What was Democracy? Democracy in the North Atlantic since 1945.
Wednesday 30 March, 13.15-15.30
Meeting Room 7, 1st floor, near Lysningen
Russia and China recently issued a joint statement claiming that the two countries have “long-standing traditions of democracy” and promised to support like-minded partners in the promotion of “genuine democracy”. Such language reminds us that profoundly different conceptions of democracy is not something we have “overcome”, but something as important today as it was in the twentieth century. Also, within Western countries, recent years have seen a rise of competing notions of democracy, urging all of us to reflect on the history and future of democracy.
In this seminar, we return to the period after the Second World War when “liberal democracies” and the “liberal international order” was founded in the North Atlantic. How did the leading voices in Western Europe and in the US think about democracy and its future? What did they consider the foundation of modern democracy, and how did they imagine it should work? Was liberalism really the foundation of “liberal democracy”, and if not, then what?
Speakers:
Jeppe Nevers (University of Southern Denmark): Introduction
Martin Conway (University of Oxford): Democracy in Western Europe in the Postwar Period
Vibeke Schou Tjalve (Danish Institute for International Studies): Christian Democracy in Europe and the US after 1945
The seminar will end with a reception. All welcome.
Wednesday 30 March, 13.15-15.30
Meeting Room 7, 1st floor, near Lysningen
Russia and China recently issued a joint statement claiming that the two countries have “long-standing traditions of democracy” and promised to support like-minded partners in the promotion of “genuine democracy”. Such language reminds us that profoundly different conceptions of democracy is not something we have “overcome”, but something as important today as it was in the twentieth century. Also, within Western countries, recent years have seen a rise of competing notions of democracy, urging all of us to reflect on the history and future of democracy.
In this seminar, we return to the period after the Second World War when “liberal democracies” and the “liberal international order” was founded in the North Atlantic. How did the leading voices in Western Europe and in the US think about democracy and its future? What did they consider the foundation of modern democracy, and how did they imagine it should work? Was liberalism really the foundation of “liberal democracy”, and if not, then what?
Speakers:
Jeppe Nevers (University of Southern Denmark): Introduction
Martin Conway (University of Oxford): Democracy in Western Europe in the Postwar Period
Vibeke Schou Tjalve (Danish Institute for International Studies): Christian Democracy in Europe and the US after 1945
The seminar will end with a reception. All welcome.
- Arrangør: Politisk Historie
- Adresse: Mødelokale 7, 5230 Odense M
- Kontakt Email: cdp@sdu.dk
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