History of European Integration

The course aims to offer the intellectual elements of the process of European integration by re-reading it in the context of the more comprehensive political, economic and social transformations that marked the international context in the second half of the 20th century. An alternative objective is to promote the acquisition of adequate knowledge of the categories, guidelines and historiography relating to the history of European integration. The course also aims to provide lexical and conceptual tools suitable for both scientific and popular historical communication

Through this course, students will be able to gain critical knowledge of the process of European integration, useful in understanding the problematic issues of today's Europe from a long-term perspective. Participants will be opened to the use of primary sources and bibliography tools (including online resources) needed to study the political, economic and socio-cultural history of European integration. At the end of the course students will be able to critically read primary sources and scientific texts relating to the historical period under consideration and develop independent reflections on the main historical and historiographical issues of European integration. These skills will be acquired through the lessons, the direct and continuous meeting with the instructor in the classroom and the seminar activity carried out in the second part of the course: students will be invited to report in the classroom and produce a short paper from a series of readings proposed by the instructor and chosen based on their own interests.
Students opting not to attend the lessons will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel and strengthen their knowledge on specific topics through special readings agreed upon by the instructor, according to their needs.