| Course Name | European Diplomatic History |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSIR 511 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | To explain the rises and falls of the major European powers of the international system through a cyclical system. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | European Diplomatic History focuses on nations, states, politics, decision-makers and their interactions and conflicts through the ages on the “old continent” of Europe. European Diplomatic History classes cover the period of 1492-1991 in international relations. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | The Military and Naval Rise of Europe | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Pre-industrial World” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 3-30. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İlkçağlardan 1918’e, pp. 51-70. |
| 2 | The Westphalian Order, the Financial Revolution | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Preindustrial World” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 73-100. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İlkçağlardan 1918’e, pp. 74-77. |
| 3 | American War of Independence; The Great French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; the Vienna Settlement | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Industrial Era” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 115-169. Norman Rich, “Peacemaking 1814-1815” and “Peacekeeping 1815-1823: The Concert of Europe” in Great Power Diplomacy, 1814-1914, pp. 1-43. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İlkçağlardan 1918’e, pp. 110-143. |
| 4 | American Civil War; Unifications of Italy and Germany | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Industrial Era” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 170-193. Norman Rich, “The Unification of Italy” in Great Power Diplomacy, 1814-1914, pp. 123-144. Norman Rich, “The Unification of Germany” in Great Power Diplomacy, 1814-1914, pp. 184-215. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İlkçağlardan 1918’e, pp. 159-165. |
| 5 | System of Alliances, Clash of Imperialisms, Triple Alliance versus Triple Entente; Prelude to WW I | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Industrial Era” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 194-259. Norman Rich, “Confrontational Diplomacy” in Great Power Diplomacy, 1814-1914, pp. 408-420. Norman Rich, “The Coming of World War I” in Great Power Diplomacy, 1814-1914, pp. 440-461. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İlkçağlardan 1918’e, pp. 171-210. |
| 6 | The First World War; the Russian revolutions and the US Entry into the Great War; the Entente’s Victory | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Industrial Era” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 256-274. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İlkçağlardan 1918’e, pp. 259-285. |
| 7 | Mid-term Examination | |
| 8 | The Paris Peace Conference and the Peace Treaties Ending WW I | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Preindustrial World” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 275-281. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, 1918-1994, pp. 13-17. |
| 9 | Inadequacies of the Paris Settlement and the Status of Germany in the 1920’s ; The Great Depression of 1929 and the rise of the totalitarian regimes and their revisionisms | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Preindustrial World” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 281-320. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, 1918-1994, pp. 17-45 |
| 10 | Failures of the Collective Security Principle of the League of Nations, the Policy of Appeasement and the Rome-Berlin Axis Spanish Civil War, Sino-Japanese War, the Munich Settlement and the Collapse of the Policy of Appeasement | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics in the Preindustrial World” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 291-343. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, 1918-1994, pp. 45-65. |
| 11 | The Start of WWII, the “Lightning Victories” of the Axis Powers 1939-1942; Exhaustion of the Axis Powers, the US Factor and the overwhelming power of the Allies | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics, Today and Tomorrow” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 333-357. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih 1918-1994, pp. 101-169. |
| 12 | Post-WW II Settlements, Emergence of a Bipolar World, the “Iron Curtain” in Europe;Start of the Cold War, the Korean War, the Berlin Crisis | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics, Today and Tomorrow” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 357-395. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, 1918-1994, pp. 170-253. |
| 13 | The Superpowers’ Competition in the 1960’s, Threats of a Nuclear Warfare: the Cuban Missile Crisis; the EEC and the Non-Alignment Movement | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics, Today and Tomorrow” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 395-437. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, 1918-1994, pp. 253-478. |
| 14 | Movie | The Hunt for the Red October |
| 15 | End of the Détente period, the “Second Cold War” and the Collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the USSR | Paul Kennedy, “Strategy and Economics, Today and Tomorrow” in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, pp. 437-535. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, 1918-1994, pp. 494-520. |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Book chapters, power point presentations. All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Recommended readings (further diplomatic history books published by the national and international press) |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 2 | 15 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 25 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 70 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 8 | 128 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
| Project | 1 | 15 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 231 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest | X | ||||
| 2 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective | X | ||||
| 3 | To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
| 4 | To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels | X | ||||
| 5 | To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
| 6 | To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field | X | ||||
| 7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
| 8 | To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline | X | ||||
| 9 | To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life | X | ||||
| 10 | To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts | X | ||||
| 11 | To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria | X | ||||
| 12 | To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
| 13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
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