(Tracy Bucco ) EUS-201e European Geography James Leigh University of Nicosia Lecture 1 EUS-201e European Geography Introduction Merkel/Sarkozy:Putin:Ahmadinejad:Dr. James Leigh, CGeog. FRGS. University of Nicosia Course is designed and taught by James Leigh James Leigh, PhD. CGeog. FRGS. Chartered Geographer Asst. Professor Cultural Geography University of Nicosia Cyprus Course texts You need them - so buy! 1.Leigh, J. Student Manual (from me ~ 10) 2.Any good atlas, e.g. Student Atlas, Collins Longman, Latest edition (bookshop ~ 18). 3.Leigh, J. (2009), Death of Nations in Civilization Clash, Nicosia, Afi Touch Editions (from me ~ 15) 4.Ostergren, C. and Rice, J. (2004), The Europeans: A Geography of People, Culture and Environment, NY, The Guildford Press (bookshop ~40) Extra reading, may be found in a library 1.McDonald, J. (1997) The European Scene: A Geographic Perspective, New Jersey, Prentice Hall. 2.Heffernan, M. (1998) The Meaning of Europe: Geography and Geopolitics, Hodder Arnold. 3.Frankland, E. (2008) Global Studies: Europe, 10 th edition, McGraw-Hill 4.Unwin, T. (1998) A European Geography, London, Prentice Hall. (specialized chapter readings) Syllabus Overview Introduces students to European Geography. Largely thematic cultural geography course with emphasis on: Macrohistory and civilization development to understand Europe in its present world context Coverage is given to applied geopolitics, civilization clash and Europe in a world context of potentially: Post-globalization Post-energy era Globe: Syllabus The course is influenced by classical realist geopolitical thought. Apparent roots for this school of thought can be seen clearly back to Ratzel and then coming up through scholars like Mackinder and Skypman, whose theories we will consider This will be placed in the world context of looming post-globalization, post-AngloSaxonism, and possibly post-oil, as the world may be surging towards regional globalization in civilization clash F22 Raptor: Some topics Nature and concepts of geography Marcohistory Applied classical realist geopolitics Europe over the centuries Strengths and weaknesses of EU EU: language, religion, economy, political EU and international influence Clash of civilizations A world view looming tripolar mix of civilization superpowers Conceptual geopolitical superstructure Christianity and Islam confrontation Classical clash points of civilizations Re-emergent Europe Peak oil and peak energy Flagged Europe: You may find my free website resources helpful on some topics. Check tabs: My online worksonline works Videos onlineonline Publications Grading 5 Quizzes50% Final exam..50% Total.....100% Student:Presentation 1 10% Midterm 25% Presentation 2 25% Final 40% Welcome to EUS-201e European Geography e-learning joy (Tracy Bucco)