studies. Participants will get insight into major theories and current debates on global citizenship, and will develop a better understanding of specific European perspectives.

Themes

Museums: Europe of Empires (January 28, 2008)
Berteke Waaldijk

• 09.30 – 11.30: Lecture and discussion on the topic
• 11.50 – 12.45: Preparation for debates, selection of debate teams.
• Visit to the city of Utrecht in the afternoon, film programme in the evening.

Film: European History and Ethnic Differentiation: Holocaust (January 29, 2008)
Ewoutvan der Knaap / David Wertheim

• 09.30 – 11.30: Lecture Nuit et Bruillard / Anne Frank
• 11.50 – 12.45: Debate: "Will we see a resurge of racism in the 21st century in Europe?"*
• Excursion to the Tropenmuseum and the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam in the afternoon.

Internet: New Media, New Citizenship (January 30, 2008)
Marianne van den Boomen                

• 09.30  – 11.30: Lecture
• 11.50 – 12.45: Debate: "Do new media and new forms of state (such as trans-national Europe) mean the end of the nation's status and of national citizenship?"*
• Cyber citizenship in practice – in IT lab in the afternoon.

Television: National Identities in Europe and Entertainment (January 31, 2008)
Dana Mustat

• 09.30 – 11.30:  Lecture
• 11.50 – 12.45:  Debate: "Does trans-national television undermine European identity?"*
• Visit to the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum in the afternoon.
• Home visits in the evening to observe Dutch and Dutch immigrants' television practice.

Theatre: European Culture: Performing & Policymaking (February 1, 2008)
Maike Bleeker

• 09.30 – 11.30: Lecture
• 11.50 – 12.45: Debate: "To create a European culture, is it necessary to subsidize it?"*
• Excursion to the theatre in the evening.

* these are sample questions.

Formula

First week
Presence at Utrecht is not requested; ca. 50 hours:

• Reading (texts will be provided online via the course website) and collecting material for topic of debate (allocated).

• Draft essay of 2000 words:
  
  For Australian students -
  "European citizenship in the light of the coursework of the past semester."
  
  For EU students -
  "European citizenship as presented by an EU citizen beyond fortress Europe."
  
  Preliminary background reading:
  
  Held, D. ed. (2003) Prospects for Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press. Chapter 1.
  
  Peters, M.E. (2005) "Between Empires: Rethinking Identity and Citizenship in the Context of Globalization." In: P. Hayden and C. el-Ojeili (eds.) Confronting Globalization: Humanity, Justice and the Renewal of Politics. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 105-122.
  
  Price, M. (2002) Media and Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and its Challenge to State Power. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  
  Schaeffer, R.K. (2003) Understanding Globalisation: The social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Chapter 1.
  
  Vandenberg, A. (2000) "Cyber citizenship and digital democracy." In: A. Vandenberg (ed) Citizenship and Democracy in a Global Era. Dealein University: MacMillan Press Ltd. 289-306.
  
  Weiner, A. (1997) "Making sense of the new geography of citizenship: Fragmented citizenship in the EU." Theory and Society 26, 529-560.

Second week
Monday January 28th to Friday February 1st 2008, ca. 50 hours:

• Lectures in the morning.
  
  
• Debate from 12.00 – 13.00 (first day preparation).
  
  
• Individual essay assignment of max. 1000 words:
  
  For Australian and EU students - illustrate the management and your own contribution to the debate in which your group participated, and express your individual reaction to the argument(s) presented in this debate.
  
  For schedule see "Themes".

Third week
Research and writing final paper and essay assignment; presence at Utrecht is not requested; ca. 40 hours.

All participants are expected to participate in the entire programme during the second week (January 28th to February 1st 2008).

 Participants receive the intensive programme's certificate for 150 hours of work, equalling 5 ECTS when passing all required course work.

Accommodation

Utrecht University will assist in the reservation of student accommodation for all Australian students participating in the intensive programme 2008 (please note that students will be charged for accommodation). Participants can also arrange their own accommodation; however, we advise you to 'stick together' at the same hostel. An affordable and nice place to stay is the Strowis Hostel in Utrecht (http://www.strowis.nl/). See www.holland.com/global/ and http://www.utrecht.nl/smartsite.dws?id=13353 for general information about the city of Utrecht.

For more information on student accommodation:

International Office, Utrecht University
Coordinator International Relations
Ms. Marlies Bussemaker
Tel: +31-302536046
E-mail: international.office@let.uu.nl

General information on student accommodation can be found on the International Office website: http://www.let.uu.nl/international/ (click 'information for international students' for English website) and http://www.shortstaysolutions.nl/ (click 'in english' for English website).

Contacts

For more information on the Global Citizenship course:

Ms. Berber Hagedoorn
Language and Culture Studies, Utrecht University
Coordinator Global Citizenship in a European Context
E-mail: berber.hagedoorn@let.uu.nl

Course website:
The course website (which will be available via http://webct.uu.nl) will be accessible from October 15, 2007 onwards. Information about the course as well as text materials will be provided online via this website. Information on how to access the site will be provided to the students via their student e-mail address in due time.