Date: Monday, 17 April 2023

We are pleased to announce details of a morning to mark 50 years BA European Studies at the University of Limerick which will take place on Monday, 17 April 2023, Millstream Common Room, University of Limerick. Please find a full schedule of events below

9.00 

  • Opening address by Prof. Shane Kilcommins, Provost, University of

    Limerick

9.10

  • Keynote lecture by Prof. Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor at the European

    University Institute, Florence

    “The European Union and the dynamic of European integration today”

    Followed by Q&A

10.10

  • Coffee

10.30-12.00

  • European Studies at UL: Looking back – Looking forward

10.30

  • European Studies at UL: Looking back

    Introduction by Prof. Bernadette Andréosso-O’Callaghan, Jean Monnet Chair in European Economics, Kemmy Business School

10.35

Looking back: Reviewing 50 years of European Studies at UL (Prof. Joachim Fischer and Prof. Edward Moxon-Browne)

11.00

  • European Studies at UL: Looking forward

    Introduction by Prof. Mairéad Moriarty, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics

11.05

  • Panel discussion on the next 50 years of European Studies at UL

    Chair: Prof. Mairéad Moriarty (with Dr Angela Farrell, Dr Sorcha de Brún and other panel members)

11.40

  • Q&A

12.00- 12.30

  • Studying European Studies

    Introduction by Dr Sandra Joyce, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

    In conversation with students past and present (Dr Sorcha de Brún)

    Experiences at the ConSIMium simulation exercise of the European Council in Brussels, 2/3 February 2023 (Niamh McLoughlin and Sarah Nunan)

12.30

  • Award ceremony for EUROPA2073 creative writing/art competition with presentations of winning entries (Joachim Fischer, Donal Ryan and others)

13.00

  • Buffet Lunch

14.00

  • End of event

The event is supported by UL50 and the Communicating European Initiative.