The teaching of European history pursues the general objective of the Degree Course, namely to train professionals endowed with autonomous and critical reasoning skills in relation to complex problems, also within the scope of the legal-regulatory aspects related to international processes.
In this perspective, the teaching aims to enable educators to incorporate an EU dimension into their activity, to acquire knowledge, values, skills and competences, empowering them to think critically and form well-informed and balanced opinions, by practicing core European values of social inclusion and European and international solidarity.
To that end, the teaching of European History aims to provide the student with a thorough preparation about the historical, cultural and juridical foundations of the European Union. This course also is designed to promote greater awareness of the role of the Union European as one of the most important players in an international, global and interdependent scenario, and to promote a critical reflection on the EU, its governance and decision-making processes, and on how it affects the citizens of the Member States and their democratic participation.
Expected learning outcomes: knowledge of the most crucial political-cultural and institutional junctions in the history of community integration; ability to understand the dynamics and transformation processes of European society; autonomous, creative and innovative thinking on the main historical and social events of contemporary Europe and ability to express complex political, social and juridical situations by acquiring new communication skills.
In this perspective, the teaching aims to enable educators to incorporate an EU dimension into their activity, to acquire knowledge, values, skills and competences, empowering them to think critically and form well-informed and balanced opinions, by practicing core European values of social inclusion and European and international solidarity.
To that end, the teaching of European History aims to provide the student with a thorough preparation about the historical, cultural and juridical foundations of the European Union. This course also is designed to promote greater awareness of the role of the Union European as one of the most important players in an international, global and interdependent scenario, and to promote a critical reflection on the EU, its governance and decision-making processes, and on how it affects the citizens of the Member States and their democratic participation.
Expected learning outcomes: knowledge of the most crucial political-cultural and institutional junctions in the history of community integration; ability to understand the dynamics and transformation processes of European society; autonomous, creative and innovative thinking on the main historical and social events of contemporary Europe and ability to express complex political, social and juridical situations by acquiring new communication skills.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
1) Analysis of the key moments of the European Union founding process: the transatlantic relations versus the formation of the Franco-German axis; the European Coal and Steel Community and the proposed European Defense Community; the establishment of new supranational institutions. The course will examine European Community's path first from the point of view of political history (especially with regard to the transnational cooperation between political parties and trade unions). Secondly, the course will take into account the history of ideas that is the analysis of the federalist thought within the twentieth century political cultures and about the importance of the religious factor on the dynamics of redefining the rules and institutions of European governance.
2) Analysis of the EU legal order, the evolution of the structure and functions of the main European institutions (Commission, European Parliament, Council, ECB and Luxembourg Court), integration theories and techniques (federalism, functionalism, neo-functionalism) and multi-level governance models. This analysis is designed to offer a reasoned and practical analysis of community construction, its crisis and development possibilities.
3) Evaluation of the limits and of the critical aspects of the mechanisms of European governance, with particular reference to the managing migration flows. The course will examine the following issues:
The Dublin Regulation, that is the EU law that determines which EU Member State is responsible for the examination of an application for asylum;
The policies related to the institutional developments of the Lisbon Treaty, which introduces a new legal basis for the promotion of integration measures;
The GAMM (Global approach to migration and mobility, adopted by the Commission in 2011);
The Strategic Guidelines of June 2014 (Stockholm Program);
The European Agenda on Migration.
Piero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019
Dispense
For non-attending students
Piero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019 [ultima edizione]
Enrica Rigo, Europa di confine: trasformazioni della cittadinanza nell'Unione allargata, Meltemi Editore srl 2007
Leonardo Rapone, Storia dell'integrazione europea, Carocci, ristampa 3^, 2018
Programme
The course will be structured into three parts:1) Analysis of the key moments of the European Union founding process: the transatlantic relations versus the formation of the Franco-German axis; the European Coal and Steel Community and the proposed European Defense Community; the establishment of new supranational institutions. The course will examine European Community's path first from the point of view of political history (especially with regard to the transnational cooperation between political parties and trade unions). Secondly, the course will take into account the history of ideas that is the analysis of the federalist thought within the twentieth century political cultures and about the importance of the religious factor on the dynamics of redefining the rules and institutions of European governance.
2) Analysis of the EU legal order, the evolution of the structure and functions of the main European institutions (Commission, European Parliament, Council, ECB and Luxembourg Court), integration theories and techniques (federalism, functionalism, neo-functionalism) and multi-level governance models. This analysis is designed to offer a reasoned and practical analysis of community construction, its crisis and development possibilities.
3) Evaluation of the limits and of the critical aspects of the mechanisms of European governance, with particular reference to the managing migration flows. The course will examine the following issues:
The Dublin Regulation, that is the EU law that determines which EU Member State is responsible for the examination of an application for asylum;
The policies related to the institutional developments of the Lisbon Treaty, which introduces a new legal basis for the promotion of integration measures;
The GAMM (Global approach to migration and mobility, adopted by the Commission in 2011);
The Strategic Guidelines of June 2014 (Stockholm Program);
The European Agenda on Migration.
