Eurst 316 Spring 02, Skinner 202, Monday 7-9

 

The New Europe

A history of the European community from 1950 to the present. How does it function? What are the attitudes of each of its members? What are its actual problems: European money, European agriculture, European attitudes toward imigration? Is there a European culture?

 

Syllabus updated regularly

1/28: Nicole Vaget/ Penny Gill	Introduction: presentation of "Gateway to Europe"
2/4: Penny Gill	Politics of European Integration
2/11 lecture by Bill McKibben, environmental activist and author, Gamble	The Environment as Moral Challenge
2/12 Jens Christiansen	Introduction of the Euro
2/18 Jens Christiansen	Introduction & Historical Overview of European Economic Integration
2/25 Raven Fonfa, reference librarian, Library 231	Presentation of MHC and 5 College library ressources: books, e-books and on-line information
3/4 A. Palluel-Guillard	Historical perspective on previous attempts to seek a European unity
3/11 A. Palluel-Guillard	Building of the European community from 1945 to the present
(Semester break)
3/25 A. Palluel-Guillard	European institutions
4/1 A. Palluel-Guillard	European institutions
4/8 A. Palluel-Guillard	The Welfare State and social policy
4/15 A. Palluel-Guillard	Foreign and military policies
4/22 A. Palluel-Guillard	Centralization and regionalization
4/29 A. Palluel-Guillard	Visit of Gildas Hamel
5/6 A. Palluel-Guillard	Unity and expansion of EU

Faculty involved in the seminar

<jchristi@mtholyoke.edu> = Jens Christiansen, Professor of Economics at MHC
<pgill@mtholyoke.edu> = Penny Gill, Professor of politics, MHC
<nvaget@mtholyoke.edu> = Nicole Vaget, Professor of French , MHC
<apgu@noos.fr >= André Palluel-Guillard, Professor of History, Université de Savoie, France

 

 

Students

 

A few fun links:

A presentation of Europe to the Japanese

Flags of Europe