Professor Nigel Boyle Scott Hall, Rm. 213 Extension 7-3770 nigel_boyle@pitzer.edu Mon 4:15p-5:30p Tu/Th 9:40a-10:50a

The EU Junior Scholars Seminar permits students to meet with visitors to the EU Center in a seminar setting, allowing them to explore issues introduced in public settings in greater depth.  During Fall 1999, the Seminar will focus on the potential enlargement of the European Union to include the anticipated enlargement of the European Union to include states in northern and eastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.

The Seminar will discuss different aspects of EU enlargement, including the selection process for membership; relations with states not selected for membership; policy changes necessitated by enlargement; and incumbent reforms to political institutions.  Scheduled visitors include senior scholars from the fields of law, history, politics and economics, as well as representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and other public officials.  In addition, the Seminar discussion will occasionally be lead by Faculty Associates of the EU Center from the Claremont Colleges.

 Selection of participants and course requirements:

Normally, faculty nominate students for designation as EU Junior Scholars; final selection is on a competitive basis.  The Junior Scholars have three regularly scheduled meetings each week.  In addition, they are invited to attend occasional sessions outside these hours (typically over the noon hour); the times for these additional sessions are noted on the syllabus.

The Junior Scholars are expected to participate actively in these events.  They will also research a topic related to the Seminar’s overall theme; the results of this research will be shared with the Seminar at the conclusion of the semester.  Grades will reflect individual participation in the Seminar as well as the quality of final projects submitted by the Junior Scholars.

 The course grade will be comprised of:
1. Participation 40%
2. Group Presentation (week of November 1) 20%
3. Research Project (circulation version, due November 23) 20%
4. Research Project (final version, due December 6 or December 13) 20%

Materials required:

Elizabeth Pond, The Rebirth of Europe (Washington, D.C.:  Brookings Institution Press, 1999), available at the offices of the European Union Center of California, located at 240 East 11th Street.

We have also put together a course reader which can be purchased at the EU Center.

Course Reader materials to contain articles on information or subject material relating to:

1. Enlargement criteria—Agenda 2000.
2. Presidency conclusions-Cologne European Council, June 3-4, 1999.
3. Publications by Esko Antola.
4. Publications by Ivan Berend.
5. Publications by Horst Krenzler.
6. Publications by Stefan Trechsel (or publications he recommends).
7. Publications by Steve Lamy (or CFSP publications he recommends).
8. Speeches or reports by Thomas Spencer.
9. Publications by Benjamin Cohen (most notably, the Research Brief).
10. Publications recommended by Tom Ilgen on EU-Turkish relations.

 Subscriptions/outside preparation:

Students are advised to listen to the daily updates of the BBC’s “Europe Today” program at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/summary.ram.   The web page of the Finnish presidency of the Council of Ministers (http://presidency.finland.fi) is another useful source of information. Finally, students may wish to subscribe to The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune and The Economist; subscription information will be distributed in class.

Tues. 8/31:  First Day of Class----setup

Thurs. 9/2: European Disunion 1618-1945

Mon. 9/6: Labor Day ---No class

Tues. 9/7: European union 1945-99

Thurs. 9/9: Seminar meets to discuss Esko Antola’s publications

Mon. 9/13:  Esko Antola speaks on the topic “Beyond Amsterdam:  Institutional Reforms of the European Union”  at 4:15 p.m. in Wilbur Hall at Scripps College.

Tues. 9/14: Esko Antola leads seminar discussion.

Tues. 9/14: Esko Antola, Jean Monnet Scholar, University of Turku, Finland and European Union Scholar in Residence at the EU Center of California speaks on the topic “From a Civilian Power to a World Power:  European Union in World Affairs” at 12:00 p.m.  in  the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College.

Wed. 9/15: Esko Antola, Jean Monnet Scholar, University of Turku, Finland and European Union Scholar in Residence at the EU Center of California speaks on the topic “Money and Power:  A New European Great Power in the Making” at 4:15 p.m. in GMB 110 at the Claremont Graduate University. (tentative)

Thurs 9/16: Seminar meets to discuss Ivan Berend’s publications.

Mon. 9/20:  Esko Antola, Jean Monnet Scholar, University of Turku, Finland and European Union Scholar in Residence at the EU Center of California speaks on the topic “Small States and European Integration” at 12:00 p.m. in Oldenborg at Pomona College.

Mon. 9/20: Seminar does not meet (Yom Kippur).

Tues: 9/21: Ivan Berend leads seminar discussion.

Tues. 9/21:  Ivan Berend, Professor of History and Director of the Center for European and Russian Studies at UCLA, speaks on the topic “The Planned Expansion of the European Union” at (time: TBD) in (location:  TBD) at Pitzer College.

Thurs. 9/23: Seminar meets to discuss Krenzler’s publications.

Mon. 9/27: Horst Krenzler, former Director General of External Relations of the European commission and lecturer at the University of Munich speaks on the topic “The Emergence of a New Europe:  Political and Economic Implications for the U.S.” at 12:00 p.m. in Oldenborg at Pomona College.

Mon 9/27: Seminar meets to discuss Trechsel and Lamy’s publications.

