European Interdisciplinary Studies

5 июля 2021 г. в онлайн-формате прошел международный научный семинар «ЕС-27 и архитектура европейской безопасности», организованный Университетом Лобачевского, Институтом Европы РАН, Ассоциацией европейских исследований в сотрудничестве с Фондом им. Фридриха Эберта.

В работе семинара приняли участие российские исследователи-европеисты из Института Европы РАН, ИНИОН РАН, Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета, Университета Лобачевского, Казанского (Приволжского) федерального университета, Балтийского федерального университета им. И.Канта, а также их австрийские и польские зарубежные коллеги, и студенты и аспиранты ННГУ.

Семинар был организован при поддержке проекта Европейского Союза Эрасмус+ Модуль Жана Монне «Модуль Жан Монне в европейских междисциплинарных исследованиях» (JEMMEIS) (проект № 621265-EPP-1-2020-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE)

Так, с приветственным словом к участникам семинара обратились директор Института Европы РАН, президент АЕВИС и академический директор проекта JEMMEIS Александр Громыко, руководитель филиала Фонда им. Фридриха Эберта в Москве Пеер Тешендорф и директор ИМОМИ Михаил Рыхтик. Модерировали мероприятие Александр Громыко и Михаил Рыхтик.

Основными направлениями дискуссии стали влияние брекзита на архитектуру европейской безопасности; стратегическая автономия ЕС: стагнация или развитие; перспективы контактов Россия–НАТО и снижение рисков безопасности в Европе.

Наряду с коллегами из РАН, Фонда Фридриха Эберта, Санкт-Петербургского Государственного Университета, Казанского федерального университета, Центра превосходства в области европейских исследований – VOICES+, Центра европейской политики (Бельгия), Института за мир и дипломатию (Канада) и Университета в Белостоке (Польша), в качестве спикера выступил заместитель директора ИМОМИ и лектор проекта JEMMEIS Сергей Кривов. Кроме того, в рабочей дискуссии приняли участие доцент РУДН и лектор проекта JEMMEIS Роберта Алонци и ведущий научный сотрудник Института научной информации по общественным наукам РАН Валерий Любин.

On 30th of October, 2020 the JEMMEIS project was introduced during the fourth lecture from the European Project Management cycle.

The lectures were delivered by EU Expert in European project management Mario De Martino. He has a vast experience in project management being a former Project Officer at European Association of Higher Education Institutions (EURASHE) and at the Jean Monnet unit of the Education Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

The first, second and third lectures were devoted to the theoretical information on the different stages of the project application preparation starting from the choice of the topic and type of the project to the final submission and implementation.

The final lecture demonstrated how the described techniques and approaches can be implemented in reality with the example of the JEMMEIS project.

Thus, the lecture consisted from two parts: the theoretical part was about Erasmus+ projects in general and the activities of the European Commission such as Erasmus+ KA1, Capacity Building projects and Jean Monnet projects, and about the requirements for each project and the possible amount of grants.

The second part was devoted to the Jean Monnet Module in Interdisciplinary (JEMMEIS) which is implemented by Lobachevsky University from September 2020. The speaker described the Module structure, the courses to be implemented. The lecture guests also got a chance to look closely at the Gannt chart with the detailed plan description – when each work package will be implemented.

The lectures were open to all staff and students of Lobachevsky University as well as to the colleagues of the speaker from other Russian universities.

This part of the course examines the history of the European idea from the ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century.

The mythological foundations of the European idea represented Europe as universe and open to the world continent, it was deified. Then, in the middle ages, already at an early stage of the development of feudalism and Christianity, the name “Europe” had not only geographical significance, but also religious, civilizational. The Modern period was mainly associated with new ideas about the geographical location of Europe, as well as the possibility and necessity of European unity as a whole.

The beginning of the 20th century was marked by the introduction in 1915 of the "Central Europe" project based on the military-economic union of European countries under the auspices of Germany. The state after the First World War was characterized by the growth of nationalism and pacifism associated with the collapse of three monarchies (Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Russia), which resulted in the creation of new states based on the national idea and the multiplication of borders in central and eastern Europe. However, after the Second World War, dozens of pro-European movements appear, among which two concepts are clearly opposed to each other: federalists, who stand for the creation of a European federation, a supranational organization, with the formation of which European states relinquish part of their powers, and unionists, who speak out for simple cooperation between states.

On October 16, 2020, the Faculty of Social Sciences took part in the international event #ErasmusDays 2020 and together with foreign partners talked about international projects that are being implemented at the Faculty as part of the Erasmus+ program.

Thus, Jean Monnet project European Interdisciplinary Studies (JEMMEIS) was presented there. This is the project aimed at the implementation of an interdisciplinary educational module on European studies, which received grant support from the European Commission. The educational module "Jean Monnet Module in European Interdisciplinary Studies" is planned to be introduced to existing educational programs from September 2020 to August 2023.

During the event, the participants had a chance to get acquainted with the program goals, structure and academic contact.

What are the #ErasmusDays?

Launched at the initiative of the French national agency Erasmus+ for the 30th anniversary of the program, #ErasmusDays consists of a series of events organized by various Erasmus+ participants. This international event is based on the idea of disseminating information to a wide range of stakeholders about Erasmus + programs, the experience of implementing Erasmus + projects, and the results of Erasmus + projects. Last year, 3,995 events were organized in 53 countries of the world. In 2020, about 4000 events are planned in 67 countries of the world.

The introduction part of the series of lectures was devoted to the subject-methodological foundations of the discipline. The main aim of this part of the course is to show the circumstances under which the European law and its institutions appear. Precisely, the main notion in this discussion is “the whole”. Therefore, the formation of a certain "whole" in interstate relations is associated with the construction of vertical structures, with the search for the optimal balance of cooperation (traditional cooperation) and integration itself (supranational governance).

Generally speaking, the course discusses the general and special methods of considering the integration process, interdisciplinary parameters of development as well as the differences in concepts of integration and intergovernmental cooperation and the organization classification. It also looks thoroughly at the three analysis levels of European integration which are process, system, identity. The final block is devoted to the periodization of the history of European construction staring from the stating from the call for the creation of the United States of Europe in 1946 until now.