Europe in Crisis - Resilient Europe, Amsterdam

felix meritis
date January 22, 2014 14:30 - 17:30
city Amsterdam
location Felix Meritis Show location
attending M. (Jet) Bussemaker i et al.
organisation Felix Meritis (Europees centrum voor kunst, cultuur en wetenschap)

The Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European StudieS (ACCESS EUROPE), an initiative of the VU University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) will kick off on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 January with the inaugural event 'Europe in Crisis - Resilient Europe'.

Programme 22 January

Official opening with Minister Bussemaker (OCW), Dymph van den Boom (Dean UvA) and Jaap Winter (Chair VU), Andrée van Es (Advisory Board ACCESS EUROPE).

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    Keynote lecture by Loukas Tsoukalis, professor of European Integration at the University of Athens: ‘What Kind of Europe After the Crisis?’
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    Discussion by Frank Vandenbroucke, professor by Special Appointment in the Den Uyl chair at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Brigid Laffan, director and professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute in Florence

Doors open at 14.30, programme from 15.00 to 17.30. Drinks afterwards

Programme 23 January

ACCESS EUROPE Scholars present their views on current European topics and discuss these with the audience.

Doors open at 12:00 (including lunch). Programme from 13:00 to 17:00. Drinks afterwards.

Participation and location

You are cordially invited to attend.

Address: Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam. Admission is free, please register (indicate your name and the dates that you would will attend) by sending a mail to accesseurope@uva.nl.

Detailed programme

22 January

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    14:30 Doors open
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    15:00 Opening by Jonathan Zeitlin

    Scientific director ACCESS EUROPE

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    15:10 Dymph van den Boom

    Dean University of Amsterdam

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    15:20 Jet Bussemaker

    Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW)

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    15:30 Andrée van Es

    Alderman Municipality of Amsterdam and Member Advisory Board ACCESS EUROPE

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    15:45 Keynote lecture by Loukas Tsoukalis

    Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens and President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) “What kind of Europe after the crisis? 

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    16:15 Discussion by Brigid Laffan

    Director and Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI)

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    16:30 Discussion by Frank Vandenbroucke

    Professor by Special Appointment in the Den Uyl chair, University of Amsterdam

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    16:45 Questions from the audience
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    17:15 Jaap Winter

    Chair Board VU University Amsterdam

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    17:20 Concluding remarks Anton Hemerijck

    Co-founder ACCESS EUROPE, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the VU University Amsterdam

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    17:30 Drinks

23 January

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    12:00 Doors open - lunch
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    13:00 Session 1: ‘Economic and political dimensions of the crisis’

    On stage: Brian Burgoon, Anton Hemerijck, Liesbet Hooghe, Claes de Vreese

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    14:00 Break
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    14:30 Session 2: ‘What way forward for European governance?’

    On stage: Jonathan Zeitlin, Ben Crum, Deirdre Curtin, Ester Herlin-Karnell

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    15:30 Break
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    16:00 Session 3: ‘What kind of Europe do we want - internal and external perspectives’

    On stage: Rob van de Laarse, Michael Wintle, Wolfgang Wagner, Marieke de Goede

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    17:00 Drinks

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