EU-Views: Mario Telò
Name: Mario Telò
Nationality: Italian
Occupation(s): Visiting Associate Professor of Classical Studies at UC Berkley; Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Classics; Professor of History of Political Thought at LUISS-Guido Carli
Connection to Europe: European citizen; specializes in Greek and Roman Drama, the Greek Novel, Object and Affect Theory, Genre Theory; Visiting professor and lecturer across Europe (Hamburg Universitaet, 1984-1985, Uppsala 1979, Macau, Pisa Sant’Anna, 2001, LSE 2009, Oxford 2010, Sciences Po-Paris, 2010); served as advisor to the European Commission, DG research (High level Group on social sciences and humanities, 2002-2007) , DG Culture (responsible of the network of J.Monnet Chairs collaborating to the White Book on EU Governance), the European Parliament (2003:Rasmussen Report on Mastering Globalization), and to the European Council Presidency (in 2000 and in 2007);Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, Université Libre de Bruxelles-IEE since 1995, President of the Institute of European studies between 2005 and 2009, he teaches International relations, coordinates several international research networks, as GREEN Senior scholar (7th FP, including 16th world class universities), and Central coordinator of the global doctoral program GEM (Globalization, Europe and Multiletarlism), funded by DG Culture and education for the period 2010-2015
Date of interview: April 12, 2016
This episode is a conversation with Mario Telò, Professor of History of Political Thought at LUISS-Guido Carli, about the five major crises facing Europe today. He outlines the challenges facing the EU in the contemporary context of an increasingly multipolar and globalized world. Telò also discusses the relationship between Member States and the European Neighborhood, commenting on recent interactions with Russia and Turkey.