A DIIS Lecture Series funded by Europanævnet:What Characterises Today’s EU Debates? This autumn six leading EU scholars visit the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) to discuss their perspectives on today’s political contestation in the European Union. Recent EU debates have been dominated by discussions about the new reform treaty and the issue of further enlargement. However, a look beyond these debates reveal new and unexplored lines of EU contestation, which transgress previous divides. Whereas EU attitudes traditionally have been understood in terms of the left-right cleavage or simply a matter of wanting more or less political union, cross-cutting issues such as environmental policy, energy, immigration and religion have emerged and are forming new dividing lines. The DIIS lecture series takes its point of departure in the investigation of these new patterns. 13 September 2007 at 13.30 in Nordskov Why Memory Matters to Current EU Debates Catherine Guisan, Lecturer, University of Minnesota 19 September 2007 at 11.00 in the Auditorium Political Contestation in the Referendums on the European Constitution Sara Binzer Hobolt, Lecturer, University of Oxford 25 September 2007 at 13.30 in Nordskov What Characterises Today’s EU Debates? Ben Rosamond, Professor, University of Warwick 12 October 2007 at 13.30 in Nordskov New Dimensions of Contestation in the European Parliament Tapio Raunio, Professor, University of Tampere 24 October 2007 at 13.30 in Nordskov Scandinavia and the EU in 2007 - Still Exceptional? Peter Lawler, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester 30 October 2007 at 13.30 in the Auditorium EU Enlargement and the Choices for Europe: Widening and Deepening... and Diversifying? Edward Best, Professor, European Institute for Public Administration Practical Information The lectures are either held at Nordskov, Wilders Plads 8H, 3rd floor, 1401 Copenhagen K, or the Auditorium, Strandgade 71, 1401 Copenhagen K. The duration of each lecture will be approximately 45 minutes followed by a 15 minutes break and concluding with 45 minutes debate. Refreshments will be served. The dates may be subject to change. For more information and registration, please see the events section, where each lecture will be announced seperately. |
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