21st-Century Europe: Perceptions and challenges
- Date & time
- –
- Speaker
- Lea Ypi; Georgi Gospodinov; Andrey Kurkov; Ece Temelkuran, Sylvie Kauffmann; Ivan Krastev; Nathalie Tocci; Frank Trentmann
- Host
- European Studies Centre (St Antony's)
- Series
- Julie Adams
- Location
- St Antony's College - Investcorp Auditorium, Investcorp Auditorium, St Antony's College, 63 Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 6JF, United Kingdom
- Organisation
- Oxford
Topics
About this talk
ESC 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION How does Europe look in the 21st century—and how is it understood by those who write about, analyse and experience its transformations? Marking the European Studies Centre’s 50th anniversary, this event brings together an exceptional group of writers and public intellectuals to reflect on contemporary Europe from different national, cultural and disciplinary perspectives. The first panel brings together acclaimed writers Lea Ypi, Georgi Gospodinov and Andrey Kurkov to explore Europe through literature, lived experience and the imagination. Chaired by Catherine Briddick, the discussion will consider questions of memory, identity, freedom, belonging and political change. In the second panel, Sylvie Kauffmann, Ivan Krastev, Nathalie Tocci and Frank Trentmann join Timothy Garton Ash to consider Europe’s political and geopolitical landscape, its place in a changing world, and the challenges that may define its future. Together, the two conversations offer contrasting but complementary perspectives on what Europe means today—and what it might become.
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