It is honor to invite you to attend a lecture of our colleague Dejana Vukasović as part of the cycle of lectures by new researchers at the Institute of Social Sciences.
The focus of this lecture is to demonstrate how the European Union is presented as a key actor in international relations within official discourse. In this sense, the lecture is focused on the EU’s development as a community of values, highlighting its transformative power to extend these values beyond its borders, thus contributing to the “normality” of international relations. It also presents the EU as a global actor, particularly emphasizing its unique role as a security actor with specific responsibilities in the modern world.
The significance of the “politics/academy” nexus will be highlighted, specifically the “blurring” of the boundary between academic research and professional politics, which contributes to building a positive EU identity and gives legitimacy to the project of European integration. The discursively constructed identity of the EU within its official discourse does not only defines the EU as a specific entity in international politics, but also characterizes the nature of its relationships with external actors. The lecture aims to highlight the significance of discourse as a crucial mechanism in the social construction of reality and the establishment of power relations in society.
The aim of this lectures is promoting new researchers and familiarization with their previous work.
