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Bachelor Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture

After the foundation phase of the Arts & Culture programme, you will choose one of four
specialisations:
Cultures of Knowledge and Technology

Literature, the Arts and Culture
Political Culture
Media Culture
You can also choose to combine parts of the dierent specialisations. The freedom of choice in the
specialisation phase allows you to further specialise in the areas that you are interested in during the
elective semester in the third year.
Cultures of Knowledge and Technology
Our daily lives have become so dependent on science and technology that our society is often called
a culture of knowledge or a culture of technology. Medical science prolongs our lives. Biotechnology
allows us to eat strawberries in winter. Psychology has given us personality tests and rened our
understanding of human behaviour. Environmental science has enabled us to capture the clean power
of the sun and wind.
The overwhelming presence of technology may lead people to believe that science equals progress.
But scientic developments have led to many new social and political problems. In the Cultures of
Knowledge and Technology specialisation, you will study science and technology as social and cultural
phenomena.
Some of the topics covered include:
Articial intelligence
Democratic control over scientic progress
Prognoses for the future
Sustainable development
Literature, the Arts and Culture
No society is without art and culture, be it high art, pop art or popular culture. Artists and writers
represent their opinions and interpretations through their work, and learning to interpret that work
and think about its place in contemporary society is of the utmost importance. In the Literature, Art
and Culture specialisation, you will learn about the relationships between art, culture and society. The
specialisation focuses on moral issues related to cultural identity, (post-) secular quests for
meaning and the precarious position of the arts.
You will explore issues like:
The meaning of autonomy in the arts

Art and literature criticism
Utopianism
Aesthetic and social innovation
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Political Culture
It is an exciting time in history, as this generation will see the emergence of new forms and functions
of politics and political institutions. Our traditional view of politics revolves around the democratic
nation-state. However, the power of traditional political institutions is now being tested. European
integration is limiting the autonomy of individual countries and independence movements are
challenging the authority of nation-states. Fewer citizens are joining political parties and new,
supranational institutions that inuence politics are developing.
In the Political Culture specialisation, you will examine politics from a variety of perspectives. You will
deal with various political theories and will ask important questions about representative government.
You will also be challenged by questions regarding developments in the European Union, in
environmental policies, and in multicultural society.
You will examine various political issues, including:
Poverty and wealth

Globalisation and localism
Inclusion and exclusion
Media Culture
Citizens are increasingly empowered by technology to create digital images, videos, audio recordings,
websites and blogs. At the same time, media is rapidly converging. Newspapers appear in both print
and digital formats, and newspaper circulation is decreasing. Radio broadcasts are transmitted by
both radio towers and satellites, and are often available as podcasts on the internet. Television can be
watched online and books, magazines and articles can be downloaded onto digital devices and read
without ever printing them.
New media and media convergence are bringing dramatic changes to our society. Wars are prepared
and, to a certain extent, held in the media. People often play massive online games longer than they
work for their bosses. To some extent, we dene who we are and how we feel about ourselves on the
basis of logos and commercials.
In this specialisation, you will examine the inuence of media culture on our society. You will also
examine new media in the context of old media and how the shift from the latter to the former aects
society and our perceptions of reality.
You will actively use new media, such as:
Weblogs
Wikis
Digital photography
Audio and video recordings
First year courses
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Bachelor Arts and Culture year 1 regular

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Diagnostic Test: English Language
Full course description
This compulsory diagnostic test aims at determining a students English prociency level and at
making them aware of the importance of the English language in the core programme. The lowest
scoring 20% will have to complete a writing task in the form of a summary. They will also have to
attend a follow-up interview with one of the language trainers, when the results of the tests will be
discussed, and further advice will be given how to improve active skills.
Course objectives
This diagnostic test aims at preventing students from dropping out because of problems with their
English language skills. The test aims at determining students English prociency level and at making
them aware of the importance of the English language in the programme. Advice will be given to
those who need to improve their English.
Recommended reading
Materials provided during course.
ACU1505
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
3 Feb 2017
Print course description

ECTS credits:
0.0
Instruction language:
English
Coordinator:
N.P. Wylie
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s)
Assessment methods:
Computer test
Keywords:
Language skills

Mentor programme
The Mentor Programme BA AC serves to help students to tackle academic challenges during their
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studies, especially in the rst year. Transition from secondary school to university is never easy. Many
students will sooner or later experience a period during which their study does not work out the way
they expected it to and this especially happens in their rst year. The Mentor Programme has been
designed with this in mind and is rst and foremost aimed at easing transition to university and
helping students survive the rst year. The core component of the Mentor Programme for rst-year
students is the student-mentor relationship. Students are assigned to a mentor and a mentor group in
their rst year. They will have group meetings and individual meeting with their mentor. Meetings
centre on the study expectations and experiences of the students. The objective of the Mentor
Programme is twofold. First, it aims to assist students in becoming a successful student. To become a
successful student they need to become engaged in their own academic development; to become
what is often termed a self-regulated learner. Second, the programme oers students a social and
academic community of peers in which they can exchange experiences, reect on successes,
challenges, opportunities and problems and learn from each other. Students receive 1 ECTS for
completing the Mentor Programme.
ACU1506
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
1.0
English
Teaching methods:
Skills, PBL
Assessment methods:
Assignment

Apollo and Dionysus incl. Introduction in Ethics
This course aims to provide an overview of the dierent ethical traditions in the history of Western
civilisation. It focuses upon a number of inuential world views and their moral implications - from the
tenets of Socrates and Plato to those of Nietzsche and Foucault -, and considers the ways in which
such views were bound to clash with the reality of the human condition. Starting-point of the course is
the continuous tension between very rational, philosophical-ethical systems on the one hand, and
some alternative, more comprehensive approaches to morality on the other hand, as for example
expressed in Greek tragedy and other works of literature, in which the inadequacy of an exclusively
rational approach - and indeed of any form of one-sidedness - is a major theme.The course then will
not only introduce explicitly philosophical ethical theories in their historical context, but it also deals
with more implicit images of the good life as expressed in works of literature.
Course objectives
Knowledge and understanding of the origins of ethical views in modern western civilisation.
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Recommended reading
Blackburn, Simon. (2001). Being Good. A short introduction to Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press
(compulsory). Copleston, F.C. (1985). A History of Philosophy. Book One (which contains vols. I, II and
III). New York: Doubleday (Image Books). (capita selecta). Nussbaum, Martha C. (1986). The Fragility
of Goodness. Luck and ethics in Greek tragedy and philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
ACU1000
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
10.0
English
Coordinator:
J. Spruyt
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
History of ideas, ethics, Plato, Nietzsche, Greek tragedy,(post-)modernism

Entering the Humanities
This course oers an introduction into general academic skills, such as essay-writing, searching in the
library, and reading academic texts. With regard to the latter, within Entering the Humanties students
will analyse historical, philosophical, and social scientic texts.
Course objectives
To give an elementary preparation to the students to study in an interdisciplinary and PBL
environment.
ACU1504
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016
5
ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
A.A. Kluveld
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Lecture(s), Paper(s), PBL, Skills
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Final paper, Attendance, Participation
Keywords:
General skills for PBL, library skills

Research and Writing I, part 1
"Research and Writing I" introduces students to the reading, writing, and research skills necessary to
succeed at the University level. The course encompasses period 1, 2 and 3 (September until January).
During period 1 and 2, students will complete three written assignments designed to develop and
rene their reading comprehension, writing skills, and revising skills. The third assignment supports
students in choosing a topic for the paper which they write in period 3. In parallel, they attend
lectures by FASoS sta members presenting their research on (cultural) memory. This "Memory
Lecture Series" gives students an initial overview of possible topics in Arts and Culture research.
During period 3, students focus on writing their own paper. They submit 5 assignments: a main
research question and (sub-)questions; a table of contents including headlines and brief section
summaries; a draft of their research paper; an oral presentation on their research results; and the
nal version of their research paper. During the tutorials in period 3, students present and discuss
their research and writing progress. They will receive (individual) tutor feedback, and learn how to
give peer feedback.
Course objectives
The goal of the initial group meetings and tutor feedback in period 1 and 2 is to endow students with
reading and writing skills which will be invaluable as they proceed through the Arts & Culture
programme. In period 3, students will have to master...
Students will have to master signicant stages in writing an academic paper. The tutorials will support
students in formulating a research question, structuring their paper and writing about their insights.
Students will have to present their research results, while likewise providing and receiving peer
feedback on oral as well as written presentations of their research.
Recommended reading
Jackson, H. (2005). Good grammar for students. London: Sage. Rawlins, J. (1999). The writers way
(4th ed.). Boston/New York: Houghton Miing. Booth, W., Colomb, G., & Williams, J. (2008). The craft
of research. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Rawlins, J. & Metzger, S. (2012). The writers
way (8th ed.). Boston: Wadsworth.
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ACU1900
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
7.0
English
Coordinator:
A.S. Richterich
Teaching methods:
Presentation(s), Work in subgroups, Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Presentation, Final paper
Keywords:
Writing an academic paper, presenting research results, (cultural) memory, reading, Writing, and
revising skills; research skills

Knowledge and Criticism
Knowledge and Criticism examines the role of science in modern, western culture. Advanced science
and technology are often understood as the hallmarks of all that makes us modern. How has this
situation arisen? On what choices and assumptions is modern science based? Knowledge and
Criticism answers these questions by going back to the founders of modern science (like Descartes
and Newton), to the Enlightenment ideals of knowledge and progress (like those expressed in the
French Encyclopdie), and to the reaction against all this during the Romantic era (with poets like
Keats and Goethe). Students will also investigate the present: what do scientists do today, and how
does their work t into our culture and society? This course builds on your knowledge of Greek and
medieval philosophy acquired in ACU1000/CW1000 Apollo and Dionysus. It prepares the ground for
the great modernisation themes in ACU1002/CW1002 Disenchantment and Ideology. Its focus is also
related to ACU2000/CW2000 Network Society.
Course objectives
Insight into the signicance of science in modern western culture and knowledge of the Scientic
Revolution, Enlightenment and Romanticism.
Recommended reading
Peter J. Bowler and Morus, Iwan Rhys, Making Modern Science. A Historical Survey (Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press, 2005). Steven Shapin, The Scientic Revolution (Chicago: The University
of Chicago Press 1996). R.R. Palmer, Joel Colton and L. Kramer, A History of the Modern World 10th
edition (New York etc.: McGraw-Hill 2006) or any later edition.
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ACU1001
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
10.0
English
Coordinator:
R.F.J. de Bont
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Final paper, Written exam
Keywords:
scientic revolution, Enlightenment, Romanticism, science & society

Reading Philosophy
This course introduces some early modern philosophers (Ren Descartes, Benedito de Spinoza, and
Immanuel Kant) and traces their inuence in modern philosophy.
Course objectives
The module pursues two aims: Students learn to read and understand dicult texts which pose
many challenges, like complicated long sentences, old fashioned expression and complex
terminology; Students gain an insight into the ideas and philosophical intuitions that shaped the
early modern period.
Recommended reading
The course manual contains all the philosophical source texts that students have to study.
Recommended: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. This online resource can be accessed
through the portal of the Library:
http://iles.ub.unimaas.nl/metalib.asplang=eng&source=ON&subject=ALL&st attitel=rep
ACU1500
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016
8

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
D.M. Cressman
Teaching methods:
Work in subgroups, Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Take home exam
Keywords:
Scientic revolution,enlightenment,critique,modernity

Disenchantment and Ideology incl. Research and
Writing I, part 2
In the nineteenth century the western world experienced a profound transformation. Traditional,
predominantly agrarian society made way for an industrial one; the hierarchical social order was
challenged by growing individualism and egalitarianism; and authoritarian government was gradually
replaced by parliamentary democracy and surage. The French Revolution and the Industrial
Revolution marked the beginning of this process of modernisation. Modernisation profoundly changed
the view of man and society. Society was no longer viewed as immutably anchored in tradition or
Gods will. The idea of social design, the desire to create a better or perfect world, is a crucial
characteristic of the modern way of thinking. People began to believe that the future could be
planned and shaped in a rational manner. The ideal of social design entailed political conicts and
struggles about the reconstruction of society and these were based on political ideologies such as
liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and nationalism, which implied various views of man. In the
context of secularisation, a new view of man and society also emerged in science, in biomedical
science and sociology in particular. The traditional view of the world and mans position in it was
dominated by Christian religion as well as magic and symbolic thinking. The Enlightenment and
science paved the way for a secular world-view, in which man was not so much considered as a
special being because God had endowed him of her with a soul and his or her moral destiny lay
beyond this world. More and more man was viewed and studied as a natural and social being. In this
course the rise of modern society will be studied from the perspective of the fundamental ambiguities
of this transformation. On the one hand modernisation was a process of liberation: liberation from the
shackles of traditional society, from age-old social hierarchies, from authoritative and oppressive
political structures, and from dogmatic ways of thinking. On the other hand modernisation resulted in
new problems such as disruption and disorientation and it also implied the need to adapt to new
rules, pressures, and disciplinary systems.
Course objectives
Understanding the political, social-economic and cultural modernisation of European society from the
late eighteenth until the early twentieth century.
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Recommended reading
Various relevant textbooks are used.
ACU1002
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
10.0
English
Coordinator:
H. Oosterhuis
Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Written exam, Final paper
Keywords:
democracy, industrial revolution, biomedical and social science, secularisation

