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Welcome to the Global EUrope on Trial ConferenceHosted by: EuroStorie, Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity, and the European Narratives
📅 Date: November 26-27, 2024
📍 Venue: Main Building, University of Helsinki (Fabianinkatu 33), Small Hall (4th floor)
Sign up: Mandatory
Positioning Europe in the wider world has become an increasingly contentious issue both in research and in politics. Grand narratives of European unification and global value leadership have been challenged by decolonial and global ‘turns’ in scholarship. 70 years after the wave of independence of former European colonies, Europe is still coming to terms with its past and its violent colonial legacy. Meanwhile, crises of democracy, climate breakdown, and geopolitics underscore the need to reassess the global role of Europe (today)
The conference Global EUrope on Trial brings together scholars and political actors from Europe and beyond to discuss Europe’s past and present relationship with the surrounding world. We reflect on the drivers of periodic reimaginations of Europe and consider how the formation of new narratives may shape our collective future.
The event is free and open to all, but due to the catering we kindly ask you to register by 18.11.2024 by filling in this form: https://www.lyyti.in/Global_EUrope_on_trial_0912
Keynote lectures are delivered by
Robin de Bruin (University of Amsterdam)
Signe Larsen (University of Warwick/University of Copenhagen)
Liliane Umubyeyi (African Futures Lab, AfaLab)
Keynote lecture will be streamed and recorded. See below the streaming links. Recordings will be available after the conference here: Global EUrope on trial conference | Law, Identity and the European Narratives | University of Helsinki
Programme
Tuesday 26.11.
9.30 Opening words
10.00 Keynote: Signe Rehling Larsen (University of Warwick/University of Copenhagen): "European Public Law after Empires"
Stream: https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l71
11.15 Small break
11.30 Panel 1: Europe, Empire and Law
Alezini Loxa (University of Lund): "EU Law, Migration and Racial Capitalism"
Ville Erkkilä (University of Helsinki): "The imperial rule of law: Ernst Forsthoff and the Fight Against Weakness and the Welfare State"
Daniel Acquah (University of Turku): “Intellectual Property Law and Empire”
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Keynote: Liliane Umubyeyi (African Futures Lab, AfaLab): "Putting Global Europe on trial: A necessary condition to addressing the contemporary challenges of our times"
Stream: https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l71
15.15 Small break
15.30 Panel 2: Contemporary political economy & reparations
Matti Ylönen (University of Helsinki): "Reparations and debt cancellation: The curious silence about global democracy"
Kolar Aparna (University of Helsinki):"Languaging Black Feminist Poethics across margins"
Saila Heinikoski (Finnish Institute of International Affairs, FIIA): "Political economy of the EU migration partnerships"
17.00 Conference reception
Wednesday 27.11.2024
9.30 Keynote: Robin de Bruin (University of Amsterdam): "From Exemplary Empires to Exemplary ‘Guide Countries’ within the European Communities: Universal Exceptionalism in Europe"
Stream: https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l71
10.45 Small break
11.00 Round table discussion with the three keynote speakers
12.00 Ending of conference
More information (for example speakers abstracts) can be found on the conference website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/law-identity-and-the-european-narratives/global-europe-on-trial-conference-1
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Helsingin Yliopiston päärakennus, Unioninkatu 34, FI-00170 Helsinki, Suomi,Helsinki, Finland
