Jean Monnet Module: Offering Advanced Courses on the EU

Thanks to funding by the Erasmus+ program of the EU, the Department of Regional Studies at the University of Tehran successfully completed the Jean Monnet Module: ‘Offering Advanced Courses on the EU'. As part of the module the department offered two graduate level courses titled 'European Integration' and 'EU-Iran Relations' for three consecutive years (2017-2020). The course on European integration was a Masters' level course that studied the history and process of European integration and the formation of the European Union as well the challenges European countries have faced during this path. The effect of Brexit as well as the rise of right-wing political groups in member countries on European integration was also examined. The course on EU-Iran relations on the other hand studied the history of this relationship and the many challenges it has faced in recent years including the Trump presidency and its withdrawal from the Nuclear agreement. This was a PhD level course with a small cohort allowing heated debates among students. In total 41 graduate students benefited from these courses. The department also held a seminar on Iran-EU relations in 2019 that was open to the public. The topics covered in each course are outlined below.

European Integration MA Course

• History of European integration
• Theories of European integration (1)
• Federalism, Functionalism, Transactionalism
• Neo-functionalism, Neo-realism, Constructivism
• Multi-Level-Governance, Neo-Institutionalism, Political System
• Treaty of Paris (1951)
• Treaty of Rome (1957)
• Merger Treaty (1965)
• Schengen Agreement (1985)
• Single European Act (1986)
• Maastricht Treaty (1992)
• Amsterdam Treaty (1997)
• Nice Treaty (2001)
• Failed European Constitutional Treaty (2004) Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
• European Parliament,
• European Council
• Council of the European Union
• European Commission
• EU trade policy
• European common agricultural policy (CAP)
• The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
• European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
• European Union Current and Future Challenges (1) European Economic and debt crises
• European Union Current and Future Challenges (2)
• EU and Brexit
• Right-Wing Political Groups

EU-Iran Relations PhD Course

• Principles of Iranian Foreign Policy
• Realism vs. Idealism in Iranian Foreign Policy
• European Relations with Iran During the Pahlavi Period
• European Relations with Iran in the Post-Revolutionary Period
• The Foreign Policy of the EU
• The Expansion of the EU-Iran Relations in the 1990s
• The Khatami Presidency and the Adoption of the "Dialogue Among Civilizations" Foreign Policy Approach
• The Nuclear Crisis and Negotiations Between Iran and the EU Three
• The Effect of American Policy on Iran-EU Relations
• The Nuclear Agreement and Avenues of Economic Cooperation
• Security Cooperation Between Iran and the EU
• Environmental Cooperation Between Iran and the EU
• Future Challenges of Iran-EU Relations

The awarding of Jean Monnet funds by the European Commission to the University of Tehran was not only announced on the front page of the University's website, but was also covered by many Iranian news outlets as shown below:

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