To develop an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the main approaches and theories of European integration and an ability to apply them to the enlargement of the European Union (EU)
Contents
1. Introductory lecture by the Jean Monnet professor on the organisation and academic division of labour between European Studies and European Union Studies across various social scientific and other disciplines 2. Discipline-by-discipline overview lectures of main approaches and/or theories of European integration in various fields of research. Each overview lecture is followed by an illustration/application of the discussed main approaches and/or theories on the empirical topic of EU enlargement. Each contributing discipline (lecturer) in its turn thus presents the approaches and/or theories peculiar to the discipline and applies them to the same case of EU enlargement.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
36 h
0 h
Seminar
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Active participation, exam, individual essay writing and seminar (5 ECTS)
OR
Active participation adn exam (2 ECTS)
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
A list of required additional reading will be distributed to the students in class