Geography 2050A/B Lecture : 2013-01-15 What is Europe.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2050A/B
• Professor: Mireya Folch- Serra

Document Summary

What exactly constitutes europe: what are its boundaries, what is the europe of this course, europe is analyzed from the social, political, and historical perspective. It is therefore a course on the cultural geography of the european continent. The course is designed to acquaint you with subjects such as: frontiers, boundaries and the claims of national minorities, cultural and linguistic differences of european peoples, european identities (cultural and political, european integration (eu) and minority rights. Europe and change scales: we will discuss territorial and political transformations in europe at three geographical, supranational (the european union, national (the nation-states of europe, sub-national (minority nations and regions) Some examples embedded in european history: germany (mainly berlin, spain (mainly barcelona, france, after the break emphasis on the eu, most importantly, notice that this course deals with the geography of, cultural, political, and, social aspects of europe.