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Why Memory Matters to European Integration: Between Norms and Clichés Wednesday, April 9 With 27 member states the European Union has become a powerful symbol of European peace and prosperity. However, its citizens seem to have grown increasingly disillusioned and confused. As leaders and scholars reflect on the political meaning(s) of the European Union, few take into account issues of memory. Why is this so? And how to remember early peace-making attempts? This lecture will discuss attempts to establish the European Union as a “normative power” and why memory matters. Catherine Guisan is a lecturer in the Political
Science Department at the University of Minnesota and has taught
at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. She is the author of
Un sens a l’Europe: Gagner la paix (1950-2003) (Paris: odile
Jacob 2003). She has lectured widely in Europe on issues of European
integration and political ethics.
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