The Faculty of History at Sofia University is very pleased to announce a call for applications for our MA programmes taught in English: Ethnicity and National Relations in the Balkans and Power, Authority and Culture in the Balkans. Both are three-semester programmes – two semesters for attending the courses and one semester for preparing the MA thesis. The application deadline is 01.05.2007. The approved candidates will be announced at 01.06.2007. The programmes will start in October 2007. Unfortunately at the moment Faculty of History is not in a position to offer scholarships.
Here follows a brief description of the programmes with the list of core and optional courses in everyone of it.
MA in Ethnicity and National Relations in the Balkans
The MA programme will put political events of recent Balkan history in the context of the centuries-long and often turbulent history of the relations between the different ethnic groups living there. It explores the concept of ethnic relations in both theory and practice. The courses will focus on specific aspects of ethnic and national relations in South Eastern Europe in the modern era.
The programme is developed according to the guidelines adopted by the Ministry of Education in Bulgaria following the basic precepts of the educational policy of the countries of the European Union. A full-time student will complete the degree in one year, starting in October and taking four courses each of the first two terms before writing a 20,000 to 30,000 word dissertation. A part-time student will spread the degree over two years. MA theses should normally draw on primary source material and are to be completed by next October.
The courses will be taught in English. The students will be expected to write their MA Thesis in English. The suggested reading is in English, French, German, Russian and Bulgarian.
A two-semester optional course in Bulgarian language and literature will be provided for. The students will be assigned to different levels according to their language skills. Courses in Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, Turkish and Greek are also optional.
CORE COURSES
Problems of Modern and Contemporary History of the Balkans (end 18th-end 20th c.)
Modern Bulgarian History, 1877-1944.
National and Regional Identity in the Balkans.
Federalist Ideas and federalism in Southeastern Europe.
Church and Religion in the Balkans.
Bulgarian Language and Culture.
OPTIONAL COURSES
Bulgarian Language.
Bulgarian Ethnography in a Balkan Context.
The Balkans: Modernization Unfulfilled (Second Half of 20th c.).
Bulgaria among the Eastern Bloc Countries in the Second Half of the 20th c.
Bulgaria and the Balkans in the Global East-West Confrontation of the Cold War Years.
Modernization of South Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
The Other Europe - Modern East European History as a Part of the European Historical Tradition.
MA in Power, Authority and Culture in the Balkans
The MA programme will deal with the complex interrelationship between power, authority and culture in South Eastern Europe. It will try to show the students the part that the region has played since Antiquity and the raise of specific power institutions which put it somewhat apart of the rest of the continent. Special attention will be paid to the instruments of power and their attitude to culture.
The programme is developed according to the guidelines adopted by the Ministry of Education in Bulgaria following the basic precepts of the educational policy of the countries of the European Union. A full-time student will complete the degree in one year, starting in October and taking four courses each of the first two terms before writing a 20,000 to 30,000 word dissertation. A part-time student will spread the degree over two years. MA theses should normally draw on primary source material and are to be completed by next October.
The courses will be taught in English. The students will be expected to write their MA Thesis in English. The suggested reading is in English, French, German, Russian and Bulgarian.
A two-semester optional course in Bulgarian language and literature will be provided for. The students will be assigned to different levels according to their language skills. Courses in Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, Turkish and Greek are also optional.
CORE COURSES
The Rise and Decline of Ancient Macedonia.
Problems of the Modern and Contemporary History of the Balkans.
Between Byzantium, Hungary and Venice – Regional Characteristics of Power and Authority in SEE.
The Rectangle and Its Corners. "East and Southeastern Europe in the Projects for Eropean Union, 18th-mid 20th c..
Instruments of Power in South Eastern Europe Between Tradition and Modernity.
Bulgarian Language and Culture.
OPTIONAL COURSES
Bulgarian Language.
Power and History, History and Power: The Imagery of the Past as a Ferment of Balkan Nationalism.
Power, Ideology and Culture in Bulgaria after World War II.
Who am I? Ethnicity, Identity and Culture in the European Southeast.
Ethnography of Socialism.
Detailed information about courses (core and optional) with a brief explanation for everyone of it and a short introduction of person, who will lead them, can be found here http://www.clio. uni-sofia. bg/EN/master. html
For more information about Faculty of History at Sofia University follow this link http://www.clio. uni-sofia. bg/EN/indexen. html
About Application Form and the requirements for foreign citizens who want to enroll as MA students in Bulgaria, including tuition fees and so on, check here http://www.uni- sofia.bg/ students/ admission/ foreign.html
For further information do not hesitate to make contact with Hristo Berov, Ass. Professor at Faculty of History, at hristo.berov@ gmail.com
A short info about accommodation and cost of living in Sofia and Bulgaria.
Modest accommodation is provided by the University. The rent is quite reasonable – 40-50 ˆ per month for a shared room. Living under free rent is also available – the prices start at 100 ˆ. The daily allowance for food is around 4-6 ˆ. A monthly card for the transport in Sofia is around 15 ˆ. The cost of the books is still around half of the European prices.
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