The Art of Being Soviet: Soviet Identity and its Dimensions

3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 19.10.2023 Do, 9 - 11 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

The outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war has raised with renewed vigor the question of what role the Soviet past plays in
these events. In this course, we will talk about the phenomenon of the Soviet system and will look at this system as bureaucracy,
negotiation process, way of life, and as so called “normal totalitarian society”. We will also talk about Soviet identity and its main
components; about the possibilities of rethinking the Soviet past, the reasons for its extension beyond the time of the collapse of
the Soviet Union and its impact on the contemporary life of the bloc of countries with a Soviet and socialist past. We will also focus on terminological problems and the search for new approaches to comprehending and describing the Soviet past.

Literatur: Halfin, Igal (2011). Red Autobiographies: Initiating the Bolshevik self. USA: University of Washington Press. Monika
Kareniauskaitė (2015). The criminal justice system in Soviet Russia and the USSR (1917–1953): emergence, development and
transfer to the Lithuanian SSR. Lithuanian historical studies 20, pp. 151–182. Martine Mespoulet (2010) Women in Soviet society. Cahiers du CEFRES. N 30. Communism from the viewpoint of societies. Erica l. Fraser (2019). Military masculinity and postwar recovery in the Soviet Union. University of Toronto press. Rustam Alexander (2021). Regulating homosexuality in Soviet Russia, 1956–91: A different history. Manchester University Press. Yurchak, Alexei (1960). Everything was forever, until it was no more: the last Soviet generation. Princeton University Press. Borders of Socialism Private Spheres of Soviet Russia Edited by Lewis H. Siegelbaum (2014).Palgrave Macmillian. Rochona Majumdar (2019). Postcolonial history. In Debating new approaches to history. Edited by Marek Tamm and Peter Burke, Bloomsbury academic, p. 49-74. Michael Gentile. (2018) Three metals and the ‘post-socialist city’: Reclaiming the Peripheries of Urban Knowledge. International journal of urban and regional research.
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Leistungsnachweise: 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 20%, essays - 20%, 1 Presentation – 40%; 1 Moderating a
discussion on one of the presentations - 20% / 6 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 20%, 2 Presentations – 20%, 1 Moderating a discussion on one of the presentations - 10%; essays - 20%, oral exam - 30% / 9 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 20%, 1 Presentations – 40%, term paper of 20-25 pages on one of the course topics - 40%.
Sprache: Englisch

Exploring Peace in a Time of War: war and society in sociological perspective

3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 17.04.2023 Mo, 9 - 11 Uhr Ort: GD 311

Critical approaches to studying societies under authoritarian regimes or war-torn countries voice the necessity for a more
empirically and ethically grounded approach to the production of knowledge as it is these approaches which feed into both policy-oriented and problem-solving discourses. Educational research methodology programs often teach how to conduct studies under everyday circumstances and pay very little attention to challenges of conducting research under restrictive regimes. In reality, a big share of the global population is living in under the conditions of either restrictive regimes or protracted conflicts or both. Is it possible to assess the situation of a society living under very special circumstances (e.g. a lack of international control or reliable sources of information, limited mobility, forced immobility, threats to life and threats of torture) with research methods developed for a society living in peace? What difficulties, inequalities or dangers face scholars and/or their research participants? What are the difficulties of interpreting knowledge and its circulation (external/internal, open/limited access)? In this seminar we will discuss the main thematic areas in the study of society under extreme conditions of war, and we will focus on the specifics of knowledge production under conditions of war and/or restrictive regimes.

Literatur: Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm, Sigrun Marie Moss, and Özden Melis Uluğ, eds. 2020. "Researching peace, conflict, and power in the field: Methodological challenges and opportunities." Cham: Springer. Knott, Eleanor. 2018. "Beyond the field: ethics after fieldwork in politically dynamic contexts". Perspectives on Politics. Malesivic, Sinisa. 2010."The Sociology of War and Violence". Cambridge University Press. Sidonia, Gabriel, Goetshel, Laurent. 2017. “A Conflict Sensitive Approach to Field Research: Doing Any Better?” Swiss academies reports, 12, no. 5: 1-38. The Routledge History of Global War and Society". 2018. Ed.by Matthew S. Muehlbauer and David J. Ulbrich. Routledge.