Debates among historians
The skills-training is about fundamental characteristics and problems of history as an academic
discipline and its relation to history as the reality of the past and history as (collective) memory.
Course objectives
The rst objective, which starts from reading and understanding completed historical works, is to
provide insight in the interpretative nature of historiography, the characteristics of historical debates,
and the strengths and weaknesses of particular historical interpretations. The second objective, which
concerns the way how historians use sources in their research and how their understanding of sources
is related to their interpretations of and controversies about the past, is to introduce students to
primary historical sources and their problems and pitfalls in order to encourage a critical and
methodical approach to historical sources. The focus is on the understanding and contextualisation of
sources in relation to historical interpretations and debates.
Recommended reading
Several articles and chapters from various books.
ACU1501
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Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
H. Oosterhuis
Teaching methods:
PBL, Work in subgroups, Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Take home exam, Participation
Keywords:
Historical interpretation and debate, historical sources, political ideology and identity

Style and Modernity
The concepts of style and modernity are intimately linked. In the course of the 19th century,
literature, visual arts and architecture are increasingly characterized by a multitude of styles and
currents. Their amount will only increase in the 20th century. Nineteenth-century realism functions as
a crucial pivotal point within this evolution, even though it is often described as a styleless style.
Realist painters and writers investigate, through their art, what it might mean to be modern and how
to depict this modern life, without idealizing or moralizing it. Surprisingly enough, this uncensored
depiction of modern life brought along an increasing emphasis on the stylistic means of art, before
nally arriving at the aestheticism of the n- de-sicle. However, the importance of the concept of
style is not limited to art works or literary texts. It is an equally relevant category when analysing the
fashioning of modern life or other cultural domains in which the idea of style plays at rst sight only a
minor role. This module investigates the transformations of the concept of style in visual arts,
literature, lm and the possible role of style in the analysis of politics and science.
ACU1003
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
10.0
English
Coordinator:
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B. de Bruyn
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Participation, Take home exam
Keywords:
literary history, realism, modernism, style, Urbanization

Analysis of Paintings and Literary Texts
How to analyse a work of art? This skills training can best be characterized as a kind of speed learning
introduction into the basics of two academic disciplines that specialise in this area: art history and
literature studies. The dual disciplinary orientation is reected in a dual structure. Section 1 (the art
history part) is devoted to the visual art form of painting; section 2 will deal with the textual art form
of narrative literature, or more specically the novel. Each section is constructed around a concrete
case study topic. That is to say both in the painting section as in the literary text section one single
artwork will be the starting point and remain central. The case study format provides the opportunity
to study the process of analysing artworks in depth. We will be analysing the artworks in focus in
several steps, applying various analytical models: content analysis, comparative analysis, stylistic
analysis, formal analysis, contextual analysis, signicance analysis.
Course objectives
Developing skills in visual analysis and critical reading. Students learn how to analyse a visual and
literary work of art, how to talk about it and, last but not least, how to write about it.
Recommended reading
Barnet, Sylvan (2011). A Short Guido to Writing about Art. Boston, Mass; Pearson Education. Bal,
Mieke (1997). Narratology. Introduction to the Theory of Narrative. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press
ACU1502
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
W.B.J. Goossens
Teaching methods:
Paper(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
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Participation, Final paper

Keywords:
Visual arts,literary texts,art history,literature studies,picture analysis,narratology, style
Second year courses
Bachelor Arts and Culture year 2 regular

Network Society
Almost every year, researchers, essayists and journalists introduce new characterisations of our
modern times. We live, so they tell us, in a knowledge economy, the age of genetics or the
information society. Many of these diagnoses refer to new developments in technology. How are we
to interpret such characterisations? How do we evaluate them? The course teaches students to
explore the nature and backgrounds of common characterisations of modern society and to assess
the related assumptions and implications. This is done by looking at the concept of network society -
the concept is a prominent feature in the current public debate on the nature and future of Western
society. What do the terms network and network society stand for? Who introduced and defended
these terms, and in what context? What developments are regarded as characteristic of the network
society? If we contrast these developments with historical examples of similar processes, does that
mean that we have to reconsider our views about network society? What assumptions about
technology development underlie network thinking? In what way is this open to criticism? How can we
respond to the never- ending stream of predictions about future network technology that we face?
Does democracy (still) have any meaning in a network society? And how do artists, in the practice
around new media, shape and comment on network society?
Course objectives
To oer insight into the nature and backgrounds of the concept of network society; To oer an
introduction to research in the history and sociology of technology; To assess common
characterisations of modern society in terms of their assumptions and implications.
ACU2000
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
8.5
English
Coordinator:
H. van Lente
Teaching methods:
PBL
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Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
Science, technology and society studies, Manuel Castells, networks and networking, art, politics
and activism on the internet, vulnerability of the network society, conceptual analysis

Close to the Foreign
In this skills training students learn to study behaviour and customs in their own environment as if
they belonged to a foreign culture. Their guideline will be a number of research topics closely
connected to the themes of the course Network Society, to which this skills training belongs. These
topics will address the daily use (or non-use) of network technologies such as mobile phones, the
internet and email. In teams, students design their own ethnographic research project. Before
carrying out independent research in their own environment for a week, students will be prepared for
this in three skills training meetings.
Course objectives
Objectives In this skills training students are trained in ethnographic research methods (observations,
interviews) for studying behaviour and customs in their own environment as if they belonged to a
foreign culture.
ACU2500
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
H. van Lente
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Keywords:
Ethnography,interviewing,(participant) observation,learning by doing
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Research and Writing II

In this second Research and Writing course, students will conclude their basic studies with the writing
of an academic paper, in which they will examine an Arts and Culture theme of their choice and in
which they will have achieved a basic level of academic competence. During period 1 and 2, students
select and delineate their topic and conduct a systematic search for sources and material. They then
compose a Literature Review on the basis of key sources. This review will be the starting point for the
academic paper in period 3. The emphasis in this course is on the independent selection and
denition of the topic of the paper, on the formulation of the research problem it addresses and the
research question it sets out to answer and on building a solid and convincing argumentation that is
supported by the productive use of relevant secondary sources.
Course objectives
Independently writing an academic paper on a self-chosen subject within the eld of Arts and Culture.
Recommended reading
Booth, W., Colomb, G., & Williams, J. (1995). The craft of research. Chicago: The University of Chicago
Press. Jackson, H. (2005). Good grammar for students. London: Sage. Rawlins, J. (2002). The writers
way (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Miing. Seale, C. (Ed.). (2004). Researching society and culture.
London: Sage.
ACU2900
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
7.0
English
Coordinators:
M. Reithler
J.H. de Roder
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), Assignment(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Final paper
Keywords:
Research skills, research design, Writing skills, formatting, language and rhetorical skills,
structuring, argumentation.
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Cultural Pluralism
Contemporary western societies are characterised by cultural plurality: dierent social communities
have dierent values, life styles and levels of tolerance. Over the past two decades, this diversity has
become a growing source of concern about how to properly reconcile the demands of plurality and
identity, in order to safeguard social and cultural cohesion. The course examines a number of
normative dilemmas that arise from the current co-existence of a diversity of cultural traditions;
discussions are about Western values and Islam; universalism and relativism; modernity, secularism,
and the come-back of religion; human rights and animal rights; globalization and inequality; terrorism
and the politics of fear.
Course objectives
To acquire insight into the dilemmas of cultural pluralism in a globalized world. Acquiring an
intellectual vocabulary for describing, analysing, understanding and evaluating the dilemmas of
cultural pluralism; being able to apply this vocabulary in academic and real life situations, both
independently and as part of a team.
Recommended reading
Bhikhu Parekh: Rethinking Multiculturalism J.M. Coetzee: Elisabeth Costello.
ACU2001
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
8.5
English
Coordinator:
H.J. Pott
Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s), Paper(s), Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Participation, Assignment, Final paper
Keywords:
Identity, values, Pluralism, secularism, politics of emotion
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Theory of Science and Interdisciplinarity

The main questions in the series of lectures Theory of Science and Interdisciplinarity are the
following: What exactly are scientic theories? What can and cannot be expected from scientic
theories? How exactly do scientic theories emerge and to what extent can you rely on them? To
begin with, these questions will be approached from dierent academic perspectives, viz. philosophy,
history and literary criticism. It will be shown that despite huge dierences between them, the basic
method employed in these disciplines is essentially one and the same. Subsequently we shall deal
with the notion of interdisciplinary: When is interdisciplinary called for? What can be expected from it
and what should we perhaps be afraid of? Is there a methodological middle ground between
(sometimes very) dierent disciplinary perspectives that will allow us to do interdisciplinary research?
What is the surplus value of this type of research when compared to more ordinary approaches? And
last not least: What is the dierence between interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity?
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to some basic elements of the theory, history and
sociology of academic practices, by providing not only some thorough theoretical background but also
a number of practical examples of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. It is within this
framework that Arts and Culture acquires a clear prole, and that the interdisciplinary nature of the
contents of the programme may be understood.
Recommended reading
Burke, Peter (2001). New Perspectives on Historical Writing. Oxford: Blackwell. Eco, Umberto (1990).
The Limits of Interpretation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Essler (1972). Analytische
philosophie I: Methodenlehre, Sprachphilosophie, Ontologie, Erkenntnistheorie. Stuttgart: Krner.
Hanson, Norwood Russel (1979 [1958]). Patterns of Discovery: an Inquiry into the Conceptual
Foundations of Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Holland, Norman & Schwartz, Murray
M. (2009). Know Thyself: Delphi Seminars. Gainesville: PsyArt Foundation.
ACU2501
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
M.S.J.M. Kardaun
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Take home exam
Keywords:
Theory of science,disciplinarily,interdisciplinary,philosophy of mind,history, literary criticism
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Academic Skills II
This course continues from Academic Skills 1 and focuses on developing research skills. Students will
be taught how to correctly use dierent databases and how to distinguish between dierent academic
sources. These skills will be used in the completion of a literature review on a topic of their choosing.
Course objectives
Like Academic Skills One, the goal of this course is to endow students with habits and skills that will
help them meet the standards we have set for written work.
ACU2502
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
1.0
English
Coordinator:
D.M. Cressman
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Portfolio
Second and third year courses > see Specialisation courses
Specialisation courses
Major Cultures of Knowledge and Technology

Frankensteins hope; problems of demarcation
and democracy in technological culture
The key questions in this course are: how do we evaluate science and technology in modern cultures;
and how are the relations shaped between science, technology, and politics? The course consists of
three interconnected elements: In group sessions, a number of questions, conceptual frameworks and
theoretical approaches will be introduced by discussing some key texts related to the eld of Science
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Technology & Society studies (STS). In a number of lectures, sta members who are active in the STS
eld will provide insights into both the content and the practice of their research. During the course,
students will work in pairs on an empirical case study about a controversial technology. A broad range
of disciplinary perspectives is drawn upon: History of science and technology provides case studies of
controversies that oer insight in the complicated relations between science, technology and society.
Sociology of science and technology provides analyses of the practices of scientists and engineers,
and of all the work that is needed to make scientic ndings relevant to politics. Philosophy of
technology provides tools and concepts to evaluate developments in modern science and technology.
Does science oer a solid and objective base for decision making? Or does it introduce a mechanical
rationality into politics that shuns a substantive debate on central aims and values? Does technology
produce monsters that threaten civilization? Or does it oer solutions for daunting problems of health,
poverty, and global security (as was the hope of Victor Frankenstein)?
Course objectives
- Introduction to the eld of Science Technology and Society Studies - Insight in the role of science
and technology in modern democracies - Understanding the precautionary principle - Practicing
research and presentation skills
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Cultures of Knowledge and Technology I
Recommended reading
Collins, H. M., & Pinch, T. J. (1998). The Golem: What You Should Know About Science (2nd edition).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ACU2003
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
M. Reithler
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), Assignment(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Final paper, Presentation
Keywords:
Technological culture, democratization, science technology society studies, precaution, scientic
expertise
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Entering the Field: Cultures of Knowledge and

