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SAIS BOLOGNA
CURRICULUM 37
EUROPEAN STUDIES
Fall 2011
European Studies offers a broad range of
courses in modern European history, political
economy, international relations, and political and
economic thought. The program focuses not only
on the European Union and its member states,
but also on other nations in Central, Eastern and
Mediterranean Europe, including Russia. The
European Studies program is directed from the
Bologna Center. Most candidates spend their first
year in Bologna and follow a natural progression
in courses from Bologna to Washington. The
program works to provide opportunities for
concentrators to have a third-country internship
experience in Europe between their year in Italy
and the United States.
The European Studies program does not
have any required coursework. Instead students
design a program of study focused on learning
outcomes that help prepare for the program’s
three required comprehensive examinations.
These “comps”, Modern European History and
Ideas, European Political Economies, and
Europe and the World Since 1945, combine the
politics, economics and history of Europe and
fulfill the school’s core exam requirement.
European Studies concentrators must also
demonstrate proficiency in a modern European
language and are strongly encouraged to take at
least one country-specific course.
Students interested in intensive research
and writing are encouraged to participate in the
European Research Seminar, a class jointlyhosted
with SAIS Washington via video
conference, during which M.A. and Ph.D.
candidates write an original research paper
about a current issue in Europe and present
their work to their peers during an authors
workshop in Washington D.C. during spring
vacation.
ERIK JONES is director and professor
of European Studies and director of the
Bologna Institute for Policy Research
of The Johns Hopkins University.
He is also head of Europe at Oxford Analytica,
a senior research fellow at Nuffield College
in Oxford, United Kingdom, and a non-resident
fellow at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in
Budapest, Hungary. His research focuses
on the political economy of contemporary Europe
and the transatlantic relationship.
Jones is author of The Politics of Economic
and Monetary Union (2002), Economic Adjustment
and Political Transformation in Small States
(2008), and, together with Dana Allin,
Weary Policeman: American Power
in an Age of Austerity (2012).
He is editor or co-editor of more than
twenty books or special issues of journals
on topics related to European politics and
political economy including The Oxford
Handbook of the European Union (2012).
His commentary is published in the Baltimore Sun,
Boston Globe, Financial Times, International
Herald Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer.
He is a regular columnist with E!Sharp.
A U.S. citizen, Jones has lived in Europe
for the last twenty years. He received his Ph.D.
in International Relations from SAIS.
Contemporary Russian Politics
(Hedberg)
European Economic History
(V. Zamagni)
European Foreign Policy
(Missiroli)
European Imperialism in the 20th Century
(Gilbert)
Intellectuals and Politics
(Gilbert)
Italian Art History & Culture
(Cavina)
Politics and Society in the European Union
(Della Sala)
West European Political Economies
(Jones)
Spring 2012
Contemporary Italian Politics
(Pasquino)
Contemporary Russian Foreign Policy
(Calzini)
European Economic Integration
(V. Zamagni)
European Research Seminar
(Jones)
Europe in the Cold War
(Gilbert)
Problems of Transatlantic Relations
(Allin)
The Political Economy
of Central and Eastern Europe
(Jones)
Soft Power. America and the Global
Politics of Modernization
(Ellwood)
MARK GILBERT is professor
of History and International Studies.
He was formerly associate professor in
Contemporary International History at the
University of Trento, lecturer in European Studies
at the University of Bath; and fellow of the Royal
Historical Society (2005); Gilbert has written
or co-authored numerous other publications
including Storia dell’integrazione Europea (2008,
3rd edition); A Historical Dictionary of Modern
Italy (2007, 2nd edition); Surpassing Realism:
The Politics of European Integration
Since 1945 (2003); The Italian Revolution:
The End of Politics, Italian Style? (1995).
He is a frequent contributor to journals,
including the Journal of Contemporary History,
National Interest, World Policy Journal,
Government and Opposition, Journal
of Common Market Studies
and Contemporary European History.
He holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary History
from the University of Wales. A major work,
his European Integration: A Concise History
was published in 2012.