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Leistungsnachweise: 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentation – 60%; 6 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentations – 30%, 1 Moderating a discussion on one of the presentations - 30%; 9 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 20%, 1 Presentations – 40% , term paper of 20-25 pages on one of the course topics - 40%. Deadline 30.07.2022.The final grade results from the weighted average of the single graded parts.

Sprache: Englisch

Qualitative data Analysis: collecting, description, analysis, and interpretation

3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 17.04.2023 Mo, 14 - 16 Uhr Ort: GD 311

Qualitative methods bring together different genres, approaches, methodologies, and research strategies. The implementation of qualitative methods in practice has also shown considerable variability in working with data. Within qualitative analysis, we can find well-established analytical traditions, algorithms of data analysis. However, each researcher is free to choose that unique way to analyze the collected data, which is related to the research design, the peculiarities of the field phase of the study, and researcher’s unique analytic lens and filter. In this course we will talk about the main methods of collecting and analyzing qualitative data (primarily text-based and visual).
Literatur:
Bazeley, P. 2013. ‘Qualitative Data Analysis: Practical Strategies’. U.S.: Sage.
Grbich, C. 2012. ‘Qualitative Data Analysis. An Introduction’. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd
Timmermans, S., Tavory, I. 2022. ‘Data analysis in qualitative research. Theorizing with Abductive Analysis’. The University of Chicago
Press.
How qualitative data analysis happens. 2019. Moving beyond “themes emerged”. Ed. by Бine M. Humble and M. Elise Radina.
Routledge.

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Leistungsnachweise: 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentation – 60%; 6 ECTS: Class and discussion
participation – 40%, 1 Presentations – 30%, 1 Moderating a discussion on one of the presentations - 30%; 9 ECTS: Class and
discussion participation – 20%, 1 Presentations – 40% , term paper of 20-25 pages on one of the course topics - 40%. Deadline
30.07.2022.The final grade results from the weighted average of the single graded parts.

Sprache: Englisch

Soviet Identity and its Spatial Coordinates

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 19.04.2023 Mi, 9 - 11 Uhr Ort: GD 311

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the word "post-Soviet" became a universal marker for everything that was affected by Soviettotalitarianism - people, urban spaces, political areas, etc. Today, however, the term is increasingly losing its explanatory potential.Its use preserves an artificial dichotomy in defining the boundaries between people, spaces, and social practices. Rethinking this concept has led to a new wave of research on soviet society, everyday reality, soviet identities. In this course, we will seek answers to questions about how Soviet reality affected different peoples, groups and generations and why the unified Soviet state model eventually led to significant variability in further political and social development scenarios in the independent states that emerged after the collapse of the USSR.
Literatur:Rochona Majumdar (2019). Postcolonial history. In Debating new approaches to history. Edited by Marek Tamm and Peter
Burke, Bloomsbury academic, p. 49-74.
Michael Gentile. (2018) Three metals and the ‘post-socialist city’: Reclaiming the Peripheries of Urban Knowledge. International
journal of urban and regional research. DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.12552
Erica l. Fraser. 2019. Military masculinity and postwar recovery in the Soviet Union. University of Toronto press.
Hirt, Sonia. (2012). Iron curtains : gates, suburbs, and privatization of space in the post-socialist city. A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.,
Publication.
Alexander, Rustam. Regulating homosexuality in Soviet Russia, 1956–91: A different history. Manchester University Press, 2021.
Borders of Socialism Private Spheres of Soviet Russia Edited by Lewis H. Siegelbaum. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Leistungsnachweise: 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentation – 60%; 6 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentations – 30%, 1 Moderating a discussion on one of the presentations - 30%; 9 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 20%, 1 Presentations – 40% , term paper of 20-25 pages on one of the course topics - 40%. Deadline 30.07.2022.The final grade results from the weighted average of the single graded parts.

