STORIA E POLITICA DELL'INTEGRAZIONE EUROPEA

Module POLITICA DELL'INTEGRAZIONE EUROPEA

Knowledge and Understanding
Students are expected to acquire and demonstrate an understanding of the key stages in the evolution of the idea of Europe, from its origins in classical antiquity up to the Ventotene Manifesto, by placing the main conceptual developments in their historical context and relating them to subsequent institutional and political achievements.

Applying Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the course, students should be able to use the knowledge acquired to critically interpret the main ideal and value-based sources that have informed—and continue to inform—the process of European integration, in the light of the intellectual traditions that have inspired it.

Making Judgments
By the end of the course, students are expected to develop an autonomous capacity for critical reflection and source analysis, starting from the seminar-based work on the Ventotene Manifesto.

Communication Skills
At the end of the course, students should have the necessary skills to articulate and present their knowledge and critical reflections on the conceptual history of the idea of Europe in a clear and sophisticated manner, adapting their discourse to different audiences and contexts (popular, institutional, academic, etc.).

Learning Skills
By the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired the skills and competences required to pursue further learning independently, including the ability to self-manage the identification and study of texts and sources related to the history of the idea of Europe, as well as to develop research paths extending beyond the chronological framework addressed in class.

Reference texts:

- F. Chabod, Storia dell'idea d'Europa, Laterza, any edition;

- A. Spinelli and E. Rossi, Il manifesto di Ventotene, Mondadori, any edition.

Non-attending students will also add:

L. Febvre, L'Europa. Storia di una civiltà, any edition (only lessons I, II, XXIII, XXIV, XXVIII)