{"id":18822,"date":"2023-04-24T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/?post_type=news&p=18822"},"modified":"2024-12-03T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:12:04","slug":"study-morning-preserving-memory-sharing-history-luxembourg-and-the-schuman-declaration-of-9-may-1950","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/study-morning-preserving-memory-sharing-history-luxembourg-and-the-schuman-declaration-of-9-may-1950\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Morning – Preserving memory, sharing history: Luxembourg and the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg<\/strong>, and its partners \u2013 the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2<\/sup> DH)<\/strong>, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)<\/strong>, the Fondation du M\u00e9rite Europ\u00e9en<\/em><\/strong>, and the European School of Luxembourg<\/strong>, are pleased to invite you to the Study Morning entitled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preserving memory, sharing history:<\/strong> Luxembourg and the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the Study Morning is to explore the history of European integration from two angles: firstly looking at various key events in terms of their content, and secondly reflecting on how critical analysis can be used to shed more light on them. The idea is to begin by familiarising pupils in their final years at the European School (from a variety of specialisations including history, geography and political science) with the origins, content and consequences of the Declaration given by Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950 on the building of a united Europe. We will consider its impact on Luxembourg\u2019s role in the European integration process, especially given the country\u2019s status as a permanent capital of the European institutions, and explore the current challenges facing both Luxembourg and the continent as a whole. In this context, there will be a particular focus on the four fundamental freedoms of the EU \u2013 the free movement of people, goods, services and capital \u2013, which are closely linked with Luxembourg\u2019s political action for European integration, as reflected in the Schengen Agreements (signed on 14 June 1985), now an intrinsic part of the Community acquis. In terms of critical methodology, the goal is to encourage the pupils to engage in historical reflection based on a variety of sources (written texts, photographs, cartoons, audiovisual material, oral history, etc.) and to perform a detailed analysis and critical interpretation. The attendees at the Study Morning will benefit hugely from the participation of Robert Goebbels<\/strong>, a key player in the European integration process, and the dialogue between Dr Ludovic Del\u00e9pine<\/strong> and Dr<\/strong> \u00c9tienne Deschamps <\/strong>regarding the exhibition \u201cThe Schuman Declaration, 9 May 1950\u201d <\/strong>(published by the Archives Unit of the European Parliament<\/strong> and curated by the Directorate for the Library and Knowledge Services (part of the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services). <\/p>\n\n\n

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  • 9.00-9.15<\/strong>\u2013 Opening remarks<\/strong>\n
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    • Speakers: Martin Wedel<\/strong> \u2013 Director of the European School of Luxembourg, and Dr Elena Danescu <\/strong>\u2013 Coordinator of Europe Direct University of Luxembourg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 9.15-10.30<\/strong> \u2013 First session: The Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950: history, significance, consequences, sources<\/em><\/strong>\n
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      • Speakers:  Dr Ludovic Del\u00e9pine <\/strong>\u2013 Head of the Archives Unit at the European Parliament, and Dr \u00c9tienne Deschamps<\/strong> \u2013 Historian in the European Parliamentary Research Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Presentation (9.15-10.15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Question and answer session, discussions with pupils (10.15-10.30)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 10.30-10.45 \u2013 Break<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 10.45-11.55 \u2013 Second session: Europe and the Schengen Area: origins, challenges, issues<\/strong>\n
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        • Speaker: Robert Goebbels<\/strong>, negotiator and signatory of the Schengen Agreement for Luxembourg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Presentation (10.45-11.30)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Question and answer session, discussions with pupils (11.30-11.55)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 11.55-12.00 \u2013 Short break<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 12.00-12.15<\/strong> \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Closing remarks<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Speaker: Dr Elena Danescu<\/strong> \u2013 Research Scientist at the C2<\/sup> DH, Coordinator of Europe Direct  University of Luxembourg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 12.15 \u2013 End of the event<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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          • Elena Danescu, PhD, <\/strong>is a Research Scientist in the Contemporary History of Europe Department at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C\u00b2DH), University of Luxembourg a PhD supervisor at the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences (DSHSS). Her areas of expertise include history of economic thought, contemporary history of Europe, oral history and the EU\u2019s eastward enlargement. She has authored various academic publications in her specialist areas. At the University of Luxembourg, she is in charge of the Master\u2019s courses \u201cHistoire de la contruction europ\u00e9enne depuis 1919\u201d <\/em>and \u201cHistoire \u00e9conomique et sociale de l\u2019Europe apr\u00e8s 1945<\/em>\u201d and the Bachelor\u2019s course \u201cTransitions d\u00e9mocratiques en Europe centrale et orientale\u201d<\/em>. Since April 2019 she has been the coordinator of the Europe Direct Centre at the University of Luxembourg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • \u00c9tienne Deschamps<\/strong> holds a PhD in Contemporary History from the European University Institute in Florence and is an affiliated researcher at the Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain. He works at the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services within the European Parliament Secretariat. He was previously a curator at the House of European History before becoming head of outreach and dissemination for the Historical Archives of the European Parliament. He is currently a member of the European Parliament Library. His research focuses on European integration history and the history of colonisation. He is also a member of the Academic Committee for the Robert Schuman House.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Ludovic Del\u00e9pine<\/strong> has more than 30 years\u2019 experience in IT, including IT governance for public administration, enterprise architecture and digital transformation. He leads the thematic IT governance hub at the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He is currently Head of the Archives Unit in the Directorate for Innovation and Central Services attached to the Secretary-General at the European Parliament. He holds a PhD in IT from the University of Bourgogne, where his main areas of specialisation were artificial intelligence, the internet and communication technologies. He has also worked as a lecturer at French universities and as a researcher in these fields at CNRS laboratories for over eight years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Robert Goebbels<\/strong> is a journalist, a former politician in Luxembourg and a former Member of the European Parliament for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers\u2019 Party (LSAP). Over the course of his career he has held senior positions including General Secretary of the LSAP (1971\u20131985), President of the Luxembourg Association of Journalists (1972\u20131974), Councillor for Luxembourg City (1976\u20132005), State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Cooperation and State Secretary for Small Businesses (1984\u20131989), Minister for the Economy, Minister for Public Works and Minister for Transport (1989\u20131994), and Minister for the Economy, Minister for Public Works and Minister for Energy (1994\u20131999). In 1999 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (1999\u20132014), Vice-President of the Parliamentary Group of the Party of European Socialists (1999\u20132004) and Vice-President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (2004\u20132009). In March 2016 the Luxembourg Government appointed him as the Luxembourg representative on the Board of Governors of the Asia\u2013Europe Foundation (ASEF). Robert Goebbels is the negotiator and signatory of the Schengen Agreement for Luxembourg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Martin Wedel<\/strong> has been Head of the European School Luxembourg I since September 2017. From 1994 to 2002 he worked as a secondary school teacher of French, history and politics before becoming an expert adviser at the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg State Ministry for Education. From 2004 to 2014 he served as Head of the Deutsch-Franz\u00f6sisches Gymnasium in Freiburg. He began his career at the European School in 2014 as Deputy Head of the European School Luxembourg II. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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