Minister of State Mark Eyskens, President of the Arenberg Foundation,
The Scientific Committee of the Duke of Arenberg History Prizes &
H.S.H. the Duke of Arenberg
have the pleasure of inviting you
to the International Symposium ‘Freedom, Ukraine, and the History of the Present’
on the occasion of the awarding of the Duke of Arenberg European History Prize
on Friday, 6 December 2024
at the Palais des Académies, Rue Ducale 1, 1000 Brussels
from 5 pm to 8 pm

Program

• Welcome by Prof. Mark Eyskens, President of the Arenberg Foundation
• Keynote by Prof. Annelien de Dijn: ‘Democracy: Past and Present’
• Interludium
• Laudatory address for Prof. Serhii Plokhy’s The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History and presentation of the prize by Prof. Thomas Weber (University of Aberdeen & Stanford University)
• Acceptance speech and keynote by Prof. Serhii Plokhy: ‘Atoms for Peace at the Time of War: Lessons from the War-Torn Ukraine’
• Panel discussion with Professors Martin Schulze Wessel (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Serhii Plokhy (Harvard University) and Annelien de Dijn (Utrecht University) moderated by Beatrice de Graaf (Utrecht University)
• Closing Remarks by H.S.H. the Duke of Arenberg
• Reception and buffet