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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

Castle Talks/World Café on Cross-Border Cooperation

 
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Perception of Europe in Border Regions B-Shapes & Jean Monnet Chairs Nef Hist-Nef LawNov. 11 - 13, 2024
EU- Ukraine -Russia Perception of borders and European integration in times of War Mar. 25 - 27, 2024
Resilience of border regions in times of crisis -Borderlands as zones of common Law?Nov. 13 - 15, 2023

Confrontation of Border Models 
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Mar. 1 - 2, 2023
Webinar on UkraineOct. 25, 2022
Confrontation of Border Models
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Nov. 28 - 29, 2022
European Memory Politics - European Memory versus Populism and Euroscepticism in Western Europe Jean Monnet Network & Jean Monnet ChairMar. 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 2021Apr. 16, 2021

European Immigration and COVID-19 Impact
Virtually via Zoom

Nov. 16, 2020 
Peace and stability in Europe: With or without NATO? On-site at Science Po StrasbourgOct. 21, 2020 
The migration crisis, a humanitarian challenge for border regions (canceled due to COVID-19)Mar. 16 -17, 2020 
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 regionsMar. 18 - 19, 2019
The Identity Crisis of Europe : Euroscepticism in Border RegionsNov. 5 - 6, 2018
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders Eastern borders: Do borders help to foster intercultural understanding?Mar. 19 - 20, 2018
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders: European borders as sources of conflict: What if the border threatens us?Nov. 9 - 10, 2017
European Integration: What if the border comes back in the European Union? Analysis with regard to the threat to European IntegrationMar. 20 - 21, 2017
Conflict and Cooperation at EU Borders: Open or Closed Borders:Nov. 7 - 9, 2016
European vs. American IdentitiesMar. 21 - 22, 2016
"Border Bridges" - Memories of conflicts & peace in border regionsDec. 7 - 8, 2015
Comparative Human Rights - United States vs. EuropeMar. 27, 2015
Fear of Integration - Pertience of BordersDec. 8 - 9, 2014
Borders & GovernanceDec. 3, 2013