EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 1 in Natolin
 

1 MATA compulsory course (27h, 5 ECTS)

US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transatlantic Affairs (J. SHATTUCK & I. LESSER)

Select 2 EIS preparatory courses  (no ECTS)

Geopolitics (BIALASIEWICZ L., 15h)

Foreign Policy Analysis (BRUN PEDERSEN R., 10h)

Public International Law (ÇALI B., 10h)

Introduction to International Security and Defence Studies: Theories and Concepts (MICHTA A.)

EIS compulsory foundational course (20h, 4 ECTS)

History of Central and Eastern Europe in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries (BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI R & PUDŁOCKI T)

3 EIS core courses from pluridisciplinary track (can be exempted with disciplinary entry test and replaced with interdisciplinary track courses) (20h, 4 ECTS each)

Pluridisciplinary Track (follow 3 unless testing out)

• The EU Legal Order: Rights, Norms and Values (VAN ELSUWEGE P.)
• EU Institutions and Decision-Making (LORD C.)
• EU Economic Governance  (MARZINOTTO B.)

Interdisciplinary Track (can be selected if testing out of Pluridisciplinary track options)

• State and Economy (BELKA M.)
• Energy in a Globalised World: Economics, Politics and Policies (HENDERSON J.)
• Global Internet Governance (YORK J.)

Select 1 or 2 EIS contextual courses (10h, no ECTS)

Religion and Politics (ANDERSON, J.)

Approches de la gouvernance migratoire (CASSARINO J-P.)

Paradoxes of European Power: From the Cold War to the War in Ukraine (KUNDNANI H.)

Politics of Climate Change (KURTYKA M.)

La Construction d’identités nationales en Europe, XIXe-XXe Siècle (THIESSE A-M)

Transatlantic Security Dilemmas after the End of the Cold War: From NATO Enlargement to Russian Aggression against Ukraine (MICHTA A.)

L’Europe centrale et orientale aux XXe et XXIe siècles (MINK G.)

1 EIS workshop (8h, no ECTS)

Strategic Communication in a Digital Age (KIMBER LINDWALL A.)

Media and Climate: Communicating the Green Transition (KRUKOWSKA E.)

Making Sense of Strategy (MILEVSKI L.)

Les politiques historiques et mémorielles (MINK G.)

Policy Analysis: Vocabulary, Grammar and Techniques (VANNONI M.)

EIS study trip (30h, 2 ECTS)

Voluntary courses, no ECTS

Research methods seminar (20h)

EIS simulation game, The Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20 (BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI R., 6h)

EIS simulation game, Drafting a Peace Treaty for the End of the Cold War (MINK G. and CICHOCKI M.)

Select up to 2 masterclasses (10h)

• Histoire, mémoire et négationnisme historique (MINK G.)
• From the Greek Agora to the Ukrainian Euromaidan: the History of Ideas of Democracy in Europe (CICHOCKI M.)
• The Enlightenment: Theory and Practice (BUTTERWICK- PAWLIKOWSKI R.)

MATA-EIS Thesis and Internship Preparation

Select thesis supervisor from College of Europe and from Fletcher

Begin internship search

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 2 in Natolin
 

2 MATA compulsory courses

US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: Transatlantic Project (B. BERTI & B. LETE, 5 ECTS, 20h)

Southern Atlanticism: Rethinking Mental Maps of Transatlantic Relations (I. LESSER, no ECTS, 8h)

4 EIS Core and Specialist courses within their major (4 ECTS each)

• At least 1 core course within their major
• EPAP, EUW and EUN Majors must select at least 1 (up to 2) course(s) from the EHC Major’s core and specialist courses

Students select 1 out of 4 majors

• EU Public Affairs and Policies (EPAP)
• The EU and the World (EUW)
• The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods (EUN)
• or European History and Civilization (EHC)

MATA-EIS students must take a total of 4 Core and Specialist courses within their major

• at least 1 Core course within their major
• EPAP, EUW and EUN Majors must select at least 1 (up to 2) course(s) from the EHC Major’s core and specialist courses

Core courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• EU Governance: Theory, Practice and Challenges (WESSELS W.)
• EU Macro-economic Policies (MARZINOTTO B.)
• EU Substantive Law: The Four Freedoms (BARNARD C.)
• EU Security in an Economic Context (RILEY A.)
• EU Enlargement Policy—Past and Present (LAZOWSKI A.)