Sprache: Englisch

Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research

3/6 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 20.04.2023 Do, 10 - 16 Uhr Ort: GD 06

In today's world, the influence of the visual information on our daily lives is constantly increasing. Our perception of ourselves,
our bodies, our sexuality depend on visual media. In this seminar we will discuss how visual data can be collected and analyzed. Qualitative research has always had a visual component. However, today the study of visual material is increasingly becoming an independent study. This raises questions about how to work with visual materials, whether there are special methods for this, or whether we can apply the same methods that are used to analyze textual materials - such as content or discourse analysis? This seminar will combine a theoretical part with practical assignments and educational mini-studies.
Literatur:Michael Emmison, Philip Smith and Margery Mayall. 2012. Researching the visual. SAGE Publications.
Stefan Titscher, Michael Meyer, Ruth Wodak and Eva Vetterт. 2020. Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis. SAGE Publications.
Dennis Dunleavi. 2020. Visual semiotic theory: Introduction to the Science of Signs /Handbook of visual communication. Theory,
Methods, and Media. Edited by Sheree Josephson, James D. Kelly, and Ken Smith. Second edition. Routledge.
Dennis Zuev, Gary Bratchford. 2020. Visual Sociology. Practices and Politics in Contested Spaces. Palgrave.
Margrit Schreier. 2012. Qualitative Content Analysis in Practice. SAGE Publications.
Philip Bell. 2001. Content analysis of visual images / Handbook of visual analysis. Edited by Theo van Leeuwen and Carey Jewitt.
SAGE Publications.

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Leistungsnachweise: 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, comments based on the results of group and individual work in the classroom – 60%; 6 ECTS:Class and discussion participation – 30%, comments based on the results of group and individual work in the classroom – 30%, рaper of 10 pages on one of the course topics - 40%. Deadline 30.07.2022.The final grade results from the weighted average of the single graded parts.

Termine (präsenz): Do 20.04.23, 10 - 16 Uhr (GD 06) | Fr 21.04.23, 10 - 16 Uhr (GD 06) | Sa 22.04.23, 10 - 16 Uhr (GD 06)

Sprache: Englisch

From „the Ukraine“ to Ukraine: Contemporary history of Ukraine (1991-2023)

3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 17.10.2022 Mo, 14 - 16 Uhr Ort: GD 312

This seminar is dedicated to the study of key processes in Ukrainian society after the collapse of the Soviet Union. How to build a
market economy in a country that has had no capitalist elements in its economy for over 70 years? What is the peculiarity of the
"Soviet people" and and what happened to that identity in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine? How is religiosity
developing in a country that for a long time lived in the field of state atheism? What the dilemmas of reforms in contemporary
Ukraine? How has Russian aggression and war affected Ukrainian society? This seminar will help find answers to the questions about the peculiarities of development processes in different countries, which were formed on the wreckage of the former Soviet Union, based on the experience of Ukraine in broader Eastern European context.
Literatur: Mark von Hagen. (1995). Does Ukraine Have a History? Slavic Review, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 658-673. From „the Ukraine“ to Ukraine. A Contemporary History, 1992-2021. (2021) Ed. M.Miknakov, G.Kasianov, M.Rojansky, ibidem-Verlag Stuttgart. Ukrainian Identities in Transformation. In Ukraine in Transformation From Soviet Republic to European Society. Ed. Alberto Veira-Ramos, Tetiana Liubyva, Evgenii Golovakha, Palgrave Macmillan. Serhy Yekelcyk. 2020. Ukraine: what everyone needs to know. Second.ed., Oxford University Press.

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Leistungsnachweise: To earn 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentation – 60% To get 6 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 2 Presentations – 60% To get 9 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 30%, 1 Presentation – 30%, Paper of 20 pages on one of the course topics - 40%

Sprache: Englisch

Migration and belonging: Internal and external migration in Ukraine in the years of independence

3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 17.10.2022 Mo, 9 - 11 Uhr Ort: GD 312

