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210084 SE BAK15: East European Studies (2019W)
Political Warfare in Contemporary Eastern Europe
Continuous assessment of course work
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Studierende, die der ersten Einheit unentschuldigt fern bleiben, verlieren ihren Platz in der Lehrveranstaltung.Beachten Sie die Standards guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis.Die Lehrveranstaltungsleitung kann Studierende zu einem notenrelevanten Gespräch über erbrachte Teilleistungen einladen.
Plagiierte und erschlichene Teilleistungen führen zur Nichtbewertung der Lehrveranstaltung (Eintragung eines 'X' im Sammelzeugnis). Ab WS 2018 kommt die Plagiatssoftware (‘Turnitin') bei prüfungsimmanenten Lehrveranstaltungen zum Einsatz.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 02.09.2019 08:00 to Mo 16.09.2019 08:00
- Registration is open from We 18.09.2019 08:00 to Tu 24.09.2019 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 20.10.2019 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 10.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 17.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 24.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 31.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 07.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 14.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 21.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 28.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 05.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 12.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 09.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 16.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 23.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 30.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Weekly readings, class presentations and discussions, seminar paper
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Each seminar will include a short introduction to the topic but build primarily on discussions of the assigned readings. Students are required to have completed the readings before class and to actively participate in class discussions.
Grades will be assigned according to the following breakdown:
- class attendance and contribution to class discussion 15%
- class presentation 15%. Each student will present a text from the reading list for a class discussion (10 min presentation plus one page handout)
- final seminar paper (10-12 pages) on the topic chosen by student 70 %
Not more than two sessions can be missed.
Grades will be assigned according to the following breakdown:
- class attendance and contribution to class discussion 15%
- class presentation 15%. Each student will present a text from the reading list for a class discussion (10 min presentation plus one page handout)
- final seminar paper (10-12 pages) on the topic chosen by student 70 %
Not more than two sessions can be missed.
Examination topics
Readings and seminar discussions.
Reading list
Will be announced on Moodle.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:21
This course will explore political warfare as it is practiced today by state and non-state actors, who consider political warfare as a relatively efficient and low-cost form of competition. It will start with an overview of the history of political warfare and especially its use by Soviet and Western states during the Cold War. The larger part of the course will focus on the contemporary period. Seminars, in particular, will examine how social media are exploited to deepen divisions and exacerbate discord within societies; study how political alliances are used to undermine liberal-democratic narratives in Eastern Europe and draw divisions between states; investigate how cyber-attacks, leaks, “kompromat” and disinformation campaigns are employed to interfere in electoral processes and sow distrust in democratic institutions. At the end of the course, we shall also discuss the future of political warfare focusing on the possible use of big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning.