Events and audiovisual
On this page, you will find information on forthcoming and past events as well as audiovisual material from these events. The video recordings are made available on this page shortly after each event.
The Talking Europe video blog – whose original objective was and remains to showcase Europe-related research conducted at Birkbeck – is curated by the Jean Monnet Chair holder and will also be used to inform the wider public about activities organised under the auspices of this Monnet Chair.
2022-23 EVENTS
View the events being held throughout the current academic year:
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PROFESSOR KATY HOWARD (QUB) ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
- Date: 23 March 2023.
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3RD ANNUAL JEAN MONNET LECTURE DELIVERED BY ENRICO LETTA
- Date: 24 April 2023.
- Speaker: Enrico Letta is President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy. Watch the video of the lecture here.
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AUTHORS' WORKSHOP ON THE POLITICISATION OF LEADERSHIP SELECTION IN THE EU
- Date: 24-25 April 2023.
- Book for the online event.
View past events from the current academic year:
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20 SEPTEMBER 2022 EUROPE'S PORTS
- An event co-organised by Dr David Styan, Birkbeck's Department of Politics, bringing together established as well as younger scholars.
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NOVEMBER 24-25 2022 AUTHORS' WORKSHOP ON THE POLITICISATION OF EU EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SELECTION
- This international collaborative project is directed by Matilde Ceron (EUI), Thomas Christiansen (LUISS Guido Carli, Rome) and Dionyssis G Dimitrakopoulos (Birkbeck). Scholars from several European universities gathered at Birkbeck to present the first versions of their papers and receive feedback on them. The corresponding book will be published in early 2024 by Palgrave/Springer.
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14 JANUARY 2023 ANNUAL SATURDAY SCHOOL ON PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
- An event for Politics and Government A-level pupils and their teachers.
PAST EVENTS
Events held during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years.
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ARCHITECTURE AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE EU
- Date: 27-28 June 2022.
- View the rationale for this conference and the corresponding programme and registration link.
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2ND ANNUAL MONNET LECTURE - 'EUROPE: A UTOPIAN PROJECT WHOSE INEVITABLE DESTINY IS FAILURE?'
- Date and time: 6 June 2022, 6.30pm
- Speakers:
- Professor Philippe Van Parijs (Hoover Chair, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve; Oxford; EUI)
- Register for the event: 2nd annual Monnet lecture
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THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
- Date and time: 20 January 2022, 4pm UK time
- Speakers:
- Andreas von Brandt - EU Ambassador to Afghanistan
- Mary-Ellen McGroarty - Representative and Country Director for WFP in Afghanistan
- Michael Keating - Executive Director of the European Institute of Peace (EIP), an independent body partnering with the European Union and European states as a resource to promote and provide practical support for more effective approaches to conflict prevention, resolution and mediation
- Orzala Nemat - Director, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit.
- Co-organisers:
- Jasmine Bhatia - Lecturer and Programme Director, MSc in War and Humanitarianism
- Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos - Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration and Programme Director, MSc in European Politics and Policy
- Watch the event 'The Future of European Engagement in Afghanistan'
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SATURDAY SCHOOL ON PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION FOR A-LEVEL PUPILS AND THEIR TEACHERS
- Date and time: 15 January 2022 (time TBC)
- Speakers:
- Dr Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos (Birkbeck)
- Mr Matthew Bevington (TBC)
- Register for the event 'Saturday School on parliamentary democracy and European integration for A-level pupils and their teachers'
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ONLINE ROUNDTABLE: 'ABOVE POLITICAL CONTESTATION? THE PROTECTION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN THE EU'
- Date and time: 9 November 2021, 6.15pm UK time
- Speakers:
- Laurent Pech, Middlesex University
- Anna Wójcik, German Marshall Fund and Polish Academy of Sciences
- Judith Sargentini, former MEP and author of the eponymous European Parliament report
- Chair: Jennifer Rankin, Brussels correspondent of the Guardian
- Watch the event 'Above political contestation? The protection of the rule of law in the EU'
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ONLINE ROUNDTABLE: 'GERMAN FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 26 SEPTEMBER'
- Date and time: 29 September 2021, 6.15pm UK time
- Speakers:
- Watch the event 'German federal parliamentary elections of 26 September'
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THE UK, THE EU AND PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
- Saturday school for Politics and Government A-level teachers and their pupils
- This event took place on Saturday 9 January 2021.
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INAUGURAL JEAN MONNET LECTURE
- Delivered by Ms Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman. EU accountability: an Ombudsman perspective
- This event took place on Tuesday 23 February 2021.
- Ms Emily O'Reilly was first elected by the European Parliament in 2013 and re-elected in 2014 and 2019 - has been instrumental in improving transparency in EU decision making and promoting higher ethical standards in EU administration. We are delighted that she agreed to give the inaugural Jean Monnet lecture.
- Watch the inaugural Jean Monnet lecture.
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REFORM INSIDE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION AND THE LIMITS OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT: THE CASE OF GREECE
- This high-level roundtable involving senior practitioners and academics took place on Thursday 25 February 2021.
- Speakers:
- Mr Declan Costello, Deputy Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission
- Ms Georgette Lalis, European Commission (ret.), former deputy head of the Athens office of the European Commission’s Task Force for Greece
- Dr George Chouliarakis, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard University and former Alternate Finance Minister in the second Tsipras government (2015-2019)
- Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair, London School of Economics and Political Science.
- The event was chaired by Dr D. G. Dimitrakopoulos, holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration at Birkbeck.
- Watch the roundtable.