Specialist courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• Immigration, Asylum and Border Management in the EU (LA.VENEX S. & TRAUNER F.)
• EU Competition Policy (LIANOS L.)
• Digital Economy (MARINIELLO M.)
• EU Structural and Investment Policies (GORZELAK G.)
• The Political Economy of Welfare States in Europe (GORA M.)
• EU Energy and Climate Policies (EGENHOFER C.)
• EU Internal Security: A European and National Challenge (MONAR J.)

Core courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• Conceptualizing the Foreign Policy of the EU (JORGENSEN K. E.)
• The Legal Dimension of EU External Relations (BLOCKMANS S.)
• After Liberal Hegemony - The transatlantic partnership and the return of Great Power Competition (FROHLICH S.)
• EU Trade Policy (FALKENBERG K. F.)
• EU Development Policy and the Politics of International Development (CARBONE M.)
• International Political Economy in a  Changing World Order (MARTELLI A.)
• NATO and European Defense Policy (TARDY T.)
• EU Asylum and Migration Policy in Global Context (LAVENEX S. & TRAUNER F.)

Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• The European Union and Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy (MAYR-HARTING T.)
• Security and Conflict Management (SHEA J.)
• International Climate Governance (NASSEF Y.)
• Contemporary Russian Foreign and Security Policy (PYNNONIEMI K.)
• Crimes against Humanity and International Justice (LEWIS M. A.)
• Comparative Regionalism (WINAND P.)
• China and the World (CABESTAN J.-P.)
• Human Rights in International Politics (MILLS K.)
• Religion in Global Politics / La religion dans un monde globalisé (PORTIER P.)

Core courses for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• The EU's Neighbourhood Policy (SCHUMACHER T.)
• Cooperation on Migration Governance between the EU and its Neighbourhood (CASSARINO J.-P and DAVITTI D.)
• The EU and the Geopolitics of Disinformation and Digital Communication in the Neighbourhood and Russia (POMERANTSEV P.)
• The Legal Dimension of EU-Neighbourhood Relations (LANNON E. and MARESCEAU M.)
• Images and Perceptions of the EU in its Neighbourhoods Throughout Peace and War (CHABAN N.)
• Formal and Informal Colonialism and the EU’s Neighbourhood: Power, Knowledge, Transformation (BADARIN E.)
• EU Energy Governance in the EU's Neighbourhood (HURRANZ-SURRALES A.)

Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• War and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space (LANOSZKA A.)
• Case Studies in EU Applied Diplomacy from the UN and the Neighbourhood (MAYR-HARTING T.)
• Church-State Relations and the Role of Religious Movements in the EU Neighbourhood/ Les relations Eglises-Etat et le rôle des mouvements religieux dans les pays voisins de l'Union européenne (ROUSSELET K.  and SHEIKH N.)
• Post-Communist Democratic Revolutions in the Eastern Neighbourhood and Cold War Legacies (KUZIO T.)
• Minority Issues, Nationalism and Identity Politics in the EU’s Neighbourhood (CASTELLINO J. and CAVANAUGH K.)
• Ukraine and the EU: From Independence to War (WOLCZUK K.)
• Western Balkans: EU Enlargement, External Influences, Post-Conflict Transition (TEOKAREVIC J.)
• Turkey in Europe: Identity, Politics, Security (AYDIN M.)
• Authoritarianism in the Wider Southern Neighbourhood (DEMMELHUBER T.)

Core courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”

• History of European Civilization (BUTTERWICK- PAWLIKOWSKI R.)
• Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders (ZARAKOL A.)
• Russian Ideologies: The Last Two Centuries (from Pushkin and Karamzin to Dugin and Putin) (NOWAK A.)
• Totalitarian Ideologies and Dictatorships in Twentieth-century Europe (MOORHOUSE R.)
• Changing Character of Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day (STODDARD E.)
• The End of Empires: Decolonization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America – Comparison (WONGSURAWAT W.)
• History of the Cold War (MILES S.)

