Winter EU Democracy and Security Symposium: Europe -- Cradle of Democracy (hosted by CEREAS)

Ray Lahiri, Alexander Hollmann (UW Classics), Timothy Bourns (UW Scandinavian Studies)
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Thomson 317
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CEREAS (Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Jackson School for International Studies) invites you to their  Winter EU Democracy and Security Symposium: Europe - Cradle of Democracy. 

Tuesday, February 10th, 3:00-4:30pm in Thomson Hall 317

Coffee and cookies will be provided. 

We’ll hear presentations from the following speakers:

 

  • Alexander Hollmann (Chair of Classics, Chair of Hellenic Studies) presenting on "What do we know about the beginnings of democracy in Athens?”
  • Ray Lahiri (Classics) presenting on “Consensus and Dissensus in the Roman Republic.”
  • Timothy Bourns (Scandinavian Studies) presenting on “The Alþingi: The Birth of a Democratic Tradition in Medieval Iceland”