This seminar aims at the examination of selected Eastern European migration processes and debates on belonging,
multiculturalism, and integration, with a special focus on the case of Ukraine. The course begins with overview of key trends in
global migration with a particular focus on Ukraine. The main theories which help to explain contemporary migration flows and
understand the essence of migration policy will be discuss on this seminar. Another important theme of the course is the impact
of migration from Ukraine and Eastern Europe on European and American history, and on the current global trends. Therefore,
the course participants will engage in the interactive collaborative discovery of several key problems such as Ukraine’s place in the care chain, gender aspects of migration, trans-Atlantic intellectual migration, global diasporas, migrants as important transnational development agents, artistic representations of migration, the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second part of the course, the impact of internal migration caused by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the armed conflict over Donbas will be examined through the multiscalar optics, with a special attention to the different cultural markers of belonging of various Ukrainian ethnic and cultural groups, including the Muslim population of Crimea (since 2015, with two millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Ukraine has been the fifth country in the world, and the first in Europe by the number of IDPs). And finally we will focus on internal and external forced migration, which emerged as a reaction to Russian aggression and the military invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Literatur: Skey, M. (2014). ‘How do you think I feel? It's my country’: belonging, entitlement and the politics of immigration. The
Political Quarterly, 85 (3), 326-332. Massey, D.S., at al. (1993). Theories of International Migration. Population and Development
Review, 19 (3), 431-466. Kymlicka, W. (2010). The rise and fall of multiculturalism? New debates on inclusion and accommodation in diverse societies. International social science journal, 61(199), 97-112. Siegelbaum, L. H., & Moch, L. P. (2016). Transnationalism in one country? Seeing and not seeing cross-border migration within the Soviet Union. Slavic Review, 75(4), 970-986. Libanova,
E. (2019). Labour migration from Ukraine: Key features, drivers and impact. Economics and Sociology, 12(1), 313-328. Sereda, V. (2020). ‘Social Distancing’ and Hierarchies of Belonging: The Case of Displaced Population from Donbas and Crimea. Europe-Asia Studies, 72(3), 404-431.

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Leistungsnachweise: To earn 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentation – 60% To get 6 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 2 Presentations – 60% To get 9 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 30%, 1 Presentation – 30%, Paper of 20 pages on one of the course topics - 40%

Sprache: Englisch

Qualitative methods in sociological research

3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 19.10.2022 Mi, 9 - 11 Uhr Ort: GD 311

This seminar will allow us to start a discussion about the difference between quantitative and qualitative approaches in sociology, theoretical and practical dimensions of qualitative methods, their advantages and disadvantages. We will look at the main qualitative methods and the field of their application. We will discuss the possibility of implementing case study research,
ethnographic research, biographical research, discourse analysis, in-depth interviews, focus groups, observational research and document analysis.

Literatur: Familiarity with all of these methods will help to guide students who are planning to conduct their own research for a
master's thesis. Richard A. Krueger, Mary Anne Casey. Focus Groups (2009): A Practical Guide for Applied Research. London: Sage publication. Brinkmann, Svend (2013). Qualitative interviewing. Oxford University Press. Dennis Zuev, Gary Bratchford (2020). Visual Sociology. Practices and Politics in Contested Spaces. Palgrave. Stefan Titscher, Michael Meyer, Ruth Wodak and Eva Vetterт (2020). Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis. SAGE Publications. Dennis Dunleavi Visual semiotic theory: Introduction to the Science of Signs / Handbook of visual communication. Theory, Methods, and Media. Edited by Sheree Josephson, James D. Kelly, and Ken Smith. SECOND EDITION. Routledge, 2020. Hubert Knoblauch (2013). Qualitative Methods at the Crossroads: Recent Developments in Interpretive Social Research, FQS 14(3), Art. 12

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Leistungsnachweise: To earn 3 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 1 Presentation – 60% To get 6 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 40%, 2 Presentations – 60% To get 9 ECTS: Class and discussion participation – 30%, 1 Presentation – 30%, Paper of 20 pages on one of the course topics - 40%

Sprache: Englisch

The art of governance in the USSR

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 1: Regieren in Europa // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 25.04.2022 Mo, 14 - 16 Uhr

In this seminar that will be held in Russian we will talk about the phenomenon of the Soviet system and will look at this system as burocracy, negotiation process, way of life, and as “normal totalitarian society”. We will discuss state terror as an integral part of governance in a totalitarian state. We will talk about the role of Soviet propaganda in the formation of the "Soviet people," about the passport system and «propiska» as instruments of control over the population; about politics and practices of social exclusion and “othering” (“alienation”). The themes of these discussions will help us better understand the set of values and modes of behavior of people in post-totalitarian societies. Please note that it is the explicit intention that the course literature will be offered in English.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Sprache: Russisch

Sociology of peace, social conflict and war

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 1: Regieren in Europa // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 19.04.2022 Di, 14 - 16 Uhr

Conflict is part of our lives. They are the subject of study in many disciplines. This course aims to look at conflict and war through the prism of the social nature of human beings, and from the perspective of the production of knowledge about war and conflict. War and armed conflict affect the lives of the whole society, but the situation aggravates in the zone of armed conflict. Obtaining information about the daily life of people in the conflict zone acquires the status of not only research interest, but also political and security. All this raises many questions about how to conduct research in the none-government control areas, what difficulties arise when studying self-proclaimed and unrecognized states; how to interview people where the "spiral of silence" works due to fear and uncertainty; how to look for the voice of the minority, when due to social pressure and stigmatization of certain groups, the latter begin to play "social blindfold"; how to talk to people traumatized by war, forced to resettle; how to find a balance between quantitative and qualitative research paradigms and what each has advantages and limitations. This course aims to analyze dilemmas of a reliable knowledge production on situation in war-torn zones and its circulation in peace-building community and media discourses.