Technology I
The 3 ECTS skills seminar Entering the Field Cultures of Knowledge and Technology I will acquaint
students with key texts, recurring topics and research puzzles in Science, Technology and Society
studies (STS). EtFI consists of a series of seminars based on the discussion of key texts, highlighting
specic themes, debates and approaches in STS. The tutorial will introduce two thesis frames, in
which research themes and problems, theories and methodological approaches are presented in an
integrated manner. The nal exam will consist of two nal papers (1.000-1.200 words each).
Course objectives
Introducing students to Cultures of Knowledge and Technology as a scholarly eld; acquainting
students with specic debates, theories and methodologies in Science, Technology and Society
studies (STS); introducing students to two thesis frames in the specialization Cultures of Knowledge
and Technology; preparing students for their third year specialization course and BA thesis.
Corequisites
Frankensteins Hope; problems of demarcation and democracy in technological culture
Recommended reading
Syllabus
ACU2710
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinators:
R.P.J. Hendriks
C.C.M. Mody
Teaching methods:
PBL, Skills
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
Scholarly debates, Theories, methods, thesis frames, STS
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The Design of Man

Are people like machines, something that can be assembled? What only recently seemed
inconceivable is apparently becoming reality these days. Bio-technologists have taken rst steps
towards producing life outside the bounds of natural reproduction. Techniques such as articial
insemination, in-vitro fertilisation and embryo transplantation look like a piece of cake compared to
what biomedical engineers hold in store for us: living tissues created in test tubes, organs produced in
the laboratory, gene therapy to prevent illness and, the ultimate feat, the ability to clone people. The
ideal of designing and enhancing man is age old: its foundation was laid in Enlightenment. Freed from
divine providence and tradition, man would obtain the chance to dene his fate by being able, thanks
to scientic insight, to shape his very nature according to his will - an ideal that would ourish in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this course the ideal of planned design and enhancement (but
also their limitations) is the starting-point for studying the history and current developments of life
sciences and humanities. The question of the design of body, mind and behaviour will be investigated
in the context of several fundamental controversies in the nineteenth and twentieth- century history
of the life sciences and the human sciences. Design also oers an approach to investigate the social
role of these sciences. The growth of scientic knowledge about man cannot be seen without taking
account of the increasing regulation of human life in modern society. How are we to assess this
development? Is this a matter of discipline forced on people? Or does modern man have a strong
need for scientic knowledge to give direction and shape to his life, partly because that knowledge
crucially increases his options?
Course objectives
Understanding the nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of the life and human sciences in the
context of modern society.
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Cultures of Knowledge and Technology II
Recommended reading
Smith, R. (1997). The Fontana History of the Human Sciences. London: Fontana Malik, K. (2001). Man,
Beast and Zombie. What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature. London: Phoenix.
ACU2011
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
H. Oosterhuis
Teaching methods:
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PBL, Skills, Training(s), Paper(s)

Assessment methods:
Final paper
Keywords:
Biomedical and human sciences,social design,modernisation

Entering the Field: Cultures of Knowledge and
Technology II
The 3 ECTS tutorial Entering the Field Cultures of Knowledge and Technology II will acquaint students
with key texts, recurring topics and research puzzles in History and theory of the human and life
sciences. The tutorial complements EtF I and consists of a series of seminars based on the discussion
of key texts, highlighting specic themes, debates and approaches in the history and theory of the
human and life sciences. The tutorial will introduce two thesis frames, in which research themes and
problems, theories and methodological approaches are presented in an integrated manner. The nal
exam will consist of two nal papers (1.000-1.200 words each).
Course objectives
Introducing students to Cultures of Knowledge and Technology as a scholarly eld; acquainting
students with specic debates, theories and methodologies in History and theory of the human and
life sciences; introducing students to two thesis frames in the specialization Cultures of Knowledge
and Technology; preparing students for their third year specialization course and BA thesis.
Corequisites
The Design of Man
Recommended reading
Syllabus
ACU2711
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
F.G. Huisman
Teaching methods:
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Assignment(s), Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Participation, Final paper
Keywords:
Scholarly debates, Theories, methods, thesis frames, history and theory of human and life
sciences

Doing Research in Cultures of Knowledge and
Technology
Engaging students in a concrete research project on a research theme from the eld of Cultures of
Knowledge and Technology, the 12 ECTS Course Researching Cultures of Knowledge and Technology
will acquaint students with doing hands-on research. The course starts with a concise, joint
introduction to the research theme of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and recapitulates
the main methodological approaches in the eld of CKT. After the rst part of the course students will
be divided over three subordinate research projects, each centered on a dimension of RRI. Students
working in the subgroups will approach their dimension of the central theme from the perspectives as
introduced during the rst part. They will study the perspective more in depth and apply it in their
research. Students will be formulating a research problem, collect and/or generate research
materials, process and analyze these in terms of the conceptual framework and scholarly debates
that they explored.
Course objectives
To further practice the main research skills in in Cultures of Knowledge and Technology by relating a
research problem to scholarly debates in the eld, and applying its main theories and methodologies
in a concrete research project, and thus to acquire a more in-depth understanding of the
opportunities and limitations of the dierent research approaches in CKT.
Recommended reading
Methodological readings from the thesis frames + materials depending on projects
ACU3010
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
23
E. Homburg
Teaching methods:
Research, Work in subgroups
Assessment methods:
Written exam, Presentation
Keywords:
research project, method, responsible research and innovation

Vademecum thesis writing Cultures of Knowledge
and Technology
The 6 ECTS tutorial Vademecum Thesis writing supports the writing of a BA thesis proposal and
prepares and supports the BA thesis writing in the major Cultures of Knowledge and Technology.
During the 4th period students are working on 7 assignments that are concerned with: writing a one
pager on their preliminary ideas in line with one of the CKT thesis frame; reviewing existing BA thesis;
formulating a research problem; collecting research materials; nding an analytical framework;
drafting a BA thesis proposal; peer reviewing; nalizing the BA thesis proposal. The work on these
assignments is supported by secondary readings and lectures on research and writing skills;
presentations and discussions in the tutorial group meetings; and individual meetings with their
supervisor. The tutorial results in a BA thesis proposal. In the 5th period three inter vision meetings
are planned in which students present and discuss their work in progress.
Course objectives
Exploring a concrete subject and approach for a BA thesis within one of the CKT thesis frames;
applying insights acquired in the second year specialization courses and Entering the elds seminar;
preparing students for their BA thesis by writing a BA thesis proposal.
Corequisites
Bachelor thesis specialisation CKT
Recommended reading
Booth et al. (2012)
ACU3710
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
R.P.J. Hendriks
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Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Assignment
Keywords:
Exploratory research, thesis frames, thesis proposal

Bachelor thesis specialisation CKT
The Bachelor thesis is a major component of the CW/AC programme and invites students to conduct
an in-depth analysis of topics, problems and approaches they have encountered during their studies.
As the nal academic project of the CW/AC Bachelor program, it enables students to materialise their
individual academic prole through a concrete academic product. The Bachelor thesis has a length of
8,000-10,000 words. Preparation starts in the fourth period of the third year when students write their
BA thesis proposal. Students are free in their choice of topic, provided that it relates to their CW/AC
major and thesis frames, as well as to the research expertise of sta available for supervision. It is
imperative that students apply the skills acquired in the courses Academic Skills I and II, Research
and Writing 1 & 2 and the major tutorials in year 2 and 3.
Course objectives
With the Bachelor thesis the students show their ability - to use their knowledge and insights
(including methodological skills) to address theoretical and practical issues in their eld - to work
independently - to communicate their ideas and insights in writing to the reader
Corequisites
Vademecum thesis writing Cultures of Knowledge and Technology
Recommended reading
Booth, W.C., Colomb, G.G., & Williams, J.M. (2008). The Craft of Research. (3rd, rev. ed.). Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press. Greetham, B. (2009). How to Write Your Undergraduate Dissertation.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Rawlins, J., & Metzger, S. (2009). The Writers Way. (7th, rev. ed.).
Boston: Houghton Miin. Seale, C. (2004 or later). Researching Society and Culture. London etc.:
SAGE. Zinsser, W. (2006). On writing well; the classic guide to writing nonction. [30th anniversary
edition]. New York: Harper Collins.
ACU3900
Period 4
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
25
R.P.J. Hendriks
Assessment methods:
Final paper
Keywords:
Research problem statement, theory, methodology, argumentation, writing, use of sources
Major Literature, the Arts and Culture

Modernity and the Arts I
The specialization Literature, Art, Culture deals with the changing relationships between aesthetic
modernity and techno-scientic modernity. This course is about art as a utopian project, i.e. the arts
as a revolutionary vanguard which aspires towards the revolutionization of society through aesthetic
innovation. It starts with Romanticism, to focus on the twentieth-century avant-garde, and ends with
the demise of the avant-garde in the fties of the previous century, analyzing the reasons why art as
a utopian project has failed in the eyes of many. Just like the accompanying skills seminar Entering
the Field: Literature, Art, and Culture I, this course devotes considerable attention to the analysis of
primary works of art and literature which are exemplary for the various innovatory artistic movements
discussed in the course. Course and skills seminar thus take their bearings from the LAC Thesis Frame
1 (The Analysis of Aesthetic Artefacts). In addition, it includes an exercise in conceptual analysis
(Thesis Frame 4), which is premised upon a concept that is central to both aesthetic and techno-
scientic modernity, i.e. autonomy.
Course objectives
This course aims to introduce you into rmly established patterns of thought and aesthetic practices
regarding the revolutionary potential of the arts in modernizing Western societies. More specically, it
introduces you into the conceptual analysis of the claims to autonomy that have shaped both
aesthetic and social aspirations of modern artists and writers Finally, the course aims to train you into
the close analysis of works of art and literature, in conjunction with the skills seminar Entering the
Field: Literature, Art, and Culture I.
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Literature, Art, and Culture I
ACU2013
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
26
B. de Bruyn
Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s), Training(s)
Assessment methods:
Attendance, Participation, Final paper
Keywords:
Modernity and modernization, avant-garde, autonomy, originality, engagement

Entering the Field: Literature, Art, and Culture I
The rst Entering the Field (EtFI) skills seminar will train you in close reading in the broadest sense of
the term (including the analysis of visual artefacts such as paintings and lms), equipping you with
indispensable tools for analyzing individual aesthetic works in depth. It runs parallel to the rst
specialization course Modernity and the Arts I. The seminars introduce you to the basics and
fundamentals of the eld, its methodologies, in order to prepare you for doing research yourself. The
courses are organized around well-chosen topics that enable you to deal with specic issues in
greater theoretical depth, and oer you training in a limited number of methodologies in a more
hands-on or do-it-yourself fashion. This means that the approaches introduced in the skills seminar
will recur in the workshops that form part of the parallel course.
Course objectives
This skills seminar aims to give you insight into the dierences between communication through
ordinary propositional language and aesthetic communication; to improve your aptitude in coming to
terms with hermetic, innovatory aesthetic artefacts that do no yield their meaning at rst glance, and
to familiarize you with key concepts and issues relating to the interpretation of works of art and
literature. In addition, it wants to impart an initial understanding of the major shifts in scholarly
inquiry into the arts from a focus on the work to a focus on the institutional context of the work.
Corequisites
Modernity and the Arts I
ACU2712
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
B. de Bruyn
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), Skills
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Assessment methods:
Attendance, Participation, Take home exam
Keywords:
Close reading, iconography, structuralism, poststructuralism

Modernity and the Arts II
This course takes its lead from the situation of radical cultural pluralism which emerged after the
demise of the avant-garde, under the impact of globalization, migration and the postwar
emancipation of various subaltern groups (women, gays, ethnic minority groups, etc. As art (history)
gives up on the idea of linear development towards a single purpose, while subaltern groups claim a
place in canons they were previously excluded from, the shaping impact of social institutions on art is
foregrounded. From this perspective, art can no longer be dened by inherent distinctive qualities.
Rather, the idea gains ground that art is conceived and experienced as such because of its
embedding in specic institutional contexts. The question is how contemporary art is produced,
distributed and in a cultural condition of radical pluralism, and also how it conceives of its social
mission in contemporary society. This course is premised upon Thesis Frame 3 (Cultural Institutions),
while catering to Thesis Frame 4 (Concepts) through conceptual analysis of the pivotal concept of art
world.
Course objectives
This course aims to make you aware of the shaping impact of cultural institutions such as musea,
publishing houses, galleries, and markets on the production, distribution and reception of works of art
and literature, indeed, on the very concept of art itself. In addition, it addresses the question of how
one can conceptualize and practice socially engaged art after the demise of the avant-garde. Finally,
it provides training in qualitative research methods that will enable you to study the art world.
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Literature, Art, and Culture II
ACU2014
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
P.F. Peters
Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s), Training(s), Work in subgroups, Presentation(s)
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Assessment methods:
Keywords:
Art world, are controversies, Pluralism, end of art history, site-specic art, politics of location

