Seminar: Navid Hassanpour (SPS Visiting Fellow) gives a book talk on "Political Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Modernization and Mobilization in Eurasia" Mon 10 Jun 2019 14.30 - 16.30 Department of Political and Social Sciences During the past three hundred years, political regimes have come into being one after another through processes of institutional transformation in the... Contact: Claudia Fanti - Send a mail Speaker: SPS Visiting Fellow Navid Hassanpour Location: Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana Read more Navid Hassanpour (SPS Visiting Fellow) gives a book talk on "Political Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Modernization and Mobilization in Eurasia"
Workshop: Nordic PhD Workshop Tue 11 Jun 2019 09.15 - 18.00 Wed 12 Jun 2019 09.30 - 13.00 Department of Law This Nordic PhD Workshop brings together PhD researchers from three reputed universities in the Nordic countries, namely those of Copenhagen (Denmark)... Organiser: Prof. Martin Scheinin (European University Institute) University of Helsinki Lund University University of Copenhagen Contact: Claudia de Concini (EUI - Law) - Send a mail Location: Sala degli Stemmi 1st Floor, V.Sa. Register » Read more Nordic PhD Workshop
Thesis defence: The Demographic Echo of War and Social Mobility in Russia Tue 11 Jun 2019 11.00 - 13.00 Department of Political and Social Sciences Recurring variations in cohort size (also known as ‘baby booms’ and ‘baby busts’) are known to be a factor affecting the fortunes of people born to di... Examiner: Prof. Juho Härkönen Prof. Jan O. Jonsson (Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University) Theodore P. Gerber (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Supervisor: Prof. Fabrizio Bernardi Defendant: Gordey Yastrebov (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Contact: Jennifer Rose Dari (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) - Send a mail Location: Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana Read more The Demographic Echo of War and Social Mobility in Russia
Discussion Group: Skills and workforce development policy- What India can learn from the EU context Tue 11 Jun 2019 14.30 - 16.00 School of Transnational Governance The Indian formal sector employers offer very few opportunities for skills upgrading to their employees, and there are even fewer opportunities for an... Contact: Marianna Török (STG) - Send a mail Organiser: Marianna Török (STG) Speaker: Policy Leader Fellow Munuswamy Balasubramanian Location: Seminar Room 3, Badia Fiesolana Register » Read more Skills and workforce development policy- What India can learn from the EU context
Lecture: Defining ‘religion’ and ‘polytheism’ in the study of ancient religions: how to create appropriate tools? Wed 12 Jun 2019 11.00 - 13.00 Department of History and Civilization Among scholars, the notion of ‘religion’ has been controversial for decades. Many discussions question the relevance of this idea as an operational co... Organiser: Stéphane Van Damme Contact: Miriam Felicia Curci - Send a mail Speaker: Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (Collège de France) Location: Sala del Torrino , Villa Salviati Register » Read more Defining ‘religion’ and ‘polytheism’ in the study of ancient religions: how to create appropriate tools?
Working group: Language Rights in Europe: Current and Future Challenges Wed 12 Jun 2019 14.00 - 18.00 Department of Law Language rights serve to protect and promote the languages of minority groups and linguistic diversity more generally. In Europe, forms of language pr... Organiser: Fundamental Rights Working Group Working Group Constitutionalism and Politics Location: Sala degli Stemmi 1st Floor, V.Sa. Read more Language Rights in Europe: Current and Future Challenges
Thesis defence: Is Twitter the New Coffee House? The Contribution of the European Political Twittersphere to the European Public Sphere and European Demos. Wed 12 Jun 2019 15.00 - 17.30 Department of Political and Social Sciences A Public Sphere and a demos are intrinsic key elements of any democratic society. The literature has pointed out that social media platforms can play... Supervisor: Prof. Alexander H. Trechsel (University of Lucerne) Examiner: Prof. Giovanni Sartor (EUI - Law Department) Prof. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten (Lund University) Prof. Luigi Curini (University of Milan) Contact: Monika Rzemieniecka (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) - Send a mail Defendant: Javier Ruiz Soler (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Location: Sala del Capitolo, Badia Fiesolana Read more Is Twitter the New Coffee House? The Contribution of the European Political Twittersphere to the European Public Sphere and European Demos.
