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:The Center for European Studies at the Moynihan Institute prese nts Hans Kundnani from NYU. \;European identity—as opposed to national identities in Europe—is often imagined as being inclusive or even cosmopo litan. But in the long history of ideas of Europe\, it has been defined ag ainst a series of Others. In the medieval period it was synonymous with Ch ristianity\, and in the modern period it was closely connected to the idea of whiteness. The ethnic/cultural element of European identity did not su ddenly disappear in 1945 but rather persisted and influenced what became t he European Union—which began as a colonial project\, though this was subs equently written out of the story of European integration. Today\, as the far right rises across Europe and the EU increasingly sees itself as repre senting a threatened European civilization\, this ethnic/cultural element of European identity may once again be becoming stronger. In this talk\, H ans Kundnani will present his new book "Eurowhiteness: Culture\, Empire an d Race in the European Project."Hans Kundnani is a visiting fellow at the Remarque Institute at New York University and an Open Society Foundations Ideas Workshop fellow. He was previously the director of the Europe progra mme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in Lon don. DTEND:20240228T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260611T173744Z DTSTART:20240228T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Hans Kundnani: Whiteness and the European Project UID:RFCALITEM639167818645657963 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Center for European Studies at the Moyn ihan Institute presents Hans Kundnani from NYU. \;

European iden tity—as opposed to national identities in Europe—is often imagined as bein g inclusive or even cosmopolitan. But in the long history of ideas of Euro pe\, it has been defined against a series of Others. In the medieval perio d it was synonymous with Christianity\, and in the modern period it was cl osely connected to the idea of whiteness. The ethnic/cultural element of E uropean identity did not suddenly disappear in 1945 but rather persisted a nd influenced what became the European Union—which began as a colonial pro ject\, though this was subsequently written out of the story of European i ntegration. Today\, as the far right rises across Europe and the EU increa singly sees itself as representing a threatened European civilization\, th is ethnic/cultural element of European identity may once again be becoming stronger. In this talk\, Hans Kundnani will present his new book "Eurowhi teness: Culture\, Empire and Race in the European Project."

Hans Kun dnani is a visiting fellow at the Remarque Institute at New York Universit y and an Open Society Foundations Ideas Workshop fellow. He was previously the director of the Europe programme at the Royal Institute of Internatio nal Affairs (Chatham House) in London.

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