UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
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2008-09 Programme
Wednesday 12 November 2008, 2.00 p.m., Room G51, European Research Institute
H.E. M. Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
‘The French Presidency of the European Union’
Tuesday 18 November 2008, 12 noon, Room UG05, Learning Centre
Mr Paul Johnston (Director, International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office)
‘NATO and European Security: Challenges and Opportunities’
Tuesday 25 November 2008, 5.15 p.m., Lecture Theatre 4, Strathcona Building
Jointly with Centre for European Languages and Cultures
Dr Karoline von Oppen (University of Bath)
‘How anti-Serb was the German Press? War Reporting from Bosnia’
Monday 1 December 2008, 2.00 pm, Avon Room
The Institute of European Law Annual Lecture 2009
Professor Damian Chalmers (London School of Economics and Political Science)
‘Judicial Dynamics and Legal Change Beyond Lisbon’
Wednesday 21 January 2009, 12 noon, Room LG33, Learning Centre
Dr Moritz Föllmer (University of Leeds)
‘Urbanity in Twentieth-Century Europe’
January 2009, details tba
Skills Sessions for Postgraduate Research Students
Tuesday 10 February 2009, 5.15 p.m., Lecture Theatre 4, Strathcona Building
Jointly with Dept of German Studies
Prof. Bill Niven (Nottingham Trent University)
‘Making Use of the Past: The Holocaust during the Cold War’
Wednesday 11 February 2009, 12 noon, Room G51, European Research Institute
Jointly with Dept of German Studies
Professor Joep Leerssen (University of Amsterdam)
‘Intellectuals in Nineteenth-Century Nation Formation in Europe’
Wednesday 11 March 2009, 1.00 p.m. (tbc)
Jointly with Birmingham Business School
Mr David Marsh (London & Oxford Group)
‘Britain, Brussels, Berlin and the Euro – The Credit Crisis and European
Co-operation’ (title tbc)
Thursday 16 – Saturday 18 April 2009, European Research Institute,
Pritchatts Road
Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference
Europe – A Continent of Paradoxes
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