The international colloquium on the history of Europe and its institutions is jointly organised by Espaces Marx, transform! europe, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Fondation Gabriel Péri, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord, CNRS, University Paris 13, and University Paris 8.
Programme
Thursday, 11 May
13.00-14.00
Introduction: Marga Ferré (FEC, Spain), Francis Wurtz (Honorary MEP, France)
Europe of peace, international solidarities and anti-racist movements
14.00-15.30
Round table I: Fights against fascism and the extreme right: the impasses of an analysis in terms of totalitarianism
Speakers: Roger Martelli (Historian, France), Detlef Nakath (Historian, Germany, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation)
15.30-16.00: Break
16.00-17.30
Round table II: Europe of peace? Cold War and European construction
Speakers: Serge Wolikow (Historian, France), Silvio Pons (Historian, Italy), Fritz Weber (Historian, Austria)
Friday, 12 May
“Social Europe”: between creations of rights and liberalization of the labour market
9.00-10.30
Round table I: A class struggle at the European level? Assessment of workers’ movements and European political alliances
Speakers: Sia Anagnostopoulou (Historian, Greece), Jean-Numa Ducange (Historian, France)
10.30 -11.00: Break
11.00-12.30
Round table II: Social Europe and European rights: stocktaking and perspectives
Speaker: Claude Didry (Sociologist, France)
12.30 -14.00: Lunch
Criticism of popular institutions and aspirations
14.00-15.30
Round table: The European idea, from enthusiasm to divorce
Speakers: Baier Walter (transform! europe, Austria), Marie-Christine Vergiat (MEP, France)
15.30 – 16.00
Conclusion and closure
In partnership with the Seminar “Emboîtement des crises” of Jean-Numa Ducange and Razmig Keucheyan