History of European integration

leusl2043  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

History of European integration
5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This learning unit is not open to incoming exchange students!

Language
English
Main themes
To identify the key-moments of the European integration, to underline individual and institutional constraints, to evaluate the impact of economical and external factors and to analyze the influence of internal factors.
Content
The student will be able to understand the various projects, crises and relaunches in the history of European integration, linked to political, economic, military or institutional questions. The course shall focus on converging or diverging elements, taken from different episodes of the history of European integration, asking how these crises have modified the paths, the plans, and the visions sketched by the so-called "founding fathers". Finally, the course will show how history can shed a new light on current debates.
Teaching methods
This class will be taught on campus.
Evaluation methods
Written exam.
Other information
Prerequisite: none. Support: a table of contents and slides accompagning the lectures will be made available on Moodle.
Bibliography
See Moodle for details
Teaching materials
  • Desmond Dinan, Europe Recast: A History of European Union (2014) (recommended reading, see Moodle for details)
  • Slides and teaching materials on Moodle
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Communication

Master [120] in Translation

Master [120] in History

Master [120] in European Studies

Master [120] in Public Administration

Master [120] in Journalism