166-110 Managing Identity in Contemporary Europe

Formerly available as 166-008. Students who have completed 166-008 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

131-123 Reason and the State is strongly recommended and, along with this subject, forms the recommended pathway for entry to the major in European studies. See European studies.

This subject forms an introduction to the major issues confronting Europe today. There will be consideration of the problems related to issues of identity and nationalism in general, and as these relate to selected countries of Europe, as well as the threat of racism. Students will also investigate whether European citizenship is a myth or reality in the context of the European Union. Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of migration in Europe, a problem highlighted by the refugees from Eastern Europe to Western Europe, and have an enriched knowledge of the place of the study of identity in terms of how Europe is conceptualised, from both within Europe and beyond.

Written work totalling 4000 words.