Course Plan
August 24, 2015. Introduction
History
Aug 26, 2015. Anthony Pagden, Introduction; Anthony Pagden, “Europe: Conceptualizing a Continent"; J. G. A. Pocock, “Some Europe in their History,” in
The Idea of Europe, pp. 1-71.
August 31, 2015. William Chester Jordan, “‘Europe’ in the Middle Ages”; Hans Blom, “The Republican Mirror”; Biancamaria Fontana, “The Napoleonic Empire and the Europe of Nations”; Wilfred Nippel, “Homo Politicus and Homo Economics,” in
The Idea of Europe, pp. 72-138.
September 2, 2015. Michael Herzfeld, “The European Self”; Ariane Chebel d’Apollonia, “European Nationalism and European Union”; Luisa Passerini, “From the Ironies of Identity to the Identities of Irony,” in
The Idea of Europe, pp. 139-208.
September 7, 2015. Talal Asad, “Muslims and European Identity”; Philip Ruttley, “The Long Road to Unity”
Recommended at Lilly Library: Emir Kusturica, UndergroundSeptember 9, 2015. Elie Cohen, “The Euro, Economic Federalism, and the Question of National Sovereignty,”
in
The Idea of Europe; James Tully, “The Kantian Idea of Europe,”
in
The Idea of Europe.
Recommended at Lilly Library: Wolfgang Becker,
Goodbye Lenin! Documents
September 14, 2015. 2015 State of the Union address;
2015 European Agenda on Migration.
September 16, 2015. Treaty on European Union, as signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, pp. 1-131.
September 21, 2105. Treaty on European Union, as signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992. pp. 133-260.
September 23, 2015. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. pp. 1-81.
September 28, 2105. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. pp. 82-151.
September 30, 2105. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. pp. 152-192.
October 5, 2105. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. pp. 193-267.
October 7, 2105. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. pp. 268-351.
October 12, 2015. Fall Break.
October 14, 2105. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. pp. 352-482.
Citizenship
October 19, 2105. Marc Morjé Howard,
The Politics of Citizenship in Europe, pp. 1-72.
October 21, 2105. Marc Morjé Howard,
The Politics of Citizenship in Europe, pp.
73-147.
October 26, 2105. Marc Morjé Howard,
The Politics of Citizenship in Europe, pp.
148-206.
October 28, 2105. Engin Isin and Michael Saward, “Questions of European Citizenship,” from
Enacting European Citizneship (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Available
hereCulture
November 2, 2105. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Notes on World Literature. Available
here. Mazzini, Giuseppe. “European Literature,” Available
here. Brunetière, Ferdinand. “European Literature.” Available
here. Valéry, Paul. “Notes on the Greatness and Decadence of Europe.” Available
here.
Recommended at Lilly Library: Cédric Klapisch,
L'auberge espagnoleNovember 4, 2105. Eliot, Thomas Stearns. "The Unity of European Culture." Available
here. Curtius, Ernst Robert. “European Literature.” Available
here. Auerbach, Erich. "Philology and Weltliteratur." Available
here.
Crises
November 9, 2105. Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos,
Crucible of Resistance: Greece, the Eurozone and the World Economic Crisis, pp. 1-90.
November 11, 2105. Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos,
Crucible of Resistance: Greece, the Eurozone and the World Economic Crisis, pp. 91-130.
November 16, 2105. Josè Saramago,
The Stone Raft, pp.
November 18, 2105. Josè Saramago,
The Stone Raft, pp.
November 23, 2105. Students’ presentations.
November 25, 2105. Thanksgiving.
November 30, 2105. Students’ presentations.
December 2, 2105. Students’ presentations.
