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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 seek to
promote the study of Europe's cultural past and present. Special stress will
be 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.
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, its upcoming conferences, and you will
receive the latest Newsletters, all 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?
To subscribe to ISSEI's listserv, simply
send an email message to: majordomo@research.haifa.ac.il The text in the body of the message should read
only: subscribe issei (Nothing else, no signature either).
How do I send a message to the listserv
so that other members may read my message?
Simply address your message to: issei@research.haifa.ac.il and the
message will reach the email-boxes of all those registered on the listserv.
If I join the list now, how do I retrieve
previous information that was posted to the listserv before I joined?
Archived back issues on the ISSEI list
can be found on the World Wide Web: http://www.uib.no/ums/lists/issei. We
urge you to take advantage of this free service and become involved in the
vision of creating a European Academy via the Internet with a constant flow and
exchange of ideas.
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