Publications at the College of Europe #14 – Professor Oriane Calligaro
College of Europe Podcast (Bruges)Show Notes
In this episode of the College of Europe Podcast, students and faculty of the College welcomed Professor Oriane Calligaro, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Université Catholiquede Lille. Her work examines the history and politics of European integration, with particular attention to the cultural and symbolic dimensions of the European project — how the EU seeks to narrate itself through culture, values, and memory. She is the author of Negotiating Europe: EU Promotion of Europeanness since the 1950s and has published widely on questions of European identity, memory politics, and the role of culture in EU governance.
In this lecture, entitled “Are Flanders Fields a European Site of Memory? The Arduous Quest for a European Remembrance of War,” Professor Calligaro reflected on the ways in which the memory of the First World War has been mobilised (and sometimes contested) in attempts to craft a European narrative. Her intervention opened a broader discussion on the possibilities, limits, and political implications of imagining a shared European remembrance of war.
Keynote speech of the Flanders Fields Lecture and Study Trip of the College of Europe, this session and the discussions invite curious listeners and European politics enthusiasts to engage critically with how Europe interprets its past and how these memory practices resonate with contemporary and future challenges for the European project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from College of Europe Podcast (Bruges)
In this episode of CSDP, Léonie Bontoux and Giulio Croce interview Swedish Minister of Defence (and College Alumnus) Pål Jonson.
In the fourth and final episode of the Young Diplomats Society Podcast Series of Victoria Amelina promotion, İrem İlksoy and Leah Tillmann-Morris interview Pavel Slunkin, a Belarusian former diplomat and visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), about Belarus's political trajectory, its relationship with Russia, and the prospects for the country's democratic opposition and exile community. Pavel shares his experience in Belarusian foreign ministry and his resignation from the MFA in 2020, EU's role in supporting Belarusians in exile, how the war in Ukraine has reshaped Belarus's position between Moscow and the West, and the growing role of AI in government decision-making processes.
In this episode of the Young Diplomats' Society podcast, İrem İlksoy and Leah Tillmann-Morris are joined by Charles-Michel Geurts, former EEAS diplomat and EU ambassador to Ecuador, and current professor at the College of Europe. We begin with insights into how the internal work of EEAS compares to working abroad, and the strength that can be found in coordinating EU member states as a diplomatic force, as well as the journey of EU human rights diplomacy. Prof. Geurts also shares his experiences and reflections as ambassador to Ecuador from 2020-2024, particularly on efforts to combat the illegal cocaine trade and transnational organised crime, including drawing on European law-enforcement experience in tackling the Italian mafia to support responses to Ecuadorian drug gangs, while also navigating the tensions that can arise when EU diplomats engage with differing approaches to military involvement in law enforcement.
In this episode of CSDP, Léonie Bontoux and Giulio Croce interview Philippe Perchoc, Director of the IRSEM Europe (the Research Institute of the French Ministry of Armed Forces).
In this episode of CSDP, Giulio Croce interviews Teresa Coratella, Deputy Head of the European Council on Foreign Relations in Rome.