Political and Public Spheres and Spaces in European History and Culture

Education facts

Code: EU2123

The course highlights and problematizes, from the point of view of different disciplines, the political significance of the emergence of the public, private, and secret spheres and spaces in European history and present. The contingent division between these three spheres can be considered as one of the fundamental factors in the development of core notions and distinctions between right and obligation, society and state, traditional kingship and modern division of powers. The course traces different contexts for both conceptual and spatial distinction of the public, political, and private spheres from the Greek agora, through republican and imperial Rome, medieval and modern Europe well into the present, when the political division between the public, secret, and private is re-drawn anew. The focus on European public spaces and innovative political practices allows students to critically reflect on the historic and present conditions of access to the political sphere during its transition into the digital age.

Entry requirements

The entry requirements for admission to the course is a Bachelor'sdegree of 180 credits, with a minimum of 90 credits in consecutive courses in a social sciences discipline, humanities discipline or equivalent. Students at the Law programme are also eligible the course after three years of studies (180 credits, equivalent of a bachelor degree). Applicants must prove their knowledge of English: English 6 or English level 2 from Swedish Upper Secondary School or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Political and Public Spheres and Spaces in European History and Culture

  University of Gothenburg

  GÖTEBORG

  Start date: 22 November 2027

  End date: 16 January 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %