Western Europe’s Democratic Revolution

Image: Cover of Martin Conway's new book

Western Europe’s Democratic Revolution

Tuesday, 20 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Venue: 
Online Webinar
Speaker(s): 
Professor Martin Conway (History Faculty, Oxford)
Chair: 
Professor Paul Betts (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Discussant: 
Dr Talita Ilacqua (Deakin Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford)
Series: 
ESC Core Seminar Series

Western Europe’s Democratic Revolution 

Professor Martin Conway (Professor of Modern European History, Oxford) speaks, Professor Paul Betts (St Antony's College, Oxford) is Chair, and Dr Talita Ilacqua (Deakin Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford) is Discussant.

In this seminar Professor Martin Conway will be discussing his new book, Western Europe’s Democratic Age, 1945-1968, published by Princeton University Press.  His paper will discuss in particular how the making of democracy in Western Europe needs to be understood as a complex historical process, and one which has implications about how we think about the present and future of democracy in Europe.


This event is taking place online using Zoom. The link to REGISTER is available HERE.

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