BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;Center for European Studies presentsChallenges to Citizenship SeriesThe Paradoxes of Citizensh ip in the Pandemic: Challenges from EuropeIt is clear that the pandemic ha s had a substantial impact upon citizenship\, whether viewed as legal stat us\, framework of rights\, or in its identitarian or political participati on guises. Under pandemic conditions\, taken for granted expressions of ci tizenship ranging from in person birth registration to public protest have been reshaped as a result of restrictions on social behaviour. Moreover\, these changes have been overlaid on a troubled political and constitution al landscape\, marked by the dominance of populist and in some cases autho ritarian governments in several parts of Europe. \;By exploring how th e meaning of certain social acts has been shifting under pandemic conditio ns\, we can gain new insights into the character of constitutional citizen ship and its relationship with political ideas such as populism and fundam ental principles such as equality and dignity. These shifts illustrate the changing meaning of what constitutes the ‘good citizen’\, all the time pl aying on what Jean Cohen terms ‘the paradoxical dialectic inherent in mode rn constitutionalism’ (at least within bounded polities)\, which ‘drives r epublican or liberal democratic conceptions of citizenship into the arms o f thicker\, more communitarian understandings of identity.’ This\, then\, raises the question of whether it is feasible and reasonable to place a br ake upon such trends\, and to ask which types of norms and institutions\, especially at the national and international levels\, are suitable for tha t task. The focal points in this paper are face-coverings and masks\, alon gside public protests against restrictions on liberties imposed in the nam e of combatting the spread of the virus. Jo ShawSalvesen Chair of European InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh \;Jo Shaw holds the Salvesen Chai r of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh and is also a pa rt time Professor in New Social Research at Tampere University in Finland. Her most recent book was The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutio ns in Uncertain Times\, published by Bristol University Press. https://bri stoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-people-in-question. \;Click here to regi ster For more information please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@s yr.edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contac t Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. \; DTEND:20210510T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T190746Z DTSTART:20210510T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Paradoxes of Citizenship in the Pandemic: Challenges from Europ e UID:RFCALITEM639140224665714232 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

Center for European Studies presents


Chall enges to Citizenship Series

The Paradoxes of Citize nship in the Pandemic: Challenges from Europe


It is clear that the pandemic has had a substantial impact upon citizenship\ , whether viewed as legal status\, framework of rights\, or in its identit arian or political participation guises. Under pandemic conditions\, taken for granted expressions of citizenship ranging from in person birth regis tration to public protest have been reshaped as a result of restrictions o n social behaviour. Moreover\, these changes have been overlaid on a troub led political and constitutional landscape\, marked by the dominance of po pulist and in some cases authoritarian governments in several parts of Eur ope. \;


By exploring how the meaning of certain socia l acts has been shifting under pandemic conditions\, we can gain new insig hts into the character of constitutional citizenship and its relationship with political ideas such as populism and fundamental principles such as e quality and dignity. These shifts illustrate the changing meaning of what constitutes the ‘good citizen’\, all the time playing on what Jean Cohen t erms ‘the paradoxical dialectic inherent in modern constitutionalism’ (at least within bounded polities)\, which ‘drives republican or liberal democ ratic conceptions of citizenship into the arms of thicker\, more communita rian understandings of identity.’ This\, then\, raises the question of whe ther it is feasible and reasonable to place a brake upon such trends\, and to ask which types of norms and institutions\, especially at the national and international levels\, are suitable for that task. The focal points i n this paper are face-coverings and masks\, alongside public protests agai nst restrictions on liberties imposed in the name of combatting the spread of the virus.


Jo Shaw

Sa lvesen Chair of European Institutions

University of Edinburgh \;


Jo Shaw holds the Salves en Chair of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh and is al so a part time Professor in New Social Research at Tampere University in F inland. Her most recent book was The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times\, published by Bristol University Pr ess. https ://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-people-in-question.&n bsp\;

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For more information please co ntact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu or to request additional acco mmodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu . \;

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