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Introduction and Tools

Author/Tutor: Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

Credits: 12

Main goals

To define Eastern Europe
To identify strengths and weaknesses of area studies and disciplinary approaches
To identify and evaluate key tools and methods of East European Studies
To analyze main analytical lenses used in in East European Studies

General topics

Disciplinary versus area studies approaches
Competing and changing notions of Eastern Europe
Different types of data sources in East European Studies
Key features of and different approaches to political and economic transformation in Eastern Europe
Analytical perspectives on nationalism in Eastern Europe

Assignment
Students must normally complete and pass a specified number of module tasks as well as submit and pass one research assignment.

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