Final Honorary Lecture: Europe at a crossroads, but can we read the signposts?

Europeans face many challenges both at home and abroad as the pressures bear down on the European Union and its member states to respond.  There are many dilemmas to be resolved and many choices to be made about the direction of travel.

Professor Dame Helen Wallace, British Academy. 

Professor Dame Helen Wallace is a leading expert on the politics of European integration, on which she has authored and co-authored numerous publications. She became a Centennial Professor in the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science in September 2007 and an Emeritus Professor in 2010. She is also Honorary Professor at the University of Sussex. Previously she held posts at the European University Institute, the University of Sussex, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Civil Service College and UMIST. In 1996, she was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in June 2000, and served as its Foreign Secretary and International Vice President from 2011 to 2015. She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to social science.

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About the Lecture Series "European Futures?"

For the first time a member state has decided to exit the European Union. Growing Euroscepticism in all parts of Europe, rising nationalism, and more people than ever believing the European project is failing point perhaps to the dawn of a new and very different Europe. This autumn the EURECO Distinguished Lecture Series, entitled ‘European Futures?’, will explore the prospects for the Europe of tomorrow. We are pleased to welcome you on this journey.

In the first two lectures by Hans-Jörg Trenz and Michael Bossetta we will investigate possible explanations for increasing Euroscepticism and rising populism across Europe and think about  the consequences for Europe and the future of the EU. In the third lecture Charlotte Galpin will introduce us to the implications of the EU crisis for European identities and solidarity, and how changes to these have implications for tackling the EU’s future challenges. In the fourth lecture Holly Snaith will dig into one of the most pressing and significant challenges EU faces: Brexit and the consequences, not just for the UK, but also for Europe as a whole, with one of the main questions being whether Brexit signals further disintegration of the EU. In the last two of the ordinary EURECO lectures we move on to look at the legal and judicial integration of Europe. In his lecture Juan Mayoral will examine the relevance of trust for the EU’s multi-level judicial system, while Graham Butler will explore how recent events, such as the financial and migration crises, create tensions for the European legal order. In the Final Honorary Lecture we have the great pleasure to welcome to Copenhagen Professor Dame Helen Wallace from the British Academy (latterly of the LSE, the European University Institute in Florence and the University of Sussex), one of the world’s most distinguished scholars of European integration.

The EURECO Distinguished Lectures are open to the public and we invite everyone who takes an interest in European issues to sign-up for a series where some of the best scholars within the field will present and discuss their current work. 

The lectures will take place Wednesdays from 15.15 – 17.00 in Alexandersalen, Bispetorvet 1-3, Copenhagen.

Registration is free of charge but necessary at www.eureco.ku.dk

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