Specialist courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”

• Europe and the Global Economy from the Industrial Revolution to the Internet (SEGRETO L.)
• Maritime History: The Mediterranean and Other Seas (ABULAFIA D.)
• History of the Balkans (LEWIS M. A.)
• The Making of Modern Ukraine: History, Independence, and War (WILSON A.)

Study trips

MATA study trip to Brussels (no ECTS)

EIS study trip (2 ECTS)

EIS voluntary courses (no ECTS)

• Up to 2 compact seminars
• Simulation games
• Cooperation with external partners

EIS compact seminars for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”

• La règlementation des marchés en ligne (DUMONT B. and HOLMES P., 10h)
• The Politics and Legal Framework for EU-UK Relations (LAZOWSKI A. & ROSIAK P. K., 8h)
• Political Economy of International Trade –Tools and Practices (LUFF D. & BAKER P., 8h)
• L’espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice : défis actuels et futurs pour l’Union européenne (WEYEMBERGH A. & DE KERCHOVE G., 10h)
• Climate Finance (SZWARC K., 10h)

EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU and the World”

• The EU and the Indo-Pacific (ISLAM S., 8h)
• Digital Transatlantic Rift (CHASE P., 8h)
• L’Etat post-colonial en Afrique à l’épreuve des politiques européennes de développement (DIMIER V., 8h)
• Weaponisation of Soft Power (BUHLER P., 8h)
• The EU and Crisis Management in Practice (VIMONT P., 8h)
• The International Relations of Latin America and its Interaction with the EU (GARDINI G. L., 8h)
• Challenges of Multilateralism and Intelligence Cooperation (VON LORINGHOVEN F., 10h)
• Terrorism and Hybrid Warfare in the EU and its Neighbourhood (JERMALAVIČIUS T., 8h)
• Paris Agreement Implementation (WATKINSON P., 10h)
• Grands enjeux de la liberté de la presse (MHANNA A., 10h)

EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods”

• EU-Middle East Relations: Conflict, Peace and Security (BOURIS D., 10h)
• Central Asia as the EU's Wider Neighbourhood: Power, Politics, and Foreign Policy (10h)
• Investigative Journalism in the Southern Neighbourhood (SABBAGH R., 8h)
• Energy Community with the EU's Eastern and Southeastern Neighbours (BUSCHLE D., 10h)
• The EU, Russia and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: power, performance, and perceptions (TYUSHKA A., 12h)
• US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East and North Africa (FROHLICH S., 10h)
• Greening the Neighbourhood: Energy Transition in the Mediterranean (FRANZA L., 10h)

EIS compact seminars for the Major “European History and Civilization” (8h)

• La vie spirituelle entre l’Est et l’Ouest depuis 1945 (DELSOL C)

Simulation games for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”

• EU Decision-making and Interest Representation in Practice / Le processus décisionnel de l'Union européenne et la représentation d'intérêts (MARISSEN V., 10h)
• EU Energy Policy-Making in Practice: The Case of Nord Stream 2 (GURBA B. & MAYR-HARTING T., 8h)

Simulation games for the Major “The EU and the World” (8h)

• North Atlantic Council Meetings on War in Europe (SHEA J. & KREMIDAS C.)
• Disinformation in Diplomacy (ANDRIUKAITIS L.)

Simulation game for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (6h)

• EU Foreign Policy-making in Times of Conflict in the EU’s Neighbourhood (SCHUMACHER T.)

Simulation game for the Major “European History and Civilization” (8h)

• The Congress of Vienna 1814-15 (BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI R.)