Entering the Field: Literature, Art, and Culture II
The second Entering the Field (EtFII) skills seminar will introduce you into theories and
[methodologies] concerning the institutional contexts that shape the production, distribution and
reception of works of arts and literature. It runs parallel to the second specialization course Modernity
and the Arts II, which will train you in specic forms of institutional analysis, most notably
ethnographic approaches (interviewing, participant observation), and discourse analysis.
Course objectives
EtFII aims to impart insight into the shaping impact of cultural institutions on the production,
distribution and reception of art and literature, and into the historicity of these institutions. It
introduces students into crucial methodological concepts for coming to terms with the institutional
contexts of art, i.e. eld, habitus, art world, site-specicity, and politics of location.
Corequisites
Modernity and the Arts II
ACU2713
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
P.F. Peters
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), Skills
Assessment methods:
Keywords:
Field, habitus, Art world, Pluralism, site-specicity, politics of location.
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Doing Research in Literature, Art, and Culture

This course analyzes the arts as technologies of cultural remembrance, the current obsession with
commemorating the past and recycling aesthetic forms and styles from former periods being another
manifestation of the radical pluralism and eclecticism that has followed upon the demise of the avant-
garde and the loss of belief in stories of progress. It recapitulates the text-oriented and institution-
oriented methodologies of the rst two course periods, while adding an introduction into reception-
aesthetics and reception-history (thesis frame 2: practices). For processes of cultural remembrance
always go hand in hand with erce controversies about the shifting meanings of monuments,
memorials and aliated symbolic remnants of the past. After a theoretical introduction into reception-
studies and memory studies, students are invited to choose one strand out of the following three
options: 1. The recycling of specic aspects of aesthetic traditions in contemporary literature and art.
2. The design of monuments and memorials for public space, including the controversies they have
generated. 3. Forms of aesthetic response to collective historical trauma, including the controversies
accompanying attempt to represent the unrepresentable.
Course objectives
This course aims to familiarize students with a basic conceptual vocabulary for doing memory studies,
as well as specic research techniques for inquiring into the reception side/experience side of
aesthetic artefacts. Generally speaking, it trains students in designing, implementing and reporting on
a small-scale research project in the eld, as a preparation for the bachelor thesis.
ACU3011
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
U.G.S.I. Brunotte
Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s), Training(s)
Assessment methods:
Keywords:
Memory (collective, communicative, cultural), trauma, intertextuality, representation, ritual,
reception
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Vademecum thesis writing Literature, Art, and

Culture
This skills seminar prepares students for writing their bachelor thesis within the eld of the major
Literature, Art and Culture. It assists students in the step-by-step development of a research proposal
for their BA thesis. Students will work on a series of preparatory assignments and draft proposals. The
work on these assignments is supported by secondary readings and lectures on research and writing
skills; presentations and discussions in the tutorial group and individual meetings with the
(prospective) thesis supervisor. For this, a timely matching of student and supervisor is essential. The
seminar will support students in making the choices and decisions that have to be made before they
can start their BA thesis. The seminar will depart from the thesis frames and methodologies
introduced in the Entering the Field seminars in the second year. Students will also start compiling a
bibliography and listing primary materials for their thesis project. Finally, students will be trained in
providing, receiving and processing feedback on draft proposals. All this will be integrated in a nal
BA thesis proposal. The research and writing for the thesis proper covers period 5 and a part of the
non-scheduled period. During the 5th period three inter-vision meetings are planned in which
students present and discuss their work in progress.
Course objectives
At the end of this course students will have: - gained further insight into main thesis subjects and
approaches in the eld of the major Media Culture; -acquired knowledge about the key stages of
research design for their BA thesis project; - learned to communicate ideas and insights that lead to a
BA.
Corequisites
Bachelor thesis specialisation LAC
Recommended reading
W.C. Booth, Colomb G.G. & William J. M. (2008). The Craft of Research. 3rd edition. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. Rawlins, J., & Metzger, S. (2009). The Writers Way. (7th, rev. ed.).
Boston: Houghton Miin.
ACU3711
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
E. Wesseling
Teaching methods:
Assessment methods:
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Presentation, Assignment
Keywords:
Research skills, thesis frames, methodology, research design, writing, thesis proposal

Bachelor thesis specialisation LAC
The Bachelor Thesis is a major component of the AC/CW programme and invites you to reect upon
and conduct a more indepth analysis of topics, problems and/or approaches you have encountered
during your studies and the specialization phase in particular. As the nal academic project of the
AC/CW bachelor program it enables students to convey and materialize their individual academic
prole through a concrete academic product. Unlike any other courses in the AC/CW programme it
oers you the opportunity to choose your own topic and work independently. As a matter of fact, this
is one of the main dierences between writing a normal paper and writing a Bachelor Thesis. Another
dierence concerns the length of the papers 8,000-10,000 words which is substantially longer than
most papers you have been writing so far, or that you will still write during the remainder of your
bachelor studies. During period 4 students prepare a proposal for their Bachelor Thesis and make a
choice for a supervisor. The writing of the Bachelor Thesis takes place during period 5 and your topic
should be related to the specialisation and the CW/AC curriculum. You should also apply the skills
acquired in the courses Research and Writing 1 & 2 and the Research Tutorial in the third year.
Course objectives
The students show their ability: To systemize theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during
the study and specialisation phase; To use their knowledge and insights (incl. methodological skills);
To address theoretical and practical issues related to their specialisation; To work independently;
To communicate their ideas and insights in writing to the reader; Of researching, summarizing and
logical reection on the reading materials.
Corequisites
Vademecum thesis writing Literature, Art, and Culture
Recommended reading
University of Chicago Press. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. (2009/2010). Style Sheet CW/AC.
Maastricht. F Geetham, B. (2009). How to Write Your Undergraduate Dissertation. Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan.Rawlins, J., & Metzger, S. (2009). The Writers Way. (7th, rev. ed.). Boston:
Houghton Miin.
ACU3901
Period 4
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
32
English
Coordinator:
E. Wesseling
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Major Political Culture

The European State
In previous centuries, the formal organisation of politics in Europe was arranged through the state. In
the course of the centuries, the state has developed into a unique concentration of power which has
taken on a large number of responsibilities. As a power state, the European state functioned in a
system of competing states and had to provide external security. As a constitutional state, it had to
provide internal stability and security. In fullling these responsibilities, the state also made attempts
at regulating economic and social life. Partly under pressure from changing economic circumstances,
new types of states developed: the mercantilist state, the market-oriented liberal state and the
welfare state. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the state organised itself as nation-state,
embodying the nation as a whole. In this context, it also developed into the democratic state. Today,
the democratic welfare and nation-state has come under great pressure. All kinds of developments in
our culture indicate that the state we know so well is in the middle of a transformation process, again.
To understand the role of politics in our contemporary culture, it is necessary to have insight in the
origin and function of this state. The aim of this course is to provide this framework based on
historical and political science literature.
Course objectives
Through an historical understanding of the development of state, nation and democracy in Europe
since the late Middle Ages to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of contemporary
challenges and problems in our present-day society.
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Political Culture I
Recommended reading
H. Schulze : States, Nations and Nationalism (Hoboken : Wiley Blackwell, 1998).
ACU2006
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017
33

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
P.A.J. Calje
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
European political history : the rise of state, nation, and democracy from the late Middle Ages to
the Present.

Entering the Field: Political Culture I
Reading Mark Mazowers seminal The Dark Continent: Europes Twentieth Century will provide
students with insights into the core problems of contemporary European history. War and peace,
welfare and warfare, the role of ideologies and of gender roles are among the many topics that the
book covers. By moving beyond a focus of one specic national history, Mazowers work oers of one
of the most sweeping and encompassing analyses of the 20th in Europe, and challenges more classic
and triumphalist accounts. Reading one book from cover to cover, we will also discuss the kind of
interpretation and narrative that Mazower oers. Was the triumph of liberal democracy always
preordained? What were its alternatives, and how powerful were they? And how do you write about all
this in a book that should remain assessable?
Course objectives
The class provides an overview of Europes political history during the 20th century. Moreover, we will
analyze forms of historical narration and the contribution of history to academic education. As an
introduction into modern and contemporary political history, EtFI establishes a clear link with two
thesis frames of Political Culture: The Politics of History (2) and The Politics of Identity (3).
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
The European State
Recommended reading
Mazower, M. : Dark Continent. Europes Twentieth Century (New York: Vintage books, 2008.)
ACU2714
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
34
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
P. Del Hierro
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam, Presentation
Keywords:
history, Europe, 20th century, democracy and dictatorship, war and peace

Power and Democracy
The European state - the national state, the democratic state, or the welfare state - is being
challenged, both by antidemocratic forces from within as well as by new forms of supranational
governance. How can democracy be dened and how is it related to the fundamental question of
power and authority? This course is meant as a theoretical introduction into this question and invites
to a critical self-reexion. The course also aims at an interdisciplinary understanding of politics and
democracy. Finally, Western theories and notions will be contrasted with non-Western experiences of
politics and democracy.
Course objectives
The course aims at a theoretical and philosophical (both empirical and normative) approach to
fundamental questions of power and democracy.
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Political Culture II
Recommended reading
Held, D. (2006). Models of democracy. (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Polity Press
ACU2007
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
35
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
9.0
English
Coordinator:
R.H. Gabriels
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
Political theory : democracy, power, authority.

Entering the Field: Political Culture II
Is it just to feel more solidarity towards your fellow citizens than to people in other parts of the world?
Do universal rights, which are valid for the whole world, exist? What are the responsibilities of
powerful states or non-state actors like NGOs? What does democracy look like in a non-territorial
world? What are the arguments for and against humanitarian interventionism? Those are key
problems in the international politics of today. This skills training teaches you to deal with the
conceptual problems related to the essentially contested concepts like global justice and human
rights, and to evaluate the political problems related to those concepts.
Course objectives
This seminar oers reection on the conceptual and political problems related to the theme Global
Justice and Human Rights. It also introduces two thesis frames of Political Culture: Thinking about
Politics (1) and New Political Realms (4).
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
*** Power and Democracy
Recommended reading
Donnelly, J. : Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (Ithaca and London: Cornell University
Press : 2003.)
ACU2715
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017
36

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
R.H. Gabriels
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Final paper, Participation, Presentation
Keywords:
Civil society, cosmopolitanism, nation-state, democracy, equality, global justice, human rights,
humanitarian intervention, liberty, relativism, sovereignty and universalism.

Doing Research in Political Culture
The content of the course is the study of 20th century totalitarianism. We will focus on the theory and
scholarly debates on the nature of totalitarianism as well of on practical examples of totalitarian rule
and thoughts. An historical overview of the most relevant examples (National Socialism, Fascism and
Stalinism) will be followed up by an investigation into post-1945 phenomena such as political
radicalism, populism and religious fundamentalism. The course will discuss whether 1945 needs to be
considered a fundamental change or not. Attention will be given to the global dimension of
totalitarianism linking the European experience to comparable conditions in the rest of the world. The
course will nally deal with ways how contemporary societies deal with the legacies of past
totalitarian experiences. Students will be trained in historical research, comparative conceptual
analysis and will receive a rst introduction into the study of the politics of history and memory.
Prerequisites
None
Recommended reading
T. Todorov, Hope and Memory, Lessons from the 20th Century, Princeton University Press, 2004.
ACU3012
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
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G.J.M. Verbeeck
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Written exam
Keywords:
Totalitarianism and democracy, radicalism and extremism, political culture and the politics of
history and memory.

Vademecum thesis writing Political Culture
This tutorial is meant as preparation and a launching pad for the writing of your bachelor thesis. In
addition to the supervision of a specialized scholar in the eld of your study you will acquire additional
training in the formal and practical aspects of the bachelor thesis. Formally, the tutorial extends
across the periods 4 and 5. Most of the meetings and the majority of the workload, however, will be
concentrated in period 4, as period 5 is devoted to the actual writing of the thesis. The tutorial will be
concluded with an elaborated research plan and design, which will serve as the starting point for the
bachelor thesis. The meetings will be devoted to various forms of training : supervision, intervision,
peer reviewing and feed back.
Course objectives
The tutorial will be concluded and assessed on the basis of an elaborated research plan and design for
the bachelor thesis.
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Bachelor thesis specialisation PC
ACU3712
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
P. Del Hierro
Assessment methods:
Assignment
Keywords:
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Training and introduction into the writing of a bachelor thesis.

