A Concise History of the 300-year War: Ukraine-Russia Relations in the Post-Colonial Context

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Course ID:	3620-CHWUR-SP-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	A Concise History of the 300-year War: Ukraine-Russia Relations in the Post-Colonial Context
Name in Polish:	A Concise History of the 300-year War: Ukraine-Russia Relations in the Post-Colonial Context
Organizational unit:	Studies in Eastern Europe
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie Studium Europy Wschodniej Courses in foreign languages General university courses General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	The course analyzes the current Russian-Ukrainian war in the broad context of historical relations, Russian imperial policy, creating national identities and inventing traditions, producing hegemonic imperial discourses and normalizing them on an international scale as "objective" and "scientific" knowledge. It pays particular attention to some underresearched questions like specificity of Russian colonialism in Ukraine, susceptibility of the West to Russian mythology and propaganda, the discursive strategies used by the participants of the conflict and their influence on the understanding and course of events.
Full description:	1. Outline of Ukrainian-Russian relations from the 17th century until today. Basic facts and events. 2. Ruś (Ruthenia), Russia, and "invented tradition". The toxic effects of historical mythology 3. "Imperial Knowledge". Its institutionalization and impact on the Western policies towards Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe 4. Post-communism in postcolonial interpretation: traps and controversies 5. Russo-Ukrainian "conflict": naming, framing & strategic narratives
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	WRITTEN AND/OR ORAL EXAM

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