International Conference on the Politics of Secession in the European Union

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LSE - The London School of Economics and Political Science

International Conference
on the Politics of Secession in the European Union

This event is jointly organised with the LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method.

Organisers: Luc Bovens, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method LSE and Amandine Catala, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method.

Tuesday 22 May, 10.30am – 6.30pm
Senate House - Room 349, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

The event is free and open to all but registration is required

To register please email: A.Catala@lse.ac.uk

Secession has become an urgent issue in today’s world with movements in several EU states and otherm parts of the world.

The conference focuses on the political situation in Catalonia, Flanders, and
Scotland and aims to address social, economic, moral and legal aspects.

Session 1 – Catalonia
10.30am – 12pm

Montserrat Guibernau,

Professor of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London

Alfons Lopez Tena, Member of the Catalan Parliament

(Photography)

12 – 1.30pm Lunch (own arrangements)

Session 2 – Flanders
1.30 – 3pm
Philippe Van Parijs, Professor at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political
Sciences, University of Louvain; Senior Research Fellow,
Nuffield College and Visiting Professor, University of Oxford
Rik Van Cauwelaert, Director, Knack magazine

3 – 3.15pm Coffee Break

Session 3 – Scotland
3.15 – 4.45pm
Iain McLean, Professor of Politics, University of Oxford and Official Fellow in
Politics, Nuffield College
David Maddox, Westminster correspondent of The Scotsman

4.45 – 5pm Coffee Break

Session 4
5 – 6.30pm

Roundtable discussion

The LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method gratefully acknowledges the support of the LSE

 (Brussel, 2009)

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