Executive Training Seminar: The Power of the EU Purse: Mastering the Multiannual Financial Framework Thu 13 Jun 2019 09.00 - 19.00 Fri 14 Jun 2019 09.00 - 19.00 School of Transnational Governance This Executive Training examines the new developments in the area of the EU budget, focusing on the strategic role that member states and parliaments ... Location: Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels Read more The Power of the EU Purse: Mastering the Multiannual Financial Framework
Thesis defence: The Politics of Welfare State Recalibration in Continental and Southern Europe Thu 13 Jun 2019 11.00 - 13.00 Department of Political and Social Sciences This thesis argues that the politics of welfare state change do not follow the same dynamics as during the Golden Age. Post-industrialization, occupat... Contact: Maureen Lechleitner (EUI) - Send a mail Examiner: Prof. Anton Hemerijck (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Prof. Jane Gingrich (Univ. Oxford) Prof. Giuliano Bonoli (IDHEAP, Lausanne) Supervisor: Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Defendant: Reto Bürgisser (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Location: Seminar Room 4, Badia Fiesolana Read more The Politics of Welfare State Recalibration in Continental and Southern Europe
Thesis defence: Limits of Legal Evolution Knowledge and Normativity in Theories of Legal Change Thu 13 Jun 2019 16.00 - 18.00 Department of Law Abstract: Over the last forty years, legal theory and policy advice have come to draw heavily from an ‘evolutionary’ jurisprudence that explains leg... Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Grundmann (EUI - Law Department) Defendant: Liam Mchugh-Russell (EUI - Law) Contact: Valentina Gorgoni (Law) - Send a mail Location: Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati Read more Limits of Legal Evolution Knowledge and Normativity in Theories of Legal Change
Thesis defence: The Political Consequences of the Great Recession in Southern Europe: Crisis and Representation in Spain Thu 13 Jun 2019 17.30 - 19.00 Department of Political and Social Sciences The Great Recession constituted a breaking point in several aspects of the cultural, economic and political life of southern European countries (i.e. ... Supervisor: Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Examiner: Prof. Elias Dinas (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Prof. Eva Anduiza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, currently at Stanford Univ.) Prof. Kenneth M. Roberts (Cornell University) Defendant: Guillem Vidal Lorda (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Location: Seminar Room 4, Badia Fiesolana Read more The Political Consequences of the Great Recession in Southern Europe: Crisis and Representation in Spain
Academic Calendar: Degree Awarding Ceremony Fri 14 Jun 2019 09.00 - 19.00 Academic Service Degree Awarding Ceremony Location: No Room Read more Degree Awarding Ceremony
Academic Calendar: June Ball Fri 14 Jun 2019 19.00 - 23.59 Academic Service June Ball Location: No Room Read more June Ball
Meeting: Expert Meeting on European Union Migration Governance Mon 17 Jun 2019 13.30 - 17.45 Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies The Migration Policy Centre is involved in the CROSSMIGRATION project. This project, coordinated by Erasmus University, seeks to support knowledge acc... Organiser: Migration Policy Centre Secretariat Location: Seminar Room, Villa Malafrasca Read more Expert Meeting on European Union Migration Governance
Executive Training Seminar: Counter-terrorism and Transnational Security Governance: Actors, Strategies and Modus Operandi Wed 19 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Thu 20 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 School of Transnational Governance This Executive Training Seminar offers concentrated, in-depth exposure to the evolution and major characteristics of modern terrorism, its actors, str... Contact: Silvia Dell'Acqua (School of Transnational Governance) - Send a mail Location: Sala Belvedere, Villa Schifanoia Read more Counter-terrorism and Transnational Security Governance: Actors, Strategies and Modus Operandi
Special event: JSIS Information Session for Newcomers Wed 19 Jun 2019 10.00 - 11.00 Administration and Human Resources Are you a new member of the staff covered by the EUI's health insurance scheme, the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme (JSIS)? or would you like to refre... Contact: Claude Perrin (EUI - Human Resources) - Send a mail Location: Convento, Meeting Room (1st floor) Register » Read more JSIS Information Session for Newcomers
Meeting: Coffee with the HR Director Wed 19 Jun 2019 10.00 - 11.15 Administration and Human Resources The HR Director is pleased to invite all EUI members for one-to-one appointments twice a month. Place: Coffee Bar, Villa Salviati To book an appoint... Contact: Claude Perrin (EUI - Human Resources) - Send a mail Location: No Room Read more Coffee with the HR Director
