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J. M. Coetzee and Valerie Miles

Europe and the world outside

The 2003 Nobel Literature Laureate J. M. Coetzee talks with writer and editor Valerie Miles about the visions of Europe in extra-European literature; the place of Russia inside (or outside) Europe; and the spread of English as a world language.

Enzo Traverso

Europe, laboratory of ideas

The twentieth century often appears in shared memory as one of the most violent periods in the history of Europe, but its intellectual and political legacy also contains a host of voices that have expanded the frontiers of thought in the quest for justice and emancipation. The historian Enzo ...

Mathias Énard i Edurne Portela

A continent made of words

Europe is not just a political project but also a continent constructed with stories, tales, and testimonies. It is a map of memory and culture that has interwoven the frequently complex bonds among the various peoples of the continent. The writers Mathias Énard and Edurne Portela ...

Olivette Otele and Blanca Garcés

New and old frontiers

Free circulation of people  of the European Union has enabled the emergence of a space shared by citizens, but it has also drawn excluding limits for those who remain outside. The historian Olivette Otele and the political scientist Blanca Garcés speak about the cultural and political ...

Lea Ypi and Srećko Horvat

The paths of freedom

In its early days, the European project was forged as a shared space of democracy and freedom in opposition to totalitarianism and fascism, thus signalling a turning point in the continent’s history. The philosophers Lea Ypi and Srećko Horvat speak about the challenge of renewing the ...

Olga Tokarczuk

Literature, the Oldest of Continents

The 2018 Nobel Laureate in Literature Olga Tokarczuk speaks with the cultural journalist Xavi Ayén about her career and invites her listeners to think about literature as a territory in which to write another story for Europe.