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Conference | Workshop History and International Studies

The Global Futures of the EU

Date
Thursday 28 November 2024 - Friday 29 November 2024
Location
On Thursday the 28th, the workshop takes place at the Schouwburgstraat 2 in The Hague, room 'Livinglab'. On Friday the 29th it takes place at the Huizinga building (Doelensteeg 16) in Leiden, room 0.06.

Introduction

Taking stock of the way the European Union has been studied and practiced so far, and as a sub-field of international relations, and in the light of increasing contestation of European integration inside and outside the EU, but also rapid transformation due to poly-crises, the return of conventional wars in its neighbourhood, the agility and ability of EU governance to react to the Covid-19 crisis but also the challenges posed by the eurocene or artificial intelligence, this workshop aims to question how should the EU and Europe more broadly be researched, analysed as a discipline and to reflect about the nexus between academia and the practice of European governance. Is Europeanization still a useful concept to approach EU governance? How can the EU still prevail as a beacon of human rights, rule of law when Hungary challenges these norms internally? What is EU’s impact on the global refugee regime in times of rising ethno-nationalism? Can and should the EU be a more inclusive and pluralist actor of international relations? And how to navigate an increasingly transactional geopolitical (dis)order?

This workshop has limited places (up to 25) and we recommend you email o.wijdicks@hum.leidenuniv.nl for registration.

Program

28 November 2024, 14:00-17:00

Location: Livinglab, Schouwburgstraat 2  2511 VA Den Haag

14:00 Arrival of participants, registration and coffee

14:30 – 15:00 Welcome, Presentation of the objectives of the workshop, round of introduction Prof. Sarah Wolff

15:00- 16:00 First Panel on The Future of EU Migration Policy (Chair: D. Toshkov Leiden)

  • Saskia Bonjour UvA
  • Katarina Natter, Leiden
  • Violeta Moreno-Lax, Queen Mary University of London

16:00-17:00 Second Panel on a future inclusive and pluriversal EU FP (chair: S. Regilme, Leiden)

  • Maxine David, Leiden  
  • Karen Smith, Leiden
  • Sarah Wolff, Leiden

 

29 November 2024, 9:00-13:30

Location: Huizinga, Doelensteeg 16, 2311VL Leiden, Room 0.06

9:00 arrival of participants, coffee

9:30-10:30  Security Futures of the EU (Chair: Andreas Hofman)

  • T. Casier Groningen University
  • S. Gurkan, Leiden University
  • H. Carrapico-Farrand, Northumbria University
  • A. Piquet, University Saint Louis

10:30-11h30 Crises, Contestation inside and outside the EU (Chair: Marlou Schrover)

  • Sophie Vanhoonacker, Maastricht
  • Ramona Coman, ULB
  • Stephan Keukeleire, Leuven University

11h30-12h30 Wrap up and Conclusions

  • S. Saurugger Science Po Grenoble
  • S. Wolff, Leiden

12:30-13:30 Light Lunch

 

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