EUROPEAN WEEK 31st of January to the 4th February

Title: 'Crisis and Recovery - the future of the European Union'
at King's College London

Programme

Monday, 31st January at 18.30
Council Room, King's Building, Strand Campus

Title: Division or Unity? How has the crisis impacted economic policies in Europe

Mr. John Peet, Europe Editor at The Economist
Mr. Josué Tanaka, Corporate Director responsible for the strategic functions of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Eastern European Member States and Ukraine.
Mr. Mats Persson, Director of Open Europe, London-based independent business think tank and Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm


Tuesday, 1st February at 18.30
Council room, King's Building, Strand Campus

Title: The Lisbon Treaty: a first step towards the european federal state?

Mr. Marco Incerti, EU lawyer and fellow researcher at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS).
Mr. Gavin Hewitt, Journalist and presenter at BBC News Europe, Former BBC Washington correspondent


Wednesday, 2nd February at 18.30
Council room, King's Building, Strand Campus

Title: Civilian or Military Power: Europe's (declining?) role in the world order

Mr. Richard Youngs, director general of FRIDE, an influential and critical think tank on the EU and lecturer in World Politics at the University of Warwick
Mrs. Clara Marina O’Donnel, research fellow at the Center for European Reform (CER - influential European think tank in London)


Thursday, 3rd February at 18.30St. David's Room, King's Building, Strand Campus

You are invited to attend a concert on the Strand campus which will feature different acts from European composers.

• Flautist Mr. Ben Macdougall
• The Lowenberg Trio: Mr. llya Movchan (Violin), Mr. Jordan Gregoris (Violoncello) and Ms. Hannah Loewenberg-Harnest (Piano).

Friday, 4th February at 18.30
Council room, King's Building, Strand Campus

Title: A European Union without limits? How far can the enlargement stretch?

Mr. Jonathan Scheele, Head of European Commission Representation in the UK and former Head of the Commission's delegation to Eastern Europe
Mr. Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust and former MEP (1994-1999)
Mr. Toby Vogel, Director of Democratization and Politcy Council, former columnist at the Wall Street Journal Europe, International Herald Tribune, Haaretz and editor at the European Voice newspaper.

Concluding Lecture: What if the widening gap between EU institutions and citizens was the biggest challenge for the EU? by:

Mr. Daniel Guéguen, Chief Executive of Clan Public Affairs, CEO of the European Training Institute, visiting professor in European Studies at Harvard and Georgetown Universities.

Each night will be followed by a wine reception.

2010

25th to the 29th January 2010

Programme:

25th January at 6.30 p.m. Council Room, Strand building
“The Eastern Enlargement: a win or a loss for the European Union?”
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Former Prime Minister of Poland)
Michael Geier (Former German ambassador to Bulgaria)
Tomasz Mickiewicz (Professor of Comparative Economics, UCL)
Chris Bobinski (Former Financial Times Correspondent)
Chair: Jan Palmowski (School of Arts and Humanities, KCL)

27th January at 6.30 p.m. Council Room, Strand building
“The EU and the Yugosphere: what’s next?”
Tim Judah (Balkans Correspondent, The Economist)
Chair: Chiara De Franco (Department of War Studies, KCL)

29th January at 6 p.m. Council Room, Strand building
“United States of Europe: What are the limits of integration?”
Gavin Hewitt (Special Correspondent and Europe Editor, BBC News)
Charles Tannock (MEP for London, European Conservatives and Reformists Group)
Scott James (Department of European Studies, KCL)
Sarah Lambert (Head of EU Representation to the UK)
Chair: Jackie Gower (Department of War Studies, KCL)

The European Week is organised by students from the European Studies Programme. 
All Welcome!

It's a free event and there is no need to register.

For any further queries, please contact: larissa.riepl@kcl.ac.uk