Bachelor thesis specialisation PC
The Bachelor Thesis is a major (concluding) component of the AC/CW programme and invites you to
reect upon and conduct a more indepth analysis of topics, problems and/or approaches you have
encountered during your studies and the specialisation phase in particular. As the nal academic
project of the AC/CW bachelor programme it enables students to convey and materialize their
individual academic prole through a concrete academic nal work. Unlike any other courses in the
AC/CW programme it oers you the opportunity to choose your own topic and work independently. As
a matter of fact, this is one of the main dierences between writing a normal paper and writing a
Bachelor Thesis. Another dierence concerns the length of the papers 8,000-10,000 words which is
substantially longer than most papers you have been writing so far, or that you will still write during
the remainder of your bachelor studies. During period 5 students prepare a proposal for their
Bachelor Thesis and make a choice for a supervisor. The writing of the Bachelor Thesis takes place
during period 5 and your topic should be related to the specialisation and the AC/CW curriculum.
Students should apply the skills and introduction acquired in the Vademecum thesis writing Political
Culture.
Course objectives
The nal goal is to integrate and demonstrate the various knowledge contents and skills that have
been acquired in the preparatory phase of the study in general and of the Major phase in particular.
Prerequisites
The bachelor thesis is based on an elaborated research plan, designed in the course of the
Vademecum thesis writing Political Culture.
Corequisites
Vademecum thesis writing Political Culture
Recommended reading
W.C. Booth, Colomb G.G. & William J. M. : The Craft of Research (3rd edition. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2008.)
ACU3902
Period 4
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
P. Del Hierro
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Major Media Culture

Observing and representing: History of the
senses
Observing and representing are fundamental activities, in a twofold way. Many a course on
epistemology is dedicated exactly to this lofty theme. But observing and representing are also very
basic and daily practices. Given this naturalness, observation and representation seem deceptively
simple. This course opens up the obvious, not by addressing epistemological questions, but by
studying observing and representing in daily practices, from a historical, anthropological and media
point of view. Traditionally philosophers considered sight the privileged sense. In this course the other
senses are given as much attention, tying in with the increased attention for hearing, smell, touch and
taste in contemporary humanities, arts and aesthetics, and marketing. The course addresses the
multi-sensuous character of everyday life and the introduction of new media to register and
communicate sensory experiences. It introduces methods and approaches for analysing the
character, role and interactions of the ve senses. During the course, students do a group project in
which they conduct an auto-ethnography about one of their ve senses. The nal assessment is an
individually written paper about a concrete case related to the interactions between the ve senses
and media, which is based on original ethnographic and historically contextualised.
Course objectives
Introduction to media culture; confrontation with the complexity and diversity of sensory observation;
reection on the senses, in a historical, anthropological as well as systematic perspective; study of
how media record, and its producers and users, represent and transform sensory experiences;
training in ethnographic research and acquaintance with the methods of auto-ethnography and
historical discourse analysis.
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Media Culture I
ACU2008
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
A. Supper
Teaching methods:
PBL, Assignment(s), Work in subgroups, Lecture(s), Presentation(s)
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Assessment methods:
Final paper, Participation, Attendance
Keywords:
Senses, sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste, History, discourse analysis, anthropology, sensory
ethnography, embodied experience, Arts, aesthetics, sound studies, recording technologies, new
media users.

Entering the Field: Media Culture I
The skills seminar Entering the Field: Media Culture I will acquaint you with classic texts, recurring
topics and research puzzles in the (relatively young) eld of media studies. The tutorial consists of 7
meetings. Each meeting will be based around the discussion of one key text (comprising about 70
pages), highlighting the dierent traditions, debates and methods that characterize the eld of media
studies. The tutorial will address: dierent ways to dene (and thus approach) media:
(material/technological; institutional; medium-specic; intermedial/textual; remediation; convergence)
dierent disciplinary perspectives with its recurring topics/debates: - historical (technological
determinism versus contextualist/appropriation; audiences versus users) - sociological (surveillance;
public sphere; globalisation; institutions) - interdisciplinary (new media;
convergence/democratization versus connectivity/exploitation) The nal exam will be a book review
(anticipated length 1500 words). The book should come from the list of books read in the tutorial and
the review should describe in detail the themes and arguments of the book (in its entirety) in the
context of the intellectual history of the eld, and provide an assessment of the book.
Course objectives
Introduction to some classic texts in the young eld of media culture, addressing its history, theory
and concepts. The course also provides training in writing book reviews, which is a basic academic
skill. However, summarizing, reviewing and assessing texts are competences which are required in
many other professional activities.
Corequisites
Observing and representing: History of the senses
Recommended reading
Bolter, J. D. and R. Grusin (1999). Remediation: Understanding New Media (pp. 2-84). Cambridge
Mass./London, England: The MIT Press. Briggs, A. and P. Burke (2005). A Social History of the Media.
From Gutenberg to the Internet (2nd ed; pp. 1-87). Cambridge: Polity Press. Crary, J. (1990).
Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century (pp. 1-66; 97-136).
Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press. Turkle, S. (2011). Alone Together: Why we expect more from
technology and less from each other (pp. ix-34; 151-170; 279-305). New York, N.Y.: Basic Books.
Thompson, J. B. (2010). The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media (pp. 63-140).
Cambridge: Polity Press. Manovich, L. (2001). The Language of New Media. Cambridge (pp. 1-74).
Mass./London, England: The MIT Press. Van Dijck, J. (2013). The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical
History of Social Media (pp. 3-67; 154-176). Oxford etc.: Oxford U.P.
ACU2716
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
41
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinators:
A.E.G. Jacobs
J.C.M. Wachelder
Teaching methods:
Skills
Keywords:
Disciplinary perspectives, Theories, methodologies, concepts, history, remediation, public sphere,
printing revolution, modernity, new media

Logo & Imago: Identity in Media Culture
'Logo' and 'imago' are crucial concepts in marketing and advertising practices. At the same time, they
have been subject to erce debates in media and cultural studies, as well as the political, economic,
and social sciences. This course introduces students to main theories, practices and debates
regarding modern, visual media culture. In particular, it focuses on advertising, (cultural) branding,
and marketing. The course is subdivided into four workshops: The rst workshop introduces the
general topic of the course and reects on concepts such as signs, icons, symbols and the idea of
"cultural branding". In order to provide a (methodological) framework, students are introduced to
semiotics. In the second workshop, students analyse historical TV commercials. Moreover, they
investigate the use of persuasion and rhetoric in advertising. The third workshop focuses on the
concept of discourse and dierent methods of discourse analysis. Since the specialisation Media
Culture also studies contemporary media developments and related cultural changes, the fourth and
last workshop focuses on viral media and marketing. Throughout the course, students share their
insights on a (private) weblog. Therefore, an initial skills training introduces them to the use of the
blogging software WordPress.
Course objectives
Students will be introduced to: theories related to advertisement, strategic communication and
(cultural) branding; semiotics and discourse analysis; maintaining a weblog. For the course
assignments, they will have to write critical analyses of recent and historic examples and
developments in the eld of advertising and branding.
Corequisites
Entering the Field: Media Culture II
Recommended reading
Klein, N. (1999). No Logo. Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. New York: Picador.
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ACU2009
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Teaching methods:
Training(s), Presentation(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Participation, Attendance, Written exam
Keywords:
Cultural branding, Globalisation, advertising, persuasion, marketing, semiotics, discourse analysis,
viral media

Entering the Field: Media Culture II
The course Entering the Field II will support students in understanding research approaches in the
eld of Media Culture. The course 'Entering the Field II: Media Culture' will consist of tutorials and
lectures devoted to the specialisations thesis frames and relevant methodologies. It will support
students in understanding research approaches in the eld of Media Culture. After having completed
'Entering the Field I: Media Culture', students will be familiar with topics, theories and methodos
relevant to this eld; e.g. remediation, Habermas theory of the public sphere, dierent
conceptualisations of (mediated) communication/interaction, and new media in between
connectedness and connectivity. Subsequently, 'Entering the Field II' introduces students to: (1)
methods and tools used for research in the eld of Media Culture and (2) the types of research that
can be done within Media Culture. The students will be introduced to the thesis frames which will be
exemplied through lectures by FASoS sta members. These lectures will help them to understand
the connection between theory, method and research. More specically, during the seminars they will
discuss how semiotics, discourse analysis and (virtual) ethnography may be applied as methods in
Media Culture. The thesis frames will support students in researching issues or practices related to
the media culture elds of industry/producers and users, industry/producers and media texts, and
media texts and users. The thesis frames explain that in todays digital societies, we often deal with
crossovers and interconnections between those elds as well as the blurring boundaries between
media producers, media products and users. They aim at guiding students in narrowing down their
thesis subjects (in line with the academic expertise available within FASoS), hence ensuring that they
are ready to start developing ideas for their BA thesis and undertaking individual research. These
seminars are also used as opportunity to introduce students to faculty members who can potentially
serve as thesis supervisors.
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Course objectives
After completing the course, students should be able to recognise and understand what kind of
research (methods, theories, results) is done within the eld of Media Culture; they should understand
how relevant methods in the Media Culture specialisation like semiotics, discourse analysis and
(virtual) ethnography may be applied; and they should be familiar with the thesis frames.
Corequisites
Logo & Imago: Identity in Media Culture
Recommended reading
Branston, G., & Staord, R. (2003). The media student's book. Psychology Press. Bertrand, I., &
Hughes, W. (2005). Media research methods: audiences, institutions, texts. Palgrave.
ACU2717
Period 5
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
A.S. Richterich
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), Work in subgroups
Assessment methods:
Final paper, Presentation, Participation, Attendance
Keywords:
Researching media culture, methods, research skills, Media Culture thesis frames

Doing Research in Media Culture
The course Doing Research in Media Culture with the subtitle Always already new? Theorising and
Historicising Old and New Media aims at theorising and historicising the complex relationship between
so called new and old media in an interdisciplinary approach. Starting from the claim that media
have been at least when it comes to their discursive construction always already new
(Gitelman), this module will teach students to think about the transition of our mediascape in an
intermedial and longue-dure perspective. While new media theories and histories tend to analyse
and interpret new media technologies based on sources that promote the rhetoric of the new and
revolutionary (such as advertisements produced by the industry), this course will train students in
contemporary and historical discourse analysis in order to develop a critical perspective towards such
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strategies of persuasion. This course will not give an introduction in media history, neither will it
discuss the dierent media technologies from a historical and theoretical perspective, it will teach the
students how to approach and problematise the newness of new media from dierent relevant
theoretical and methodological perspectives. The course is a research course build around du Gay et
al's seminal work Doing Cultural Studies. The Story of the Sony Walkman (1997, 2013) and will
subsequently introduce the students in how to do research using methods such as conceptual
analysis, rhetorical analysis, semiotic analysis, discourse analysis and ethnographic research. It will
show that the concept of newness comprises not one problem but many problems and that each
new approach denes newness dierently and tackles another problem, and studies dierent
primary and secondary sources. During this course the students will gradually discover that
investigating cross-overs between media producers, media products and media users asks in many
cases for a combination of the dierent methods. Often a combination of for example ethnography,
semiotic analysis or discourse analysis is needed to do justice to the complexity of our contemporary
media landscape.
Course objectives
The course will introduce students to a. Theories and histories of media change, problematising the
complex intermedial relationships between old and new media in the mass media ensemble of the
19th, 20th and 21st centuries; b. Theories of media in transition, analysing the ambiguity of new
media discourses and practices using concepts like conservative revolution (Fickers), convergence
(Jenkins), circuit of culture (Gay), remediation' (Grusin), produsage (Bruns), representation,
semiotic analysis and discourse analysis (du Gay, Hall, Branston), (virtual)ethnography (Hine). c.
The methodologies of conceptual analysis, rhetorical analysis, semiotic analysis, discourse analysis
and ethnographic research (by focusing on both contemporary and historical sources) and concrete
case studies. d. To use dierent research methodologies in small research projects, to read academic
texts critically and to write a longer, structured academic text in preparation of the BA thesis. e.
Practices of ebook publishing, writing for and constructing an ebook.
Recommended reading
Gay, P.D. (2013) Doing Cultural Studies. The Story of the Sony Walkman. Sage Publications, Thousand
Oaks, CA. Lister, M. (2009) New Media. A Critical Introduction. Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
; New York, N.Y.
ACU3013
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
J.A. Post
Teaching methods:
PBL, Skills
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Attendance
Keywords:
new media, ethnography, semiotics, discourse analysis, media theory, methodology, media
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analysis, ebook writing.

