Region Europe

🌐 The "EUrope from Outside Seminars" are back! This week we’re pleased to welcome 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹 from 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆.

🧑🏻‍🏫 Markus Thiel is Professor of 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 at Florida International University (Miami) and 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 of 𝗙𝗜𝗨’𝘀 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. His research focuses on the political sociology of the European Union, human rights, and identity politics.

📚 Author of numerous publications on EU politics and transnationalism, Prof. Thiel has written and co-edited several books on 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆, diversity, civil society, and 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.

🇺🇸 Professor Thiel will share his insights on “𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”.

🗓November 11
🕗2-4 PM
🏛Aula Magna

𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘜–𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴!

🌐 For the third event in our “𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲” Seminar Series, we are thrilled to welcome a distinguished guest from 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝘂𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮!

🧑🏻‍🏫Professor Tella leads the 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 at the 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, where his work explores how soft power and African thought shape the continent’s role and voice in global affairs.

Author of 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢’𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 (Routledge, 2021) and editor of influential volumes, Professor Tella has published extensively in 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 such as Politikon, Social Dynamics, and the Journal of Black Studies.

🔎His research spans themes of 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, African Politics, and Knowledge Production.

In his lecture, titled “𝗔 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮”, Professor Tella will examine the evolving dynamics between Africa and the European Union, focusing on how the EU’s soft power is perceived across the continent today and the role it continues to play in and for Africa.

📍November 4
🕗2-4 PM
🏛Aula Magna