Faculty of Intercultural Communication

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ARSa400GA（地域研究（ヨーロッパ） / Area studies(Europe) 400）
Regional Cooperation and Integration

Kazuya ONAKA

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Faculty/Graduate school Faculty of Intercultural Communication
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Year 2023
Class code C1046
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Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 月4/Mon.4
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市Y‐Y705
Grade 2～4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program ○
Open Program (Notes) 人間環境学部生は他学部公開科目として履修不可。
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers ○
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP ○
Urban Design CP ○
Diversity CP ○
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Duplicate Subjects Taken Under Previous Class Title
Capacity/Selection/Rondom
Frequency 毎年開講

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Outline (in English)

【授業の概要（Course outline）】
What is Europe? This question, which many present-day Europeans ask themselves, is the main theme of this course. In this class, students will examine the question with an emphasis on the history of ideas and culture. Starting with the geographical notion of Europe as a “continent", students will familiarize themselves with its basic archaeological, ethnic, religious, philosophical, and historical aspects. Students will be encouraged to explore these areas to reflect on the modern idea of Europe as a haven of peace and the possibility or impossibility of a single European identity.　She or he will move back and forth between the past and the present, focusing in particular on the ambivalence of the boundaries between Europe and its "others", in order to deepen her or his understanding of the question.

【到達目標（Learning Objectives）】
By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:
1) Expressing her or his own views about the geographical spread of "Europe".
2) Relating the notion of "Europe" to the cultural, political, and philosophical legacies of ancient Greece, Hellenism, and Rome, and making an argument at a level appropriate for an undergraduate student.
3) Discussing, at a level appropriate for undergraduate students, the Great Migration of Germanic, Norman, and Slavic peoples and the formation of "Europe", in relation to the history of each country from the time of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to the 10th century.
4) Explaining the relationship between Western Europe in the Middle Ages, which was formed around Catholicism, and Eastern Europe, which was formed around Orthodoxy, and the expansion of Islam, at a level appropriate for undergraduate students.
5) Describing, at a level appropriate for undergraduate students, the significance of humanism, which characterized the Renaissance, the impact of the so-called "Age of Discovery" on non-European countries, and the redefinition of the relationship between faith and politics resulting from the Reformation.
6) Argueing, both positively and negatively, about the "Eurocentric" consciousness that emerged through the development of commerce under a series of political and cultural changes, including the centralization of power, wars in colonies outside Europe, and the emergence of the "Republic of Letters".
7) Illustrating the significance for modern societies of the development of civil rights-based ideas and institutions with historical events in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and other European countries at a level appropriate for undergraduate students.

【授業時間外の学習（Learning activities outside of classroom）】
1) A simple quiz will be given almost every week as homework. Participation in this quiz is mandatory for all students taking the course. In order to answer this quiz, students need to use the learning support system - Hoppii (on the Internet).
2) According to the Standards for the Establishment of Universities, the minimum time of preparation and review required to earn two credits for a lecture or seminar is four hours per session.

【成績評価の方法と基準（Grading Criteria /Policy）】
Your overall grade in this course will be decided based on the following:
- Quizzes on LMS-Hoppii - 60%
- Discussion / Active contribution (Participating in class discussions via Zoom) - 5%
- Other kinds of contribution (Cooperation in class management to facilitate the discussion, etc.) - 5%
- Term paper (optional) - 30%

Default language used in class

日本語 / Japanese