European cooperation since 1919 - JTM209

• Title: European cooperation since 1919
• Czech title: Evropská spolupráce od roku 1919
• Guaranteed by: Department of European Studies (23-KZS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 20 / unknown (5)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: yes
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• Key competences: critical thinking
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Zuzana Kasáková, Ph.D.; Laurent Warlouzet; Olga Hidalgo-Weber
• Teacher(s): Olga Hidalgo-Weber; PhDr. Zuzana Kasáková, Ph.D.; Alice Milor; Laurent Warlouzet
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

English

The course European cooperation since 1919 is a 4EU+ joint course of Sorbonne Université, Université de Genève, and Charles University. It encompasses not only the history of the European Union and its forerunner since 1950 but also all forms of European cooperation with an element of institutional formalization from 1919, when the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation, two international organizations with a large European operative basis, were founded. Beyond the European Union, it also includes organizations such as the Council of Europe, OEEC/OECD, NATO), and the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe created in 1975). It also includes analyses of the societal actors underpinning or opposing closer European integration, ranging from non-state actors such as transnational political party organizations, professional associations, and stable cartels among companies. Hence, the course touches on various sub-disciplines, including political, economic, social, cultural, legal, diplomatic, and military history.

The joint MA course combines 5 online sessions (each of 150 min) and a final two-day seminar discussing the (examen) papers of the participating students taking place in Paris in May 2026.

The course is open only to students of master's degree programmes.

Last update: Kasáková Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (03.02.2026)

Czech

Kurz Evropská spolupráce od roku 1919 je společným magisterským kurzem aliance 4EU+ realizovaným Sorbonne Université, Université de Genève a Univerzitou Karlovou. Zaměřuje se na vývoj evropské spolupráce od roku 1919, včetně dějin Evropské unie a dalších mezinárodních organizací, jako jsou Společnost národů, Rada Evropy, OECD, NATO či OBSE, a na roli státních i nestátních aktérů evropské integrace. Kurz propojuje politické, hospodářské, sociální, právní a kulturní souvislosti.
Společný magisterský kurz kombinuje pět online výukových bloků (každý v délce 150 minut) a závěrečný dvoudenní seminář, během něhož budou diskutovány závěrečné (examinační) práce studentů. Tento seminář se uskuteční v Paříži ve dnech 6. – 7. května 2026.
Kurz je určen výhradně studentům magisterských studijních programů.

Last update: Kasáková Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (03.02.2026)

Syllabus

The course is composed of 5 online sessions from February to April 2026. In addition, a two-day spring school on exam papers takes place on 6 and 7 May 2026 in Paris. 5 May 2026 is an arrival day.

Programme:

Thursday, 19 February, 10:00-12:30, Charles University Introductory session

Thursday 26 February: 30 mn common introduction / 2 hrs Olga Hidalgo-Weber, "The League of Nations, a laboratory for Europe"

Thursday 12 March: Olga Hidalgo-Weber, "The ILO's role in construction a European Social Model" / Zuzana Kasakova, "The Idea of Europe during the Interwar period"

Thursday 19 March: Zuzana Kasakova, "The Idea of Europe in the 1940s" 

Thursday 26 March: Alice Milor, "Industrialists and the Shaping of European Integration since the 1920s"  

Thursday 2 April: Laurent Warlouzet, "Europe as a political and geopolitical entity, from 1950 to the present"  + 12h: common conclusion

Spring School

Wednesday 6 May 2026 – Thursday 7 May 2026, arrival day: Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Each student will pay for their own transport and accommodation, funded through 4EU+. Paris University will pay for lunch on 6 May and 7 May. The evenings of 5 May and 6 May are free.

The Spring School will take place at the Condorcet Campus in Aubervilliers, north of Paris (Métro line 12, Front Populaire / RER B, Stade de France).

It includes low-cost accommodation at the Maison des chercheurs.

Last update: Kasáková Zuzana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.01.2026)