On Thursday 14 March 2024, the Foundation organised a conference on the theme of “Some lessons from the Habsburg Empire for today’s Europe” with Caroline de Gruyter, a renowned Dutch journalist. She has worked as a correspondent in several diplomatic capitals (including Brussels, Geneva and Vienna). A member of the Carnegie Europe and European Council on Foreign Relations think tanks, she now lives and works in Brussels. Her book Monde d’hier, monde de demain: Un voyage à travers l’empire des Habsbourg et l’Union européenne (French translation from Dutch, Actes Sud, 2023), won her the Mieux comprendre l’Europe 2023 book prize.
The conference was followed by a discussion with Gilles Grin, Director of the Foundation, and questions from the audience.
The event took place on the campus of the University of Lausanne and was broadcast live on YouTube.
You can watch the film of the event at the following link:
