ISSEI
International Society for the Study of European Ideas
The History of ISSEI
In the seventeenth century, what had been known as Christendom became Europe, and a new civilization came into being, European civilization. From then on, Europe mirrored itself not only in its Greco-Roman legacy and its Judeo-Christian religion, but also in the world's other civilizations discovered by European travelers.
In 1984 the Rockefeller Foundation invited the Editorial Board of the History of European Ideas (founded in 1979) to hold its first conference in Bellagio, Italy on the theme 'Europe in a Changing World'. There, the editors of the journal decided to create the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI).
The Society and its journal, now called The European Legacy, seek to promote the study of Europe's cultural past and present. Special stress is laid on the inventive and creative aspects of the European mind in science, religion, philosophy, art, literature, sociology, politics, history, economics and psychology. European ideas will be shown to be the outcome of over four centuries of a continual cultural exchange between European nations.
The ISSEI Conferences
1988, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. European Revolutions. 250 participants.
1990, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. European Nationalism. 400 participants.
1992, University of Aalborg, Denmark. European Integration. 600 participants.
1994, University of Graz, Austria. The European Legacy. 900 participants.
1996, University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Memory, History and Critique: European Identity at the Millennium. 1500 participants.
1998, The University of Haifa, Israel. Twentieth Century European Narratives: Tradition and Innovation. 600 participants.
2000, The University of Bergen, Norway. Lessons from European History: New Ideas for the Millennium.650 participants.
2002, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism. 430 participants.
2004, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. The Narrative of Modernity: Co-Existence of Differences, 400 participants.
2006, University of Malta, The European Mind: Narrative and Identity, 400 participants.
2008, University of Helsinki, Language and the Scientific Imagination, 550 participants
FORTHCOMING:
2010, Çankaya University, Thought in Science and Fiction. For more information click here.
ISSEI On Listserv
If you are connected to email, you can now receive free of charge, regular and up-to-date information on the International Society for the Study of European Ideas and its official journal, The European Legacy: Towards New Paradigms. You will be informed of the Society's news and its upcoming conferences right to your own email address. You will also have the opportunity of sending out messages and announcements yourself. Our aim is to provide a network of ISSEI members for discussions, exchange of ideas and information.
How do I subscribe?
Simply go to http://list.haifa.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/issei and fill out the required information.
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