New Political History and European Integration International Workshop, January 16th, 2014

Radboud University Nijmegen

Programme from 9.45 to 17.30

Keynotes: ANN-CHRISTINA LAURING KNUDSEN (Aarhus University): "Critical reflections on narratives and power in EP history"

JAN-HENRIK MEYER (Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society / Aarhus University): "The Myth of independence. Experts in early European environmental policy"

Panel 1: Political representation on a European level

SILVIA GIULIA PIROLA (Aarhus University): "Making sense of Europe. Compagni, Amici and the first elections by direct universal suffrage to the European Parliament,1969-1979"

VERA FRITZ (Université d’Aix-Marseille): "Agents, super-agents or trustees? How independent are the judges of the European Court of Justice? Bringing some historical evidence on the appointment mechanism into the debate (1952 – 1972)"

CLAUDIA LESKIEN (Aarhus University): "Operation welcome: The municipal politics of locating European institutions in Strasbourg,1949-1979"

Panel 2: Experts and societal actors in policy making

CARINE GERMOND (University of Portsmouth / Maastricht University): "Breaking bad? Farm interest groups and the memorandum “Agriculture 1980”, 1968-1972"

MARLOES BEERS (Université Cergy-Pontoise): "Intergouvernementalism and supranationalism in EC energy policy in the 1970s"

QUENTIN JOUAN (Université catholique de Louvain): "Studying the europeanization of national trade unions: a historical perspective"

Panel 3: Beyond borders: transnationalism / transatlanticism

LENNAERT VAN HEUMEN (Radboud University Nijmegen): "American concepts of federalism and democracy and early European integration"

RUUD GEVEN (Maastricht University): "Multinationals and the European Market, 1950-1980" Organisers: Assoc. prof. Wim van Meurs, Koen van Zon MA, Lennaert van Heumen MA. For registration, please send an e-mail to the workshop assistant Suzanne de Lijser: suzannedelijser@student.ru.nl

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