Selected Open Events

Open events of the European Studies Research group

Morality Politics of regulating borders in Europe and Germany. Talk by Narku Laing (visiting scholar, LMU Munich). Discussant: Julian Pänke, 2019 

Ukraine’s Never-Ending ‘Crisis’, Geopolitics, Capitalism: Anomalies or Ignored Inevitabilities? Talk by Dr Yuliya Yurchenko (University of Greenwich). Discussant: David Bailey, 2019  

Not 'Coming Out'? The Attitudinal Panopticon and the Shallow Europeanisation of LGBT Rights in Serbia. Talk by Dr Koen Slootmaeckers (City University of London). Discussant: George Kyris, 2018 

Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration. Talk by Professor Catherine De Vries (Director of the Essex Centre for Experimental Social Sciences, University of Essex) Discussant: Charlotte Galpin. Chair: Julian Pänke, 2018 

Book Launch: Beyond Defeat and Austerity (by David Bailey) & The Euro Crisis and European Identities (by Charlotte Galpin), 2017 

Understanding Migration Through Film. Screening of the 40' documentary 'Refugee Highway' by award-winning film maker Chronis Pechlivanidis, followed by a discussion and Q&A with: Chronis Pechlivanidis, Film Maker; Dora Komninou, Solidarity Now; Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Birmingham; Sarkawt Omar, University of Birmingham. Discussant: Dr George Kyris, 2017 

What Brexit means for Britain’s Place in the World? Panel discussion with: Ian Bond, Foreign Policy Director at Centre for European Reform, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle and Mark Webber, University of Birmingham. Chairs: George Kyris and Julian Pänke, 2016 

Europe after the Eurozone crisis? 2012. A panel discussion with Michelle Pace, Charlotte Galpin, Felix Heiduk, Dave Toke, David Bailey. 

Bridging the Local/Global Divide: Transnational Advocacy in Theory and Practice Conference, 2009. Hosted by Julie Gilson in association with the Open University.