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About ISSEI
In 1984, the Rockefeller Foundation invited the editors of The European
Legacy to hold a conference in Bellagio, Italy, on the theme "Europe in
a Changing World". There, the editors of the journal decided to create
the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI).
- 1988-University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Turning Points
of History
- 1990-Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium European Nationalism
- 1992-University of Alborg, Denmark European Integration and
the European Mind
- 1994-University of Graz, Austria The European Legacy: Toward
New Paradigms
- 1996-University of Humanist Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Memory, History and Critique: European identity at the Millennium
- 1998-University of Haifa, Israel Twentieth Century European
Narratives: Tradition and Innovation
- 2000-University of Bergen, Norway Approaching a New Millennium:
Lessons from the Past-Prospects for the Future
- 2002-University of Aberystwyth, European Culture in a Changing
World: Between Nationalism and Globalism
- 2004-University of Pamplona, The Narrative of Modernity:
Co-Existence of Differences
- 2006-University of Malta, The European Mind: Narrative and Identity
(this conference will be held 24 - 29, July, 2006)
Forthcoming conference information
Attendance at these conferences has risen from 300 to 1500 participants,
from countries all over the world.
The Society seeks to establish contact with leading cultural societies
in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, etc. devoted to the study
of specific periods and movements in European cultural history.
Membership in the Society is open to any individual expressing an interest
in the ideas and aims of ISSEI. All individual subscribers to The European
Legacy automatically become members of the Society.
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