MA Program in European Studies - Course List

 

European Studies 2025-2026

 

The information in the Shnaton – the university’s course catalogue shall prevail.

 

 

Compulsory Classes

 

2 c.p

Introduction to the European Union: A Unique Supranational Beast

 

 

Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 08:30-10:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Introduction to EU Law

 

 

Dr. Rachel Frid

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 08:30-10:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Modern European History

 

 

Dr. Oded Steinberg

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 08:30-10:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Research Methods (in English)

 

 

Dr. Daniel Wajner

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 17:00-18:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

1 c.p

European Forum’s Colloquium A (in English)

 

 

Prof. Gisela Dachs

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 19:00-20:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

27.10.25

15.12.25

 

 

 

 

 

10.11.25

05.01.25

 

 

 

 

 

24.11.25

19.01.25

 

 

 

 

 

08.12.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 c.p

European Forum’s Colloquium B (in English)

 

 

Prof. Gisela Dachs

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 19:00-20:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

16.03.26

11.05.26

08.06.26

 

 

 

 

27.04.26

25.05.26

22.06.26

 

 

 

 

 

Simulation Workshops

 

54797

1 c.p

Simulation Workshop: Europe in NATO: From Pillar to Core of Western Defence (in English)

 

 

Mr. Tamir Sinai

 

 

Preparatory meeting:

 

 

Wednesday | 17.06.2026 | 18:30-22:00

 

 

Simulation:

 

 

Thursday | 18.06.2025 | 08:30-18:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

54796

1 c.p

Simulation Workshop: Trade negotiations between EU and ANASE (in English)

 

 

Mr. Louis Bernard

 

 

Preparatory meetings:

 

 

Wednesday| 10.12.2025 | 18:30-20:15

 

 

Simulation:

 

 

Thursday | 11.12.2025 | 08:30-16:15

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elective Compulsory Courses

 

2 c.p

The People vs. The Elites: European Populism in a Comparative Perspective

 

 

Dr. Daniel Wajner

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 13:00-14:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

European Regional Integration: Comparisons with the Americas and The Middle Esat

 

 

Dr. Daniel Wajner

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 13:00-14:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Immigrants and Immigration in France

 

 

Dr. Yuval Tal

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 10:30-12:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Sex and Sexuality in Modern Europe

 

 

Dr. Yuval Tal

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 15:00-16:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Pigs, Humans, and other Animals: Humanity and Animality in Contemporary Europe

 

 

Dr. Yuval Tal

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 15:00-16:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

The Nordic Model: Politics, Welfare, and Immigration

 

 

Dr. Orna Keren Carmel

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 17:00-18:30

 

 

Room TBA | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

54530

2 c.p

Greenland and the Arctic: A New Hotspot

 

 

Dr. Orna Keren-Carmel

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 10:30-12:00

 

 

Room TBA | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Internship for Students of the European Forum

 

 

Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu

 

 

Annual | Wednesday | 18:30-20:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

PhD Toolbox (only for PhD students)

 

 

Dr. Gili Hammar and Dr. Oded Steinberg

 

 

Annual | Monday | 15:00-16:30

 

 

Room TBA | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

European Political Parties Between State and Society (in English)

 

 

Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 17:00-18:30

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

Electioneering in Germany: Election Campaigns in Theory and Praxis (in English)

 

 

Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer

 

 

Fall term | Wednesday | 10:30-12:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

The Birth of a Nation: The Ukrainian Case

 

 

Dr. Samuel Barnai

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 15:00-16:30

 

 

Room TBA | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

2 c.p

A Polar Bear in the Global South: The New-Old Vectors of Russian Foreign Policy

 

 

Dr. Samuel Barnai

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 15:00-16:30

 

 

Room TBA| Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

Countries in Transition: Ukraine and Russia in Comparative Perspective

 

 

Dr. Samuel Barnai

 

 

Spring term | Monday | 17:00-18:30

 

 

Room TBA | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

4 c.p.

Europe in China: Study Excursion to the Former European Colonies Hong Kong and Macau and the Pearl River Delta

 

 

Prof. Noam Shoval & Dr. Dror Kochan

 

 

09-18.03.2024 (tentative)

 

 

Preparatory meetings: spring term | Wednesday | 12:30-14:00

 

 

Room 22301 | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

Study Excursion to the EU Institutions in Brussels

 

 

Dr. Maya Sion Tzidkiyahu

 

 

Dates: TBA

 

 

Prerequisite: Course 54800

 

 

 

54799

2 c.p

Future of Democracies (in English)

 

 

Robert Habeck

 

 

Intensive course: 4-22.01.26

 

 

Room: 42605 |Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

54798

2 c.p

Creative Writing (in English- only for PhD students)

 

 

Andrea Paluch

 

 

Intensive course: 18-22.01.26

 

 

Room: 42605 |Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

Public History in Social Media: Memory Culture on 20th Century History on Instagram and TikTok (in English)

 

 

Prof. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann

 

 

Fall term | Wednesday | 18:30-20:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

The Core of Europe: History and Challenges of the Franco-German Friendship (in English)

 

 

Prof. Gisela Dachs

 

 

Fall term | Wednesday | 16:30-18:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

Study Excursion to Germany and France: From Wars to Reconciliation and Beyond (in English)

 

 

Prof. Gisela Dachs

 

 

Spring term| 7-14.06.25

 

 

Prerequisite: Course 54808

 

 

 

2 c.p

German Nationalism (in English)

 

 

Dr. Oded Steinberg

 

 

Fall term | Wednesday | 16:30-18:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

Migration(s) to Germany: Policies, Realities and Perceptions (in English)

 

 

Prof. Gisela Dachs

 

 

Fall term | Wednesday | 14:30-16:00

 

 

Room 42605 | Faculty of Humanities

 

 

 

Elective Courses

 

2 c.p

Global Holocaust Memory and Popular Cinema (online course in English)

 

 

Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 08:30-10:00

 

 

 

4 c.p

The Politics of the International Economic System: Global and European Perspectives

 

 

Prof. Lior Herman

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 08:30-12:00

 

 

Room 23504 | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

Prerequisite or corequisite: Elementary course in economics.

 

 

 

2 c.p

Fashion Theory: Culture, Economy and Desire in the Modern Wardrobe

 

 

Dr. Liroy Choufan

 

 

Spring term | Tuesday | 10:30-12:00

 

 

Room 21202 | Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

The International Financial System and Economic Crises

 

 

Zafrir Asaf

 

 

Fall term | Monday | 15:00-16:30

 

 

Room 2330 1| Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

 

2 c.p

Family and Gender in the Iberian World

 

 

Dr. Shai Zamir

 

 

Fall term | Tuesday | 16:30-18:00

 

 

Room 42204 | Faculty of Humanities

     

290801

2 c.p

Urban History: Spain and the New World

 

 

Dr. Shai Zamir

 

 

Spring term | Tuesday | 16:30-18:00

 

 

Room 44201 | Faculty of Humanities

     

450702

2 c.p

Chanted Verses: Poetry and Topography

 

 

Federico Italiano

 

 

Intensive course | Fall term | Dates: 15.12.25-19.01.26

 

 

Room 44204 | Faculty of Humanities

     

4 c.p

Anthropology of the Body in the Social Space

 

 

Dr. Gili Hammer

 

 

Annual | Tuesday | 10:30-12:00

 

 

Room 24205 | Faculty of Social Sciences