Convener: Firat Oruc

Description: The aim of the proposed colloquium is to bring graduate students with an interest in European Studies together to pursue further research in the field and to exchange ideas on major issues of contemporary Europe, including, but not limited to, citizenship, multiculturalism, sovereignty, the welfare state, and continental identity. In other words, the purpose of the colloquium is to trace the current phase of the "unfinished adventure" of Europe through a historical lens. The participants will read and discuss a variety of books that specifically engage in the idea of Europe as a question.

The colloquium series will thus help establish a common framework that would address multiple individual interests. The colloquium is aimed at compensating for the current absence of interaction among graduate students enrolled in the certificate program and encouraging other colleagues to take advantage of this certificate opportunity available through the Center.

Tentative Schedule for This Semester: April 13th, May 8, 2006.

Book List:
(Given the time limit, some books may be discussed next Fall.)

• Perry Anderson, Extra Time: World Politics since 1989 (Verso) $17.16
• Etienne Balibar, We, the People of Europe?: Reflections on Transnational Citizenship (Princeton UP) $12.89
• Zygmunt Bauman, Europe: An Unfinished Adventure (Polity Press) $19.95
• Jacques Derrida, Rogues: Two Essays on Reason (Stanford UP) $14.25
• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Oxford UP) $25.00
• Eric Hobsbawm, Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life (Pantheon) $19.80
• Daniel Levy [Ed.], Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe (Verso) $15.64
• Mark Mazower, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century (Vintage) $11.53
• Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (Oxford UP) $16.95