Core Documentation
For attending studentsPiero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019
Dispense
For non-attending students
Piero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019 [ultima edizione]
Enrica Rigo, Europa di confine: trasformazioni della cittadinanza nell'Unione allargata, Meltemi Editore srl 2007
Leonardo Rapone, Storia dell'integrazione europea, Carocci, ristampa 3^, 2018
Type of delivery of the course
Classroom lessons and workshop exercises. The exercises are an integral part of the evaluation in progress for passing the exam.Type of evaluation
The assessment method consists of a written test: For attending students, in a report on the topics developed during the workshop exercises, aimed at demonstrating the acquisition of a deep cognitive and conceptual framework; For non-attending students, in a task with 4 open-ended questions, designed to demonstrate full knowledge of the reference texts. teacher profile teaching materials
1) Analysis of the key moments of the European Union founding process: the transatlantic relations versus the formation of the Franco-German axis; the European Coal and Steel Community and the proposed European Defense Community; the establishment of new supranational institutions. The course will examine European Community's path first from the point of view of political history (especially with regard to the transnational cooperation between political parties and trade unions). Secondly, the course will take into account the history of ideas that is the analysis of the federalist thought within the twentieth century political cultures and about the importance of the religious factor on the dynamics of redefining the rules and institutions of European governance.
2) Analysis of the EU legal order, the evolution of the structure and functions of the main European institutions (Commission, European Parliament, Council, ECB and Luxembourg Court), integration theories and techniques (federalism, functionalism, neo-functionalism) and multi-level governance models. This analysis is designed to offer a reasoned and practical analysis of community construction, its crisis and development possibilities.
3) Evaluation of the limits and of the critical aspects of the mechanisms of European governance, with particular reference to the managing migration flows. The course will examine the following issues:
The Dublin Regulation, that is the EU law that determines which EU Member State is responsible for the examination of an application for asylum;
The policies related to the institutional developments of the Lisbon Treaty, which introduces a new legal basis for the promotion of integration measures;
The GAMM (Global approach to migration and mobility, adopted by the Commission in 2011);
The Strategic Guidelines of June 2014 (Stockholm Program);
The European Agenda on Migration.
Piero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019
Dispense
For non-attending students
Piero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019 [ultima edizione]
Enrica Rigo, Europa di confine: trasformazioni della cittadinanza nell'Unione allargata, Meltemi Editore srl 2007
Leonardo Rapone, Storia dell'integrazione europea, Carocci, ristampa 3^, 2018
Programme
The course will be structured into three parts:1) Analysis of the key moments of the European Union founding process: the transatlantic relations versus the formation of the Franco-German axis; the European Coal and Steel Community and the proposed European Defense Community; the establishment of new supranational institutions. The course will examine European Community's path first from the point of view of political history (especially with regard to the transnational cooperation between political parties and trade unions). Secondly, the course will take into account the history of ideas that is the analysis of the federalist thought within the twentieth century political cultures and about the importance of the religious factor on the dynamics of redefining the rules and institutions of European governance.
2) Analysis of the EU legal order, the evolution of the structure and functions of the main European institutions (Commission, European Parliament, Council, ECB and Luxembourg Court), integration theories and techniques (federalism, functionalism, neo-functionalism) and multi-level governance models. This analysis is designed to offer a reasoned and practical analysis of community construction, its crisis and development possibilities.
3) Evaluation of the limits and of the critical aspects of the mechanisms of European governance, with particular reference to the managing migration flows. The course will examine the following issues:
The Dublin Regulation, that is the EU law that determines which EU Member State is responsible for the examination of an application for asylum;
The policies related to the institutional developments of the Lisbon Treaty, which introduces a new legal basis for the promotion of integration measures;
The GAMM (Global approach to migration and mobility, adopted by the Commission in 2011);
The Strategic Guidelines of June 2014 (Stockholm Program);
The European Agenda on Migration.
Core Documentation
For attending studentsPiero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019
Dispense
For non-attending students
Piero S. Graglia, L'Unione europea. Perché stare ancora insieme, Il Mulino 2019 [ultima edizione]
Enrica Rigo, Europa di confine: trasformazioni della cittadinanza nell'Unione allargata, Meltemi Editore srl 2007
Leonardo Rapone, Storia dell'integrazione europea, Carocci, ristampa 3^, 2018
Type of delivery of the course
Classroom lessons and workshop exercises. The exercises are an integral part of the evaluation in progress for passing the exam.Type of evaluation
The assessment method consists of a written test: For attending students, in a report on the topics developed during the workshop exercises, aimed at demonstrating the acquisition of a deep cognitive and conceptual framework; For non-attending students, in a task with 4 open-ended questions, designed to demonstrate full knowledge of the reference texts.