Tues. 9/28: Stefan Trechsel leads seminar discussion.

Tues. 9/28. Stefan Trechsel, Professor of Law at Bern University, Switzerland, speaks on the topic “Europe’s Expanding Human Rights Regime” at (time: TBD) in (location:  TBD) at Pitzer College
 
Thurs. 9/30: Steve Lamy leads seminar discussion.

Thurs. 9/30: Steve Lamy, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California, speaks on the topic “The European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy” at 12:00 p.m. in Oldenborg at Pomona College.

Mon. 10/4: Seminar discusses publications of Paemen and Spencer.

Tues. 10/5. Ambassador Hugo Paemen leads seminar discussion.

Tues. 10/5:  Ambassador Hugo Paemen, Head of Delegation of the European Commission, speaks on the topic “The United States, Europe, and the Pacific” at 12:00 p.m. in Wilbur Hall at Scripps College.  (You are also invited to attend the reception for the Ambassador at 11:00 a.m. in Margaret Fowler Garden at Scripps College.)

Wed. 10/6: Christophe Crombez speaks on the topic “Policy Making and Commission Appointment in the European Union” at 4:15 p.m. in GMB 110 at the Claremont Graduate University.

Thurs 10/7: Thomas Spencer leads the seminar discussion.
 
Thurs. 10/7: Thomas Spencer, Former Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, speaks on the topic “Stabilizing the Balkans” at 12:00 p.m. in Oldenborg Dining Hall at Pomona College

Mon. 10/11: Patricia Dillon, Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Professor of Contemporary European Studies and Professor of Economics at Scripps College, speaks on the topic “The Domestic Impacts of Accession to European Union Membership for the Czech Republic and Estonia” at 4:15 p.m. in Wilbur Hall at Scripps College.

Tues. 10/12: Open Date

Thurs. 10/14: Professor Boyle leads seminar.

Mon. 10/18: No Class – Fall Recess

Tues. 10/19: No Class – Fall Recess

Thurs. 10/21: Nikola Lindertz, Deputy Consul of the Finnish Consulate, leads seminar discussion.

Thurs. 10/21: Tyler Stovall, Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz speaks on the topic “Love, Labor and Race:  Colonial Men and White Women in France during World War I” at 11:00 a.m. in Carnegie 107 at Pomona College (Westergaard Speakers Series).

Mon. 10/25:  State of  the European Union Address by Maria Serenius, Consul General of Finland, on behalf of the presidency state of the Council of Ministers, at Scripps College at 4:15 p.m. in Wilbur Hall at Scripps College.

Tues. 10/26: Seminar discusses Benjamin Cohen’s publications.

Wed. 10/27: Benjamin J. Cohen, Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at UC Santa Barbara,  speaks on the topic “The Geography of Money” at 12:00 p.m. in Oldenborg at Pomona..

Wed. 10/27: Benjamin J. Cohen, Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at UC Santa Barbara,  speaks on the topic “Dollarization” at 4:15 p.m. in GMB 110 at the Claremont Graduate University.

Thurs. 10/28: Professor Elazar Barkan and Alexander Karn lead seminar discussion.

Mon. 11/1: Professor Nigel Boyle and Ravi Roy lead seminar discussion.

Tues. 11/2: Doug Northrop , Professor of History at Pitzer College, leads seminar discussion.

Wed.  11/3: Gerald R. Kleinfeld, Executive Director, German Studies Association, Arizona State University, speaks on the topic “(TBD)” at 12:00 p.m. in Oldenborg at Pomona College.

Thurs. 11/4: Open Date

Mon. 11/8: Katherine Zucca speaks on the topic “European Union/Turkish Relations and the Future of European Union” at 4:15 p.m. at Wilbur Hall at Scripps College.

Tues. 11/9: Open Date

Thurs. 11/11: Nüket Kardam, Associate Professor of Public Administration at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, leads seminar discussion.

Mon. 11/15 Open Date

Tues. 11/16: Tom Ilgen, The Jones Foundation Professor of Political Studies at Pitzer College, leads seminar discussion.

Thurs.  11/18: Professor Katherine Hagedorn leads seminar discussion.

Thurs. 11/18: Ann Stoler, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, speaks on the topic “Developing Historical Negatives:  Modernist Unions of the Colonial State” at 11 a.m. in Carnegie 107 at Pomona College (Westergaard Speakers Series).

Mon. 11/22: Hayri Hayret Yalav, Consul General of Turkey, speaks on the topic “Turkish Relations with the European Union” at 4:15 p.m. in Wilbur Hall at Scripps College

Tues. 11/23: Open Date

Thurs. 11/25: No Class – Thanksgiving Recess

Mon. 11/29: Student presentations

Tues. 11/30: Student presentations

Thurs. 12/2: Student presentations

Thurs. 12/2: Antoinette Burton, Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign speaks on the topic “Tongues Untied:  Lord Salisbury’s Black Man and the Boundaries of Late-Victorian Imperial Democracy” at 11:00 a.m. in Carnegie 107 at Pomona College (Westergaard Speakers Series).

Mon. 12/6: Student presentations

Tues. 12/7: Student presentations

Thurs. 12/9: Last Day of Class