950149 KU Plans for Europe and their Historical Context before 1945 (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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This is a fee-based continuing education (master's) program/certificate program offered by the Postgraduate Center. Please note that you must be admitted to a continuing education (master's) programe/certificate program * to participate. For further information regarding continuing education (mster's) programs/certificate programs, please visit: https://www.postgraduatecenter.at/en/
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 11.02.2025 11:00 to Tu 25.02.2025 11:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 25.02.2025 11:00
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The aim of this course is to investigate selected plans for European unification from around 1200 to the 1940ies and their cultural, intellectual, and political contexts as they relate to plans for European unification. The course combines text interpretations, background information, discussions and presentations.
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral exam (60 %)
• two examination questions
• exam material: the texts, my explanations, the presentations, and the discussions.
• assessment criteria: competent presentation, analysis, and evaluation of the authors and topics discussed; awareness of problems; references to contemporary issues; conceptual clarity.Presentation or written paper (35%)
• Presentation: approx. 30 minutes or five pages (paper). Structure: brief biography – political ideas – European plan – optionally: analysis of text excerpts.
• Language: English, proficiency level B2+/C1.
• Prepare a handout (approx. 1-2 pages) – please upload the electronic version as well as any relevant texts or materials on Moodle.
• Relevant secondary literature must be incorporated.Class Participation (5%)
• Attendance is mandatory due to the exam-based nature of the course.
• Prepare the authors' texts for each session – active participation (e. g. commenting on texts, participating in discussions)
• two examination questions
• exam material: the texts, my explanations, the presentations, and the discussions.
• assessment criteria: competent presentation, analysis, and evaluation of the authors and topics discussed; awareness of problems; references to contemporary issues; conceptual clarity.Presentation or written paper (35%)
• Presentation: approx. 30 minutes or five pages (paper). Structure: brief biography – political ideas – European plan – optionally: analysis of text excerpts.
• Language: English, proficiency level B2+/C1.
• Prepare a handout (approx. 1-2 pages) – please upload the electronic version as well as any relevant texts or materials on Moodle.
• Relevant secondary literature must be incorporated.Class Participation (5%)
• Attendance is mandatory due to the exam-based nature of the course.
• Prepare the authors' texts for each session – active participation (e. g. commenting on texts, participating in discussions)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
0 – 49 %: Nicht Genügend
50 –64 %: Genügend
65 –79 %: Befriedigend
80 –89 %: Gut
90 –100 %: Sehr Gut.
50 –64 %: Genügend
65 –79 %: Befriedigend
80 –89 %: Gut
90 –100 %: Sehr Gut.
Examination topics
Learning Objectives
The goal is to acquire a thorough understanding of the foundations and historical background of European integration.Learning Format
A combination of text analyses, presentations, and discussions.
The goal is to acquire a thorough understanding of the foundations and historical background of European integration.Learning Format
A combination of text analyses, presentations, and discussions.
Reading list
Aksu, Esref, ed., Early Notions of Global Governance. Selected Eighteenth-Century Proposals for ‘Perpetual Peace’ (Cardiff 2008).
Heater, Derek, The idea of European unity (Leicester und London 1992).
Pasture, Patrick, Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD (New York 2015).Recommended literature
Aksu, Esref, ed., Early Notions of Global Governance. Selected Eighteenth-Century Proposals for ‘Perpetual Peace’ (Cardiff 2008).
Amato, Giuliano, Enzo Moavero-Milanesi, Gianfranco Pasquino, Lucrezia Reichlin, eds., The History of The European Union. Constructing Utopia (Oxford 2018).
Cavallar, Georg, Imperfect cosmopolis: studies in the history of international legal theory and cosmopolitan ideas (Cardiff 2011).
Heater, Derek, The idea of European unity (Leicester und London 1992).
Kohler, Manfred, European Identity (Wien, Graz 2012).
Murray, Philomena, and Paul Rich, eds., Visions of European Unity (London and New York 2018).
Pagden Anthony, ed., The idea of Europe. From antiquity to the European Union (Cambridge 2002).
Pasture, Patrick, Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD (New York 2015).
Wilson, Kevin, and Jan van der Dussen, eds., The history of the idea of Europe (London 2002).
Wintle, Michael, ‘The History of the Idea of Europe: Where are We Now?’, Perspectives on Europe, 43, 1 (2013), 8-12.
Heater, Derek, The idea of European unity (Leicester und London 1992).
Pasture, Patrick, Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD (New York 2015).Recommended literature
Aksu, Esref, ed., Early Notions of Global Governance. Selected Eighteenth-Century Proposals for ‘Perpetual Peace’ (Cardiff 2008).
Amato, Giuliano, Enzo Moavero-Milanesi, Gianfranco Pasquino, Lucrezia Reichlin, eds., The History of The European Union. Constructing Utopia (Oxford 2018).
Cavallar, Georg, Imperfect cosmopolis: studies in the history of international legal theory and cosmopolitan ideas (Cardiff 2011).
Heater, Derek, The idea of European unity (Leicester und London 1992).
Kohler, Manfred, European Identity (Wien, Graz 2012).
Murray, Philomena, and Paul Rich, eds., Visions of European Unity (London and New York 2018).
Pagden Anthony, ed., The idea of Europe. From antiquity to the European Union (Cambridge 2002).
Pasture, Patrick, Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD (New York 2015).
Wilson, Kevin, and Jan van der Dussen, eds., The history of the idea of Europe (London 2002).
Wintle, Michael, ‘The History of the Idea of Europe: Where are We Now?’, Perspectives on Europe, 43, 1 (2013), 8-12.
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