The Jean Monnet Circle Seminar “European Integration and Institutional Studies” offers a basic introduction into the major social, political, cultural, and economic developments in Europe and its interrelation with the process of globalisation and European integration. All topics are presented by alternating experts from different universities and institutions.

The seminar addresses the following topics:

• Europe and Her Stories – Aspects of current narratives concerning the History of Present Europe (Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schütt, formerly TH Karlsruhe)
• Economic Aspects of European Integration (Prof. Dr. Nikoleta Yordanova, University of Mannheim)
• Europe Seen from Outside. Europe and Its Role in the World (Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel, Pforzheim University)
• Law within the EU, Human rights (Dr. Ingo Bott, Kanzlei Plan A)
• The Commission’s White Paper Process and the Future of European Integration (Julian Plottka, Institute for European Politics)
• Identity and Diversity as an European Vision (Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha, ZAK)
• The European Union. Institutional Design, Democratic Deficit and Options of Reform (Prof. Dr. Monika Oberle, University of Göttingen)
• 2-6 ECTS

Dates:

Start: 26.10.2018

Fri 14:00-17:15

weekly

End: 14.12.2018