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EU’s Eastern Enlargement at 20: Poland’s Democratic Transition and the Intellectual Legacy of Bronisław Geremek
Białożyt, Wojciech; DANESCU, Elena
2024
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Keywords :
Contemporary European History; Central and Eastern Europe; European Union; EU eastward enlargement; Europeanisation and EU integration; European institutions; Bronisław Geremek; European values; Democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe; Copenhages criteria; Polish Solidarity movement; European security architecture; Visegrad Group
Abstract :
[en] On 1 May 2004, with the accession of 10 candidate countries (Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia), the European Union (EU) not only marked the biggest enlargement in its history, but also opened up for the first time to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which had embarked on the transition to freedom, democracy and a market economy after long decades of communist and dictatorial regimes. On 26 April 2005, Bulgaria and Romania have also been included in this process. Exploring retrospectively 20 years of European integration through new archives and historical sources, this presentation will examine Poland's experience in democratisation, Europeanisation and EU integration, and will particularly highlight the strategical thinking and political action and of Professor Bronisław Geremek, who has played a crucial role in this process.
Research center :
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
History
General economics & history of economic thought
Political science, public administration & international relations
European & international law
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Białożyt, Wojciech;  Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) > Visegrad Fund Research Fellow ; EUI - European University Institute > Florence School for Transnational Governance > Research Fellow ; Bronisław Geremek Foundation (Warsaw, Poland) > Member of the Board
DANESCU, Elena  ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History ; EUI - European University Institute > Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
Language :
English
Title :
EU’s Eastern Enlargement at 20: Poland’s Democratic Transition and the Intellectual Legacy of Bronisław Geremek
Alternative titles :
[fr] 20 ans d'élargissement de l'UE à l'Est : la transition démocratique en Pologne et l'héritage intellectuel de Bronisław Geremek
Original title :
[en] EU’s Eastern Enlargement at 20: Poland’s Democratic Transition and the Intellectual Legacy of Bronisław Geremek
Publication date :
02 December 2024
Number of pages :
16
Event name :
Winter Online Lecture Series, 2024 (WOLS 2024)
Event organizer :
University of Luxembourg
Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
European University Institute, Florence (EUI)
Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU)
Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre on the History of European Integration
Florence School of Transnational Governance
Bronisław Geremek Foundation (Warsaw, Poland)
Embassy of Poland in Luxembourg
Robert Triffin Chair at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (Belgium)
Robert Triffin International Foundation (RTI) (Belgium)
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Event place :
Belval, Luxembourg
Florence, Italy
Brussels, Belgium
Event date :
From 2 December to 17 December 2024
Audience :
International
Development Goals :
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
Name of the research project :
MAHEC-142 - History of European integration (1919-1993)
MAHEC-63 - Economic and social history of Europe after 1945: concepts, processes, actors
BCE-EU-301-04 - Democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe
Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg (2021-2025) (ED-UNILU)
Funders :
Unilu - University of Luxembourg
EC - European Commission
Funding text :
Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg (ED-UNILU) is a competitive public history project co-funded by the European Union - Ares (2021-2025) 5501634, which the is geared towards a broad multicultural and multilingual audience, with the aim of informing citizens about the past, present and future of the European Union and contributing to the development of teaching and research on European integration in Luxembourg. The ED-UNILU is coordinated by the Luxembourg interdisciplinary Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) and managed by Dr Elena Danescu, Research Scientist at the C²DH.
Data Set :
Programme of 2024 Winter Online Lectures Series (WOLS 2024) published on the University's website
Publication of the event “EU’s Eastern Enlargement at 20: Poland’s Democratic Transition and the Intellectual Legacy of Professor Bronisław Geremek“ on the Unviersity's website.

Mr Wojciech Białożyt is an analyst and executive with a broad experience gained in Poland and on the EU level. In 2023/2024, he was Policy Leader Fellow at Florence School of Transnational Governance conceptualising the place of democracy in the European security architecture. He was also recipient of Visegrad Fund Research Grant at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU), within which he researched on relations between the Polish Solidarity movement and the European institutions 1980-1989. Since 2019, he serves as Member of the Management Board of the Bronisław Geremek Foundation in Warsaw, a body named after Poland's democracy architect and visionary European. He represents the Foundation in the EP Network of Political Houses and Foundations of Great Europeans.

Commentary :
The fifth edition of the Winter (Online) Lecture Series on Europe will take place at the University of Luxembourg from 2nd to 17 December 2024 in connection with the courses “History of European integration (1919-1993)” (MAHEC-142) and “Economic and social history of Europe after 1945: concepts, processes, actors” (MAHEC-63) from the Master in European Contemporary History, and the course “Democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe” (BCE-EU-301-04) from the Bachelor in European Cultures. The aim is to give students on these programmes, as well as the wider academic community at the University of Luxembourg, the opportunity to find out about the history and workings of the European institutions in Luxembourg from new and unconventional angles and to discuss some of the milestones in contemporary European history with people who were involved in or witnessed these events. Each session (in French or English, with a Q&A session in French and English) will be streamed via Webex and will include a presentation by a speaker followed by a discussion with the audience and the opportunity to ask questions. The lectures, which are also open to the wider public, are run in conjunction with Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg (ED-UNILU) – a competitive European public history project co-funded by the European Union (2021-2025) – and several other partners including: the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU), the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre on the History of European Integration at the European University Institute (EUI) (Florence, Italy), Florence School of Transnational Governance, Bronisław Geremek Foundation (Warsaw, Poland), Embassy of Poland in Luxembourg, Robert Triffin Chair at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (Belgium), Robert Triffin International Foundation (RTI) (Belgium), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
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