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SYLLABUS OF THE PROGRAMME 2010-2011
For more information, please get in touch with the coordinator of the programme, Ville Laamanen (violla [at] utu.fi).
The Basic Structure of the Study Program
Opening Session (A'10)
Main Courses
POLH1019 (A3.4.1): History of European Integration (A'10)
POLH1024 (A3.4.2): Finland, the Nordic Countries and European Integration (S'11)
POLH1034 (A3.4.3): The European Union as a Political Phenomenon (A'10)
POLH1035 (A3.4.4.1): The Economic History of European Integration (BE)
POLH1036 (A3.4.4.2): The Idea of Europe and European Projects Before 1945 (BE)
POLH1038 (A3.4.4.3): Historiography of European Integration (BE)
POLH1071 (A3.4.5): A Cross-National Comparative Workshop: The European Union and European Media Landscapes (S'11)
Additional Courses Organised by the Program
POLH1025: Europe and the Other (S'11)
POLH2307: Europeanization in Europe-Between: The Cases of Croatia and Hungary (S'11)
POLH3061: From FINEFTA to European Union (S'11)
A'10 = The course is available in Autumn term 2010
S'11 = The course is available in Spring term 2011
BE = The course is a book exam, available throughout the academic year
Detailed Information
OPENING SESSION
The vice-rector of the University of Turku, professor Tapio Reponen will launch the 2010-2011 edition of the History and Politics of European Integration teaching program.
During the session, Mr Veli Sundbäck will give a presentation on Finland’s relation to the European integration process. Mr Sundbäck is an Executive Advisor and Former Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility at Nokia Corporation. Prior to his work at Nokia, Mr. Sundbäck held various ministry positions in Helsinki, Brussels and Geneva, including Under-Secretary of State for External Economic Relations at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1990 to 1993, and Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1993 to 1995. Mr Sundbäck was instrumental in Finland’s accession negotiations with the European institutions.
Students do not get separate credits from this conference, but students attending courses organized by the program are encouraged to attend.
Date and place: September 9th, 14-16, Tauno Nurmela lecture room, University Main Building (T1 on the Campus Map)
MAIN COURSES (A 3.4)
Finnish students are encouraged to turn to the Department's teaching program for more information:
http://www.soc.utu.fi/laitokset/poliittinenhistoria/opiskelu/opetusohjelma.html
AUTUMN TERM 2010
POLH1019 (A3.4.1): History of European Integration
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Calendar: The course will take place in the lecture room Publicum 4 (Campus map T50), from 10 to 12 am, on the following mondays:
6.9: First session, introduction to the series, the European idea and European projects before 1918
13.9: European cooperations before 1945, European projects during World War II, the situation in 1945
20.9: 1945-1949: the first steps of European "construction" (Marshall plan, OECD, Council of Europe, European Payments Union, NATO)
27.9: 1949-1951: Into the "Community method" (IAR, Schuman declaration)
4.10: 1951-1955: From the ECSC to the ECD (Paris treaty, development of the ECSC, debates about a free-trade organization, debates about the ECD)
11.10: 1955-1957: Prelude to the Rome treaties (negotiations and signature, Euratom, EEC)
18.10: 1958-1969: European integration under the shadow of Charles de Gaulle (EEC, EFTA, Empty chair crisis, British applicati
on, De Gaulles' endgame)
25.10: 1969-1973: The Communities between the first enlargment and the oil crisis
1 .11: 1973-1983: A "dismal decade" in Community integration?
8 .11: 1983-1986: Economic harmonization, the Luxemburg process and the EEA, the Single European Act
15.11: 1986-1995: Towards the Maastricht treaty, the 1995 enlargment, the Eurozone.
22.11: Conclusion: Why European integration? The EU in the 1990s, the EU today
29.11, 13.12: exams 1 and 2
Students will be provided with supplementary readings in relation with the themes of each lecture.
Aims and Contents: This course will introduce the students to the main historical developments of European integration from the end of WWI to the 1995 enlargement. The course will deal with the European idea, European projects before 1945, the nature of post-war European cooperation, the start of European integration in the 1950s and subsequent developments. Following the course, the student should understand the basic chronology of European integration, the nature of the phenomenon and its main driving forces.
Mode of Assessment: attendance and exam OR attendance and essay.
