Conferences
Emil Hurezeanu: Europe, between growth and terminal crisis
16 lei
The first conference of 2015 will open its doors on Sunday, January 25th, at 11:00 am, in The Black Box Hall, and will be held by Mr. Emil Hurezeanu. The theme of the conference is "Europe, between growth and terminal crisis". Ticket price - 16 lei.
About the conference
"Europe is at the center of unusual crises: a war in the East, between Ukraine and Russia triggered by the desire for rapprochement of Ukraine with Europe and by Russia's desire of separation from Europe. It puts into question the ability of the West to overcome the global economic and social crises, its political and moral inability to manage democracy in the age of dying capitalism. We are witnessing the commotion caused by the terrorist attacks in the capital of France, against a background of escalating phenomena of anti-Semitism, Islam phobia and xenophobia in the founding countries of the Enlightenment and of the Euro-Atlantic civilization. We can no longer speak about Christianity or about Islam, but about the anger of the religions' sunset. We are witnessing a wider crisis of globalization, which homogenizes without connecting, but by separating and exacerbating identities. A crisis of religion, of collective and inclusive ideologies, defied by the excesses of confused, autistic and aggressive individualism.
Europe's crises are installed between center and periphery too, at the level of EU member states as well as between the hard core of developed Europe in relation to the peripheral countries of the continent. Are these signs and signals of a temporary syndrome, in the logic of a problematic increase, or of a terminal one, in the logic of the Western irreversible decrease?" (Emil Hurezeanu)
About Emil Hurezeanu
Born in 1955 in Sibiu. One of the best-known journalists and political analysts of the moment. Between 1975 and 1979 he attends the School of Law in Cluj- Napoca. Starting with 1976 he is an editor of the "Equinox" (Echinox) Magazine and beginning with 1978 he becomes an editorial secretary, publishing poetry and literary criticism. After graduating in 1979, he gathers his poems in Lecţia de anatomie (The Anatomy Lesson) volume that was awarded the Debut Prize of the Writers Union a year later. In 1981, Ana Blandiana, as a Herder Prize winner, offers her grant to the Equinox editorial staff and Emil Hurezeanu, who will leave for Vienna in 1982, is nominated for it. After completing the two exchange semesters of the Herder Grant, he reaches Munich where he works as an editor for Radio Free Europe from 1983 to 1995. In October 1983 he gets political asylum in Germany. In the same period he starts writing political articles and producing the Romanian News section. He also works as an expert consultant for various radio and television channels in Europe. In 1985 he gets a scholarship for the Charlottesville University of Virginia, USA, where he studies political science. Back in Germany, he continues his studies at various American universities from Europe until he gets his Master's Degree in International and Strategic Political Relations, in Boston. In 1990 he returns to Romania, still working for Radio Free Europe (RFE). In 1995, the radio station is relocated in Prague and Emil Hurezeanu is a director there, for a short period of time. In the same year, he goes to Cologne to work as head of the Romanian section of Deutsche Welle, where he writes political leading articles. He stays there until 2002, when he returns to Romania for good. For five seasons, he is the broadcast producer of the show România mea (My Romania) on Antena 1. The show was awarded the APTR 2003 Prize, the talk-show section. Since 2005 he produces the Cap şi pajură(Heads and tails) reality TV show, together with Cristian Tudor Popescu. He continues his career in radio with The Interviews of Europa FM, produced at the broadcast station of the same name. In March 2003 he becomes personal advisor in policy analysis on issues of external affairs to Adrian Năstase, who was prime-minister at the time. He resigns from this position six months later. He published two volumes of political essays in Romania, Între câine şi lup (Between Dog and Wolf) - 1996 and Cutia Neagră (The Black Box) -1997, the latter receiving The Journalism Award of the Writers Union of Romania.
Translated by: Aureliana Grama
MTTLC, University of Bucharest
