In her inaugural lecture, Theresa Kuhn shows how European identity has developed in recent decades and what explains these developments. She argues that it matters not only whether citizens feel European, but also what kind of European identity develops, i.e. on what criteria it is based and what its boundaries are. A cosmopolitan understanding of European identity is necessary to respond jointly to international challenges such as wars, mass migration and climate change.  

Prof. dr. T. Kuhn, professor of Modern history and politics of Europe in a global context: Common institutions, diverging identities: Supranational institution building and collective identity formation in the European Union. 

You can watch this inaugural lecture here.