88091 - History Of European Integration (C.A.)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide an adequate knowledge of the history of the process of European integration. At the end of the course the student knows the causes and contents that gave life to the European Communities; use the tools suitable for a historical perspective analysis of the European Union's external relations through trade instruments, conditionality and systemic alliances. 

 

Course contents

This is an advanced course in the history of European integration; the aim is to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the history of European integration in order to understand the complex interweaving of national histories and the international system that underlies the integration process.
The main common institutions and policies will also be analysed in their diachronic development; invitations to officials will provide in-depth and direct, professionalising knowledge.
The initial module reconstructs the European integration process and focuses on the historiographical debate. The seminar module provides an in-depth study of the Community's external relations, from 1957 to the birth of the EU, which is essential to fully understand the international role of the EEC/EU and the relationship between internal and external policies. A first reflection will be on the relationship between history and European and the construction of a common memory and how much this has changed especially following the great enlargement of 2004-2007. The theme of the external dimension of the European Community and its profound changes, how it came into being with the Treaties of Rome and how its influence on the politics and economy of third countries has grown; the evolution of the Community's place in the international system; the fundamental role of policies in relations with third countries, of which the common agricultural policy in particular will be explored, in relation to the topics of cooperation, enlargement and food security.

Readings/Bibliography

Readings/Bibliography

Giuliana Laschi, Storia dell'integrazione europea, Le Monnier, 2021

A complet list will be distributed in class.

Teaching methods

The course is organised in lectures and seminars, according to the following programme. One section consists of lectures (20 hours) and aims to introduce students to the acquisition of basic conceptual and theoretical tools. Another section, organised in seminar mode (20 hours), is aimed at the application of knowledge and its deepening.
Students are expected to come to class having already read the assigned material; active participation will be required.

Assessment methods

ATTENDANTS
The final assessment will be based on classroom participation (20% of the final assessment), a written test (40%) and an oral test (40%).
The written test will be held at the end of the course, in December; the date will be announced on the first day of class and published on the lecturer's portal. It will consist of 4 open questions on the entire programme (max 10 lines each) in which knowledge, comprehension and accuracy will be assessed.
The final oral examination will be based on the readings proposed during the course and the notes.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Non-attending students must take a written test and an oral test on the same day. The written test will last 45 minutes and will include 10 semi-open questions on the textbook and the compulsory text. Only if you pass the written test will you be admitted to the oral test, which involves the preparation of a monograph.
Please contact the lecturer for the complete bibliography.

Teaching tools

The teaching methodology used by the lecturer is highly interactive.
During the course, experts and scholars will be invited to explore a topic in depth and discuss it with the students, who will arrive at the seminar after having gone through documents and readings proposed by the scholars themselves.
Power Point.
Analysis of archive documents.

Office hours

See the website of Giuliana Laschi