Published on February 3, 2026 – Updated on March 27, 2026

A seminar coordinated by François Foret

NarratEUR 2026 is part of the BoundEUries project and examines, through political, intellectual and artistic narratives, how the European Union narrates itself, defines its boundaries, and builds itself as a community in the face of major transnational challenges.

Upcoming events: 

- 26/2/2026 (14-16h, salle Spaak): Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich), « Boundary formation and community building in the European Union: from regulatory state to geopolitical union? » 

- 6/3/26 (9h15-11h15), Salle Somville (S02.331): Georg Haeusler (Director for Culture, Creativity and Sport in the European Commission), « Europe for Culture, Culture for Europe : an alliance full of opportunities… and challenges ? » 

-19/3/2026 (14-16h, salle Spaak): Adina Maricut-Akbik (Leiden University), « Europe from a bird's-eye view? How public officials in Brussels see Europeans and behave accordingly » 

- 23/3/2026, (16h-18h, salle Spaak): Architecture du pouvoir, pouvoir de l’architecture. Le cas de l’Union européenne

- 27/3/2026, (16-18h, salle Geremek) : Maria Maggiore (Journaliste, Investigate Europe), « Beyond ‘news nationalism’ : cross-border journalism » 

- 2/4/2026 (14-16h, salle Spaak) : Harald Wydra (Cambridge), « The limits of European identity – A cultural memory of borders »

- 17/4/2026 (9h30 - 13h, salle Spaak) : Culture of Foresight, Culture as Foresight, Foresight for Culture? Workshop bringing together researchers and practitioners from European institutions, NGOs and civil society.  
 

 
 

This event has been produced with the support of the BoundEUries project
A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the Institut d’études européennes – Université libre de Bruxelles, EU-funded project ( n°101238647)