Pizza & Politics: “Using the EU Archive at Pitt to Research Beyond Eurafrica”

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Philipe Lionnet
Date: 
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 12:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4217 WWPH

Mr. Lionnet’s thesis explores sovereignty, hegemony, and human rights in EU-ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States) relations. His project seeks to get beyond the ideology of Eurafrica to better understand development policies in the 1950s and 1960s. For his research, Mr. Lionnet has come to the University of Pittsburgh to make use of the European Union Delegation Collection housed at the University Library. The Collection is a virtually complete assemblage of official European Community documents published since the early 1950s. In his work on development, Mr. Lionnet has had occasion to work in European archives in addition to this one. He has generously agreed to speak with Pitt grad students about his experiences in the University’s Depository Collection, how it compares to others, what he has found, and how it all informs his larger research project. Please join us then for Pizza & Politics…& Archives.

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
European Union Center of Excellence
World Regions: 
Europe
European Union