Special Lecture
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheThe great European Void: linguistic and cultural barriers for a European public sphere
Abstract: The ‚democratic deficit‘ in the European Union is not only the result of institutional shortcomings, but also due to the absence of a European ‚public sphere‘ where the political and cultural debate may proceed for an all-European audience. Such discussion is the task of intellectuals, first. However, the cultural opportunity structure for intellectuals is almost entirely determined by national institutions (universities,
newspapers) and few opportuniites exist at the European level.
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Dr. Abram DE SWAAN
Distinguished University Professor of Social Science at the University of Amsterdam Chairman, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
| studied Political Science at the University of Amsterdam | |
| 1963 | candidaatsexamen (B.A.) cum laude |
| 1966 | doctoraalexamen (M.A.) cum laude |
| 1966-1968 | Harkness grant of the Commonwealth Fund and attended graduate school at Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1973 | Dissertation (cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam, "entitled Coalition theories and cabinet formations" (Amsterdam/San Francisco) |
| He was Grotius professor at the New School for Social Research, visiting professor at Columbia University, at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, the Maison des Sciences de l Homme, Paris, and the Ecole des Sciences Politiques. | |
| He was Einaudi professor at Cornell University, European Union professor at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest | |
| 1973-2001 | Chair of Sociology, University of Amsterdam |
| 1987-1997 | Co-founder and dean of the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research |
| 1997-1998 | European Chair at the College de France in Paris |
