Euroacademia Conferences
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (9th Edition)April 24 - 25, 2020
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (9th Edition)June 12 - 13, 2020
8th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainJanuary 24 - 25, 2020
Re-Inventing Eastern Europe (7th Edition)December 13 - 14, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (8th Edition)October 25 - 26, 2019
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (8th Edition)June 28 - 29, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (7th Edition)January 25 - 26, 2019- 7th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainNovember 23 - 24, 2018
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (8th Edition)September 28 - 30, 2018- Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (7th Edition)June 14 - 15, 2018
Papers
Chaotic’ Institutionalization and European Citizenship: Examining the Post-national Cosmopolitan Order in the European Union
Emotional identification of EU citizens with the Union is a critical deficiency but it was not created by a ‘deficit of democracy’. The ‘deficit of a European awareness’ demonstrated by many politicians is a failure. On the other hand, I would ‘perversely’ interpret the popular resistance to the austerity measures as a sign of emerging European awareness.
From Dual to Collaborative Federalism – A Constructivist Reading of Intergovernmental Policy Coordination in Canada and the European Union
Focusing on different aspects of the creation of economic union in Canada (internal trade) and the EU (economic governance), this comparative study argues that the ‘deliberative capacities’ in the system influences the emergence of intergovernmental coordination, and provides with a complementary development path to legal coordination. The paper sums up the findings based on a number of interviews conducted with government officials and public servants in Canada and the EU.
Generals, Christians and Turkey’s Europeanization
This paper discusses how the process of political change in Turkey, rather than just slowing down, has actually shifted from a phase of legislation and constitutional amendments to a phase of raw political struggle over the meaning of these earlier reforms.
Turkish Perceptions of the Euro-Zone Crisis: On Turkey’s Changing Perceptions on Europe and the EU
Being a ‘historical Other’ in proximity of the EU, with a particular constitutive role in the formation of a collective European identity, Turkey’s changing perceptions of the EU provide us a valuable insight into the evolving image of the EU from the outside and dialogical interactions between the Self and the Other. Consequently, this paper investigates the Turkish perceptions of the EU crisis in an attempt to evaluate the EU’s claim to be a post-national normative power.
Turkey in Which EU? Turkish Discourse on EU Accession and ‘Ideal’ Views of the EU
This paper examines Turkish political discourse on the EU in order to better understand how the EU is perceived among the Turkish political elite, particularly the governing Justice and Development Party. This paper uses an analytical approach developed by Sjursen (2002, 2006, 2008) according to which arguments used by political elites for/against enlargement can help shed light on perceptions of the EU.
Transitions in Europe’s Southern Neighborhoods: Among High Hopes and Rising Worries
The present paper analyses the European response the transitions in Maghreb and Machreq, the tools used and undertaken policies, as well as the challenges put forward by the transition process in post-revolution Arab countries, with special regard to the significance of civil society as a tool in the process of democratization.
EU-Australia Relationship: On the Swiss Track
We will explore in this paper how the European Union is able to foster tighter relations with an external partner through practical and efficient cooperation such as the Schengen Convention. In the first part, the case of Switzerland will demonstrate the importance of this convergence of interests on security cooperation, border control domain but also on freedom of movement. The second part will bring the light on the Schengen Convention and the underlying rules and assumptions behind it in an attempt to explain its success.
The Venice Biennale as a System of (Inter)National (Re)Presentation: The Polish Pavilion
The fear of losing the national identity makes conservative movements active. Which positions take artists and how reacts the public opinion to their art? Which values the Polish state is supporting today by the culture politic? For the 54th Biennale, the polish state organizers chose as their “national” representation an Israeli artist, Yael Bartana.
The Quest for Identity: Germany and Its Art In the Cold War-Period
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the ideas of globalization grew steadily, in politics and equally in the art scene. But until now the East-West-Gap in the Arts exists. The examination of famous German artists in comparison to the ones from Eastern Europe will make it obvious.
Europe in Visual Representations of Migration: ‘WESTERN UNION: Small Boats’ by Isaac Julien
The (post-)colonial violence by which the “entangled histories“ between Europe and Non-European societies have been shaped are evoked. I argue, however, that the allegoric translation by which this happens perpetuates hegemonic notions of gender and race that are traditionally fundamental for the construction of the European “Self“ and the Non-European “Other“.
