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Lecturer(s)
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Měšťánková Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Filipec Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Fiala Vlastimil, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Lecture topics: The idea of a united Europe and interwar attempts to unite Europe The European unification efforts of 1945-1949 European integration in the 1950s European integration in the 1960s-1970s European integration in the 1980s European integration 1993-2001 European integration 2001-2009 The post-Lisbon developments Seminars' topics The seminars focus on the respective enlargements of the EC/EU and the positions of the Member States in the process of European integration. First enlargement (UK, Ireland, Denmark) Southern Enlargement (Greece, Spain, Portugal) Northern enlargement (Austria, Sweden, Finland) Eastern enlargement (Central European states, Baltic countries, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus) Enlargement 2007 and 2013 (Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Attendace
- 36 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The primary objective of this one-semester course, History of the European Union, is to give students an understanding of the European Union's historical development from its inception to the present. Particular attention is devoted to the founding and evolution of the European Communities, their transformation into the European Union, institutional change, the enlargement process of the EC/EU, the attitudes of key European states towards European integration, and the position of the EC/EU within the wider context of international relations since 1945. The course develops students' competences defined by the LOUIS competence framework as critical thinking, integrative learning, and oral communication. The subject innovation has been supported by the project Support of Interdisciplinary Studies and Study Programmes Innovations at Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0091.
Students who have completed this course get the knowledge and skills required to detailed comprehension of historical background of European integration.
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Prerequisites
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The completion of this course is not conditioned upon completion of any other courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
It is essential that those students who would like to get the credit must have attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and they also must succeed in the exam. The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in Moodle.
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Recommended literature
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Dinan, D. A concise history of the European union. Boulder. 2025.
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Fiala, P., Krutílek, O., Pitrová, M. Evropská unie. Brno. 2018.
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Filipec, O. (2021). Evropská integrační politika : od myšlenky spolupráce po řešení aktuálních výzev. Trnava.
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Krastev, I. (2020). After Europe.
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Leucht, B., Seidel, K., Warlouzet, L. (eds.). (2023). Reinventing Europe: the history of the European Union, 1945 to the present. London.
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Strejček, P., Broul, D., Janega, J. (2022). Evropa spolu : průvodce po historii i současnosti Evropské unie. Olomouc.
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