Hinweise zur Lehrveranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Sprache: Englisch

In-depth interview and Focus Groups: Methodology, Methods & Practice

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 1: Regieren in Europa // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 19.04.2022 Di, 9 - 11 Uhr

In-depth interview and focus group discussion (FGD) are increasingly used in different spheres of social, political and economic studies as well as in community research. These methods are usually used to obtain an in-depth understanding of social processes, social issues and reality. This seminar is focusing on focus group discussions as a method of qualitative research exploring people’s experiences and a range of ideas, as well as meanings ascribed by them to various social phenomena. This course introduces the main methodological principles and practice of how to conduct successful focus groups and in-depth interviews, using a combination of formal theory-oriented lectures and practice-oriented seminars based on students' personal field work experience.
Literatur: Richard A. Krueger, Mary Anne Casey. Focus Groups (2009): A Practical Guide for Applied Research. London: Sage publication, 2009. Brinkmann, Svend (2013). Qualitative interviewing. Oxford University Press/ Seidman, Irving (2006). Interviewing as qualitative research : a guide for researchers in education and the social sciences / Irving Seidman.—3rd ed. Teachers College, Columbia University Tom Wengraf (2001) Qualitative Research Interviewing. Biographic Narrative and Semi-Structured Methods. Hubert Knoblauch (2013). Qualitative Methods at the Crossroads: Recent Developments in Interpretive Social Research, FQS 14(3), Art. 12 Roger J. Rezabek. Online Focus Groups: Electronic Discussions for Research, FQS 1(1), Art. 18.

Hinweise zur Lehrveranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Sprache: Englisch

Field-trip to Ukraine: Urban development, building trust and mobilizing security: the case of Mariupol Field-trip, September, 5-11

3/6 ECTS

Blockveranstaltung (Ferienkurs): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 05.09.2022 Mo, 9 - 18 Uhr

Mariupol provides an interesting example of simultaneous transformation. As a standard industrial city whose economy was based on metallurgy, the city is now looking for other sources of development. Russian aggression and the proximity of the line of demarcation have led to a series of changes in the status and daily life of the city. On the one hand, Mariupol has gained the status of a central city for the Donetsk region (a function that was performed by Donetsk before the war). On the other hand, the city faced a massive influx of displaced people. Moreover, the city became the place of forced relocation of institutions - a number of Donetsk higher education institutions that had been evacuated to Mariupol. All this has been a real challenge for the city, for which many changes are forced and unexpected. The city's rapid development take place in the context of its inhabitants' lagging behind - many of them have not had time to change their lifestyles and everyday practices. This creates an unstable, fragmented and mosaic space of relationships between authorities, residents, migrants and visitors (represented both by international organisations and representatives of Ukrainian think tanks). We will also focus on issues of human security, which, due to the territorial location of Mariupol on the line of contact, takes on a particular significance here. In Ukraine, the tour will be supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation (Kyiv office). The number of places is limited to 10 participants.

Hinweise zur Lehrveranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Termine (präsenz): Mo 05.09.22, 9 - 18 Uhr | Di 06.09.22, 9 - 18 Uhr | Mi 07.09.22, 9 - 18 Uhr | Do 08.09.22, 9 - 18 Uhr | Fr 09.09.22, 9 - 18 Uhr

Sprache: Englisch

Construction of social identities in the USSR

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Online): KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Politische Ordnung - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft; Wahlmodul: Räume - Grenzen - Metropolen; Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus// MEK: Wahlpflichtmodul: Mittel- und Osteuropa als kultureller Raum// SOZ: Wahlpflichtmodul: Politik und Kultur // MES:WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus; WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa; WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa; Zentralbereich Kultur; Zentralbereich Politik

