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2013 Annual Conference
2013 Annual Conference European society and social solidarity: Is Europe fragmenting?
June 12th-14th, 2013: The University of Paris 1 - Panthéon - Sorbonne
The Europaeum will host our annual international conference with a linked graduate seminar organised by the Europaeum consortium. This conference will set out to explore the nature of current “cracks” and divisions in European society, in European civic and urban life, and in European culture. Questions will include: What did Europe stand for and what does it stand for today? What shadows do our memories cast today? What does the post-War, post Cold War generation believe in? How and why have faith based controversies emerged again? How has migration led to cultural controversies and clashes? Is the rise of the right a symptom of anxiety and fear of change?
2012 Europaeum Summary of Activities
Copies of the 2012 Europaeum Summary of Activities, detailing all the events and programmes for the past year, are being
distributed to all supporters and friends of the Europaeum. Please read the report in full Here.. It also contains a formal
statement of our budget prepared by our accountants, and also a special Foreword prepared by the Chairman of the Europaeum Board
of Trustees, Dr. Pierre Keller, in which he personally thanks all those including academics, students, supporters and donors, who
helped to make all these events possible. He recognised especially the continuing hight quality of our Jenkins Scholars who are at
Europaeum universities, and looked forward to productive relations with our newest member, pompeu Fabra from Barcelona. He also
particularly mentioned our summer school on conflict resolution in Europe, a theme close to his own heart given his own long term
involvement and commitment to the international Red Cross, and support for many special international relations events and initiatives -
including an important intervention to build peace in the Middle East. Lecture by Faisal Devji in Geneva - May 27th 2013
Another Europaeum Lecture will take place in our continuing Oxford-Geneva Link Programme,
to be delivered by Dr Faisal Devji, Reader in Modern South Asian History at Oxford and a Fellow
of St Antony's College, Oxford, who will speak on Muslim Passions in Europe. The event will
take place at 18.30 in the main auditorium of the Graduate Institute for International Development and
Relations. The event will be chaired by Professor Philippe Burrin, Director of the Graduate Institute,
who sits on our Board of trustees - who gave the first of the Europeaum Lectures in this
now 10-year series, on Strands on Nazi Anti-Semitism.. All welcome. DEBATE | Europe's Economic Crisis
As the debate over the right economic strategy to resolve the economic crisis across Europe and in the UK rages, the Europaeum supported a major public debate on Austerity. This event was organised by the New York Review of Books with support from St Antony's College and also the Fritt Ord Foundation. It was held at Oxford University on May 13th from 5-7pm at the Sheldonian Theatre, with key note speakers Meghnad Desai, emeritus professor of economics and global governance at LSE who has spoken at several Europaeum events; Martin Wolf distinguished columnist from the FT, who spoke at our Federalisms international conference in 2010; Sir John Redwood, a Conservative MP, and Robert Skidelsky, an active Lib Dem peer and biographer of Keynes.
Europe in a Globalised World
Professor Margaret Macmillan who is also Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford, was the keynote speaker at the Europaeum’s recent workshop in Oxford starting on May 16th on Europe in a Globalised World: What has changed ? - exploring Europe's rise to dominance from the Middle Ages, to its rivalry with the US, and eventual decline of the so-called ‘West’, and now the anticipated rise of the ‘East’.
