Lecture series

2026

02. November "Opening the Black Box: Ways to understand the European Council" by Dr. Ralf Drachenberg 

23. September "Georgia between the West and the East" by Dr. Levan Tsagareli (Ilia State University)

21 April "Development and Crisis: transformations in the Italian economy in the last 80 years. Lessons for Europe" by Prof. Gioacchino Garofoli (University of Insurbia)

25 March "On the margins of Europe? Scottish Gaelic cultural identity in a European perspective" by Gabrielle Fath (University of Limerick) 

18 March "Identity through Geographical Space: Ambivalent Perspectives on the Alps in Austrian Literature and Art" by Dr. Johann Georg Lughofer (University of Ljubljana) 

04 March "Russia: Reporting from a Dictatorship at War" by Miriam Beller (TV and radio journalist with Austrian public broadcaster ORF)

28 February "Coping with Europe: EU Member and Party System Change" by Prof. Nils Ringe (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

03 February "Stress and Strategy: How Global Shocks Reshaped the EU-Japan Relationship" by Jana-Larissa Grzeszkowiak (Ruhr University Bochum)

2025

14 November "Discipline and Dreaming - The Days and Nights of a Multilingual Translator" by Diarmuid Johnson

25 September "The Czech Republic, the European Union and the Rise of Populism" by Dr. Martin Nekola 

21 May "Towards a new (Iliberld) World Order: Relations Between the West and Türkiye" by Çiğdem Üstün (Istanbul Nisantasi University)