Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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LEUSL2050 - Interdisciplinary workshop "Europe as it is thought"



Credits : 5

Lecturers :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory.

Language of instruction :
Language: French (active knowledge) and English (minimum passive knowledge).

Learning outcomes :
To get the ability to face different models and paradigms from the theoretical analysis of Europe. To develop a critical and interdisciplinary understanding of European integration representations.

Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
The interdisciplinary seminar "Thinking Europe" provides an interdisciplinary analysis on both the innovative aspects of European societies and the European integration process. It will put forward representations of and theorizing on, Europe as well as what Europe produces herself. Various paradigms are used, taken from the fields involved in the study programme.

The workshop articulates critical readings of theoretical texts from sociology, political science, history, anthropology, philosophy, law and economics. The challenge for the student is to get access to those divergent/convergent analyses and to develop his own critical point of view and his capacity to bring out a personal argument on European studies.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral presentation or written work (critical analysis of a text).

Recommended or required reading :
To be determined.

Other information :
Support : compendium of texts.