Events

Prof Florian Trauner frequently organises events in the context of the EXPAND Jean Monnet Chair. Below is an overview of both upcoming and past events. Some have a direct link to the Chair's topic of EU Justice and Home Affairs, others are more indirectly linked because of their substantial educational component, or because they provide valuable output (e.g. on topics such as radicalisation or migration and minorities) that reinforces the activities of the EXACT Chair.
  • High Level Lecture Series on European and World Politics: Academic Year 2021/2022

1st SEMESTER

October 12th (18-20 o’clock)
Theme: Understanding Contemporary Democratization Processes in Africa: is the democratic change in The Gambia standing for a wider dynamic?
Speakers: Mr Corrado Pampaloni (EU Ambassador to the Gambia), Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow (The Gambia Truth Reconciliation and Repatriation Commission), Muhammed Lenn (University of the Gambia)
Info/inscription: Brussels School of Governance Events Website

October 15th (10-12 o’clock)
Theme: Avenues of Cooperation between the EU and Turkey in the Area of Migration
Speakers: Panel Debate including Ambassador Selim Kuneralp
Info/Inscription: Brussels School of Governance Events Website

October 25nd (18-20 o’clock)
Theme: Macroeconomic policy coordination in the EU and the recovery and resilience facility
Speaker: Steven Engels (European Commission)
Info/Inscription: Follow the lecture via this Teams-link.

November 23rd (18-20 o’clock)
Theme: The Struggle Against Racism I
Speaker: Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University)
Note: In cooperation with the VUB’s ‘Redelijk Eigenzinnig’ Programme,
Inscription: redelijk.eigenzinnig@vub.be
Info: Redelijk Eigenzinnig – Reason and Engage

December 9th (18-20 o’clock)
Theme: The Struggle Against Racism II
Speaker: Philomena Essed (Antioch University Yellow Springs, Ohio)
Note: In cooperation with the VUB’s ‘Redelijk Eigenzinnig’ Programme,
Inscription: redelijk.eigenzinnig@vub.be
Info: Redelijk Eigenzinnig – Reason and Engage

Please also check the website of the “European Union in International Affairs” (#EUIA21) conference chaired by Prof. Florian Trauner. Organized by five academic institutions (VUB, ULB, UNU-CRIS, Egmont Institute and the University of Warwick), #EUIA21 will constitute a major forum for academics and policy-makers to debate the role of the EU in the turbulent realm of international affairs.