European Political Identity: What Future?

Thursday, 20th September 2025

09.30

Institutional Greetings
Angelo Montanari, Rector of the University of Udine
Silvia Bolognini, Director of the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Udine
 

First session: The Political Significance of Europe: Philosophical Perspectives

Chairman, Gabriele De Anna (University of Udine, Italy)

Giuliana Parotto (University of Trieste, Italy)
Sovereignism, Sovereignty and the Spirit of Central Europe

Christian Illies (Otto Friedrich University, Bamberg, Germany)
Endings as Beginnings: Forging European Identity Through Future Engagement

Manca Erzetič (Institute Nova Revija for the Humanities and University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Interculturality and the Crisis of European Identity

Lunch

14:30

Second session: Europe’s Cultural Identity: Aesthetical Experiences

Chairman, Marco Stolfo (University of Udine, Italy)

Maxim Kantor (Pembroke College, Oxford, UK)
Waiting for the Renaissance

Petr Osolsobe (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
Can Art Lead us to Virtue, or how Has the European Tradition Led to the Formation of Political Identity?

17.00-19.00

Round Table (in Italian)
Identità politica europea: quali futuri?

Chairman
Rossano Cattivello (Journalist, Director of Il Friuli)

Participants
Francisco Balaguer Callejon (University of Granada, Spain)
Laura Montanari (University of Udine)
Elisabetta Nadalutti (University of Udine, Italy)
Petr Osolsobe (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
Giuliana Parotto (University of Trieste)
Paolo Petiziol (GECT GO)
Harald Wydra (St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, UK)
Giangiacomo Vale (Cusano University, Rome, Italy)
Lamberto Zannier (Ambassador, former General Secretary of OSCE)

19.30-21.00

Opening of Preghiera su un'isola/Prayer on an Island, Maxim Kantor's solo exibition at Copetti Art Gallery (via Prefettura 6, Udine)

Musical Opening
University of Udine Sax Quartet

Introductory Speach by
Alessandro Del Puppo (University of Udine)

Friday, 21st November 2025

9.30

Third Session: Europe and the Law: from International Relations to a New Legal Order

Chairman, Manuele Dozzi (University of Udine, Italy)

Elisabetta Bergamini (University of Udine, Italy)
EU Citizenship and the Development of a European Identity: The Challenging Balance Between National Sovereignty and the Principle of Sincere Cooperation in Citizenship Attribution

Francisco Balaguer Callejon (University of Granada, Spain)
The Role of Legal Culture in Building European Identity

Lamberto Zannier (Ambassador, former General Secretary of OSCE)
The EU foreign, Security, and Defence Policy Under Strain at a Time of Crisis

Lunch

14:30

Fourth Session: Europe and Political Institutions: Towards a new Polity

Chairman, Claudio Cressati (University of Udine, Italy)

Harald Wydra (St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, UK)
The limits of European identity – A cultural memory of borders

Elisabetta Nadalutti (University of Udine, Italy)
The Reasons for Integration: Practices and Intentions in European Cross-Border Cooperation

David Engels (ICES University, France)
Hesperialism - European identity between globalism and nationalism

Giangiacomo Vale (Cusano University, Rome, Italy)
An Unresolved Political Identity: The European Union between Sovereignty, Federation, and Empire

Venue:
University of Udine
Aula Tomadini
Via Tomadini 30
3100 Udine

Abstract of Talks
Bios of Speakers

Scientific Organisation
Gabriele De Anna (University of Udine)
Manuele Dozzi (Udinevrsity of Udine)

For further information please write to normativity(at)uniud.it

The conference is organised by:
Università degli Studi di Udine
Department of Legal Sciences
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Cittadinanza Istituzioni e politiche europee
Series Il futuro dell’Europa e lo sviluppo del Friuli Venezia Giulia
Normativity Research Group
Research Project “European Political Identity: Governance and Practical Rationality in the Face of Multicultural Challenges”, Department of Legal Sciences Strategic Plan - 2022-2025

In collaboration with "Fondazione Friuli"