European and/or EU Studies Curriculum between Internal and External drivers

The main objective of this paper is to determine whether the particularity of courses in European Studies can still be characterized as ‘traditional,’ or whether such courses remain disjointed, seated in various disciplines. We surveyed the field of EU Studies/European Studies from two perspectives: as a ‘Disciplinary Framework’ of Political Science and as an ‘Interdisciplinary Framework.’ We argued that the process of specialization of such academic fields as European Studies and International Studies was triggered by a number of stimuli, both internal and external. We conclude by taking into account a third perspective, approaching EU Studies/European Studies as a ‘Multidisciplinary Framework.’ We argue that interdisciplinarity is the new orientation in drafting academic curricula