Ivan Krastev, guest speaker for the Europe cycle

september 20, 2021

Ivan Krastev, political scientist, President of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia (Bulgaria), permanent resident of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (Austria) and founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is the second guest lecturer in the Collège de France's Europe series. He will give a series of four lectures in English on the theme of "Les deux Europes", from October 6 to 14, 2021, under the title "L'angoisse du déclin. Democracy, Demography and the East-West Divide in Europe"(The Fear of Shrinking Numbers. Democracy, Demography and the East-West Divide in Europe).

His first lecture, in English with simultaneous translation into French, entitled "De l'importance du clivage Est-Ouest en Europe"(How Important Is the East-West Divide in Europe?), will take place on October 6, 2021 at 5 pm at the Collège de France.

The Collège de France has a long tradition of reflection on Europe. In response to the crises (economic, social, political, migratory and, more recently, health) that continue to shake Europe, and the frequently renewed calls for its "rebirth" or "refoundation", the Collège is once again engaging in debate on Europe's future in the world, through a series of lectures.

Each year, two speakers will be invited to the Collège to think about Europe, one in autumn and the other in spring, for a month-long series of four lectures. Europe is understood here in the broad sense of European studies. The cycle will welcome any historical, political, philosophical, philological, anthropological, sociological, legal, economic, literary, theological, religious or archaeological reflection on Europe as a continent, civilization, culture, idea, value(s), myth, legal order or culture, institution(s), international organization (European Union or Council of Europe) or market.

TheEurope cycle is coordinated by a committee comprising Professors Samantha Besson, Edith Heard, Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge and Thomas Römer. It is supported by the Fondation Hugot of the Collège de France.