Students of all majors may also participate in any number of the following modules: 

Cooperation with external partners (no ECTS)

• Introduction to International Humanitarian Law within the framework of a seminar organized with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva - open to external participants (MIKOS-SKUZA E., 17h)
• Workshops in history organized in cooperation with the Max Weber programme of the European University Institute
• Cycle of seminars with the EIB on the EU Green Deal (7.5h)

MATA-LAW Thesis and Internship Preparation

Submit thesis proposal

Continue internship search

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 3 at The Fletcher School     
 

4 courses at The Fletcher School, 24 ECTS

At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):

• International Law and Organizations (ILO)
• Diplomacy, History and Politics (DHP)
• Economics and International Business (EIB)

Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 4
 

MATA thesis submission, 25 ECTS
 

High-level internship, 25 ECTS
 

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 3
 

High-level internship, 25 ECTS

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 4 at the Fletcher School        
 

MATA thesis submission, 25 ECTS

4 courses at The Fletcher School, 24 ECTS

At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):

• International Law and Organizations (ILO)
• Diplomacy, History and Politics (DHP)
• Economics and International Business (EIB)

Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 1 at the Fletcher School

1 MATA compulsory course (27h, 5 ECTS)

US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transatlantic Affairs (J. SHATTUCK & I. LESSER)

4 Fletcher courses, 6 ECTS each

At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):

• International Law and Organizations (ILO)
• Diplomacy, History and Politics (DHP)
• Economics and International Business (EIB)

Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 2 at the Fletcher School

1 MATA compulsory course (20h, 5 ECTS)

US-EU Relations in the 21st Century: Transatlantic Project (B. BERTI & B. LETE)

4 Fletcher courses, 6 ECTS each

At least one course from each of the three divisions (‘breadth requirement’):

• International Law and Organizations (ILO)
• Diplomacy, History and Politics (DHP)
• Economics and International Business (EIB)

Cross-registration and substitution of 1 course from Tufts University or Harvard University possible

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 3
 

High-level internship

EIS STUDY TRACK SEMESTER 4 in Bruges     

MATA Thesis submission (25 ECTS)

MATA compulsory compact seminar (8h, no ECTS)

Southern Atlanticism: Rethinking Mental Maps of Transatlantic Relations (I. LESSER)

4 EIS Core and Specialist courses within their major (4 ECTS each)

• At least 1 core course within their major
• EPAP, EUW and EUN Majors must select at least 1 (up to 2) course(s) from the EHC Major’s core and specialist courses

Students select 1 out of 4 majors

• EU Public Affairs and Policies (EPAP)
• The EU and the World (EUW)
• The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods (EUN)
• or European History and Civilization (EHC)

MATA-EIS students must take a total of 4 Core and Specialist courses within their major

• at least 1 Core course within their major
• EPAP, EUW and EUN Majors must select at least 1 (up to 2) course(s) from the EHC Major’s core and specialist courses

Core courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• EU Governance: Theory, Practice and Challenges (WESSELS W.)
• EU Macro-economic Policies (MARZINOTTO B.)
• EU Substantive Law: The Four Freedoms (BARNARD C.)
• EU Security in an Economic Context (RILEY A.)
• EU Enlargement Policy—Past and Present (LAZOWSKI A.)

Specialist courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• Immigration, Asylum and Border Management in the EU (LA.VENEX S. & TRAUNER F.)
• EU Competition Policy (LIANOS L.)
• Digital Economy (MARINIELLO M.)
• EU Structural and Investment Policies (GORZELAK G.)
• The Political Economy of Welfare States in Europe (GORA M.)
• EU Energy and Climate Policies (EGENHOFER C.)
• EU Internal Security: A European and National Challenge (MONAR J.)

Core courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• Conceptualizing the Foreign Policy of the EU (JORGENSEN K. E.)
• The Legal Dimension of EU External Relations (BLOCKMANS S.)
• After Liberal Hegemony - The transatlantic partnership and the return of Great Power Competition (FROHLICH S.)
• EU Trade Policy (FALKENBERG K. F.)
• EU Development Policy and the Politics of International Development (CARBONE M.)
• International Political Economy in a  Changing World Order (MARTELLI A.)
• NATO and European Defense Policy (TARDY T.)
• EU Asylum and Migration Policy in Global Context (LAVENEX S. & TRAUNER F.)

Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• The European Union and Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy (MAYR-HARTING T.)
• Security and Conflict Management (SHEA J.)
• International Climate Governance (NASSEF Y.)
• Contemporary Russian Foreign and Security Policy (PYNNONIEMI K.)
• Crimes against Humanity and International Justice (LEWIS M. A.)
• Comparative Regionalism (WINAND P.)
• China and the World (CABESTAN J.-P.)
• Human Rights in International Politics (MILLS K.)
• Religion in Global Politics / La religion dans un monde globalisé (PORTIER P.)

Core courses for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• The EU's Neighbourhood Policy (SCHUMACHER T.)
• Cooperation on Migration Governance between the EU and its Neighbourhood (CASSARINO J.-P and DAVITTI D.)
• The EU and the Geopolitics of Disinformation and Digital Communication in the Neighbourhood and Russia (POMERANTSEV P.)
• The Legal Dimension of EU-Neighbourhood Relations (LANNON E. and MARESCEAU M.)
• Images and Perceptions of the EU in its Neighbourhoods Throughout Peace and War (CHABAN N.)
• Formal and Informal Colonialism and the EU’s Neighbourhood: Power, Knowledge, Transformation (BADARIN E.)
• EU Energy Governance in the EU's Neighbourhood (HURRANZ-SURRALES A.)

Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• War and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space (LANOSZKA A.)
• Case Studies in EU Applied Diplomacy from the UN and the Neighbourhood (MAYR-HARTING T.)
• Church-State Relations and the Role of Religious Movements in the EU Neighbourhood/ Les relations Eglises-Etat et le rôle des mouvements religieux dans les pays voisins de l'Union européenne (ROUSSELET K.  and SHEIKH N.)
• Post-Communist Democratic Revolutions in the Eastern Neighbourhood and Cold War Legacies (KUZIO T.)
• Minority Issues, Nationalism and Identity Politics in the EU’s Neighbourhood (CASTELLINO J. and CAVANAUGH K.)
• Ukraine and the EU: From Independence to War (WOLCZUK K.)
• Western Balkans: EU Enlargement, External Influences, Post-Conflict Transition (TEOKAREVIC J.)
• Turkey in Europe: Identity, Politics, Security (AYDIN M.)
• Authoritarianism in the Wider Southern Neighbourhood (DEMMELHUBER T.)

Core courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”

• History of European Civilization (BUTTERWICK- PAWLIKOWSKI R.)
• Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders (ZARAKOL A.)
• Russian Ideologies: The Last Two Centuries (from Pushkin and Karamzin to Dugin and Putin) (NOWAK A.)
• Totalitarian Ideologies and Dictatorships in Twentieth-century Europe (MOORHOUSE R.)
• Changing Character of Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day (STODDARD E.)
• The End of Empires: Decolonization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America – Comparison (WONGSURAWAT W.)
• History of the Cold War (MILES S.)

Specialist courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”

• Europe and the Global Economy from the Industrial Revolution to the Internet (SEGRETO L.)
• Maritime History: The Mediterranean and Other Seas (ABULAFIA D.)
• History of the Balkans (LEWIS M. A.)
• The Making of Modern Ukraine: History, Independence, and War (WILSON A.)

4 EIS Core and Specialist courses within their major (4 ECTS)

• At least 1 core course within their major
• EPAP, EUW and EUN Majors must select at least 1 (up to 2) course(s) from the EHC Major’s core and specialist courses

Students select 1 out of 4 majors

• EU Public Affairs and Policies (EPAP);
• The EU and the World (EUW);
• The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods (EUN);
• or European History and Civilization (EHC).

MATA-EIS students must take a total of 4 Core and Specialist courses within their major

• at least 1 Core course within their major
• EPAP, EUW and EUN Majors must select at least 1 (up to 2) course(s) from the EHC Major’s core and specialist courses

Core courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• EU Governance: Theory, Practice and Challenges (WESSELS W.)
• EU Macro-economic Policies (MARZINOTTO B.)
• EU Substantive Law: The Four Freedoms (BARNARD C.)
• EU Security in an Economic Context (RILEY A.)
• EU Enlargement Policy—Past and Present (LAZOWSKI A.)

