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Democracy’s Projection in the Geopolitical Era: EU gender and migration policies in the Arab world
February 26, 20267:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish.
CANCELLED: We had organized the tenth conference in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 7 event series, to be given by Prof. Sarah Wolff from the University of Leiden, for Thursday, February 26. The conference offers a critical reflection on contemporary European policies as a key point in Euro-Mediterranean relations.
NOTICE: For reasons beyond Casa Árabe’s control, this activity has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding and please excuse us for any inconvenience.
Sarah Wolff, a professor of International Studies and Global Politics at Leiden University, will be analyzing the current geopolitical and transactional shift in European policy towards the Arab world, including its Mediterranean partners, in a context marked by a Pact for the Mediterranean which seems to be failing to respond adequately to recent political developments.
Based on her research about “Transversal Democracy Projection” (a term coined together with Anna Khakee), Prof. Wolff will be reflecting upon the current state of European policies to deal with gender and migration in the region.
Democratic projection is viewed as transversal when the role-players promoting democracy, such as the EU, interact directly with the recipients of democratic assistance beyond the classic donor-beneficiary relationship and in different areas of public policy.
Beyond the direct promotion of democracy, her presentation will examine whether, in the fields of gender and migration, fundamental democratic norms govern the EU’s ways of interacting with politically relevant actors.
Wolff will also be highlighting the importance, despite imperial and predatory practices, of addressing the concept of decentering today, as a strategy for confronting the Euro-centrism and Westernism which are omnipresent in the practice and production of knowledge.
The conference therefore provides critical reflection on contemporary European policies regarding democracy, gender, and migration as key factors in understanding the current transformations taking place in Euro-Mediterranean relations.
Organized with the cooperation of the Master's Degree in Political Science: Political Analysis, Public Policy, and International Politics at the National Distance Education University (UNED), the Master's Degree in Political Science and Public Affairs (specializing in International Relations and Crisis Management) at Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus, and the Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Economic Intelligence and Geopolitics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Presenting the speaker and session in representation of the UNED Master’s degree will be Beatriz Tomé Alonso, a professor of Political Science and Government at that university. An initial reaction/commentary after the presentation will be given by Barah Mikail, a professor of Political Science and International Relations at Saint Louis University’s Madrid Campus, and Belinda Romero, a Lieutenant Colonel in the ESFAS Intelligence Department at Spain’s Ministry of Defense and a professor in the aforementioned Master’s program at the UAM. Moderating the session will be Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Sarah Wolff
Sarah Wolff is a specialist in International Studies and Global Politics at Leiden University. Her research focuses on EU and UK foreign and security cooperation, European migration and asylum policies, EU-Middle East and North Africa relations, and EU policies on gender and religion in the international arena. Previously, she was a professor of European Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, where she led the Centre for European Research (2017-2023) and directed the Master’s program in International Relations in Paris (2021-2023).
She is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Mediterranean Politics and she authored the book Secular Power Europe and Islam: Identity and Foreign Policy (Michigan University Press, 2021), produced with the support of Fulbright-Schuman and Leverhulme fellowships. Throughout her career, she has received various fellowships and awards from European and British institutions, including funding from the Research Council of Norway, the European Commission, the Leverhulme Trust, the Fulbright-Schuman Scholar Fellowship, and other organizations dedicated to the study of European and Mediterranean politics.
Sarah Wolff, a professor of International Studies and Global Politics at Leiden University, will be analyzing the current geopolitical and transactional shift in European policy towards the Arab world, including its Mediterranean partners, in a context marked by a Pact for the Mediterranean which seems to be failing to respond adequately to recent political developments.
Based on her research about “Transversal Democracy Projection” (a term coined together with Anna Khakee), Prof. Wolff will be reflecting upon the current state of European policies to deal with gender and migration in the region.
Democratic projection is viewed as transversal when the role-players promoting democracy, such as the EU, interact directly with the recipients of democratic assistance beyond the classic donor-beneficiary relationship and in different areas of public policy.
Beyond the direct promotion of democracy, her presentation will examine whether, in the fields of gender and migration, fundamental democratic norms govern the EU’s ways of interacting with politically relevant actors.
Wolff will also be highlighting the importance, despite imperial and predatory practices, of addressing the concept of decentering today, as a strategy for confronting the Euro-centrism and Westernism which are omnipresent in the practice and production of knowledge.
The conference therefore provides critical reflection on contemporary European policies regarding democracy, gender, and migration as key factors in understanding the current transformations taking place in Euro-Mediterranean relations.
Organized with the cooperation of the Master's Degree in Political Science: Political Analysis, Public Policy, and International Politics at the National Distance Education University (UNED), the Master's Degree in Political Science and Public Affairs (specializing in International Relations and Crisis Management) at Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus, and the Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Economic Intelligence and Geopolitics at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Presenting the speaker and session in representation of the UNED Master’s degree will be Beatriz Tomé Alonso, a professor of Political Science and Government at that university. An initial reaction/commentary after the presentation will be given by Barah Mikail, a professor of Political Science and International Relations at Saint Louis University’s Madrid Campus, and Belinda Romero, a Lieutenant Colonel in the ESFAS Intelligence Department at Spain’s Ministry of Defense and a professor in the aforementioned Master’s program at the UAM. Moderating the session will be Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Sarah Wolff
Sarah Wolff is a specialist in International Studies and Global Politics at Leiden University. Her research focuses on EU and UK foreign and security cooperation, European migration and asylum policies, EU-Middle East and North Africa relations, and EU policies on gender and religion in the international arena. Previously, she was a professor of European Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, where she led the Centre for European Research (2017-2023) and directed the Master’s program in International Relations in Paris (2021-2023).
She is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Mediterranean Politics and she authored the book Secular Power Europe and Islam: Identity and Foreign Policy (Michigan University Press, 2021), produced with the support of Fulbright-Schuman and Leverhulme fellowships. Throughout her career, she has received various fellowships and awards from European and British institutions, including funding from the Research Council of Norway, the European Commission, the Leverhulme Trust, the Fulbright-Schuman Scholar Fellowship, and other organizations dedicated to the study of European and Mediterranean politics.