Syllabus
Programme in Summer Term 2019
Lecture and Seminar times:
Session 1:
Wednesday March 6th (10:00-12:00 + 14:00-15:45)
Thursday March 7th (10:00-12:00 + 14:00-15:45)
Session 2:
Wednesday April 3th (10:00-12:00 + 14:00-15:45)
Thursday April 4th (10:00-12:00 + 14:00-15:45)
Location:
All classes will take place in room STAN317 (Staroměstské náměstí 1) for instructions how to get to the location see https://mapy.cz/zakladni?x=14.4206289&y=50.0869211&z=18&source=addr&id=9108273&q=starom%C4%9Bstsk%C3%A9%20n%C3%A1m%C4%9Bst%C3%AD%204%2F1 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTan0k0yzSA&feature=youtu.be)
March Session
Class 1 (Wednesday 6 March, 10:00)
Lecture: The UK as Reluctant European (1950-1979)
Class 2 (Wednesday 6 March, 14:00)
Lecture: The Thatcher Years (1979-90)
Class 3 (Thursday 7 March, 10:00)
Lecture: From Major to Cameron - Creeping Euroscepticism
Class 4 (Thursday 7 March, 14:00)
Discussion: Origins and Development of Euroscepticism in the UK
April Session
Class 5 (Wednesday 3 April, 10:00)
Lecture: The case for and against Brexit
Class 6 (Wednesday 3 April, 14:00)
Lecture: Brexit - When? and How? What is a 'No Deal' Brexit ?
Class 7 (Thursday 4 April, 10:00)
Lecture: Implications of Brexit for the UK and the EU
Class 8 (Thursday 4 April, 14:00)
Discussion: The Present Political Situation in the UK. Potential Risks and Disadvantages of Brexit from European, British and Czech Perspectives
Annotation
This course seeks to explore the troubled relationship between the UK and the European Union from the creation of the EEC in the 1950s through to the present day. The history and politics of European integration as an issue in British politics will be explored, before an in-depth analysis is offered of the reasons for the UK referendum's decision to leave the EU, and the options and processes available to achieve Brexit.
The course will take the form of eight lectures, each followed by a period of discussion. It will be assessed by means of coursework (an assessed 2000-word essay to be submitted on or before June 10th 2019. There will also be a mark for class attendance and participation (20% of the total). The course lecturer is Dr Alan Butt Philip, Jean Monnet Reader and then Honorary Reader at the University of Bath from 1992-2015, who has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University since 2007.
The Course Assistant at FSV, to whom all queries concerning the organisation of this course should be directed, is Dr Jan Váška, jan.vaska@fsv.cuni.cz