Specialist courses for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• Immigration, Asylum and Border Management in the EU (LA.VENEX S. & TRAUNER F.)
• EU Competition Policy (LIANOS)
• Digital Economy (MARINIELLO M.)
• EU Structural and Investment Policies (GORZELAK G.)
• The Political Economy of Welfare States in Europe (GORA M.)
• EU Energy and Climate Policies (EGENHOFER C.)
• EU Internal Security: A European and National Challenge (MONAR J)

Core courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• Conceptualizing the Foreign Policy of the EU (JORGENSEN K. E.)
• The Legal Dimension of EU External Relations (BLOCKMANS S.)
• After Liberal Hegemony - The transatlantic partnership and the return of Great Power Competition (FROHLICH S.)
• EU Trade Policy (FALKENBERG K. F.)
• EU Development Policy and the Politics of International Development (CARBONE M.)
• International Political Economy in a  Changing World Order (MARTELLI A.)
• NATO and European Defense Policy (TARDY T.)
• EU Asylum and Migration Policy in Global Context (LAVENEX S. & TRAUNER F.)

Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and the World” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• The European Union and Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy (MAYR-HARTING T.)
• Security and Conflict Management (SHEA J.)
• International Climate Governance (NASSEF Y.)
• Contemporary Russian Foreign and Security Policy (PYNNONIEMI K.)
• Crimes against Humanity and International Justice (LEWIS M. A.)
• Comparative Regionalism (WINAND P.)
• China and the World (CABESTAN J.-P.)
• Human Rights in International Politics (MILLS K.)
• Religion in Global Politics / La religion dans un monde globalisé (PORTIER P.)

Core courses for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• The EU's Neighbourhood Policy (SCHUMACHER T.)
• Cooperation on Migration Governance between the EU and its Neighbourhood (CASSARINO J.-P and DAVITTI D.)
• The EU and the Geopolitics of Disinformation and Digital Communication in the Neighbourhood and Russia (POMERANTSEV P.)
• The Legal Dimension of EU-Neighbourhood Relations (LANNON E. and MARESCEAU M.)
• Images and Perceptions of the EU in its Neighbourhoods Throughout Peace and War (CHABAN N.)
• Formal and Informal Colonialism and the EU’s Neighbourhood: Power, Knowledge, Transformation (BADARIN E.)
• EU Energy Governance in the EU's Neighbourhood (HURRANZ-SURRALES A.)

Specialist courses for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (20h, 4 ECTS)

• War and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space (LANOSZKA A.)
• Case Studies in EU Applied Diplomacy from the UN and the Neighbourhood (MAYR-HARTING T.)
• Church-State Relations and the Role of Religious Movements in the EU Neighbourhood/ Les relations Eglises-Etat et le rôle des mouvements religieux dans les pays voisins de l'Union européenne (ROUSSELET K.  and SHEIKH N.)
• Post-Communist Democratic Revolutions in the Eastern Neighbourhood and Cold War Legacies (KUZIO T.)
• Minority Issues, Nationalism and Identity Politics in the EU’s Neighbourhood (CASTELLINO J. and CAVANAUGH K.)
• Ukraine and the EU: From Independence to War (WOLCZUK K.)
• Western Balkans: EU Enlargement, External Influences, Post-Conflict Transition (TEOKAREVIC J.-)
• Turkey in Europe: Identity, Politics, Security (AYDIN M.)
• Authoritarianism in the Wider Southern Neighbourhood (DEMMELHUBER T.)

Core courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”

• History of European Civilization (BUTTERWICK- PAWLIKOWSKI R.)
• Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders (ZARAKOL A.)
• Russian Ideologies: The Last Two Centuries (from Pushkin and Karamzin to Dugin and Putin) (NOWAK A.)
• Totalitarian Ideologies and Dictatorships in Twentieth-century Europe (MOORHOUSE R.)
• Changing Character of Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day (STODDARD E.)
• The End of Empires: Decolonization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America – Comparison (WONGSURAWAT W.)
• History of the Cold War (MILES S.)

