The European Periphery and European Integration: A one day conference 

Newman House,
85 St. Stephen’s Green,
Dublin
Tuesday, 3 December 2013

This conference is funded by Irish Research Council and is hosted by UCD Geary Institute. Registration is free but places are limited.   To register please email geary@ucd.ie, with the subject line ‘European Integration’, before Tuesday 26 November 2013.    9.00-9.20 Arrival, registration 9.20-9.30 Welcome: Niamh Hardiman (UCD) 9.30-10.15 Spyros Blavoukos (AUEB, Athens): European integration filtered through domestic politics: The political economy of diversity 10.15-11.00 Sebastián Royo (Suffolk University): After the fiesta – What can we learn from the economic crisis in Spain? 11.00-11.30 Coffee Break 11.30-12.15 Niamh Hardiman (UCD): What we talk about when we talk about core and periphery 12.15-13.00 Seán Ó Riain (NUIM): One and a half explanations of Ireland’s  collapse – Between market liberalism and the incomplete European project 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-14.45 George Pagoulatos (AUEB, Athens): The Greek enigma 14.45-15.30 Sebastian Dellepiane (U. Strathclyde, Glasgow): The political economy of Portugal’s discontents 15.30-16.00 Coffee Break 16.00-16.45 Alexandre Afonso (KCL): Who does the dirty work? Blame avoidance and party strategies in the Eurozone crisis 16.45-17.00 Final thoughts 17.00 End of Conference