European Studies Day – Eurooppa-tutkimuksen päivä
21st October, 2016, University of Helsinki, Finland
Organizers: Finnish European Studies Association and the Network for European Studies, University of Helsinki
09.30
Coffee
10.00 – 11.30
Keynote: Perfect Storm, or Storm in a Teacup? The United Kingdom, Brexit, and the International System
Professor Anne Deighton, University of Oxford
Chair: Research Director Juhana Aunesluoma, University of Helsinki/FESA
Venue: Fabianinkatu 26, Main Hall (3rd floor)
11.30 – 13.00
Lunchbreak
13.00- 14.45
Working Groups 1
Group 1: Europe and the Making of the Global Order
(Unioninkatu 37, sh1)
Chair: TBC
Benedikt Schoenborn: The East-West German summits of 1970: a reconciliation perspective
Lorenzo Ferrari: Quite United Nations. Western Europe at the UN General Assembly, 1946-1995
Matthew Broad: Achieving peace through trade liberalisation: The development of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as a cold war actor
Commentator: TBC
Group 2: Institutional and Ideological Developments in the EU (note: working language is Finnish in this session)
(Unioninkatu 37, sh2)
Chair: TBC
Hannu-Pekka Ikäheimo: EU Nautintovarkaana. Tulkintakehykset “EU kieltää” –artikkeleissa
Hanna Tuominen: Reconsidering the human rights role of the EU in the context of the refugee crisis
Jarmo Kortelainen: Brussels as a political place: a study on fluid assemblages in EU policy-making
Commentator: TBC
14.45 – 15.15
Coffee
15.15 – 17.00
Working Groups 2
Group 1: Changing Sovereignties: Brexit and Security
(Unioninkatu 37, sh1)
Chair: TBC
Teemu Häkkinen & Minna Kaarkoski: ’Sovereignty’ in the British political debates, 1940-1970
Massimo Fichera: Brexit, EU Constitutionalism, and the security of the European project
Saila Heinikoski: Post-neutral security policy in the militarising European Union – Finland and the demilitarised and neutralised Åland Islands
Commentator: TBC
Group 2: European Identity in the Making: Europeanization, Discourses and Policies
(Unioninkatu 37, sh 2)
Chair: TBC
Johannes Lehtinen: Sosiaalipolitiikkaa budjettikurin ehdoilla – Kreikan sopeutusohjelmat ja sosiaalipolitiikan eurooppalaistuminen diskursiivisen institutionalismin näkökulmasta
Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus: ‘Banal’ construction ‘our’ heritage
Katja Mäkinen: Debates on cultural heritage in the European Parliament
Commentator: TBC