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 ISSEI
International Society for the Study of European Ideas
The
History of ISSEI
In the seventeenth century, what had been known as Christendom became Europe,
and a new civilization came into being, European civilization. From then on, Europe
mirrored itself not only in its Greco-Roman legacy and its Judeo-Christian
religion, but also in the world's other civilizations discovered by European
travelers.
In 1984 the Rockefeller Foundation invited the Editorial Board of the History
of European Ideas (founded in 1979) to hold its first conference in Bellagio, Italy
on the theme 'Europe in a Changing World'. There, the
editors of the journal decided to create the International Society for the
Study of European Ideas (ISSEI).
The Society and its journal, now called The
European Legacy, seek to promote the study of Europe's
cultural past and present. Special stress is laid on the inventive and
creative aspects of the European mind in science, religion, philosophy, art,
literature, sociology, politics, history, economics and psychology. European
ideas will be shown to be the outcome of over four centuries of a continual
cultural exchange between European nations.
The ISSEI Conferences
1988, University
of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
European Revolutions. 250 participants.
1990, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
European Nationalism. 400 participants.
1992, University of Aalborg,
Denmark. European
Integration. 600 participants.
1994, University of Graz, Austria.
The European Legacy. 900 participants.
1996, University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
Memory, History and Critique: European Identity at the Millennium.
1500 participants.
1998, The University of Haifa, Israel.
Twentieth Century European Narratives: Tradition and Innovation. 600
participants.
2000, The University of Bergen, Norway.
Lessons from European History: New Ideas for the Millennium.650
participants.
2002, University
of Wales, Aberystwyth.
European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism. 430 participants.
2004, University
of Navarra,
Pamplona, Spain.
The Narrative of Modernity: Co-Existence of Differences, 400
participants.
2006, University
of Malta, The European Mind: Narrative and Identity,
400 participants.
FORTHCOMING:
2008,
University of Helsinki, Language and the Scientific Imagination. For
more information click here.
ISSEI On Listserv
If you are connected to email, you can now receive free of charge,
regular and up-to-date information on the International Society for the Study
of European Ideas and its official journal, The European Legacy: Towards
New Paradigms. You will be informed of the Society's news and its
upcoming conferences right to your own email address. You will also have the
opportunity of sending out messages and announcements yourself. Our aim is to
provide a network of ISSEI members for discussions, exchange of ideas and
information.
How do I subscribe?
Simply
go to http://list.haifa.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/issei
and fill out the required information.
How do I send a message
to the listserv so that other members may read my message?
To post a
message to all the list members, send your message to: issei@list.haifa.ac.il
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