European Studies

Students discuss the relationship between far right politics and liberal democracy. Focusing on Europe, students examine questions such as: How do far right mobilizations reflect wider structural forms of marginalization in society? Are mainstream political actors complicit in the normalization of exclusionary populist discourse? Does structural racism and other forms of discrimination/domination provide opportunities to far right actors? At the end of the seminar, students work in groups on ideas for counter-measures and present these as a project.

This course explores the city of Barcelona from a historic, artistic, literary, and cinematographic perspective. Topics include: the roman city; the Gothic Quarter; a bohemian and modernist city; a global city-- Universal Exposition, Olympic Games, and Universal Forum of Cultures.

This course introduces students to Italian politics and political economy in the context of its insertion into European integration and world politics, and is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the historical analysis of the Italian institutional and administrative systems; the Italian political system; interest organization; and socio-economic cleavages and the Italian labor markets. The second part focuses on the political economy of Italy in Europe, Europeanisation of decision-making and implementation in economic, monetary, and fiscal matter and the impact of the Euro-zone crisis on Italy. The third part is concerned with the place of Italy in the world, Italian migratory policy and its relations with neighboring countries.