News of École interfacultaire en études européennes https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/news/euro Latest news of École interfacultaire en études européennes fr Mon, 18 May 2026 05:31:35 +0200 Mon, 18 May 2026 05:31:35 +0200 60 European Values or Way of Life? https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/european-values-or-way-of-life Why are ‘European values’ more successful as a tool to legitimize the European project than a ‘European way of life’? Find out in this new essay that we published, entitled ‘The virtues of plurality and abstraction. On why it is easier to legitimize the European project by using values rather than an identity, civilization or way of life' that you can download here  Why are ‘European values’ more successful as a tool to legitimize the European project than a ‘European way of life’? Find out in this new essay that we published, entitled ‘The virtues of plurality and abstraction. On why it is easier to legitimize the European project by using values rather than an identity, civilization or way of life' that you can download here

 

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/european-values-or-way-of-life Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:22:27 +0200 École interfacultaire en études européennes European Values Essay ‘Young and Ambivalent’ https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/node/36106 Why, when, and how did European values triumph over their rivals as a tool to legitimize the European project?  Why, when, and how did European values triumph over their rivals as a tool to legitimize the European project? 

Find out in this new essay that we published in open access, entitled ‘Young and Ambivalent. A New Look at the Recent Rise of European Values, Their History, Precursors and Critics'.

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]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/node/36106 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:42:27 +0200 École interfacultaire en études européennes Essay on the history of European values https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/essay-on-the-history-of-european-values Why (and since when) did European leaders begin to refer to ‘European values’? And how does this current liberal use of ‘European values’ differ from the original invocations by conservatives? Find out in this new essay that we published entitled ‘A critical history of the use of “European values”’ that you can download for free here Why (and since when) did European leaders begin to refer to ‘European values’? And how does this current liberal use of ‘European values’ differ from the original invocations by conservatives? Find out in this new essay that we published entitled ‘A critical history of the use of “European values”’ that you can download for free here

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/essay-on-the-history-of-european-values Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:33:11 +0100 École interfacultaire en études européennes Guest seminar Kris Grimonprez “Case4EU@school” (April 2020) https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/guest-seminar-kris-grimonprez-case4eu-school-april-2020 In April 2020 and in April 2021 the Chair in European Values at UCLouvain welcomed Kris Grimonprez to exchange views on European values with students about her ongoing project “Case4EU@school” (KU Leuven). Due to the Corona-crisis this scheduled guest-seminar was replaced by an online exchange with the students of the interdisciplinary seminar “Rethinking Europe” (LEUSL2051). In her project Kris Grimonprez uses cases from the European Court of Justice to stimulate reflection in schools about the European Union in general and European values in particular. You can read more about her project here. In April 2020 and in April 2021 the Chair in European Values at UCLouvain welcomed Kris Grimonprez to exchange views on European values with students about her ongoing project “Case4EU@school” (KU Leuven). Due to the Corona-crisis this scheduled guest-seminar was replaced by an online exchange with the students of the interdisciplinary seminar “Rethinking Europe” (LEUSL2051). In her project Kris Grimonprez uses cases from the European Court of Justice to stimulate reflection in schools about the European Union in general and European values in particular. You can read more about her project here.

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/guest-seminar-kris-grimonprez-case4eu-school-april-2020 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:25:54 +0200 École interfacultaire en études européennes Talk on the History of European Values (2021) https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/talk-on-the-history-of-european-values-2021 In February 2021 Wim Weymans gave a talk on ‘a critical history of European values’ for an international and interdisciplinary group of experts who want to translate the results of the latest European Values Study (EVS) for policymakers and a wider public through a book and a series of workshops. The workshop was hosted (online) by the University of Vienna (Universität Wien). In February 2021 Wim Weymans gave a talk on ‘a critical history of European values’ for an international and interdisciplinary group of experts who want to translate the results of the latest European Values Study (EVS) for policymakers and a wider public through a book and a series of workshops. The workshop was hosted (online) by the University of Vienna (Universität Wien).

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/euro/news/talk-on-the-history-of-european-values-2021 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:58:38 +0100 École interfacultaire en études européennes