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Escaping from inequality: Is Europe trapped by history?

Speaker: Walter Scheidel

Date & Time: May 5, 2026, 5:00 pm

After rising during the early modern age European economic inequality greatly contracted from the 1910s to the 1970s, much as it did in other parts of the world. Even though...

St Antony's College - North Site, European Studies Centre - Seminar Room

Democratic commitment: Why citizens tolerate democratic backsliding

Speaker: Natasha Wunsch

Date & Time: May 12, 2026, 5:00 pm

Why do citizens often fail to act as effective bulwarks against democratic backsliding? Drawing on a recent monograph, this talk argues that political culture plays a key role in explaining...

St Antony's College - North Site, European Studies Centre - Seminar Room

Reinventing liberalism: Europe’s project of freedom in an age of crisis

Speaker: Franziska Brantner

Date & Time: May 14, 2026, 5:00 pm

Europe’s idea of freedom, forged in the Enlightenment, remains an unfinished project. As Élisabeth Badinter observed, it is not a historical period but an ongoing endeavour. Today, that project faces...