Economic, Political and Social Identity in the European Union
                                       Professor John Wilton
                                             Lecture 1
                        Identity as a concept: the ‘narrative of identity’



                                                                      Timetable

Friday             16.4.10 (Room P1 at ESF)          11.05  Lecture 1      12.45. Lecture 2



Tuesday               20.4.10 (Room P10 at ESF)        16.20.  Lecture 3      18.00. Lecture 4

Friday               23.4.10 (Room P1 at ESF)          11.05. Workshop 1 (Group A - ESF students)

Friday             23.4.10 (Room P1 at ESF  )        12.45. Workshop 1(Group B - ESF students)



Tuesday               27.4.10 (Room P10 at ESF)        16.20. Lecture 5        18.00. Lecture 6

Wednesday         28.4.10 (Room U35 at FSS)       12.00. Workshop 1 (Group A and Group B

                                                                             FSS students)



Friday             07.5.10 (Room 315 at ESF)        11.05  Lecture 7       12.45. Lecture 8



Tuesday               04.5.10 (Room P10 at ESF)        16.20. Workshop 2 (Group A - ESF students)

Tuesday               04.5.10 (Room P10 at ESF)        18.00. Workshop 2 (Group B - ESF students)

Wednesday 05.5.10 (Room U35 at FSS)       12.00. Workshop 2 (Group A - FSS students)

Wednesday 05.5.10 (Room U32 at FSS)       14.00. Workshop 2 (Group B - FSS students)



Monday               11.05.09    SUBMISSION OF ESSAY  - Essays to be submitted by
                           email or through the Masaryk University Information System



                                             Lecture 1

•                         What we mean by ‘identity’ – the theoretical    concept.



2.  The symbols and processes that contribute to the production of identity at the national level



3.  Processes that could produce and promote a European Union identity

                                             Lecture 1

-THE ‘NARRATIVE OF THE NATION’

- national history

- literature

- through the media

- through popular culture

                            these provide:

- a set of stories, images, historical events, national symbols and rituals

                 …. which represent

- the shared experiences, triumphs and disasters,    which give meaning to the nation.

                                             Lecture 1

“The nine member states shared the same attitudes to life, based on determination to build a
society which measures up to the needs of the individual, that each wished to ensure that the
cherished values of their legal, political and moral order are respected. And that all were
determined to defend the principles of representative democracy, the rule of law, social justice
(the ultimate goal of economic progress) and respect for human rights.”

                                       (Commission of the European Community, 1973)

                                             Lecture 1

          SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:

- establishing over time a greater degree of mutual acceptance or tolerance amongst the different
peoples (different populations of each state) of the E. U.

     - through processes such as:

        - education

        - cultural exchanges

        - communication processes

        - economic and political processes

        - social celebrations/anniversaries/festivals