In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Karin van Leeuwen, Aleksandra Komornicka, and Koen van Zon – contributors to The Unfinished History of European Integration that has now appeared in a revised edition – elucidate the main questions that organize their overview of European integration history; reflect on the applicability and usefulness of various influential theories when trying to narrate the history of European integration today; show what special contributions historians can make to the interdisciplinary study of the European Union; and discuss recent advances in the historiography of European integration, specifying questions that would deserve more attention in the future.
Karin van Leeuwen is an assistant professor at Maastricht University.
Aleksandra Komornicka is an assistant professor at Maastricht University.
Koen van Zon is a post-doctoral researcher at Studio Europa Maastricht.
The Unfinished History of European Integration has been co-authored by Koen van Zon, Matthew Broad, Aleksandra Komornicka, Paul Reef, Alessandra Schimmel and Jorrit Steehouder and published by Amsterdam University Press in 2024. The first, English-language version of the book was co-authored by Wim van Meurs, Robin de Bruin, Liesbeth van de Grift, Carla Hoetink, Karin van Leeuwen, and Carlos Reijnen and published under the same title and by the same publisher in 2018.
The conversation was conducted by Ferenc Laczó. Alina Young edited the audio recording.
