UCL - The historical and cultural basis of the European integration

[EUSL2701]

[37.5h] 6 credits

Teacher(s): Geneviève Duchenne, Christian Franck

Language: French

Level: Second

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

Aims

This course aims at providing food for thought on the European Construction process - a recent process on the history time scale but undoubtedly rooted in a much older past.
Therefore, this course will not only consider the European idea on the long term, but it will also focus on:
1. the different steps of the European Construction (crises, progress, deepening and enlargements, );
2. the role played by the stakeholders (the founding fathers of the European Union) and the institutions;
3. the cultural dimension.

Main themes

- The roots of the European Identity (from the Ancient Times to 1914).
- The rise of the European Consciousness (1914-1945).
- The first steps of the European Construction (1945-1957).
- The crises of the sixties.
- From The Hague Summit (1969) to the European Single Act: Deepening throughout the economic and budgetary crises.
- From the European Single Act to Nice Treaty: Deepening / Enlargement issue.

Content and teaching methods

This course will be divided into 4 parts. The first one will be devoted to the cultural dimension of the European Idea (from the Ancient Times to 1914); the second will put the emphases on the first European projects and the first steps of the European Construction (from the interwar period to 1947); the third will take into account the sixties; and the last will focus on the progress made from the first enlargement to the EU 27.

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

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