EUROPE ON TEST: NARRATIVES OF UNION AND DISUNION – THE NORDIC PERSPECTIVE (November 14, 2018 Helsinki)

The Council of Finnish Academies, together with the Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki, cordially invites you to a seminar:

EUROPE ON TEST: NARRATIVES OF UNION AND DISUNION – THE NORDIC PERSPECTIVE

November 14, 2018 Helsinki, The House of The Estates, 9 am – 4 pm.

“Europe on Test: Narratives of Union and Disunion” – a series of seminars hosted by selected Academies of Sciences and Humanities in various European cities and coordinated by ALLEA – will address these and other aspects of relevance for the future of Europe as a community. Renowned scholars will debate and illuminate the significance of such narratives from a variety of different angles and within their national contexts.

The Nordic perspective on Europe will be explored at the conference organized by The Council of Finnish Academies at The House of the Estates Helsinki on November 14, 2018. The focus of this conference will be on the role of the Nordic societies in the European and global context. The speakers will debate about the essence of the Nordic welfare state and about the legacies of history on the ideas and ideologies in the Nordic countries. Then the focus will move to the present times and Nordic societies struggling with issues of migration and multiculturalism giving room for populism and extremist political movements with the aim/under the banner of defending the traditional Nordic values.

The full program and further information can be found athttp://www.academies.fi/europeontest/

Please register you attendance at http://www.academies.fi/europeontest/ by November 6th 2018.

PROGRAMME

08:30–09:00 Registration

09:00–09:10 Welcome by Professor Jan Sundberg

09:10-09:20 Greeting from ALLEA by Chancellor emerita Krista Varantola

09:20–10:55 Session 1: Europe and the Nordics

Chair: Dr Juhana Aunesluoma, Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki

Professor emeritus Bo Stråth, University of Helsinki

Professor Mary Hilson, Aarhus University

Professor Karl-Erik Michelsen, Lappeenranta University of Technology

10:55–11:10 Coffee and Nibbles

11:10–12:35 Session 2: Mobility, migration and refuge

Chair: Professor Jan Sundberg, University of Helsinki

Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo

Dr Camilla Nordberg, University of Helsinki

13:35 –15:00 Session 3: Politics, populism, and extremist movements

Professor Roger Eatwell, University of Bath

Dr Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

Professor Juha Herkman, University of Helsinki

15:00 –16:00 Reflections

Chair: Professor Józef Niżnik, Polish Academy of Sciences

Session Chairs from sessions 1, 2 and 3.