European Integration

This spotlight includes a brief description of European Studies at the UvA by Carlos Reijnen and how it came to be what it is today. Accompanying that piece are syllabi from several European Studies faculty members. P.W. Zuidhof shares his syllabus for the introductory course, titled 'Economic and Legal Integration in Europe.' Claske Vos and Robin de Bruin share their class, intended for first-year students: 'European Integration.' Boyd van Dijk shares his second-year course, 'Race, Rights, and Humanity in European History. Additionally, de Bruin delves into the creation of one of the textbooks widely used in European Studies classes at UvA, an edited volume recently expanded and translated into English, titled The Unfinished History of European Integration (University of Amsterdam Press, 2018). This text was largely organized by UvA faculty members - helping to create a cohesive program and class structure. Additionally, de Bruin comments about a newly published study on the construction of what it means to be European in Eurocentrism in European History and Memory (University of Amsterdam Press, 2019).