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 20.10.2021 Mi 14:15 - 15:45 c.t.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Sprache: Englisch

From “the Ukraine” to “Ukraine”: contemporary history

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenz-Veranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 19.10.2021 Di, 11:15 - 12:45 Uhr Ort: HG 201b

This seminar is dedicated to the study of key processes in Ukrainian society after the collapse of the Soviet Union. How to build a market economy in a country that has had no capitalist elements in its economy for over 70 years? What is the peculiarity of the "Soviet people" and why do they reproduce rather than disappear? How is religiosity developing in a country that for a long time lived in the field of state atheism? What the dilemmas of reforms in post-Soviet Ukraine? This seminar will help find answers to the questions about the peculiarities of development processes in post-Soviet countries based on the experience of Ukraine in broader Eastern European context.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Sprache: Englisch

Soviet city: Specificity of spatial structure and daily practices

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Online): KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Politische Ordnung - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft; Wahlmodul: Räume - Grenzen - Metropolen // MEK: Wahlpflichtmodul: Mittel- und Osteuropa als kultureller Raum// SOZ: Wahlpflichtmodul: Urban Studies // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 20.10.2021 Mi, 9:15 - 10:45 Uhr

Since its establishment, Soviet power has been characterized by an active influence on urban space. We will talk about "dream-city (socialist city)" projects; about the change in architectural paradigms and in social practices; about the role and significance of Soviet monuments and memorial signs in the space of the city. Commemorative practices will also be in our focus. Understanding the contemporary everyday practices of city dwellers in post-Soviet cities becomes largely more understandable through the prism of understanding the specifics of urbanization processes in the USSR, urban planning and social practices.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung: Moodlekurs

Sprache: Englisch

Visual methods in social research

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung):MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 15.04.2021 Do, 9:15 - 10:45 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

In contemporary sociological knowledge, visual methods have a significant place. In this seminar, we will talk about how to includevisual images into your research, how to design a study in which visual materials will be the object of study. Taking into accountcurrent discussions on visual methods, we will discuss the feasibility of using visual sources and the limitations associated with theuse of visual methods and the interpretation of research results. The course is practically oriented and implies not only participationin discussions, but also realization of students’ own mini researches.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung/zum Blockseminar: Moodle course

Sprache: Englisch

Urban space and urban life: main issue of restructuring post-Soviet cities In Ukraine

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität,Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 13.04.2021 Di, 9:15 - 10:45 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

This seminar will touch upon the basic theoretical and methodological issues of the study of contemporary urbanization processes,the peculiarities of the spatial organization, and processes of gentrification, segregation, and commercialization of urban space inpost-Soviet cities (with the main focus on Ukrainian cities). The city will be examined from an interdisciplinary perspective - from theperspective of sociology, cultural geography, political and cultural studies. The course includes several introductory lectures andseminars, on which both theory and practical issues of urban space structure, socio-spatial practices and exclusions, processes ofpost-Soviet transformation and others will be discussed. Be ready for fieldtrips and micro researches of the city space.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung/zum Blockseminar: Moodle course

Sprache: Englisch

Internal and external migration in Ukraine (1991-2019)

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus //MES: WPM 4: Stadt, Region und Grenze in Europa // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 14.04.2021 Mi, 9:15 - 10:45 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

This seminar is dedicated to the analysis of the main tendencies in migration processes since Ukrainian independence. The issuesof internal and external labor migration, forced migration in the context of Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula andundeclared Russian-Ukrainian war will be studied in the course of the seminar. This seminar will help to understand contemporarymigration processes; specific features of the last waves of Ukrainian external migration.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung/zum Blockseminar: Moodle course

Sprache: Englisch

Study Trip: Memories, politics and G/Localization Southern Ukraine: Odessa and Mariupol, 01.09.2021-10.09.2021

6 ECTS

Exkursion: MES: Zentralbereich Kultur // MES: Zentralbereich Politik // MES: WPM 3:Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MES: WPM 5: Kultur, Geschichte & Gesellschaft in Europa

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 01.09.2021 Mi, 9 - 16 Uhr

In this study tour to Southern Ukraine (1.09.21 -10.09.21), students will have the opportunity to find out how communities and individuals in Ukraine are coping with the political events since 2014 in the reality of everyday life. They will meet officials, NGOs,culture activists and academics and present their research results in a public event at the Viadrina.