Alternatively you can take this course as a book exam. To do so, you should read two of the following books:
1. Dinan, Desmond (ed.): Origins and Evolution of the European Union (The New European Union Series, Oxford University Press, 2006)
2. Urwin D. W.: The Community of Europe. A History of European Integration since 1945 (London, Longman, 2nd ed., 1994 or newer edition, 2009)
OR
Dinan, Desmond: Europe Recast: A History of European Union (London, Palgrave, 2001)
Responsible teacher: Clerc
Contact hours: Tuesday 15.00 -16.00, Contemporary History
POLH1034 (A3.4.3): The European Union as a Political Phenomenon
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Aims and Contents: The course will deal with the political aspects of the European institutions and give a political scientist's perspective on European integration. It will break down into two parts: a first part on the political nature and functionning of EU institutions taught by Professor Tapio Raunio, University of Tampere, and a second part on the EU as a global actor taught by Assistant Professor Kimmo Elo, University of Turku.
Calendar: The course will take place in the Paasivirta lecture room in the Contemporary History building (T19 on the Campus map) on the following days and times:
(Tapio Raunio)
7.10: 14-17
8.10: 9-12
14.10: 14-17
15.10: 9-12
Exams for this first part: You have two possibilities to try and pass the exam. First exam will be on Tuesday 19.10, 10-12, Paasivirta lecture room. The seco nd exam will be on Tuesday 2.11, 14-16, Paasivirta lecture room.
(Kimmo Elo)
4.11: 14-17
11.11: 14-17
18.11: 14-17
25.11: 14-17
N.B.! Attendance to this course is limited to a maximum of 30-40 students: registering yourself to the coordinator of the program in advance is important. A background of studies in political sciences is considered a plus for being registered. The teacher of the class retains the right to stick to the list of registered students, and to refuse anyone whose name does not appear, or on the contrary to admit someone not on the list.
Responsible for the course: Clerc (for registration), Raunio, Elo (for teaching)
SPRING TERM 2011
POLH1024 (A3.4.2): Finland, the Nordic Countries and European Integration, 1945-1995
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Calendar & Location: The course will take place every monday mornings, from 10 to 12. The first day is January 10th, 2011 and the location is the Publicum 4 lecture room.
Please note: The last lecture will be given by professor Lasse Sonne (Carlos III University Madrid) on Friday, April 1st, from 10 to 12. Unlike the other lectures, it will take place in the Paasivirta lecture Hall in the Contemporary History building (T19 on the campus map). There will be no lecture on Moday, March 28th!
Aims and Content: The goal of the course is to introduce the students to European integration in Northern Europe from the beginning of WW II to the EU membership of Finland and Sweden. The students will be able to better understand the peculiarities of Nordic and Scandinavian politics related to the European integration process.
Mode of Assesment:
Responsible teacher: Louis Clerc
Contact hours: Tuesday 15.00 -16.00, Contemporary History
Students have the possibility to take this course as a book-exam, by selecting two books out of this list for examination:
1. Paavonen, Tapani: Vapaakauppaintegraation kausi. Suomen suhde Länsi-Euroopan integraatioon (SKS, Helsinki, 2008)
2. Miles, Lee (toim.): The European Union and the Nordic Countries (Routledge, London, 1996)
3. Thorsten B. Olesen (toim.): Interdependence versus integration, Denmark, Scandinavia and Western Europe, 1945-1960 (Odense University Press, 1995)
Unless the student chooses to pass this course as a book-exam, these books are not compulsory reading. However, all of these are excellent textbooks on the subject of the course, and the serious student would certainly benefit from reading at least one of them.
POLH1071 (A3.4.5): A Cross-National Comparative Workshop: The European Union and European Media Landscapes
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Calendar & Location: The lecture series will start on Thursday, March 10th at 12, at lecture room Pub 3 (Publicum, T50 on the campus map). Please note the change of venue!
Detailed Schedule:
Thursday, March 10th, 12-14, Pub 3 (lecture 1, Erkka Railo)
Thursday, March 17th, 12-14, Pub 3 (lecture 2, Juhana Tuomola)
Thursday, March 24th, 12-14, Pub 3 (lecture 3, Erkka Railo)
Thursday, March 31st, 12-14, Pub 3 (lecture 4, Sanna Turunen)
Thursday, March 7th, NO LECTURE
Thursday, April 14th, 12-14, Pub 3 (lecture 5, Hannu Nieminen)
NB! Wednesday, April 20th, 12-14, Pub 3 (lecture 6, Erkka Railo)
Thursday, April 28th, 12-14, Pub 3 (seminar 1)
Thursday, May 5th, 12-14, Pub 3 (seminar 2)
Thursday, May 12th, 12-14, Pub 3 (seminar 3)
Aims and Content: The aim of the course is to analyse the ideal and the current reality of a common European public sphere from different perspectives. The course consists of 6 lectures that explain the basic division and characteristics of the European public spheres, the information policy of the European Union as well as the way Finnish media looks Europe and the European Union, plus 3 seminar sessions. In addition to these, the students will write a 5 page analysis on the coverage of European issues in an European media of their choosing.
During the course, the students will be invited to think about the existence of European media landscapes, and to study the shape of a possible European political and media level.
Responsible teacher: Erkka Railo
N.B.! Attendance to this course is limited to a maximum of 30-40 students: registering yourself to the coordinator of the program (violla@utu.fi) in advance is important. A background of studies in political sciences is considered a plus for being registered. The teacher of the class retains the right to refer to the list of registered students, and to refuse anyone whose name does not appear, or on the contrary to admit someone not on the list.
BOOK EXAMS (A.3.4.4)
Book exams can be taken both during the autumn and spring terms.
The three following courses are book exams. For more information on book exams, including the exam dates and venue, please see the introductory page of the program.
The students will be assisted and supported through their preparation of this book exam in two ways. First of all, a book exam package will be made available during the entire academic year. These packages will contain technical information on registration, questions and the like. They will also list the parts of the books on which the exam will lay a special emphasis. Finally, they will list a series of resources related to the books. These book exam packages will be available from the lecture notes part of the program’s webpage. Second, the students will have the possibility to participate in a questions and answers session in the middle of each term (autumn and spring). The timetable and location of these sessions will be confirmed later.
POLH1035 (A3.4.4.1): The Economic History of European Integration
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Introductory session (recommended, but not compulsory for taking the exam): 22.10, 8-10, Paasivirta lecture room
Responsible teacher: Ville Laamanen
Required reading:
Two texts in total, i.e. 1. and 2a. OR 1. and 2b. OR 1 and 2c.:
1. Eichengreen, Barry: The European Economy since 1945: Co-ordinated Capitalism and Beyond (Princeton University Press, 2006/2008)
AND
2a. Milward, Alan: The European Rescue of the Nation-state (Routledge, London, revised edition 2000)
OR
2 b. Grant, W.: The Common Agricultural Policy (Basingtoke, Macmillan, London, 1997)
OR
2 c. Padoa-Schioppa, T.: The Euro and its Central Bank: Getting united After the Union (Cambridge, MIT Press, 2004)
POLH1036 (A3.4.4.2): The Idea of Europe and European Projects Before 1945
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Introductory session (recommended, but not compulsory for taking the exam): 22.10, 10-12, Paasivirta lecture room
Responsible teacher: Ville Laamanen
Required reading:
Two texts in total, i.e. 1. and 2a. OR
1. and 2b.:
1. Pagden, A., The Idea of Europe, From Antiquity to the European Union (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
AND
2a. Hobsbawm, Eric: Nations and Nationalism since 1780 (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
OR
2b. Mikkeli, Heikki: Europe as An Idea and An Identity (London and New York: Macmillan and St. Martin's Press 1998)
POLH1038 (A3.4.4.3): Historiography of European Integration
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Introductory session (recommended, but not compulsory for taking the exam): 22.10, 13-15, Paasivirta lecture room
Responsible teacher: Ville Laamanen
Required reading:
Two texts in total, i.e. 1. and 2a. OR 1. and 2b.:
1. Dinan, Desmond (ed.): Origins and Evolution of the European Union (The New European Union Series, Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 297-324, i.e. only Part V of the book).
AND
2a. Milward, Alan: The European Rescue of the Nation State (Routledge, London, 2nd revised edition, 2000)
OR
2b. Moravcsik, Andrew: The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht (Cornell University Press, 1998)
ADDITIONAL COURSES
AUTUMN TERM 2010
POLH1039: EU-English
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
Calendar: The course will take place in the Paasivirta lecture room, from 12 to 14 every Thursdays. The first session will take place on September 9th and the course will last until mid-December.
Aims and Content: The course does not aim to be an authoritative guide to the EU, but instead aims to cover a wide variety of EU-related issues that will be used as sources for studying and dealing with the language and terminology.
The responsible teacher for this course will also organize a special session on academic writing for students attending courses in the program requiring an essay to be written. The timetable and location of this session will be confirmed later.
N.B.! Attendance to this course is limited to a maximum of 30-40 students: registering yourself to the coordinator of the program in advance is important. The teacher of the class retains the right to stick to the list of registered students, and to refuse or admit anyone whose name does not appear.
Responsible teachers: Clerc (for registration), Damon Tringham (for the teaching)
SPRING TERM
POLH1025: Europe and the Other
Credits: 4 ECTS (4 op)
The sessions will take place on wednesday afternoons, from 12 to 14. The first day is January 12th, 2011. The course will last until April. The location is the Publicum 4 lecture hall (Publicum 5 for the March 9th and 16th lectures).
Aims and Content: This course is based on lectures held by leading experts and researchers. The goal of the course is to provide the students with various points of view on the relations of the European Union with its neighboring areas, various interpretations of “Europe" and European identity. It aims at presenting contending visions and definitions of Europe, as well as introducing the students to various aspects of the European Union’s foreign relations and to the problematic of Europe’s relations with figures of the "Other"
Mode of Assessment: 80% compulsory attendance (8 sessions) + a 5-10 pages "lecture diary" (there is no written exam in this course). The diary is a written assignment that can be completed on the basis of a single lecture or a broader theme that is common to two or more lectures. Additional reading specified by the lecturers should be used as supporting material for the lecture diary. The diary is to be given to the responsible teacher (Ville Laamanen) via e-mail (in .doc or .rtf format, to violla@utu.fi) or by delivering a paper copy. Please remember that your name and student number must be included in the lecture diary! The lecture diaries are due on Friday, April 15th at the latest.
Additional information about the lecture diary will be provided during the course. For basic information on writing a lecture diary, see e.g. the following links:
http://aasia.utu.fi/en/studying/index/LearningDiaryInstructions.pdf
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/yhpo/english/writinginstr.html
Lecturers and themes:
12.01: Marko Lehti: The Atlantic world and the "West"
19.01: Daria Gritsenko: Europe and Russia
26.01: Tommi Koivula: The EU strategic relations with neighboring areas
02.02: Aaretti Siitonen: The EU and Turkey
09.02: Rebecca Frilund: The EU and development policy
16.02: Arjan Myftari: The EU and the Balkans
23.02: Jonathan L'Hommedieu: Europe and the US during the Cold War
02.03: Markku Jokisipilä: A European Identity?
09.03: Jussi Pakkasvirta: Europe and Latin America (in Publicum 5)
16.03: Dong Wang: The EU and China (in Publicum 5)
Responsible teacher: Ville Laamanen
Contact hours: Tuesday 15.00 -16.00, Contemporary History
POLH2307: Europeanization in Europe-Between: The Cases of Croatia and Hungary
Basic requirements, Credits and Registration: 6 hours attendance + written assignment, for a total of 2 ECTS (2 op). No advance registration required.
Course Details: The Course consists of three 2-hour lectures, which are given by two visiting scholars, Prof. Zdravko Petak from the University of Zagreb and Assoc. Prof. Miklós Nagy from the University of Szeged.
- On Friday, April 15th, from 14 to 16, Prof. Petak will give a lecture titled "The Europeanization of South East Europe: Case-study of Croatia" (please click the title for the lecture materials in .pdf format).
- On Wednesday, April 20th, from 10 to 12 and from 14 to 16, Assoc. Prof. Nagy will give two separate lectures dealing with Hungary and European integration. The lectures will approach the topic from a historical perspective, with a focus on geopolitical issues, as well as through contemporary issues, including Hungary’s EU presidency. The first lecture is available for download here and the second lecture here.
Venue: All lectures will be held in Contemporary History’s Paasivirta Lecture Hall (building T19 on the campus map).
Mode of Assessment: Attendance of all 6 hours of lectures and a written lecture diary of 5–7 pages. The diary is a written assignment that can be completed on the basis of a single lecture or a broader theme that is common to two or all three of the lectures. The students are encouraged to choose the topic of the lecture diary independently, but if any questions arise, they can be referred to the responsible teacher of the History and Politics of European Integration teaching program, Ville Laamanen. The diary is to be given to the responsible teacher via e-mail (in .doc or .rtf format, to violla@utu.fi) or by delivering a paper copy. Please use a 12 pt font (preferably Times New Roman) and 1,5 line spacing. Please remember that your name and student number must be included in the lecture diary! The lecture diaries are due on Wednesday, May 11th at the latest. For basic information on writing a lecture diary, see e.g. the following links:
http://aasia.utu.fi/en/studying/index/LearningDiaryInstructions.pdf
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/yhpo/english/writinginstr.html
Responsible teacher: Ville Laamanen
Contact hours: Tuesday 15.00 -16.00, Contemporary History
POLH3061: FROM FINEFTA TO EUROPEAN UNION. 50 YEARS OF FINNISH WESTERN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
Credits: 2 ECTS (2 op)
Calendar and Location: The course is a one-day seminar which will take place on Friday, May 6th, from 9:30 to 17:00, in the Arcanum I lecture hall (ground floor of building T22 on the Campus Map).
Course details: For details of the seminar, please click here for the complete program in .pdf format . (For Finnish Students: Seminaariohjelman suomenkielisen versio on luettavissa täällä .) Students can get 2 ECTS credits for the seminar by participating in at least one of the sessions (either the morning or the afternoon session) and by writing a 5-7 page essay based on the contents of the presentations and additional reading. The seminar is open to the general public, and no preregistration is needed.
The following articles are recommended as additional reading:
Bloemen, Erik: A Problem to Every Solution. The Six and the Free Trade Area. In Thorsten B. Olesen (ed.): Interdependence Versus Integration. Denmark, Scandinavia and Western Europe, 1945-1960 (Odense University Press, 1995).
Laursen, Johnny & af Malmborg, Mikael: The Creation of Efta. In Thorsten B. Olesen (ed.): Interdependence Versus Integration. Denmark, Scandinavia and Western Europe, 1945-1960 (Odense University Press, 1995).
Paavonen, Tapani: From Isolation to the Core. Finland's Position towards European Integration, 1960-1995. In The Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 7, 1/2001, pp. 53-75.
Paavonen, Tapani: Finland and the Question of West European Economic Integration, 1947-1961 & Statistical Appendix. In The Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2-3/2004, pp. 85-109 & 155-181.
The essays, which can be written either in English or in Finnish, must be returned to the responsible teacher Ville Laamanen, on Friday, 20 May, 2011 at the latest. (Please note that if you are an exchange student in need of quick review of your essay, it will be available upon request!) The students are encouraged to choose the exact topic of the essay independently, but if any questions arise, they can be referred to the responsible teacher of the History and Politics of European Integration teaching program, Ville Laamanen. The essay is to be given to the responsible teacher via e-mail (in .doc, .rtf or .pdf format, to violla@utu.fi) or by delivering a paper copy. Please use a 12 pt font (preferably Times New Roman) and 1,5 line spacing. Please remember that your name and student number must be included in the essay!
Responsible teacher: Ville Laamanen
Contact hours: Tuesday 15.00 -16.00, Contemporary History
Courses organized elsewhere:
We also invite the students to check the courses related to EU integration and European questions organized by our partners in the University of Turku and in the Åbo Akademi. These courses can also be added by Finnish students to complete their minor in History and Politics of European Integration.
In this space will also be advertized the courses that we organize in common with various organizations.
Informations on courses we specifically advise for our students will be added as they come.
Organizations and links to check:
The Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Turku
The department of Social Policy has a course on The Changing Social Dimension of the European Union by Professor Johannes Pakaslahti that would fit in with the courses of our program. Check the timetable of the course at the following address:
The Changing Social Dimension of the European Union
The course has a registration, so get in touch with the organizers before going to the first session.
Turku Law School
http://www.law.utu.fi/opiskelu/turkulawschool/
for basic courses on European law.
The Baltic Sea Region Studies program's non degree package of courses
for courses on the Baltic Sea region, IR theory, identities and geopolitics
The European Heritage program's non-deegree courses
http://www.europeanheritage.utu.fi/studying/structure/
The Turku School of Economics
http://www.tse.fi/EN/studying/curriculum/Pages/default.aspx
for courses on trade relations and European business.
We recommend especially the following courses, providing they are organized in 2010-2011:
KVS10 / The Development of EU – Russia Economic Relations (6 ECTS)
KV21 / The Road from Socialism to Capitalism (3 ECTS)
KV12 / The European Business Environment (3 ECTS)
Åbo Akademi
The program has good relations with the Swedish-speaking Åbo Akademi. Get in touch with Monica Nylund there for information on the courses: monica . nylund [a] abo . fi
Additional conferences and events
The program aims at organizing conferences and various events for the students. This space will be used to put all information on these events along the year. The students will also be informed through e-mails and are invited to check the information board in their departments for information.