The historical and cultural basis of European integration

Teacher(s)

Tousignant Nathalie;

Language

French

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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.

Content

This course will be divided into 4 main parts. The first one will address the issue of the historical and cultural foundations of Europe. We will not only define concepts such as “identity”, “consciousness” and European “sentiment” but also highlight the roots of European identity (from antiquity to the present day). In a second step, the course will focus on the question of the mechanisms that govern the emergence of an initial European awareness (1914-1945). In a third part, we will analyse the transition from “dreamed Europe to Europe in Action” and discuss the major steps of European integration (1940 to 1989). Finally, the last theme will take us to the challenges that face tomorrow's Europe, but not without returning to the very recent history of European integration from the end of the Cold War to the Lisbon Treaty (1989-2007).

Teaching methods

Lecture and conferences

Evaluation methods

Written or oral examination

Other information

Course supports, notes, outlines and illustrations are available on i-FUSL

Bibliography

Bibliographie générale :
Laurent Warlouzet. Histoire de la construction européenne depuis 1945. Paris, La Découverte, 2022, 128 p.
Bibliographie spécifique pour le module L’union européenne et l’égalité de genre – une perspective historique :
Ressources pédagogiques
Manuel sur lequel s’appuie le module
- HUBERT, Agnès, The European Union and Gender Equality, Brussels, FEPS, 2022.

Autres ressources bibliographiques
- BRIATTE, Anne-Laure, GUBIN, Eliane, THEBAUD, Françoise (dir.), L’Europe, une chance pour les femmes ? Le genre de la construction européenne, Paris, Editions de la Sorbonne, 2019.
- HOSKYNS, Catherine, Integrating Gender. Women, Law and Politics in the European Union, London, Verso, 1996.
- JACQUOT, Sophie, L’égalité au nom du marché. Emergence et démantèlement de la politique européenne d’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes, Bruxelles, Peter Lang, 2014.
- KANTOLA, Johanna, Gender and the European Union, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2010.

Faculty or entity

IEEB