The Global Institute for core Values and Education (G.I.V.E.)
is housed at the Château de Pourtalès in Strasbourg. The Château de Pourtalès has been for centuries a place where the decision-takers of Europe in the 19th and 20th century came together to brainstorm, develop new ideas and create new models for a united Europe without borders and frontiers.
If you are enrolled in one of our semester programs, you are invited to participate in the World Cafe which happens during the same time as "Castle Talks" symposium.
The symposium consists of presentations from keynote speakers, dynamic panel discussions, and dialogues with other students, scholars, politicians, and business leaders from Europe.
Topics vary from semester to semester, but will generally focus on Cross-Border Cooperation and Cross-Cultural Relations topics between North America and Europe.
The symposium is an extra opportunity for you to learn something new, to broaden your perspectives on important subjects, and to foster cultural understanding and communication during your semester abroad.
Although the common languages of the symposium is English and French, many participants will speak or present in different native languages.
Castle-talks on Cross-Border Cooperation
by Birte Wassenberg
452 pages with 23 b/w illustrations and 6 tables
€ 69,–
978-3-515-12008-1 softcover
978-3-515-12018-0 e-book
Read the summary: Flyer
Order here: www.steiner-verlag.de
Impressions from the past "Castle Talks" Symposia
Castle Talks/World Café - March 25-27, 2024 | |
Theme: EU- Ukraine -Russia Perception of borders and European integration in times of War Monday, March 25, 2024 - Castle Talks begins at 5:00 pm Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - World Café all-day event Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - Border Walk with students | |
Castle Talks Symposia | |
| Symposium Topic: | Date: |
Monday, Nov. 13 - Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
Past Castle Talks on Cross-Border Cooperation | |
| Castle Talks on Narratives on Borders in Europe Confrontation of Border Models The narrative of Europe without Borders | March 1-2, 2023 |
| Webinar on Ukraine | Tuesday, October 25 |
| Topic to be announced. | Monday, November 28 – |
| European Memory Politics - European Memory versus Populism and Euroscepticism in Western Europe Jean Monnet Network & Jean Monnet Chair | March 24 - 25, 2022 |
| Virtual/Hybrid Roundtable: The Effects of COVID-19 on Nationalism and Borders | Nov. 29 - 30, 2021 |
| The U.S., China, and Europe: Trends and Challenges in 2021 | April 16, 2021 |
| European Immigration and COVID-19 Impact | November 16, 2020 Virtually via Zoom |
| Peace and stability in Europe: With or without Nato? | October 21, 2020 Science Po Strasbourg |
| The migration crisis, a humanitarian challenge for border regions | March 16 -17, 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 |
Crisis of peace? The scars of history: reconciliation in border regions | Nov. 18-19, 2019 |
| March 18-19, 2019 | |
The Identity Crisis of Europe : Euroscepticism in Border Regions | November 5-6, 2018 |
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders | March 19-20, 2018 |
| November 9-10, 2017 | |
| March 20-21, 2017 | |
| Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders: Open or Closed Borders: | Nov. 7-9, 2016 |
| European vs. American Identities | March 21-22, 2016 |
| "Border Bridges" - Memories of conflicts & peace in border regions | Dec. 7-8, 2015 |
| Comparative Human Rights - United States vs. Europe | March 27, 2015 |
| Fear of Integration - Pertience of Borders | Dec. 8-9, 2014 |
| Borders & Governance | Dec. 3, 2013 |