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“Castle Talks” World Café

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 Spring 2018

Castle Talks Spring 2017

Castle Talks Fall 2016

Spring 2016 Castle Talks Symposium in Strasbourg, France

Upcoming Castle Talks/World Café

Spring 2025

Mon. March 17 - Tues. March 18, 2025

Theme: To be announced Keynote Speaker: To be announced

Past Castle Talks on Cross-Border Cooperation

 
Castle Talks on Narratives of borders in Europe Perception of Europe in Border Regions B-Shapes & Jean Monnet Chairs Nef Hist-Nef Law Download agendaMon. Nov. 11 - Wed. Nov. 13, 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 Keynote Speaker: Katarzyna Stollosa Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - World Café all-day event Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - Border Walk with studentsCastle Talks/World Café - March 25-27, 2024
Castle Talks on Narratives on Borders in Europe: Resilience of border regions in times of crisis - Borderlands as zones of common Law?Monday, Nov. 13 - Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023
Castle Talks on Narratives on Borders in Europe Confrontation of Border Models The narrative of Europe without BordersMarch 1-2, 2023
Webinar on UkraineTuesday, October 25 from 12 - 2 pm
 Topic to be announced.Monday, November 28 – Tuesday, November 29, 2022
European Memory Politics - European Memory versus Populism and Euroscepticism in Western Europe Jean Monnet Network & Jean Monnet ChairMarch 24 - 25, 2022
Virtual/Hybrid Roundtable: The Effects of COVID-19 on Nationalism and BordersNov. 29 - 30, 2021
The U.S., China, and Europe: Trends and Challenges in 2021April 16, 2021
European Immigration and COVID-19 ImpactNovember 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 regionsMarch 16 -17, 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
Crisis of peace? The scars of history: reconciliation in border regionsNov. 18-19, 2019
The crisis of Europe without borders: The re-questioning of Schengen and its consequences for European border regionsMarch 18-19, 2019
The Identity Crisis of Europe : Euroscepticism in Border RegionsNovember 5-6, 2018
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders Eastern borders: Do borders help to foster intercultural understanding?March 19-20, 2018
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders: European borders as sources of conflict: What if the border threatens us?November 9-10, 2017
European Integration: What if the border comes back in the European Union? Analysis with regard to the threat to European IntegrationMarch 20-21, 2017
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders: Open or Closed Borders:Nov. 7-9, 2016
European vs. American IdentitiesMarch 21-22, 2016
"Border Bridges" - Memories of conflicts & peace in border regionsDec. 7-8, 2015
Comparative Human Rights - United States vs. EuropeMarch 27, 2015
Fear of Integration - Pertience of BordersDec. 8-9, 2014
Borders & GovernanceDec. 3, 2013