Vademecum thesis writing Media Culture
This skills seminar prepares students for writing their bachelor thesis within the eld of the major
Media Culture. It assists students in the step-by-step development of a research proposal for their BA
thesis. Students will work on a series of preparatory assignments and draft proposals. The work on
these assignments is supported by secondary readings and lectures on research and writing skills;
presentations and discussions in the tutorial group and individual meetings with the (prospective)
thesis supervisor. For this, a timely matching of student and supervisor is essential. The seminar will
support students in making the choices and decisions that have to be made before they can start
their BA thesis. The seminar will depart from the thesis frames and methodologies introduced in the
Entering the Field seminars in the second year. Students will also start compiling a bibliography and
listing primary materials for their thesis project. Finally, students will be trained in providing, receiving
and processing feedback on draft proposals. All this will be integrated in a nal BA thesis proposal.
The research and writing for the thesis proper covers period 5 and a part of the non-scheduled period.
During the 5th period three inter-vision meetings are planned in which students present and discuss
their work in progress.
Course objectives
At the end of this course students will have: - gained further insight into main thesis subjects and
approaches in the eld of the major Media Culture; -acquired knowledge about the key stages of
research design for their BA thesis project; - learned to communicate ideas and insights that lead to a
BA.
Corequisites
Bachelor thesis specialisation MC
Recommended reading
W.C. Booth, Colomb G.G. & William J. M. (2008). The Craft of Research. 3rd edition. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. Rawlins, J., & Metzger, S. (2009). The Writers Way. (7th, rev. ed.).
Boston: Houghton Miin.
ACU3713
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
J.A. Post
Teaching methods:
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Assessment methods:
Presentation, Assignment
Keywords:
Research skills, thesis frames, methodology, research design, writing, thesis proposal

Bachelor thesis specialisation MC
The Bachelor thesis is a major (concluding) component of the CW/AC programme and invites you to
conduct an in-depth analysis of topics, problems and approaches you have encountered during your
studies. As the nal academic project of the CW/AC Bachelor program, it enables students to
materialise their individual academic prole through a concrete academic product. The Bachelor
thesis has a length of 8,000-10,000 words. The writing of the Bachelor thesis starts in the fourth
period of the third year.You are free in your choice of topic, provided that it relates to the CW/AC
major of your choice and the thesis frames, and to the research expertise of sta available for
supervision. It is imperative that you apply the skills acquired in the courses Research and Writing 1 &
2 and the major tutorials.
Course objectives
With the Bachelor thesis the students show their ability - to use their knowledge and insights
(including methodological skills) to address theoretical and practical issues in their eld - to work
independently - to communicate their ideas and insights in writing to the reader
Corequisites
Vademecum thesis writing Media Culture
Recommended reading
University of Chicago Press. Greetham, B. (2009). How to Write Your Undergraduate Dissertation.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Rawlins, J., & Metzger, S. (2009). The Writers Way. (7th, rev. ed.).
Boston: Houghton Miin. Seale, C. (2004 or later). Researching Society and Culture. London etc.:
SAGE. Zinsser, W. (2006). On writing well; the classic guide to writing nonction. [30th anniversary
edition]. New York: Harper Collins.
ACU3903
Period 4
10 Apr 2017
9 Jun 2017

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
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Coordinator:
J.A. Post
Assessment methods:
Final paper
Keywords:
Problem statement,research,theory,methodology,argumentation, organisation,style,writing,use of
sources and (empirical) data,originality
Minor
Minor Arts and Heritage

Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics
What is art? What is good art? What is the value of art and culture? Why and how should the
government support or not support the arts: which art, whose culture? How about cultural
participation? These are the main questions of this interdisciplinary course which will provide the
students with knowledge and analytical tools necessary for understanding the many dierent answers
to the questions. The course combines an introduction in relevant literature and theories (art history,
cultural history, cultural economics, sociology of culture) with real life case studies. Students will do
some collective eld work by preparing and conducting an interview with a professional in the arts
and culture sector Instruction language. The approach is international and comparative.
Prerequisites
none
ACU3005
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Final paper, Participation
Keywords:
art, culture, cultural policy
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Museum Meanings
Museums are sites for expositions of art and traces of our cultural heritage. In the way collections are
gathered, displayed and appreciated by the public we can analyze and explore our society's basic
values and practices. In the course Museum Meanings we study the ever changing relationship
between society and its culture.
ACU3004
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinators:
M.O.A. Prieckaerts
J.J. de Jong

Paper Minor Arts and Heritage
For further information please contact the course coordinator.
Prerequisites
course ACU3005 and/or course ACU3004
Recommended reading
none
ACU3904
Period 3
9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017
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ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
J.J. de Jong
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Final paper
Keywords:
Arts, Culture, heritage
Minor Creative Writing

Reading Like a Writer
Story-telling is probably as old as language. For most of our recorded history, it has taken the form of
myth and fable or drama and epic poetry. Short stories, in that context, are a fairly recent
development, but their roots reach back to those older forms. What are the building blocks of a
successful short story? What can we learn about writing from reading examples of the short form?
This course will address these questions and perhaps raise a few more. We will read several short
stories and discuss, through student presentations, how the stories are put together, what makes
them work, what makes them moving and what lessons we can extract out of them to apply to our
own work.
Corequisites
Narrative Structure: From Myth to Contemporary Story
Recommended reading
You will read at least 24 short stories in this course. Many of the stories can be found online or in two
anthologies on reserve in the library: Literature Craft & Voice, Nicholas Delbanco and Alan Cheuse,
editors. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07310444-7 and The Art ofthe Short Story. Dana Gioia and R.S.
Gwynn, editors. Pearson Longman ISBN 978-0-321-36363-3. I encourage you to buy at least one of
the anthologies (most of the required reading can be found in The Art of the Short Story. In addition, I
recommend reading as many Chekhov short stories as you can. They can be found online at
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/jr/
MCW3000
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016
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ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
C. Hughes
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Lecture(s), Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Attendance, Participation, Presentation, Final paper, Assignment, Portfolio

Narrative Structure: From Myth to Contemporary
Story
Aristotle considered plot the most important element of a dramatic work, more vital than character,
setting, dialogue or any of the other members of drama's supporting cast. Other writers put the
emphasis on Character. After studying the main elements of ction in "Reading like a Writer", we
home in on the story's major scaolding: Plot, Character and Structure. How many plots are there? Do
they have a common structure? And what can we learn about plot, character and structure from myth
and fable? In the rst half of this class, we will read, analyze and plot several myths and fables. In the
last four weeks, each student will produce one contemporary short story that will be analyzed and
discussed in class. In addition, each student will produce a craft analysis of a recently published novel
and a nal portfolio containing the results of weekly writing exercises.
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Fundamentals of Poetry and Translation: A Skills Course
Recommended reading
Literature Craft & Voice, Nicholas Delbanco and Alan Cheuse, editors. McGraw Hill. ISBN
978-0-07-310444-7 and The Art of the Short Story; these two texts are used in both block 1 and 2
and are recommended for both blocks.
Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster. Mariner Books. ISBN: 978-0156091800
20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them, by Ronald B. Tobias Writer's Digest Books; 3 edition (January
12, 2012) ISBN: 978-1599635378
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Edith Hamilton. Grand Central Publishing; Reissue
edition (January 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0446574759 ISBN-13: 978-0446574754
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Morphology of the Fairy Tale, Vladimir Propp , ISBN: 0-292-78376-0
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell), Joseph Campbell. New World
Library; Third edition (July 28, 2008) ISBN-10: 1577315936 ISBN-13: 978-1577315933
Dana Gioia and R.S. Gwynn, editors. Pearson Longman ISBN 978-0-321-36363-3 and Chekhov short
stories: http://www.ibiblio.org! eldritch!ac!jr!
MCW3001
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
C. Hughes
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Lecture(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Attendance, Final paper, Portfolio, Presentation, Assignment

Fundamentals of Poetry and Translation: A Skills
Course
In this module, students will have the opportunity to put into practice the lessons they learned in
periods 1 and 2 by writing every day. They will be writing short poems and translations to be
discussed and analyzed in class. In addition, they will collaborate as a group on a translation that will
be introduced in the rst class.
Course objectives
To be sensitive to tone and music, as well as sense, when translating the work of others and when
approaching our own work. To establish a work ethic of daily writing and reading.
Prerequisites
Reading Like a Writer and Narrative Structures
Corequisites
Narrative Structure: From Myth to Contemporary Story
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Recommended reading
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos (REQUIRED).
Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman (RECOMMENDED)
Literature Craft & Voice (Any version which includes Volume 2: Poetry)
MCW3002
Period 3
9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
C. Hughes
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Lecture(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Attendance, Portfolio
Minor Crucial Dierences

The Making of Crucial Dierences
The Making of Crucial Dierences oers a historical inquiry into the development of cultural
dierences marked through categories like gender, race, class, religion, and sexuality from early
Enlightenment until the beginning 20ths century. The course builds on dierent historical case studies
and introduces gender as useful category of historical analysis. These case studies are combined
with philosophical texts and literature to look at the way in which Western identity-discourses and its
colonial subcode have formed dichotomies like self and other, black and white, the Orient and the
West, male and female, hetero- and homosexual, upper, middle and lower class and how these
dierences became social inequalities. The course follows Foucaults discourse theoretical approach
and asks how these dierences were conceptualized and sometimes newly invented in (medical)
science, philosophy and Orientalist-colonial discourse. Adorno- Horkheimers dictum of a Dialectic of
Enlightenment is taken as a meaningful starting point: The aim of modern age was to liberate human
beings from fear and install them as masters of nature. Enlightenment promised liberty, democracy
and equality yet at the same time it has built the crucial forms of in- and exclusion which structure
society and individual identities until the present day. The failure and paradoxes of the promises of
modern progress are questioned in the course. Students will get a rst introduction into classical
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theories of gender, Orientalist- and post-colonial studies and critical (discourse-) theory.
Course objectives
To acquaint students with cultural constructions and historical congurations and of race, class,
gender and sexuality starting with the Enlightenment and ending with the catastrophe of the
Holocaust; including colonialism and slavery, war and identity narratives, discourses of exclusion. To
introduce students to critical theories, like discourse analysis and the history of knowledge (Foucault),
postcolonial and gender/sexuality studies and studies of Orientalism. To acquaint students with the
way these categories of dierence were conceptualized and intersect, and how they have structured
cultural scripts and practices, stereotypes, individual identities, and European history in the long
19ths century. To acquaint students with the way in which such intersecting categories of dierence
have constituted (and still constitute) inequalities and dierences of power, resulting in invisibility,
restricted access to sources etc.
Recommended reading
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness (1899, 1995) Penguin Classics Ann Mc Clintock: Imperial Leather:
Race, Gender and Sexuality in Colonial Contest, Routledge 1995 Thomas Laqueur: Making Sex: Body
and Gender from Antiquity to Freud, Harvard University Press 1990, Michel Foucualt: The History of
Sexualty Vol 1, London 1978.
MCD3000
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
U.G.S.I. Brunotte
Teaching methods:
PBL, Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Presentation, Written exam
Keywords:
Dialectic of Enlightenment, Gender, Orientalism, Hegemonic Masculinity.