Part I: Mariupol: Current Issues of (g)localization; Part II Urban space of Odessa: imperial, soviet and post-soviet memory.

Leistungsnachweise: To get 6 ECTS, a student should take part in a preparatory class before the trip (1 lesson), prepare and deliverone presentations during the trip, write a paper of 10 pages and present their research results in a public event at the Viadrina.

Termine: Mi 01.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Do 02.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Fr 03.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Sa 04.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Mo06.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Di 07.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Mi 08.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Do 09.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr | Fr 10.09.21, 9 - 16 Uhr

Everyday life in extreme condition: war-affected society in contemporary Ukraine (2014-2019)

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Hybride Veranstaltung): KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Politische Ordnung - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft // KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Menschen - Artefakte - Visionen // KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Räume - Grenzen - Metropolen // MASS: Wahlmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MASS: Wahlmodul: Politik und Kultur

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 05.11.2020 Do, 9:15 - 10:45 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

The current Ukrainian Crisis is still near the top of the international policy agenda. The political upheaval in Ukraine, caused by Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and undeclared Russian-Ukrainian war taking place in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, led to a massive displacement of the population. Ordinary people are the main focus of this course. We will talk about the motivation of combatants from both sides of the conflict on the territory of Donbas region; about internally displaced persons (IDPs), their problems, strategies of resettlement and adaptation; about ordinary people, who still live on the occupied territories and along the inter-entity boundary line; and about public attitudes in Ukrainian society during the period from the beginning of “Maidan” to the present time; about specific process of “alienation”, “social exclusion”, “othering” etc.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung / zum Blockseminar: Anmeldungen bis zum 30.10.20 an: whk-DAAD-Gastdozentur@europa-uni.de. Moodlekurs

Leistungsnachweise: Referat und Essay oder Hausarbeit

Sprache: Englisch

Formation of a new order: criminality and law enforcement system duringthe first decade of Soviet Power (with main focus on Soviet Ukraine)

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Hybride Veranstaltung): MEK: Wahlpflichtmodul: Mittel- und Osteuropa als kultureller Raum // KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Politische Ordnung - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft // KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Menschen - Artefakte - Visionen // MASS: Wahlmodul: Politik und Kultur

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 05.11.2020 Do, 14:15 - 15:45 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

The main focus of this course is the first decade of the Soviet Power in Ukraine through the prism of activity of the law enforcement system. This gives us the opportunity to understand processes of creating a new social and normative order; transformation of the concepts of “normal” and criminal behavior according to a new ideological agenda. We will consider the role of the new Soviet concept of prison system and rehabilitation, and look at how Soviet mass media were involved in the processes of creating a new society and new order. The course will provide students with a better understanding of the key components of the Soviet way of life, processes of adopting or resistance to the new order which had been imposed at the initial stage of establishing of the Soviet State.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung / zum Blockseminar: Anmeldungen bis zum 30.10.20 an: whk-DAAD-Gastdozentur@europa-uni.de. Moodlekurs

Leistungsnachweise: Referat und Essay oder Hausarbeit.

Sprache: Englisch

In-depth interview and Focus Group Discussions: Methodology, Methods & Practice

3/6/9 ECTS

Seminar (Hybride Veranstaltung): MEK: Wahlpflichtmodul: Mittel- und Osteuropa als kultureller Raum // KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Politische Ordnung - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft // KGMOE: Wahlmodul: Menschen - Artefakte - Visionen // MASS: Forschungsmodul

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 04.11.2020 Mi, 9:15 - 10:45 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102

In-depth interview and focus group discussion (FGD) are increasingly used in different spheres of social, political and economic studies as well as in community research. This method is usually used to obtain an in-depth understanding of social processes, social issues and reality. This seminar is focusing on group discussions as a method of qualitative research exploring people’s experiences and a range of ideas, as well as meanings ascribed by them to various social phenomena. The course introduces the main methodological principles and practice of how to conduct successful focus groups and in-depth interviews, using a combination of formal theory-oriented lectures and practice-oriented seminars based on students' personal field work experience.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung / zum Blockseminar: Anmeldungen bis zum 30.10.20 an: whk-DAAD-Gastdozentur@europa-uni.de. Moodlekurs

Leistungsnachweise: Referat und Essay oder Hausarbeit.

Sprache: Englisch