EUCAnet | Podcast Ep.1: Collective Memory, Populism, and the Future of Democracy in Europe
In the first iteration of the EUCAnet podcast series, co-sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Canada, Dr. Oliver Schmidtke explores the link between collective memory and democracy. The podcast explores how forms of collective memory have gained public prominence over the past years as a reaction to a sense of profound crisis in how liberal democracies are governed. Drawing on a range of leading scholars in the field, Oliver Schmidtke discusses how democracy is critically shaped by historical narratives in the public arena. He addresses different – and at times competing – ideas what democracy and popular sovereignty is in various contexts across Europe. In particular, the podcasts considers how right-wing populism has challenged the foundational ideas of liberal democracy in the name of an alternate way of representing the ‘will of the people'.
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EUCAnet (Europe Canada Network) is a hub for experts primarily located in Canada that work on European and Canadian current issues from a transatlantic perspective. These experts offer commentary and expertise and are available for media interviews and public talks. We are a public outreach platform – that makes scholarly knowledge available and meaningful to the public in times when the need for evidence based knowledge and public debate is crucial. Our goal is to foster the Canada Europe Transatlantic Dialogue with the aim of supporting the process of informing public policy making.
We are also supporting the outreach activities of the European Community Studies Association in Canada (ECSA-C).
Focus on : European Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Global Studies, Issues of Democracy, Populism, Memory Politics, Migration.
Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org
