Overview
Lecturer
Sorin Arhire
Seminar tutor
Sorin Arhire
Type of course
Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
History - Masters
Field of study
Regional Identities in Central Eastern Europe
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
History of Romania during the Twentieth Century
Aims
Understanding fundamental ideas concerning concepts specific to the Romanian foreign policy in inter-war period.
Knowing and a correct using of fundamental ideas concerning concepts specific to the Romanian foreign policy in inter-war period.
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Course contents
1. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).
2. Romania and Yugoslavia.
3. Romania and Czechoslovakia.
4. The Little Entente.
5. The Balkan Pact.
6. The French foreign policy towards Romania.
7. The British foreign policy towards Romania.
8. The Romanian-Polish relations.
9. Nicolae Titulescu’s foreign policy.
10. The Soviet-Czekoslovakian Pact (1935).
11. League of Nations.
12. The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact.
13. The Czechoslovakian Crisis.
14. Romania territorial losses.
Learning outcomes
Retrieval of written sources on the historical past;
Establishing historical facts on the basis of historical sources and outside of these;
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Romanian Policy towards Germany, 1936-1940
Haynes, Rebecca,
--, London, 2000 · 221
Diplomacy
Kissinger, Henry
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994 · 912
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