The Jean Monnet Circle Seminar “How does the European Union work? Functions, institutions and ongoing challenges” 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, among others, in seven sessions:
1) Law within the European Union; Human Rights (Dr. Ingo Bott, Kanzlei Plan A)
2) Europe and the Stars – Images, Narratives, and the Embodiment of a Cultural Vision (PD Dr. Dr. Jesús Muñoz Morcillo, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
3) Institutions, Policies, Candidates, and Democracy after the European Elections. The New Institutional Cycle of the European Union (Julian Plottka, University of Passau, University of Bonn)
4) European Defense Policy (Dr. Antor Bada, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
5) The „Union of Equality“ – Milestones and missed Opportunities (Thomas Klöckner M. A., University of Tübingen)
6) Europe seen from Outside (Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel, Hochschule Pforzheim)
7) Europe in Times of Change: Between the „Glocal“ and the „Global“ (Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha, Founding Director of ZAK | Centre for Cultural and General Studies at KIT, KIT Distinguished Senior Fellow)
More information on the seminar program will soon be available on the following website:
https://www.zak.kit.edu/english/2793.php
