CODE 75386 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI 11162 (LM-52) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/04 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: EUROPE AND WORLD POST-1945 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB 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 At the end of the course the student is able to: - know the historical processes that led to the first attempts at European unification, the theoretical principles underlying them, the initiatives of movements, parties, political, economic and social forces in favor of continental unity from the second post-war period to the present day; - be aware of the historical dimension of the reality of the European Union and its possible evolutions; - understand the historiography and sources of European integration; - develop in-depth papers on specific topics. 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 * The ability to apply 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, that can be practically used to prepare dossiers with innovative proposals on topical issues TEACHING METHODS The lessons are frontal. Students could be involved in the simulation of a meeting of an EU institution or a European supranational body. During the course, thematic seminars on topical issues of the European integration process will be organized and recommended. Unless different indication due to the evolution of the health situation, the course will take place in a traditional way (in classroom). To access, students must follow the rules indicated by the University: - reserve a seat in the classroom on the website https://easyacademy.unige.it/portalestudenti; when booking you will also be asked for a declaration of absence of symptoms and close contacts with positives; - access the spaces with Greenpass and equipped with a surgical mask, keeping the distance; - follow the instructions of the reception staff; - always keep the same place in the classroom with the mask on, frequently sanitize your hands, do not crowd into common areas and bathrooms. For those who cannot book a seat in the classroom, it is possible to follow the lessons through Teams, code 3f2vzl4. Timetable: Tuesday 8-10 Wednesday 12-14 Thursday 8-10 SYLLABUS/CONTENT Syllabus 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 Recommended texts: - U. MORELLI, Storia dell’integrazione europea, Milano, Guerini, 2011 - D. PREDA, Alcide De Gasperi: European Founding Father, Brussels, Peter Lang, 2017 And: - Corrado Malandrino, Stefano Quirico, L’idea di Europa. Storie e prospettive, Carocci, 2020 Non-attending students must also report on one of the following volumes: Matteo Antonio Napolitano, Verso l’Europa unita. Il percorso politico-istituzionale di Giulio Bergmann, Roma, Aracne, 2020. Francesco Bonini, Sandro Guerrieri (a cura di), Le Costituzioni degli altri. La Carta italiana in un quadro globale Lara Piccardo, Dalla Patria all’Umanità. L’Europa di Giuseppe Mazzini, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020 Giorgio Grimaldi, I Verdi italiani e l’Europa. Il Sole che ride dagli albori all’azione nel Parlamento europeo (1978-2009), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020 Giorgio Grimaldi, I Verdi in Germania. L’ecologia in politica dai movimenti all’Europa, Pavia, Collana del Jean Monnet Interregional Centre of Excellence, 2020 Raffaella Cinquanta, Partigiani di tutta Europa, unitevi!”. L’ideale dell’Europa unita nelle riviste clandestine della Resistenza italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020 Euroscepticisms. Resistance and Opposition to the European Community/European Union, a cura di Guido Levi e Daniela Preda, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018 Daniela Preda, Alcide De Gasperi: European Founding Father, Brussels, Peter Lang, 2017 Guido Levi, L’europeismo ai tempi della Costituente, Padova, Cedam, 2020 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 LARA PICCARDO Ricevimento: Via Teams writing an e-mail to lara.piccardo@unige.it DANIELA PREDA Ricevimento: Lara Piccardo: by appointment at the DISPO (lara.piccardo@unige.it). Daniela Preda: Tuesday 14-17 and by appointment at the DISPO. Exam Board DANIELA PREDA (President) LARA PICCARDO MARIA ELEONORA GUASCONI (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START II semester, 1 March 2022. Timetable: Tuesday 8-10 Wednesday 12-14 Thursday 8-10 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam aims to ascertain the adequate knowledge of the topics covered by the course and its duration varies, modulating with respect to individual cases, in order to allow such verification. The exam is oral and includes questions on both the institutional and the monographic part. Students attending the course will prepare dossiers and present oral reports, which will be included in the overall evaluation. Non-attending students will have to deepen a theme chosen by reading a volume among those published on aulaweb ASSESSMENT METHODS The Commission is designated by the Department Council and chaired by the course professor. The evaluation is based mainly on the knowledge of the subject, but also on the quality of the exposure, the correct use of the specialized lexicon and the critical reasoning ability on the study carried out. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 11/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale Prof.ssa Piccardo 11/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 25/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale Prof.ssa Piccardo 25/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 24/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale Prof.ssa Piccardo 24/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 14/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale Prof.ssa Piccardo 14/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale Prof.ssa Piccardo 12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 06/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale Prof.ssa Piccardo 06/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale