"The External Relations of the EU in Historical Perspective"

Dr. Angela Romano
Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute

Date: 29 January - 4 February, 2011
Venue: Kodaira Campus, Tsuda College

Saturday, 29th January

13:00-14:30	1st Lecture:	Introduction to the course. Definition of basic concepts. Organisation of working groups
15:00-17:00	Open Lecture

Sunday, 30th January

13:00-14:30	2nd Lecture:	The 1940s. Which Europe to re-build?
14:40-16:10	3rd Lecture:	The 1950s. The supranational integration process begins.

Monday, 31st January

10:30-12:00	4th Lecture/SEMINAR:
		The creation of the European Economic Community and its international effects
13:00-14:30	5th Lecture:	The 1960s. Attempts towards a Political Europe
14:40-16:10	6th Lecture:	Intergovernmental innovations: The European Political Cooperation and the European Council

Tuesday, 1st February

10:30-12:00	7th Lecture/SEMINAR:
		The 1970s. Western Europe's self-assertion towards the superpowers
13:00-14:30	8th Lecture:	The EC and the Communist states
14:40-16:10	9th Lecture/SEMINAR:
		Looking Southward

Wednesday, 2nd February

10:30-12:00	10th Lecture:	The 1980s. Asserting the European voice
13:00-14:30	11th Lecture:	The 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet bloc and the Road to the EU
14:40-16:10	12th Lecture:	The creation of the EU. The Maastricht Treaty and foreign policy

Thursday, 3rd Februray

10:30-12:00	13th Lecture/SEMINAR:
		EU's external relations in the 21st century
13:00-14:30	14th Lecture and general debate
	Lecture:	Overstretched? The EU-27 and the Lisbon Treaty

Friday, 4th February

10:30-12:00	Exam (at Sendagaya Campus)
13:00-17:00	International Workshop (at Sendagaya Campus)

• Syllabus