30/11/2020
In August Dr Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration at Birkbeck, University of London, on a competitive basis for a period of three years (Decision Nr. 620445 of the EU’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency). This is the first Jean Monnet Chair in Birkbeck’s history.
This project (which is supported by the EU’s Erasmus+ programme) includes a whole range of activities related to teaching on the politics of European integration, plus a series of events that are open to the public and research.
UPCOMING EVENTS
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/politics/jean-monnet-chair/events-and-audiovisual
In light of COVID-19, these events will be held online. Access to them is free but registration is required. To register, please click on the title of the event that interests you.
The UK, the EU and parliamentary democracy. Saturday school for Politics & Government A-level teachers and their pupils
Saturday 9 January 2021, 9.15am - 1pm
Speakers:
Dr D. G. Dimitrakopoulos (Jean Monnet Chair)
Mr Matthew Bevington (researcher in the UK in a Changing EU think tank and doctoral student at Birkbeck’s Politics Department).
Register for this event: The UK, the EU and parliamentary democracy. Saturday school for Politics and Government A-level teachers and pupils.
Inaugural Jean Monnet lecture: Ms Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman. EU accountability: an Ombudsman perspective
Tuesday 23 February 2021, 6.15pm
Ms Emily O’Reilly - first elected by the European Parliament in 2013 and re-elected in 2014 and 2019 - has been instrumental in improving transparency in EU decision making and promoting higher ethical standards in EU administration. We are delighted that she has agreed to give the inaugural Jean Monnet lecture.
Register for this event: Inaugural Jean Monnet lecture: Ms Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman. EU accountability: an Ombudsman perspective.
Reform inside Economic & Monetary Union and the limits of parliamentary government: the case of Greece
Thursday 25 February 2021, 6.15pm
Speakers:
Mr Declan Costello, Deputy Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Ms Georgette Lalis, European Commission (ret.), former deputy head of the Athens office of the European Commission’s Task Force for Greece
Dr George Chouliarakis, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard University and former Alternate Finance Minister in the second Tsipras government (2015-2019)
Professor Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Register for this event: Reform inside Economic and Monetary Union and the limits of parliamentary government: the case of Greece.
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Audiovisual material from the events that will be held under the auspices of the Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration will be made available on this page in due course.
The Talking Europe video blog – whose original objective was and remains to showcase Europe-related research conducted at Birkbeck – is curated by the Jean Monnet Chair holder and will also be used to inform the wider public about activities organised under the auspices of this Monnet Chair
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/politics/jean-monnet-chair
