International relations in Asia and Africa including history of the regions - lecture and workshops 3600-KM-SMAA2-OG

As part of the course, students will be provided with knowledge on selected issues from the history of macroregions: East Asia, South-East Asia and India and on issues related to international relations in these regions.
Characteristics of the regions will be presented from the angle of international relations (including geographic, ethnic, cultural, economic and political conditions that affect international relations in the regions).
Part of the course will be devoted to issues related to colonialism, its consequences for regions and the issues of decolonization.
The next part of the course will be devoted to international organizations in the regions and related ideas. Another set of issues are issues related to the relations of macroregions with states and actors from outside the regions discussed, and the involvement of these external participants in international politics. Attention will also be given to region-specific problems and how to prevent these problems. Other topics to be discussed will be international conflicts in these regions and methods of restoring and keeping peace. Another group of topics will concern nation-building issues and the role of elites in the politics of regional states.
In exceptional cases, resulting, for example, from the need to connect with an invited lecturer, classes may be held online.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom
Blended learning

Course coordinators

Hanna Rubinkowska-Anioł

Learning outcomes

Knowledge: graduate
- has extensive knowledge of selected problems of Asian and African cultures in the field of history, international relations and socio-political issues in a comparative perspective
- has knowledge of the history of the formation of social structures and relations as well as socio-cultural behavior in relation to selected regions of Asia or Africa in the scope determining professional social and intercultural communication
- has general knowledge of international relations concerning selected regions of Asia and Africa
Skills: graduate
- can search, analyze, evaluate and use information with the use of various sources in relation to history and international relations, and formulate critical judgments based on them
- can identify the sources of cultural differences in various civilization circles
- can detect the relationship between the formation of philosophical and religious ideas in selected regions of Asia and Africa and social, cultural and economic processes
- can analyze the most important processes in the field of history and the socio-political situation of a selected region of Asia and Africa
Competences: graduate
- is aware of the difference resulting from cultural, religious and philosophical diversity and its impact on the shaping of social and political attitudes and economic processes
- understands and appreciates the value of their own and other regions' cultural tradition and heritage.

Assessment criteria

Presence during classes (ćwiczenia) required, one absence per semester is allowed.
Assessment based on the exam and activity during classes (ćwiczenia).

Bibliography

Literatura dotycząca Azji Wschodniej oraz Południowo-Wschodniej
A New Modern History of East Asia, red. E. Fuchs, T. Kasahara, S. Saaler
Göttingen 2018
Azja Wschodnia na przełomie XX i XXI wieku, red. K. Gawlikowski, Warszawa 2002
Bayer J., Dziak W., Korea & Chiny, Warszawa 2006
Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe w regionie Azji i Pacyfiku, red. B. Skulska, P. Skulski, Wrocław 2010
Chiny i Japonia. Dylematy mocarstw w Azji Wschodniej, red. M. Pietrasiak, D. Mierzejewski, Łódź 2009
Haliżak E., Stosunki międzynarodowe w regionie Azji i Pacyfiku, Warszawa 1999
Iriye A., Japan and Wider World. From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present, London 2014
Japan’s International Relations. Politics, Economics and Security, red. G. D. Hook, New York 2001
Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History, red. S. Saaler, Ch. Szpilman, Lanham 2011
Region Azji i Pacyfiku w latach 1985-2015. Ciągłość i zmiana w regionalnym systemie międzynarodowym, red. A. Jarczewska, J. Zajączkowski, Warszawa 2016
The Diplomatic history of postwar Japan, red. Iokibe Makoto, New York 2009
Ziętek A., Żakowski K., Pietrzyk O., Polityka zagraniczna Japonii, Lublin 2018

Literatura dotycząca makroregionu Półwyspu Indyjskiego
Zajączkowski J., Indie w stosunkach międzynarodowych, Scholar, Warszawa 2008
Burakowski A., Iwanek K., Indie. Od kolonii do mocarstwa 1857-2013, Warszawa 2013
Tokarski S., Bhutani S., Indie w XXI wieku, Warszawa 2014
Rothermund D., Indie – nowa azjatycka potęga, Warszawa, Dialog 2010
Zajączkowski J., Indie jako państwo wielokulturowe: teoria i praktyka polityczna, w: G. Michałowska, J. Nakonieczna, H. Schreiber (red.), Kultura w stosunkach międzynarodowych, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2014
Kuszewska, Indie i Pakistan w stosunkach międzynarodowych. Konflikty, strategie, bezpieczeństwo, Warszawa 2013.
Kieniewicz J., Historia Indii, wyd. Ossolineum, Wrocław 2003
Guha R., India after Gandhi, Picador, New Delhi 2007
Brass P., The Politics of India since Independence, Cambridge University Press 1994
Ganguly S., India as an Emerging Power. Editor. London: Frank Cass, 2003
Yadav Y., Sandeep S.and Suri K.C.: State of Democracy in South Asia, New Delhi,: OUP, 2008
Zajączkowski J. Schottli, M. Thapa (red.), India in the Contemporary World: Economy, Polity, International Relations, New Delhi, London, New York, Routledge 2014

Additional information

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