Academic Calendar: Academic Council Meeting Wed 19 Jun 2019 14.30 - 17.00 Academic Service - EXCLUSIVELY FOR AC MEMBERS - The Academic Council (AC) has general powers with regard to research and teaching at the European University Institu... Location: Sala del Consiglio, Villa Salviati Read more Academic Council Meeting
Working group: MiFID II and Private Law, Enforcing EU Conduct of Business Rules Wed 19 Jun 2019 15.00 - 19.00 Department of Law Book launch "MiFID II and Private Law, Enforcing EU Conduct of Business Rules" by Federico della Negra (Supervisor in the LSI Crisis Management and Au... Organiser: Working Group EU Financial and Monetary Law Discussant: Professor Danny Busch (University of Nijmegen) Location: Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia Read more MiFID II and Private Law, Enforcing EU Conduct of Business Rules
Thesis defence: When Environmental Protection and Human Rights Collide: Studies in Legal Conflict and its Management Thu 20 Jun 2019 10.30 - 12.30 Department of Law This research inquiries into the meanings that have been ascribed to the ‘environment’ in relation to human rights in international law and adjudicat... Examiner: Prof. Joanne Scott (EUI - Law Department) Ms. Elisa Morgera (EUI) Associate Professor Margaret Young (Melbourne Law School) Supervisor: Prof. Nehal Bhuta (EUI - Department of Law) Defendant: Marie-Catherine Petersmann (EUI - Law Department) Contact: Helene Debuire Franchini - Send a mail Location: Sala dei Levrieri, Villa Salviati Read more When Environmental Protection and Human Rights Collide: Studies in Legal Conflict and its Management
Academic Calendar: Third term ends Fri 21 Jun 2019 09.00 - 09.00 Academic Service Third terms ends Location: No Room Read more Third term ends
Conference: Terrorism & Security Governance Fri 21 Jun 2019 09.30 - 16.00 Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Terrorism poses both a policy and an analytical challenge. Yet, if we are to respond effectively to the policy challenge we need first to respond eff... Contact: RSCAS Conference Centre - Send a mail Location: Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia Register » Read more Terrorism & Security Governance
Summer school: 15th Migration Summer School Bridging the gaps: connecting research, public debates and policy-making Mon 24 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Tue 25 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Wed 26 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Thu 27 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Fri 28 Jun 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Mon 01 Jul 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Tue 02 Jul 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Wed 03 Jul 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Thu 04 Jul 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Fri 05 Jul 2019 09.00 - 18.00 Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies School of Transnational Governance International migration is a central topic in public political debate in Europe and elsewhere. It is a critical policy domain for governments at all l... Contact: Migration Policy Centre Secretariat - Send a mail Organiser: Migration Policy Centre Location: Emeroteca, Badia Fiesolana Read more 15th Migration Summer School Bridging the gaps: connecting research, public debates and policy-making
Thesis defence: Time Crisis and Western Political Thought, 1550-1660s Mon 24 Jun 2019 10.00 - 12.00 Department of History and Civilization This dissertation examines the evolution of temporal perceptions amid crises in Western Europe, in the period between 1500 an 1660s. Time was especial... Contact: Francesca Parenti - Send a mail Examiner: Prof. Maurizio Viroli (Princeton University) Prof. Luca Molà (EUI - Department of History and Civilization) Christopher Brooke (Cambridge University) Supervisor: Ann Thomson (European University Institute) Defendant: Grigol Gegelia (EUI - Department of History and Civilization) Location: Sala del Torrino , Villa Salviati Read more Time Crisis and Western Political Thought, 1550-1660s
Thesis defence: A New Global Media Order? Debates and Policies on Media and Mass Communication at UNESCO 1960 to 1980 Mon 24 Jun 2019 11.00 - 13.00 Department of History and Civilization The 1970s, a UNESCO report claimed, would be the “communication decade”. UNESCO had started research on new means of mass communication for developmen... Supervisor: Prof. Federico Romero (EUI - HEC) Defendant: Jonas Brendebach (EUI - Department of History and Civilization) Examiner: Corinna Ruth Unger Sandrine Kott (Université de Genève) Iris Schröder (Universität Erfurt) Location: Sala dei Levrieri, Villa Salviati Read more A New Global Media Order? Debates and Policies on Media and Mass Communication at UNESCO 1960 to 1980