Bath academic speaks on the role of Culture in the creation of European Identities
6 July 2011
What does a European identity consist of? Who is included? What mechanisms create and shape it? Over the past six decades, various actors (institutions, groups, individuals) have attempted to shape a transnational European identity. While research about the existence of a European identity, based on historical, political, and other commonalities exists in abundance, there is no consensus about its overall meaning.
Dr Marion Demossier recently attended the Miami EU Center 2010 conference to speak on the role of Culture in the creation of European Identities.
The conference was sponsored by:
- Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence
- Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series
- Department of History
- European Studies Program
- School of International and Public Affairs
The conference was organised by Dr Rebecca Friedman and Dr Markus Thiel.
Speakers and topics included:
- Marion Demossier: ‘Terroir to Territories, European Culture in the making and the uses of History’
- Sophie Duschene-Guilluy: ‘National cultures, social belonging and questions of European identity’
- Homero Gil de Zuňiga y Navajas: ‘Digital and traditional media in Spain: Modeling the process of Political and Civic participation in the EU’
- Matthias Kaelberer: Culture, Communication and Currency: Constructing a public sphere for the euro’.
- Felice Lifshitz ‘Action! Camera! Roots! Cinematic Medievalism and European identities’
- Raymond Taras ‘Islamophobia & the use of Counter Histories’
- Dario Gaggio ‘Tourism and Transnationalism’
