Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The seminar on international relations aims to explore some contemporary issues on international relations. The seminar is divided in three groups. At the head of each group is an animator responsible for a particular theme. Students therefore have the possibility between several themes. The seminar will analyse and deepen several concepts such as: power, rising power, multipolarity, apolarity, multilateralism, world order,...
The student will also have the opportunity to expand her/his knowledge on a particular geographical area of her/his choice/ a theme of her/his choice or among those proposed.
The three groups of the seminar are:
- The new international balance of power: actors, strategies and world order;
- The diffusion of global power from state actors to non-state, private and transnational actors;
- US Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: actors, issues and influences.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
It gives the opportunity to the students to deepen an issue handled during the courses on Introduction to international relations and/or on Theories of international relations. At the end of this seminar, the student will be able to carry out a research on a particular issue by mobilizing the specific tools of the discipline. The student will also have learned how to communicate the results of her/his research both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students need to have some empirical and theoretical knowledge in international relations.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Oral presentation, written paper and obligatory reading(s).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The first part of the teaching takes place in the form of very limited ex-cathedra lessons (two or three sessions). Then, two or three reading sessions are planned. The rest of the course is dedicated to oral presentations of students on a specific topic. This is a political science seminar, therefore, the presence and active participation of students are strongly recommended throughout the semester. Depending on the opportunities presented, a limited number of external speakers will be invited to participate in the course.
Recommended or required readings
Students will receive a portfolio of required readings at the beginning of the seminar.
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Taken into account:
- the methodological and theoretical content handled during the course,
- the oral presentation,
- the written paper,
- the active participation to the seminar.
Class attendance, active participation and oral presentation (40 %), and written work (60%).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
- To succeed the seminar it is highly recommended to attend the course.
- If the student is 3 times absent, without a valid and official reason, she/he will not be able to present her/his paper for the first session. She/he will have to wait until August to submit her/his written work.
- The knowledge of English is necessary.
Contacts
- Holder: professor Liridon Lika, Center for International Relations Studies (CEFIR), B31, level 0, Office R.71; Tel. : 043 66 30 46, Liridon.Lika@uliege.be
- Assistants:
Vincent Bricart, CEFIR, B31, level 0, Office R.73; Tel. : 043 66 42 59, v.bricart@uliege.be
Camille Schmitz, CEFIR, B31, level 0, Office R.73; Tel. : 043 66 42 59, camille.schmitz@uliege.be