This lecture assembles scholars to discuss the extent to which both the East and the West are artificial constructs
and shortcuts attempting to simplify the complex reality of contemporary democracy, and how to move... more
Speakers: Lenka Bustikova (Arizona State University), Ondrej Cisar (Charles University), Fernando Casal
Bertoa (University of Nottingham), Zsolt Enyedi (CEU/Oxford University), Petra Guasti (Charles University) and
Milada Vachudova (UNC Chapel Hill)
27 May 2021 | 96 minutes
Full Description
This lecture assembles scholars to discuss the extent to which both the East and the West are artificial constructs
and shortcuts attempting to simplify the complex reality of contemporary democracy, and how to move beyond this
outdated paradigm – bridging the East-West divide.
Bridging the East-West Divide
House Series
Political science at risk in Europe: Frailness and the study of power
After half a century of nearly constant expansion and institutionalisation, political science
and political scientists are at risk in many countries. This Lecture explores the threats to democracy and academic freedom, exposing the risks to... more
Speakers: David Paternotte (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Mieke Verloo(Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)
06 April 2021 | 57 minutes
Full Description
After half a century of nearly constant expansion and institutionalisation, political science
and political scientists are at risk in many countries. This Lecture explores the threats to democracy and academic freedom, exposing the risks to political science in Europe and call
for the urgent development of a strategic response.
Political science at risk in Europe: Frailness and the study of power
House Series
How low can you go? Declining standards of democracy in Central and
Eastern Europe
According to most policy analysts, academics and public commentators, there
is a major risk of reversion to authoritarianism in some of the European Union's Eastern
member states.... more
Speaker: Veronica Anghel (European University Institute)
02 February 2021 | 71 minutes
Full Description
According to most policy analysts, academics and public commentators, there
is a major risk of reversion to authoritarianism in some of the European Union's Eastern
member states. However, the status of liberal democracy in post-communist countries is more
fragmented and muddled than it would first appear.
How low can you go? Declining standards of democracy in Central and
Eastern Europe
House Series
The Resurgence of Nationalism
There is a widely held view that liberal democracies have experienced an
upsurge in nationalism in recent years, and that this is best explained as a form of
backlash against social and... more
Speaker: David Miller, Nuffield College, Oxford
01 December 2020 | 85 minutes
Full Description
There is a widely held view that liberal democracies have experienced an
upsurge in nationalism in recent years, and that this is best explained as a form of
backlash against social and cultural change. In this lecture, David Miller challenges the
underlying Enlightenment narrative used to support this explanation.
The Resurgence of Nationalism
Lecture
The discursive construction of discontent: Varieties of populist anti-system ideas and discursive networks in Europe
In our first-ever hybrid lecture, live streamed from Luiss University, Vivien Schmidt presents a Paper that, using
discursive institutionalist analysis, theorises and investigates the varieties of populist anti-system... more
Speaker: Vivien Schmidt (Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University)
11 June 2021 | 85 minutes
Full Description
In our first-ever hybrid lecture, live streamed from Luiss University, Vivien Schmidt presents a Paper that, using
discursive institutionalist analysis, theorises and investigates the varieties of populist anti-system ideas and
discursive networks in Europe – with illustrative examples from EU and national level. This lecture was sponsored by
the Journal of European Integration.
The discursive construction of discontent: Varieties of populist anti-system ideas and discursive networks in Europe
Roundtable
The EU and the pandemic: analytical perspectives and research agendas
In this roundtable, leading scholars of the EU engage in a reflexive and prospective dialogue on EU policy
developments since the start of the pandemic. We ask them whether the handling of the pandemic challenges... more
Speakers: Sergio Fabbrini (Luiss University), Markus Jachtenfuchs (Hertie School of Governance), Brigid
Laffan (European University Institute) and Kalypso Nicolaidis (European University Institute)
10 June 2021 | 103 minutes
Full Description
In this roundtable, leading scholars of the EU engage in a reflexive and prospective dialogue on EU policy
developments since the start of the pandemic. We ask them whether the handling of the pandemic challenges existing
scholarly understandings of the EU, the heuristics of their own work and could thus influence the research agendas
of EU studies.
The EU and the pandemic: analytical perspectives and research agendas
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