Head of the New Europe College and former Foreign Minister of Romania
Professor Andrei Pleșu was born in Bucharest on 23 August 1948. In 1980 he lectured at the University of Creative Arts in Bucharest, but had to leave education in 1982 for political reasons and returned to public life after the 1989 revolution as Minister of Culture. From 1997 to 1999, Andrei Pleșu was foreign minister without party affiliation and in the following years acted as advisor to the president, was director of the Institute for the History of Religions and founder and president of the New Europe Foundation and rector of the New Europe College. Andrei Pleșu is a member of various scientific academies. He has received numerous awards for his political and literary activities.
Wednesday, 07. December 2011, 18:15 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOH-B-10
In the course of the arduous process of European integration, the Eastern European countries had to pursue an equally legitimate and difficult question: "We know what the West has to offer the countries from the East that aspire to or have already achieved membership in the EU, but we would be interested to know what, in your opinion, the contribution of the East can be to the great European construction?" Answers outlined on two levels: 1. the joint admission of the countries from the East should contribute significantly to the reunification of European memory. 2. beyond the triumphant rhetoric of reunification, I will try to identify the possibility of a realistic dialogue between East and West.