Catch up: International conference Constructing Europe(s)

The Prokhorov Centre hosted the international conference 'Constructing Europe(s): The cultural borders of Western and Eastern Europe past, present, and future' on 26–27 May 2017.

EU flags outside building

ºù«Ӱҵ the conference

This international conference was organised by the Prokhorov Centre's Directors, Henk de Berg and Evgeny Dobrenko.

Conference themes

Faced with rising levels of immigration, a struggling currency, and Brexit, the European Union is under increasing pressure.

But behind these political challenges, there lies an older and much deeper question – that of the nature of Europe itself.

What is Europe, where does it come from, and where is it going? And what are the origins of the distinction between a 'Western' and an 'Eastern' Europe, and how has this distinction changed over time?

Download the conference programme (PDF, 3.2MB)


Keynote speech

Nancy Condee: Bespoke modernity (and the thing they once called Europe)

Watch the keynote by Nancy Condee (Inaugural Director at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh) below.

Get in touch

Prokhorov Centre
University of ºù«Ӱҵ
School of Languages and Cultures
Jessop West Building
1 Upper Hanover Street
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