Crucial dierences in the 21st century
This course addresses contemporary congurations of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class,
and the way in which these crucial dierences function on social, cultural, and subjective levels in
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the late twentieth and early twenty-rst century. Through a critical inquiry into topical cases as well
as major texts within contemporary gender and diversity studies, the course traces the multiple ways
in which identity and dierence, inclusion and exclusion, equality and inequality are produced and
reproduced in ongoing ows of negotiation and transformation. From the headscarf debates in France
to queer theory, and from critical whiteness studies to the politics of sexual nationalism, the course
traces the complex interaction between gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity and class in the
contemporary world.
Course objectives
The main objectives of this course are: To acquaint students with contemporary congurations of
gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and class, and the way in which these crucial dierences structure
contemporary cultural texts and images, as well as social and individual identities and institutions.
To familiarize students with topical debates, themes and theories in contemporary gender and
diversity studies. To teach students how multiple identities and experiences of dierence and
inequality interact, by familiarizing them with intersectional approaches to gender, sexuality,
race/ethnicity and class. To provide students with the analytical skills to examine the dynamics of
the production and reproduction of identity and dierence, inclusion and exclusion, equality and
inequality.
MCD3001
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
L.B.N. van den Hengel
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Presentation, Take home exam, Final paper
Keywords:
Gender and diversity studies; Intersectionality; Identity politics; Queer theory; Dierence and
inequality

Crucial Dierent Lives, Narrated (Auto-
)Biographies
Crucially Dierent Lives, Narrated (Auto-) biographies is designed to explore life stories/histories
and auto/biographical writing in relation to the construction of dierences we studied in Course A and
B. It provides the opportunity to mobilize the insights you have gained during the previous two
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courses, by making use of them in analyzing texts that document the crucially dierent life of a
person you have chosen. How do the discussions that you came across in these courses inform the
lives of men and women from all walks of life? In what ways are crucial dierences that we have
discussed lived, remembered, and written/narrated by so-called authors of the self? What exactly is
the connection between autobiography and contemporary theorizing about the subject and the so
called death of the subject? How can dierences be read, interpreted, and written by the authors of
an-others life? How are they narrated and acted in narrations and performances of the self?
Course objectives
This course aims to come closer to understanding dierences through shifting the level of analysis to
that of the individual self. It will start on the premise that the dierences we have studied so far are
not only constructed (in text and narration), but also experienced and lived, or better, that the social
scripts, gender norms and stereotypes of Otherness are also performed and embodied. All eects of
subjectivity are using the subjects corporeality as a medium and a framework. Rather than looking
at constructions and performances of crucially dierent lives as separate ends, we will learn they
exist in a continuum. Auto/biographical accounts whether they are written, visualized or narrated
oer the possibility to investigate how the two approaches are interwoven into auto/biographical
texts. The course will provide you with skills of reading and interpreting auto/biographies as well as
with some of the interview skills of the biographical method. The course aims to assist you in
analyzing the ways in which the categories of gender, race, class, and sexuality interact with one
another in the formation of subjectivity, dierences and dierent selves.
Recommended reading
John Eakin: How Lives become Stories. Making Selves, 1999
MCD3002
Period 3
9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
U.G.S.I. Brunotte
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Presentation, Written exam
Keywords:
(Auto-)Biography, Interview, Lifewriting, Gender and Intersectionality
Minor European studies

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The Idea of Europe

This rst course of the Minor European Studies curriculum has an introductory character. It touches on
a number of issues which will be dealt with more extensively later on in the programme, but it also
calls attention to a fundamental question concerning Europe: Does Europe exist? Does the name
Europe refer to a political and/or cultural identity of its own? And if so, what are the distinguishing
characteristics of this identity, what have been the decisive common experiences that have fostered a
sense of European community, and how has it evolved in time?
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will: Have a basic overview of the development of the idea and
identity of Europe, which can serve as a broad historical framework for understanding the process of
European integration as it has occurred after 1945; Be more familiar with specic characteristics of
European history, notably in comparison with that of other (non-European) societies; Have an
understanding of some of the basic theoretical and methodological problems in dealing with this
subject matter. Students are introduced to problems concerning the study of identity, especially the
social and symbolic construction of community and identity, as well as corresponding notions of
representation, invention of tradition, and lieux de mmoire. They are also made familiar - at a
rudimentary level - with some of the most inuential (and contested) theories in the historical study of
society like Max Webers concept of rationality, Norbert Elias theory of civilisation, dierent views on
modernisation (Sigmund Freud, Ernest Gellner, Zygmunt Bauman).
Recommended reading
Delanty, G. (1995). Inventing Europe: Idea, identity and reality. London: Macmillan Press
MES3000
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
9.0
English
Coordinator:
M.J. Geary
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
The idea of Europe, identity, history
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Back to the Sources

This research training oers a rst introduction to the ways historians deal with the problems of
tracing, selecting and assessing primary sources, especially those related to the (early) history of
European integration. During the course, the specic characteristics of the following types of primary
sources are discussed: political speeches, archival records and public opinion sources. Also the
specic problems of using internet sources are dealt with. Each of the three assignments is devoted
to a specic problem and a specic category of historical sources: the assignment on political
speeches is mainly devoted to the critical analysis of sources. The assignment on archival sources
focuses on the problems of selecting and combining a variety of sources. Finally, the assignment on
public opinion sources addresses the problems of representativity and inuence.
Course objectives
This training stimulates a critical and methodical attitude towards sources. At the end of this training,
students will be able to: Dierentiate between primary and secondary sources; Appreciate the
importance of primary sources for the study of historical phenomena; Recognise the dierent
characteristics and pitfalls of several types of primary sources.
Recommended reading
To be announced. Please see course manual.
MES3500
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
J.H. Morgenstern-Pomorski
Teaching methods:
Assignment(s), Presentation(s), Paper(s)
Assessment methods:
Assignment
Keywords:
Research training, source criticism, historical methods, EU integration history
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Great Expectations
The main aim of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the European Union:
its development, its institutional framework and current problems. First, this course introduces the
European integration process since the early 1950s. Using the current debate on the future of the
Union as our point of departure, this course goes back to the early years of the European
Communities and subsequently traces all the major developments in the EU up to the present.
Secondly, we investigate the institutions of the European Union, their tasks and the main decision-
making mechanisms. Finally, current political challenges of European integration are put up for
debate. Throughout the whole course, students, additionally, get familiarized with the main European
integration theories.
Course objectives
To provide insight into the historical development, the EU institutions, decision-making processes and
current issues of the EU, and to get familiar with integration theories.
Recommended reading
Nugent, N. (2010). The government and politics of the European Union. (7th ed.). Hampshire:
Palgrave Macmillan.
MES3001
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
9.0
English
Coordinator:
H. Maurer
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Written exam
Keywords:
European Union, European integration history, institutional framework, European integration
theories

Negotiation Skills
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This six-week training is organised around three simulation games, which allow students to improve
their negotiation skills and to better understand the practicalities of decision-making processes in
Brussels. The purpose of this skills training course is threefold : 1) to provide a basic introduction to
the main concepts of negotiation and negotiation theories; 2) to improve students negotiation skills;
3) to arrive at a better understanding of EU decision-making (public vs. foreign policy-making, the
composition and competencies of various institutions, interaction between institutions, interactions
within the Council etc.).
Course objectives
By the end of the course, students will: Gain a better understanding of the decision-making in
Brussels; Gain new knowledge on the theory of negotiations; Improve their negotiation skills in
practice
Corequisites
Europe: a critical reection
Recommended reading
To be announced. Please see course manual.
MES3501
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
H. Maurer
Teaching methods:
PBL, Assignment(s)
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Participation
Keywords:
Negotiations, simulation games, diplomacy

Europe: a critical reection
The concluding course brings the whole minor together. Equipped with the knowledge gained in the
previous courses, students work in pairs on a comparative research paper. The course book provides
students with broadly dened topic areas from the eld of European Studies, allowing them to pick a
topic of their own choosing. The tutorials accompany the writing process, providing common ground
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for discussion on key controversies in European Studies and on the methodology of comparative
analysis. Lectures provide further food for thought on what it means to conduct critical research in
European Studies. At a concluding conference, students present their ndings to their peers.
Course objectives
At the end of this course students are trained in key academic processes: selecting a topic for
research, developing a research design, writing a co-authored research paper and presenting in a
conference setting.
Corequisites
Negotiation Skills
MES3002
Period 3
9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
C. Blom
Teaching methods:
Work in subgroups, PBL, Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Final paper
Minor Globalisation and Development

Globalisation and Inequality
This course critically focuses on structural issues of development on a global scale. Globalisation
refers to the increasing interdependence of markets, states and civil societies and the resulting
eects on people and their environment. By also focusing on inequality, the structural dierentiation
among actors in terms of access to means, opportunities and resources, issues of (re-)distribution are
taken into account as well. The course investigates inequalities and interdependencies on a global,
international, national and local level, while considering the role of public, private and civil society
actors. Thus, it aims to understand the underlying development processes and unlock the ongoing
debates. The course focuses on the following themes: globalisation and development: the Global
Goals for Sustainable Development; a history of inequality; the agencies of development;
democratization, human rights and development; health and development; global migration and
remittances; and food security, natural resources, land grabbing and global crises.
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Course objectives
Students understand contemporary development challenges in the context of power struggles,
processes of globalization and issues of inequality. Students are able to understand underlying
development processes and unlock ongoing debates regarding inequality and poverty on various
levels.
Recommended reading
Hopper, P. (2012). Understanding Development. Cambridge: Polity (+ several academic articles, book
chapters, policy papers and websites)
MGD3000
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
W.W. Nauta
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBL, Skills, Work in subgroups, Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Participation, Written exam
Keywords:
Globalisation, Development, the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, Colonialism,
inequality, the agencies of development, Democratisation, Human Rights, Public health, HIV/AIDS,
NGOS, Migration, remittances, food security, natural resources, land grabbing and global crises,
BRICS, G20

Urban Development & Poverty in the 21st
Century
Since 2008 more than half of the world population lives in urban areas, according to the United
Nations Populations Fund. Of particular concern is the fact that over a billion people now live in
informal settlements or slums, where poverty and precarity are highly concentrated. Nevertheless,
people continue to migrate to cities, and informal settlements continue to accommodate them.
Despite their proneness to disaster, disease, violence and cultural tensions, they also appear to be
focal points of vitality, opportunity and new initiatives. Modern urban growth and development have
been inexorably entwined with the globalization of the economy and the agro-industrial industries.
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But who are the winners and the losers in these processes of global change? In some ways the city, as
an urban space, can be conceptualized as a contested site, where various social actors pursue their
agendas and enact their identities. This course investigates how cities and its citizens, and in
particular the urban poor, and are aected by these developments, and what novel initiatives and
perspectives with regards to urban growth are emerging.
Course objectives
Students understand challenges of urban development and poverty in the 21st century.
Recommended reading
Davis, M. (2006), Planet of Slums. London: Verso. (+ several academic articles, book chapters, policy
papers and websites)
Simone, A. (2010), City Life from Jakarta to Dakar. New York: Routledge
MGD3001
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinator:
B. Pasveer
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBL, Skills, Work in subgroups, Presentation(s)
Assessment methods:
Assignment, Participation, Written exam
Keywords:
Development, Poverty, Urbanization, Megacities, Slums, Ecology, Space, Identity

Globalisation Seminar & Symposium
This course focuses on a subject related to Globalisation and Development that is the theme of the
concluding symposium. This year's theme 'migration' is connected with both preceding courses as it
has a global and structural dimension as well as cultural, local and personal features. Moreover, it has
a present-day importance and is suitable for a more abstract and theoretical, as well as an empirical
and/or historical approach. Students will work on a paper and discuss work in progress with fellow
students and tutors. At the concluding symposium (for which all-day participation is mandatory)
students and a keynote speaker will present their paper.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, students:
- can describe some of the main debates in the eld of migration studies
- are able to nd, assess, and critically make use of secondary and primary data
- are able to formulate a research question
- are able to build an academic argument
- are able to conduct a literature review
- be able to deal with and incorporate feedback
- are able to write a full, well-referenced, research paper and position themselves in an academic
debate
- are able to present their own work at a symposium
Prerequisites
Registration for this course is only possible when course A (MGD3000: Globalisation and Inequality)
and course B (MGD3002: Urban Development and Poverty in the 21st Century) of the minor
Globalisation and Development is completed.
Recommended reading
Castles, S., de Haas, H. and Miller, M. (2013 [5th ed.]). The Age of Migration. International Population
Movements in the Modern World. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
MGD3002
Period 3
9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
B.B. Dito
Teaching methods:
Skills, PBL
Assessment methods:
Attendance, Final paper, Presentation
Keywords:
Migration, academic writing, symposium
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Joint Minor Art, Law and Policy Making

Prerequisites
none
ACU3005
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Keywords:

Museum Meanings
ACU3004
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Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinators:
M.O.A. Prieckaerts
J.J. de Jong
Faculty of Law
Private International Law
Private International Law (PIL) provides a set of legal rules where one or more of the parties, facts or
circumstances related to a legal dispute are connected with more than one legal system. Private
International Law in particular provides: 1. legal rules which establish when a national court has
international jurisdiction in any case involving an international element; 2. legal rules which
determine the applicable law in cases involving international elements heard before a national court;
and 3. legal rules on recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments in another country.
Since each country has its own Private International Law rules, Private International Law originally is
domestic law. Other inuential sources of PIL are international treaties and, more increasingly, EU-
regulations. Private International Law has become even more signicant as a result of increasing
integration within the European Union and because of globalization (of trade and free movement).
This course in particular focuses on the European perspective of Private International Law. Hence it
includes: 1. an examination of the general structure, main doctrines, principles and topics (family law,
goods, contractual/non-contractual obligations) of PIL from the EU-perspective; 2. an introduction to
the most important EU-regulations and international treaties on Private International Law such as the
Regulation 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations, Regulation 864/2007 on the law
applicable to non-contractual obligations, Regulation 2201/2003 on jurisdiction and the recognition
and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility and
Regulation 4/2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and co-
operation in matters relating to maintenance obligations. 3. an overview of the historical development
of Private International Law. Attention will also be paid to current Private International Law
codications in several EU-member states as illustration of PILs originally domestic character. For the
purposes of this course Private International Law is understood in a broad sense, thus including the
conict of laws and the law of international civil procedure.
Course objectives
The general aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the problems inherent
in legal situations involving (a) crossborder element(s) in Europe. The students will gain knowledge of
the basic principles and legal rules of Private International Law from the European perspective as well
as of its historical developments.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of law in general.
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Recommended reading
- The coursebook can be ordered through POD. - The mandatory textbook for this course is the latest
edition of M. Bogdan, Concise introduction to EU Private International Law, Groningen: Europa Law
Publishing. - The use of the latest edition of Selected National, European and International Provisions
from Public and Private Law, the Maastricht Collection by Nicole Kornet & S. Hardt (eds.), Groningen:
Europa Law Publishing, is recommended for those students who are already in possession of the book
and/or particpate in other ELS-courses.For other students such as non-ELS-students another option is:
Prof. dr. K. Boele Woelki (ed.), Ars Aequi wetseditie European Private International Law 2015-2017,
Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Libri (latest edition; ISBN: 9789069165998). (See also announcement before the
start of the course, all books can be ordered e.g. via studystore or the publisher;).
PRI3018
Period 3
9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
4.0
English
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
(European) Private International Law

