Final Program_Critical Reflections in Europe_ΕUI
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Presentation of the research workshop
Eva-Maria Muschik (HEC), Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi (LAW) and Ioannis Galariotis (SPS)
10:15-13:00 Panel I: Perceptions of the ‘Other’: Xenophobia and Europe as a Host Society
Chair: Dr. Andreas Gofas, Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Center, EUI
“The European Idea of the Fanatic, From the 16th to the 21st Centuries”
Dr. James Renton, Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Center, EUI
“A Data-Driven Approach to Researching Xenophobia in Greece” Dr. Haris Papageorgiou, Konstantina Papanikolaou, Maria Pontiki, Dimitris Pappas, Dimitris Gkoumas ATHENA Research and Innovation Center
“The Evolution of Xenophobia in Greece: Targets, Actors, Sentiments and Events” Dr. Ioannis Galariotis, Max Weber Fellow, 2015-2017 & Panteion University, Professor Vasiliki Georgiadou, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Dr. Anastasia Kafe, Panteion University and Dr. Jenny Lialiouti, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences
Q and A session Panel I
11:45-12:00 Coffee Break
“Europe and the EU in the Eyes of Migrants of Turkish Origin”
Professor Ayhan Kaya, Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Center, EUI
“The Refugee Crisis and the Far Right Parties: Mapping a Troubling Relationship in Southern Europe”
Dr. Sofia Tipaldou, Autonomous University of Barcelona and Panteion University
Q and A session Panel I
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15
Panel II: Arrival of Forced Migrants and EU’s ‘Refugee Crisis’: Obviating Protection?
Chair: Professor Prof. Barbara Oomen, Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, EUI Law Department
“Something New Under the Sun? Exploring the Role of ‘Hotspots’ in the EU Asylum Policy”
Dr. Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi, Max Weber Fellow 2016-2017
“The EU Humanitarian Border and the Co-option of Human Rights: De-humanising Refugee Flows through the ‘Rescue without Protection’ Paradigm”
Dr. Violeta Moreno-Lax, Lecturer in Law, Queen Mary University of London
Q and A session Panel II
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30
Panel III: Practical Responses to the Refugee Problem at the International Level: A Historical Perspective
Chair: Professor Corinna Unger, History and Civilization Department, EUI
“Displacement, Militarism, and Humanitarianism – United Nations Relief in Post-War Europe”
Professor Silvia Salvatici, University of Milan
“In Search of ‘Permanent Solutions’ – The Refugee in Europe as a Concern for International Organizations at the End of World War Two”
Dr. Eva-Maria Muschik, Max Weber Fellow 2016-2017, Department of History and Civilization
Q and A session Panel III
16:30 – 17:00 Conclusions
Wrap up and concluding remarks
Eva-Maria Muschik (HEC), Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi (LAW) and Ioannis Galariotis (SPS)
