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 and its 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 and its Role in the World (Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel)
• Rights and debates within the context of the European Convention on Human Rights (Dr. Ingo Bott)
• Governance in Times of Multiple Crises: Efficient and Democratic? (Julian Plottka)
• Gender & LGBTIQ Equality in the European Union: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Contestations (Gabriela Pancheva)
• Europe in Times of Change: Between the “Glocal” and the “Global” (working title; Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha)
• European Defence Policy (working title; Dr. Carolyn Moser)
• Europe and the Stars – Images, Narratives, and the Embodiment of a Cultural Vision (PD Dr. Dr. Jesús Munoz-Morcillo)

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/5221