Paper Minor Arts and Heritage
For further information please contact the course coordinator.
Prerequisites
course ACU3005 and/or course ACU3004
Recommended reading
none
ACU3904
Period 3
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9 Jan 2017
3 Feb 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
J.J. de Jong
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Final paper
Keywords:
Arts, Culture, heritage
Faculty of Law
Law and Art: The Free Movement of Cultural
Property
Law and Art - The Free Movement of Cultural Property is a course analysing the trade in artworks and
cultural objects and their protection against various forms of threats from a legal perspective.
Artworks speak to our imagination and either fascinate or irritate (or bore) us and in the public
discourse in the media it is the uniqueness of artworks that is emphasised: their uniqueness, their
representation of the artistic genius, expressions of the human condition... But art works are also
goods: material objects that can be valued in money. This dual character of artworks combining their
economic value with a higher or aesthetic value is what makes artworks particularly interesting to
study from a legal perspective. Another challenge for the law is the fact that the art trade (legal and
illicit) is a truly international market. Since artworks are relatively easy to take across borders, stolen
or looted art objects can show up all over the globe. To add to the diculties, laws aecting the art
trade dier from country to country. This is especially true for export regulations, the rules on the
bona de purchase and limitation periods. The position of the bona de purchaser is a delicate issue.
Who should be protected and for how long? Must a bona de purchaser return a stolen painting?
Which law applies if more than one jurisdiction is involved? These examples show that this course
deals with many dierent areas of law: International and European law, Private and Private
International Law, Public as well as Criminal Law. But you can easily widen the legal elds having a
relation to the art market, such as for example Intellectual Property Law or Tax Law. The course will
examine a broad spectrum of issues including the protection of cultural property during times of war
against destruction and removal as well as their restitution; the protection of cultural property in
times of peace against illegal export and the illicit trade; The European dimension of cultural policies
will be addressed including the free movement of cultural property in the European Union, media
policies, resale royalty legislation, state aid and the cultural sector. Additionally, the question of
cultural diversity and the issue of authenticity and fakes as well as the international and European
legislative developments concerning stolen, illicitly excavated, exported and looted works of art will
be discussed. In the rst week, there is a general introduction, in which the organisation of the course
is explained and the work on International Art Trade and the Law is commenced. As reading material
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we shall use Kurt Siehr, International Art Trade and the Law, Recueil des Cours 1993, Vol. 243 (to be
found in the library), the book of Katja Lubina, Looted Art (electronically available on ELEUM and
provided as PDF by e-mail) and dierent articles on ELEUM. During the course period, Maastricht will
be the host of the TEFAF (13th 22nd of March 2015), the most important international ne art fair in
Europe. In the past, several art experts have come to provide a lecture during the course, and visiting
the TEFAF with the newly gained insights into the art market, will be even more impressive. A special
conference will be organized at the end of the TEFAF on the 22nd and 23rd of March. One does not
have to be an art lover to nd the course Law and Art - The Free Movement of Cultural Property an
interesting choice. Compassion for art is therefore not a condition, just an extra. Even a philistine
would enjoy the intriguing art law cases and legal problems. Participants will in principal be assessed
on the basis of a paper in the area of art law /cultural heritage law. The paper should be written
according to academic standards. The paper should include a literature list. References should be in
footnote format. This course is also part of an interfaculty MINOR
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to making students aware of legal problems concerning the licit ant illicit art
market. Students will become familiar with various areas of law all related to art, cultural property
and heritage (international and European law, Private international Law, property law, contract and
tort law, tax law and regulations concerning the art market etc.
Prerequisites
Basis knowledge of law. This project is open for students of the faculties of LAW, Arts and Culture and
UCM and Erasmus students
Recommended reading
As reading material we shall use Kurt Siehr, International Art Trade and the Law, Recueil des Cours
1993, Vol. 243 (to be found in the library), the book of Katja Lubina, Looted Art (electronically
available on ELEUM and provided as PDF by e-mail) and dierent articles on ELEUM.
IER3004
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
H.E.G.S. Schneider
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Final paper
Elective courses
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Bachelor Arts and Culture year 3 electives

European Environments
Environmental problems such as chemical pollution, global warming, acid rain or species loss are both
natural processes as well as arenas of social and political contest. This course probes the social and
political dimension of the environment in a European context. What is dened as an environmental
problem and by whom? How are environmental problems and their possible solutions negotiated
between dierent groups of actors, such as environmental movements, industrial interest groups and
political regulators? What is the role of scientic experts in these conicts? Do they provide objective
evidence that can solve these problems more rationally or is science itself just another site of social
negotiation and conict? How can our societies be reorganised in order to make them
environmentally friendly or "sustainable"? In addressing these issues the course will not only make
student familiar with one of the most developed EU policy areas. It will also shed light on the multiple
relations that exist between the environment and the broader cultural and social processes that
characterise our contemporary European societies as well as the process of European unication.
Course objectives
At the end of this course students will be: Able to understand, reect on, and do research on the
importance of the environment as a domain of European -both EU and domestic - policy and politics;
Able to understand, reect on, and do research on understand how human-environment relations in
Europe have been shaped throughout history and in dierent cultural contexts; Able to understand,
reect on, and do research on environmental problems and the related political dynamics from a
social-science perspective; Acquainted with major conceptual and methodological positions within
the elds of environmental history and environmental sociology; Able to critically access and
contribute intellectually to practical initiatives of environmental sustainability promotion.
Recommended reading
Baker, S. (2006). Sustainable development. London: Routlegde. Beck, U. (1992). Risk society.
London: Routledge. Cioc, M. (2002). The Rhine. An eco-biography. Seattle: University of Washington
Press.
EUS3001
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
9.0
English
Coordinator:
J.D. Lachmund
Teaching methods:
PBL, Research
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Assessment methods:
Presentation, Participation, Take home exam
Keywords:
Environment, environmental problems and policies, history, sociology.

Prerequisites
none
ACU3005
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Keywords:

One World
World history is closely related to globalisation. World history traces the historical origins and
development of this phenomenon. Contacts between civilisations are as old as humanity itself;
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people, ideas, technology and diseases have always travelled. World history forces Europe to look at
itself anew and to face the fact that, for a very long time, it has only played a very marginal role in
the story of human civilisation. Precisely because Europeans have the inclination to look at their own
history as if it were some kind of autonomous process, it is important to stress the close
interdependency that has always existed between this continent and other parts of the world. World
historians, for example, emphasise: the role of climatic and environmental factors, the importance of
disease, human migration, trade, exchange of ideas and technology, and the part played by the
emergence and spread of intellectual networks. Consequently, these (and other) subjects form the
contents of this module.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will have: Become familiar with theory, historiography and
methodology of historical sociology, combining a macro-historical and a macro-sociological approach;
Gained insight in some of the basic patterns in the history of civilisation and in the way in which
society has evolved over time; Learned about the historical background of globalisation and thus
will have gained insight into the factors that have helped to shape the modern world-system;
Learned about the historical background of the current distribution of wealth and poverty amongst
dierent parts of the world; Gained insight into the development of the relationship between man
and environment, demonstrating how environmental factors have inuenced the history of civilisation
and vice versa; Learned to look at European history from an external perspective, i.e. as part of a
wider pattern of natural factors as well as economic and cultural exchanges that have always
encompassed larger parts of the world or -from the 16th century-the globe as a whole.
Recommended reading
McNeill, W.H. & McNeill, J.R. (2003) The human web. A birds eye view of human history. New York:
W.W. Norton. C. Ponting (1991), A green history of the world, New York: Penguin.
EUS3000
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
9.0
English
Coordinator:
A. Labrie
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
World history; theory, historiography and methodology of historical sociology.
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Virtual ethnography
During this course, students will be trained in a qualitative research method: virtual ethnography.
Tutorials, lectures, and individual meetings will support students in understanding main aspects of
virtual ethnography. They will learn how to conduct a virtual ethnography themselves and they will
experience what kind of ethical and methodological issues might arise when choosing this approach.
On the one hand, virtual ethnography requires students to investigate virtual environments, digital
technologies and user practices. On the other hand, they need to use digital media as their research
tools. This twofold challenge will also be addressed as part of the course. In order to connect this
method to a eld relevant to European Studies, students will investigate issues relevant to the Digital
Agenda for Europe, a Europe 2020 initiative. A key objective of the Virtual Ethnography skills
training is to provide a setting in which students experience that 1) doing research does not imply
taking methodology from the shelves, and 2) that methods do not speak for themselves. The
development of a research strategy involves interpreting, moulding, extending, combining or even
transforming existing methods and tools. This is true for well-established research methodologies, but
it is especially evident in the case of a new research methodology. This skills training is therefore
organised around such a new research approach, i.e. virtual ethnography. The aim of the skills
training is to further develop the basic research skills of students and their understanding of social
science research methodology. To that end, critical reection on their experiences in designing and
doing virtual ethnography is an integral part of the assignment.
Course objectives
At the end of the course students: Are familiar with the research method of virtual ethnography
Are able to apply a set of qualitative research methods; Have improved their skills in research
design; Have a thorough understanding of the criteria for led site selection; Have improved their
skills in planning research; Are able to use ethnographic observation techniques; Are able to
collect detailed and relevant data; Are able to execute a detailed data analysis; Are able to work in
teams; Are able to make use of ICT in research.
Recommended reading
* Gatson S. (2011): "The Methods, Ethics, and Politics of Representation in Online Ethnography". In: N.
Denzin, & Y. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research (pp. 513-527), London: Sage.
* Hine, C. (2000): Virtual ethnography. London: Sage.
* Pink, S. et al. (2015): Digital ethnography: Principles and practices, Los Angeles: Sage.
* Roginsky, S. (2014): Social network sites: an innovative form of political communication? A socio-
technical approach to media innovation. The Journal of Media Innovations, 2, 97-125. (Available at:
https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/article/view/842)
EUS3501
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016
73
ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
A.S. Richterich
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), Research
Assessment methods:
Oral exam, Presentation, Final paper
Keywords:
Ethnography, social media and digital technology, Internet research, political anthropology, virtual
community

Museum Meanings
ACU3004
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
English
Coordinators:
M.O.A. Prieckaerts
J.J. de Jong

Research Methods: Interviewing
In this skills-training students are familiarised with the craft of qualitative, semi-structured
interviewing. An introductory lecture will focus on the methodological advantages and disadvantages
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of interviewing as a research method and on the practicalities of doing interviews. Students will
practice the craft of interviewing, recording, transcribing and analysing data through doing interviews
themselves and analysing these in small groups. The work of students is closely supervised in
practice sessions and through extensive feedback by the tutors and their peers. Please note that this
is an elective skills training and available places may be limited; in period 4 students choose two out
of the four oered skills of 3 ECTS each.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will have gained: An insight into methodological advantages and
disadvantages of interviewing; First hand experience in conducting and analysing interviews, based
on data gathered by the students themselves; An understanding of how to use qualitative
interviewing as a social science research method.
Recommended reading
Rubin, H. J. & Rubin, I.S. (2012). Qualitative Interviewing. The Art of Hearing Data. (3rd edition).
London: Sage
EUS3500
Period 4
6 Feb 2017
7 Apr 2017

ECTS credits:
3.0
English
Coordinator:
A. Strelkov
Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
Qualitative interviewing,methodology,analysis

Kunst- en cultuurbeleid
CWE3005
Period 1
5 Sep 2016
28 Oct 2016
75

ECTS credits:
12.0
Dutch

Cultuuroverdracht in een museale context
CWE3004
Period 2
31 Oct 2016
23 Dec 2016

ECTS credits:
12.0
Dutch
Coordinator:
J.J. de Jong
Extra electives year 2

World War II and Memory
ACU2022
Period 6
6 Jun 2016
13 Jul 2016

ECTS credits:
6.0
English
Coordinator:
P.A.J. Calje
Teaching methods:
PBL
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