Timothy Garton Ash
6.30-8pm | Thursday 19 October 2006
Old Theatre, LSE
Speaker
Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, Oxford University
Opening lecture for The Heart of Europe
The Heart of Europe
The recent upheavals and tensions in the EU and the uncertainty over the EU’s final frontier are posing fundamental questions at the intersection of philosophy, politics, sociology, economics, literature and intellectual history. The idea of a distinctive ‘European identity’ belongs at the heart of the idea of Europe itself. However, in a time when Europe citizens, the idea of a common European identity seems less secure than ever. It is in response to the profoundly uncertain situation of contemporary European life that we seek to engage in a deliberately multidisciplinary way with questions concerning the Heart of Europe.
In association with the FT Business-LSE European Institute ‘Future of Europe’ Public Lecture series