Specialist courses for the Major “European History and Civilization”

• Europe and the Global Economy from the Industrial Revolution to the Internet (SEGRETO L.)
• Maritime History: the Mediterranean and Other Seas (ABULAFIA D.)
• History of the Balkans (LEWIS M. A.)
• The Making of Modern Ukraine: History, Independence, and War (WILSON A.)

Study trips

MATA study trip to Brussels (no ECTS)

EIS study trip (2 ECTS)

EIS voluntary courses (no ECTS)

• Up to 2 compact seminars
• Simulation games
• Cooperation with external partners

EIS compact seminars for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”

• La règlementation des marchés en ligne (DUMONT B. and HOLMES P., 10h)
• The Politics and Legal Framework for EU-UK Relations (LAZOWSKI A. & ROSIAK P. K., 8h)
• Political Economy of International Trade –Tools and Practices (LUFF D. & BAKER P., 8h)
• L’espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice : défis actuels et futurs pour l’Union européenne (WEYEMBERGH A. & DE KERCHOVE G., 10h)
• Climate Finance (SZWARC K., 10h)

EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU and the World”

• The EU and the Indo-Pacific (ISLAM S., 8h)
• Digital Transatlantic Rift (CHASE P., 8h)
• L’Etat post-colonial en Afrique à l’épreuve des politiques européennes de développement (DIMIER V., 8h)
• Weaponisation of Soft Power (BUHLER P., 8h)
• The EU and Crisis Management in Practice (VIMONT P., 8h)
• The International Relations of Latin America and its Interaction with the EU (GARDINI G. L., 8h)
• Challenges of Multilateralism and Intelligence Cooperation (VON LORINGHOVEN F., 10h)
• Terrorism and Hybrid Warfare in the EU and its Neighbourhood (JERMALAVIČIUS T., 8h)
• Paris Agreement Implementation (WATKINSON P., 10h)
• Grands enjeux de la liberté de la presse (MHANNA A., 10h)

EIS compact seminars for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods”

• EU-Middle East Relations: Conflict, Peace and Security (BOURIS D., 10h)
• Central Asia as the EU's Wider Neighbourhood: Power, Politics, and Foreign Policy (10h)
• Investigative Journalism in the Southern Neighbourhood (SABBAGH R., 8h)
• Energy Community with the EU's Eastern and Southeastern Neighbours (BUSCHLE D., 10h)
• The EU, Russia and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: power, performance, and perceptions (TYUSHKA A., 12h)
• US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East and North Africa (FROHLICH S., 10h)
• Greening the Neighbourhood: Energy Transition in the Mediterranean (FRANZA L., 10h)

EIS compact seminars for the Major “European History and Civilization” (8h)

• La vie spirituelle entre l’Est et l’Ouest depuis 1945 (DELSOL C)

Simulation games for the Major “EU Public Affairs and Policies”

• EU Decision-making and Interest Representation in Practice / Le processus décisionnel de l'Union européenne et la représentation d'intérêts (MARISSEN V., 10h)
• EU Energy Policy-Making in Practice: The Case of Nord Stream 2 (GURBA B. & MAYR-HARTING T., 8h)

Simulation games for the Major “The EU and the World” (8h)

• North Atlantic Council Meetings on War in Europe (SHEA J. & KREMIDAS C.)
• Disinformation in Diplomacy (ANDRIUKAITIS L.)

Simulation game for the Major “The EU and its Complex Neighbourhoods” (6h)

• EU Foreign Policy-making in Times of Conflict in the EU’s Neighbourhood (SCHUMACHER T.)

Simulation game for the Major “European History and Civilization” (8h)

• The Congress of Vienna 1814-15 (BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI R.)

Students of all majors may also participate in any number of the following modules: 

Cooperation with external partners (no ECTS)

• Introduction to International Humanitarian Law within the framework of a seminar organized with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva - open to external participants (MIKOS-SKUZA E., 17h)
• Workshops in history organized in cooperation with the Max Weber programme of the European University Institute
• Cycle of seminars with the EIB on the EU Green Deal (7.5h)