Dr Maryia Schasnaya

during the lecture period

Monday 12 to 13 o'clock

Curriculum Vitae

Notes on holding the divisions:

• Please formulate the exact topic of your division based on the content requirements for the individual sessions in the seminar plan!
• Please use the consultation hours to discuss and coordinate your division!
• The division should be 15-20 minutes long.
• Please note the following content-related and structural components:
  • State the topic of the division and briefly explain how it relates to the main content of the respective session!
  • Preface your division with 1-2 theses that should set out your argument and stimulate a subsequent discussion
  • Briefly explain how your division is structured!
  • After your presentation, make reference to the theses you have formulated!
  • Please create a thesis paper (1-2 pages) that outlines the central assumptions and steps of your argument and concludes with details of the literature used

Notes on the preparation of term papers

Content components

• Choice of topic: In principle, only term papers whose topic has been personally agreed with the member of the teaching staff will be accepted. The topic of the term paper may differ from that of the division, but must be clearly related to the content of the course. Please endeavour to agree on the topic of the term paper in good time during office hours and observe the official submission deadlines!
• The paper should roughly comprise the following components: Cover sheet - Outline - Introduction - Theoretical part - Empirical part - Conclusions - Bibliography - Signed declaration of plagiarism
• Introduction
  • relevance of the work to political science (Why is it important to deal with the topic from a political science perspective?)
  • Problem definition (What is the subject of the study and what exactly do you want to investigate?)
  • Research question (formulation of a research question that already reveals explanatory connections)
  • Basic assumptions and hypotheses
• Theoretical part
  • Terms and definitions
  • brief description of concepts / approaches / theories that you are using to explain the phenomenon being investigated and indication of their authors
  • Establish a connection between the phenomenon under investigation and the factors (variables) used to explain it
  • Development of indicators / criteria from the corresponding concepts / approaches / theories, which are tested in the empirical part
• Empirical part
  • Application of developed indicators / criteria to a specific object of investigation
• Conclusions
  • Summarising the results with regard to the problem and question formulated at the beginning
  • Reference to formulated basic assumptions / hypotheses (have they been confirmed or not?)
  • Perspectives and outlook

Formal requirements

• Length: approx. 10 pages of text; in total (with cover sheet, outline, bibliography, declaration of plagiarism) approx. 15 pages
• The use of resources for the preparation of academic work is recommended. This applies in particular to the following aspects of the term paper:
  • Design of the term paper
  • Linguistic and stylistic requirements
  • Structure and labelling of the outline
  • Citation style and references (see notes on citation rules)
  • List of sources used in the bibliography

Please enclose a signed declaration of authorship with your term paper (declaration of plagiarism - form available on the Internet)!

WS 2023/24

Basic Course (33313) "Introduction to the Political Systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (Group 1 and 2)

SUMMER SEMESTER 2023

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 1 and 2)

Exercise (33333) Russian imperialism and its victims in a historical and political science context

WS 2022/23

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 1 and 2)

WS 2021/22

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 4 and 5)

SS 2021

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (group 4 and 5)

Exercise (33333) "Political crisis in Belarus"

WS 2020/21

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (group 4 and 5)

SS 2020

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 4 and 5)

Exercise (33333) "Three countries between the EU and Russia: Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine as pivotal points of European politics"

WS 2019/20

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 4 and 5)

SUMMER SEMESTER 2019

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 2 and 5)

Exercise (33333) "Belarusian authoritarianism under Alyaksandr Lukashenka"

WS 2018/19

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (group 1 and 2)

SUMMER SEMESTER 2018

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (group 1 and 2)

Exercise (33333) "Political opposition in authoritarian systems"

WS 2017/18

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (group 1 and 2)

SUMMER SEMESTER 2017

Exercise (33333) "Ukraine after the Euromaidan"

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (Group 1 and 2)

WS 2016/17

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 1 and 2)

SUMMER SEMESTER 2016

Basic course (33313) "Introduction to the political systems of Central and Eastern Europe" (groups 2 and 5)