UCL - History of European Integration

[EURO1201]

[37.5h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s): Bernard Coulie, Vincent Dujardin

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Students will be able to define what is at stake in these projects, crises and revivals whatever their political, economic, military or institutional components. Students will also have to point out similarities and differences between European integration's various highlights and evaluate whether crises modified the way paved by the founding fathers. They will also have to show how history may help to shed light on present events.

Main themes

To be able to assess European integration's highlights, to underline individual and institutional factors, to measure the impact of economic and external elements and to analyze the interactions with internal politics' concerns as well as the influence of popular convictions.

Content and teaching methods

The lecture will first concentrate on various crises, their causes and consequences, and then will attempt to render how they were overcome. Various individual and institutional factors will be analyzed (which was the role played by personalities such as Schuman, Monnet, Giscard-Schmidt or Mitterand-Kohl- on institutions), as well as economic and external aspects (Cold War, Oil Shock,). Interactions with internal politics' concerns and the influence of popular convictions will also come under scrutiny.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Period: 1st semester in the first year of minor options.
Periodicity: yearly.
Language: French.
Prerequisite : none.
Evaluation: written or oral examination.
Support: to be determined by the professor in charge.
References: to be determined by the professor in charge.