96817 - History of European Integration

Learning outcomes

This course intends to offer the students the opportunity to develop a critical knowledge of the European Community's history. For this reason, attention will be paid to the principal moments of the political, economic and diplomatic process leading to the formation of the EU. The study will be based on three levels of analysis: the international, the European and the national level. Beginning with some notes on the historiographical debate, following a chronological order, students will be guided to the understanding of the main external and internal elements that have oriented the process of European integration, since World War II. The student will also acquire knowledge about the development and the diachronic evolution of transatlantic relations.

Readings/Bibliography

Handbooks:

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

Readings (one of student's choice):

E. Calandri, G. Laschi, S. Paoli (a cura di), L’Europa adulta. Attori, ragioni e sfide dall’Atto Unico alla Brexit, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020, Parte I e Parte II

S. Paoli, Frontiera Sud: l'Italia e la nascita dell'Europa di Schengen,Firenze, Le Monnier, 2018

V. Minnucci, Accogliere, integrare, respingere. Italia e Unione Europea di fronte al fenomeno migratorio, le Monnier, 2024

D. Pasquinucci, Il frutto avvelenato: il vincolo europeo e la critica all'Europa,Milano, Le Monnier, 2022

E. Calandri, G. Laschi, S. Paoli (a cura di), «L’Europa si fa nelle crisi». Integrazione europea e crisi esterne prima e dopo Maastricht, Il Mulino, 2023

R. Cinquanta, "Partigiani di tutta Europa, unitevi!". L'ideale dell'Europa unita nelle riviste clandestine della Resistenza italiana, Il Mulino, 2020

G. Laschi, V. Deplano e A. Pes (a cura di), Europa in movimento : mobilità e migrazioni tra integrazione europea e decolonizzazione, 1945-1992, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017

L. Tedoldi, G. Zucchelli ( a cura di), L’Italia nelle istituzioni europee. Storia, politica, integrazione, Roma, Carocci, 2020

Studenti non frequentanti

Per gli studenti non frequentanti è prevista la lettura di due monografie.

Teaching methods

The focus will be on diplomacy, its articulation and its evolution, as a prevailing practice and cultural pillar of History of European integration.

Assessment methods

Students who regularly attend the lessons (the teacher will take the signatures) will take two intermediate written tests on dates that will be communicated at the beginning of the course. Each test will focus on a specific part of the program. Indications on the parts of the program to be studied for each test will be given in time by the teacher. The evaluation of the tests will be expressed in thirtieths. In case of insufficient grade or absence from a test (always to be justified by informing the teacher in time), the student will have to recover in the final oral exam. The grade of a test can be refused, but it is strongly recommended to evaluate such an opportunity only after all the written tests. Also in this case the recovery of the test will be held orally on the occasion of the final exam. For students who have passed all the tests and do not intend to refuse a grade, the final exam will be based on a few questions aimed at testing the theoretical reasoning skills, without the repetition of the specific questions already addressed in the tests, as well as in the discussion of the reading. Students are invited to present a critical appraisal of the reading, not just a summary.

Teaching tools

The teacher will deliver a few resources available on Virtuale.unibo.it [https://virtuale.unibo.it/].

Office hours

See the website of Achille Conti