The Jean Monnet Circle Seminar „How does the European Union work? Functions, institutions and ongoing challenges“ offers a basic introduction into the major social, political, cultural, and economic developments in Europe, in interrelation with the process of globalization and European integration. All topics are presented by alternating experts from different universities and institutions.

The seminar addresses the following topics:

• Europe seen from Outside: Europe and Its Role in the World

       (Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel)

• Gender & LGBTIQ Equality in the European Union: Concepts,democratic Mechanisms and Contestations

       (Gabriela Pancheva)

• Governance in Times of Multiple Crises: Efficient and Democratic?

        (Julian Plottka)

• European Defence Policy

       (Dr. Carolyn Moser)

• National and European Identities in Film

       (Dr. Igor Krstic))

• Human Rights and legal Frameworks of the European Union

       (Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller)

• Antidemocratic Movements in Europe

      (Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha)

More information on the seminar program is available on the following website:
www.forum.kit.edu/english/2793.php

2 - 6 ECTS

Registration required at: https://plus.campus.kit.edu/signmeup/procedures/6894