Syllabus
Syllabus
Schedule: Each two-hour online session combines a lecture (input from the lecturers) and a group discussion (can be combined with a group workshop). Introductory/warm-up session and the wrap-up session/final group discussion are planned for an hour-long session. 1/ COVID-19 and (liberal) democracy
· Introductory/warm-up session
· Session I: Democracy in the state of emergency: What´s next? How to reconcile the two?
· Session II: The Covid-19 crisis, the rise of populism, and reinforcement of the identity politics 2/COVID-19 and multilateralism and global political cooperation I
· Session I: The U.S. presidential election 2020: Anticipating a new U.S. foreign policy?
· Session II: Evaluation of the German EU Presidency 2020, Central-Eastern European response to the COVID-19 pandemic 3/ COVID-19 and multilateralism and global political cooperation II
· Session I: The Middle East after pandemic: What to expect?
· Session II: China: Propaganda and influence during the COVID-19 pandemic 4/COVID-19 and societal implications
· Session I: The COVID-19 pandemic and the gender equality perspective
· Session II: COVID-19 and its impacts on the cyber security 5/COVID-19 and environment
· Session I: What does COVID-19 mean for climate change?
· Session II: The New Green Deal, European climate goals in the COVID times
· Wrap-up session, final group discussion
Lecturers and tutors
Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Nigrin, Ph.D.
Doc. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D.
PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D.
PhDr. Zuzana Lizcová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Eliška Černovská
Irena Kalhousová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Martin Mejstřík
Course coordinator:
Mgr. Kateřina Kuklíková
Academic and methodological supervisor:
Irena Kalhousová, Ph.D.
External lecturers and tutors:
Alice Rezková – Research fellow at the AMO Research Center (Association for International Affairs)
Michal Thim – Research fellow at the AMO Research Center (Association for International Affairs)
Annotation
Course:
International Relations in Challenging Times - The Multifaceted Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Organized by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of International Studies
Date: 25th January – 29th January, 2021 (5 days)
Place: Prague, Czech Republic
This study programme is internationally acknowledged and recognized.
Successful participants will be given 2 or 4 ECTS credits, depending on their efforts.
This syllabus is concerning the 2 ECTS course rules.
The students are covering the costs for the programme (for more information see online-winter-school.fsv.cuni.cz).