European Literary Map: Ion Codru Drăguşanu read in Romanian by Oana Borlea-Stancioi by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Ion Codru Drăguşanu read in English by Oana Borlea-Stancioi by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Elif Shafak read in English by Olivia Scher by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Hans Christian Andersen read in Danish by Vincent Rasmussen by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Hans Christian Andersen read in English by Vincent Rasmussen by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Hector Berlioz read in English by Yanis Fekar by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Hector Berlioz read in French by Yanis Fekar by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in English by Annika Lindskog by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in Swedish by Annika Lindskog by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in English by Annika Lindskog (East End) by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Susanna Alakoski read in Swedish by Annika Lindskog (East End) by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Pavel Vilikovský read in Slovak by Dr Tim Beasley-Murray by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Pavel Vilikovský read in English by Dr Tim Beasley-Murray by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Karel Čapek read in English by Tim Beasley-Murray by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Karel Čapek read in Czech by Dr Tim Beasley-Murray by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Joseph Conrad read in English by Dr Tim Beasley-Murray by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Aleko Konstantinov read in English by Dr Temenuga Trifonova by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Aleko Konstantinov read in Bulgarian by Dr Temenuga Trifonova by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Anna Sebastian read in German by Dr Claudia Sternberg by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

European Literary Map: Anna Sebastian read in English by Dr Claudia Sternberg by Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcastโดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

In conversation with the UCL European Institute's Uta Staiger, the historian of modern Germany, Jeff Bowersox, discusses the arrival of Black American entertainers in Central Europe around 1900 - prior to the high modernist forms of American entertainment, including jazz. He also explores what the ambivalent responses of German-speaking audiences a…

Do you have to be in a couple to be a successful adult? In this episode of Talking Europe, we ask how norms around coupledom differ across Europe and how they have changed in recent decades.The EI’s Claudia Sternberg is joined by Sasha Roseneil, Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science in the IAS, and UCL’s Dean of Social and Historical Scienc…

Dr. Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, associate professor in Finnish and minority languages, and PhD candidates, Charlotte Doesberg, and Amanda DiGioia, join “Talking Europe” to discuss their new edited volume, which brings together the fascinating pairing of rock music and research.The three SSEES researchers are the co-editors of ‘Multilingual Metal Music:…

Professor Michael Shackleton is Special Professor in European Institutions at the University of Maastricht and Former Head of the European Parliament Information Office in the UK.In this episode of "Talking Europe," we discuss Michael's latest project, "Collecting Memories: The European Parliament 1979 to 2019." This is an oral archive of stories a…

In times of urgency, governments habitually concentrate power and restrict citizens’ rights. The current situation is no different: in order to prevent or control the spread of COVID-19, governments around the world have issued stay at home orders and temporarily closed businesses. While such measures are clearly necessary, it remains important tha…

In this episode of our new podcast series COVID-19: The Pandemic and Europe, EI Executive Director Uta Staiger explores the significance of Hungary's newly implemented Coronavirus Protection Law, together with Thomas Lorman, Teaching Fellow in Modern Central European History at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), Sean Hanl…

The UCL European Institute’s Brexit & Beyond podcast is back, with our first episode recorded 100% remotely. In this episode, Brexit research assistant Annisha Jhatakia interviews EI Executive Director, Uta Staiger, and Institute Manager, Oliver Patel, about the many ways COVID-19 is likely to impact the Brexit negotiations. They discuss whether th…

In the latest edition of our 'Talking Europe' podcast series, Carlotta Ferrara Degli Uberti (UCL Italian) and Uta Staiger discuss the role and cultural imagination of the Jewish minority in Italy – from the unification of the country into a new nation-state until the end of the First World War. Dr Ferrara’s book investigates key concepts such as fa…

The Will of the People: A Modern MythDemocracies today are in the grip of a myth: the myth of the will of the people. New political forces use the idea to challenge elected representatives. Politicians, content to invoke the will of the people, fail in their duty to make responsible and accountable decisions. And public contest over political choic…

In conversation with the European Institute’s Dr Uta Staiger, Rachel Bowlby, Professor of Comparative Literature at UCL, takes us through some of the thoughts and themes of her new book, Talking Walking: Essays in Cultural Criticism. This podcast explores diverse topics ranging from Greek tragedy to modern family forms, and from translating Derrida…

Professor Derek Hill, UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing Would the UK benefit from becoming an independent regulator on medical devices after Brexit?In conversation with the European Institute’s Clément Leroy, Derek Hill discusses how medical devices are currently regulated at international level and what impact Brexit might have on this highly…

This conversation explores the highly charged relationship between Greece and Germany at the height of the Eurozone Crisis, 2009-15. Claudia Sternberg (UCL), Kalypso Nicolaïdis (Oxford) and Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (LSE) are in conversation with the European Institute’s Uta Staiger to discuss the many ways in which Greeks and Germans represented an…

In this first podcast of a new series on EU policy beyond Brexit, Dr Nathan Lea, Senior Research Associate at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics, discusses the significance of the new European regulation protecting personal data. He shares a very positive view of the GDPR, which manages to strike a subtle balance between the need to harmonise …

In the fifth edition of our 'Talking Europe' podcast series, Miriam Leonard, Professor of Greek Literature and its Reception at UCL Classics, talks revolution, freedom and the role of Greek philosophy and tragedy in Hannah Arendt's thought. The conversation, with the European Institute's Dr Uta Staiger, takes its point of departure from a Special I…

In the fourth edition of our 'Talking Europe' podcast, Dr Mererid Puw Davies, in conversation Dr Tim Beasley-Murray, explores the West-German anti-authoritarian protest movement of the 1960s. Focusing on the protests of 1967 and 1968 - nearly fifty years on from that pivotal year - the podcast delves in to the novel and creative forms and methods o…

In the third of our 'Talking Europe' series of podcasts, Dr Rachel Morley, charts the changing representations of femininity in pre-revolutionary Russian cinema, in conversation with Dr Tim Beasley-Murray. Rachel is Lecturer in Russian Cinema and Culture at the UCL School of Slavonic Studies.โดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast

In the second European Institute podcast, Tim Beasley-Murray (UCL SSEES) interviews Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) about his award-winning book, East West Street. Professor Sands narrates the development of international criminal law through the experiences of the Nuremberg prosecutors and his own family members, weaving together intellectual history an…

Tim Beasley-Murray talks wine and politics with Andrew WM Smith, in the first of the European Institute's new series of podcasts.Vineyard image (C) Flickr User 'Miss Messie' (Creative Commons)โดย Talking Europe: The UCL European Institute podcast