Jean Monnet Lecture with Michael Shackleton, on Tuesday 8 October

Michael Shackleton, Special Professor in European Institutions at the University of Maastricht, will kick-off a new series of Jean Monnet Lectures on Tuesday 8 October at the Turnzaal, from 18.00-19.30.

Prof. Shackleton has worked for more than 25 years in the Secretariat of the European Parliament in Brussels and published widely on EU issues. In this lecture, Prof. Shackleton presents his new book on ‘Shaping Parliamentary Democracy’.

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The new book – the most anticipated of the season – analyses nearly 100 original interviews with Members of the European Parliament from across the European Union who were active between 1979 and 2019. The interviews capture the memories of the MEPs about their own roles and their assessment of what the Parliament achieved in developing a European parliamentary democracy in the forty years following the first direct elections.

“Oral history brings the European Parliament to life. Readers of Collecting Memories will enjoy insiders’ accounts of some of the most important developments in the life of the EP in recent years. The book provides a set of thematic chapters that draw on the EP oral history depository’s most cogent anecdotes and insights, and a primer on the methodology of collecting and using an oral history archive.” (Desmond Dinan, Professor at George Mason School of Public Policy, Arlington, Virginia, USA)

“The amazing development of the European Parliament over the past 4 decades exemplifies the constitutional revolution the European Union has gone through so successfully. These personal testimonies will bring that history to life again.” (Klaus Welle, Secretary General of the European Parliament).

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