CODE 75386 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 8 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE INTERNAZIONALI E DELLA COOPERAZIONE 10177 (LM-52) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/04 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester OVERVIEW The course is intended to promote the knowledge of both historical facts and theories which inspired projects leading to the early attempts at unifying Europe. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course is intended to promote the knowledge of both historical facts and theories which inspired projects leading to the early attempts at unifying Europe. Initiatives by political parties and social forces as well as movements will be taken into consideration. Events will be considered on the basis of both a political and an economic approach. An adequate knowledge of contemporary history and, in particular, of the II post-world war period is required. Particular attention will be paid to the founding fathers of Europe. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide the student with: * In-depth historical notions about the history of European integration from 1945 to present * Notes on the history of the idea of Europe * Direct knowledge of documentary and oral sources on the history of European integration * Knowledge of different historiographic trends on the subject * A methodology that allows the student to prepare and present specific papers, based on an individual search on historical sources * Appropriate tools to analyze and understand the complexity of the European Union, between national efforts and supranational integration, and to prepare dossiers with innovative proposals on topical issues TEACHING METHODS The lessons are frontal. Students will be involved in the simulation of a European Council session. During the course, thematic seminars on topical issues of the European integration process will be organized and recommended SYLLABUS/CONTENT PROGRAM Roots of Europe. A moving Europe The idea of Europe in the history The turning point of the end of 700 Characters and major figures of nineteenth-century Europeanism The First World War and the Society of Nations. Einaudi's criticism at SdN Projects, movements, ideas of European unification in Europe between the two wars The Briand Plan The Franco-British Union Monnet project Europe's idea and European constitution projects in the Second World War and in the post-war period The movements for the European unity Europe at the start of the Cold War Strategies for European unification Jean Monnet and Altiero Spinelli The American attitude towards European unification: from the period between the two wars to the Marshall Plan The OEEC The Brussels Pact The Hague Congress The Council of Europe The Schuman Plan The ECSC The CED The founding fathers of Europe: Alcide De Gasperi, Konrad Adenauer, Robert Schuman, Paul-Henri Spaak Article 38 of the CED and the draft European Community Policy The Ad Hoc Assembly From the fall of the CED to the WEU The Treaties of Rome The common agricultural policy Italy in the EEC and its entry into EMS: 1958-1978 De Gaulle's European policy. The Fouchet Plans and the empty chair crisis Kennedy's proposal of equal partnership of July 1962 Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the international context The enlargements of the EEC / EU The crisis of the Bretton Woods system The Hague Conference and the re-launch of the integration process: completion, enlargement, deepening The first monetary unification projects. The Werner Plan The Money Serpent EMS From direct EP elections to the Spinelli project The European Single Act The Treaty of Maastricht and the constitutional last twenty years Italy's entry into monetary union The Treaty of Nice The Laeken Declaration and the Constitutional Treaty The Treaty of Lisbon The Euroscepticism RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Erasmus students will have to submit a detailed report on a theme of their choice and report on one of the following volumes: U. MORELLI, L’Unione europea. Storia, istituzioni, politiche, Loescher 2007 S. PISTONE, L'integrazione europea. Uno schizzo storico, UTET, 1999. W. LOTH, Building Europe, a history of European integration, Berlin, de Gruyter, 2015 M. T. BITSCH, Histoire de la construction européenne, Ed. Complexe, 1999. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD DANIELA PREDA Ricevimento: Tuesday 14-17 and by appointment at the DISPO. Exam Board DANIELA PREDA (President) MARIA ELEONORA GUASCONI GUIDO LEVI LARA PICCARDO ANGELICA RADICCHI LESSONS LESSONS START March 6, 2018 Class schedule HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS The Commission is appointed by the Board of Directors and chaired by the professor of the course. The purpose of the exam is to ensure that the subjects covered by the course are well-informed and their duration varies, modulating with respect to individual cases, so that it can be verified. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 23/01/2018 11:00 GENOVA Orale 13/02/2018 11:00 GENOVA Orale 29/05/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 19/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 17/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2018 11:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION The professor is European Jean Monnet Chair ad personam of European Integration History and Policy
