Timothy Snyder<\/a>, one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals, addressed this question in a vibrant speech he gave on May 9, 2019, in Vienna, on the occasion of Europe Day. He asked Europeans a (not so) simple question : will they rely on their myths or instead on their history to build their collective future ? And he warned them : \u00ab the myth that you have diverts you not only from seeing the scale of European responsibility for the past but it also diverts you from the scale of European responsibility for the future. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\nIs multiculturalism a European myth ? Is it compatible with the idea of a nation-state ? Is it a convincing way to go beyond the traditional assimilation v. integration debate ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come debate with us this Wednesday at 8 pm in Hamilton 607 to find answers to these questions and more !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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European Wednesdays
Third Series | First Session<\/p>\n\n\n\n
European Wednesdays are student-led weekly debates. No previous debate experience or political background is necessary. We encourage walk-ins, and we value the diversity of perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Co-organized by Columbia European Society<\/a> and GEG Columbia<\/a> (a chapter of Groupe d’\u00c9tudes G\u00e9opolitiques<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":47502,"template":"templates\/event-debate.php","categories":[],"event-type":[],"geo":[],"class_list":["post-48396","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew York | Europe and Multiculturalism | Le Grand Continent<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York | Europe and Multiculturalism | Le Grand Continent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Second d\u00e9bat du Grand Continent \u00e0 New York.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Le Grand Continent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-02T15:36:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Empire_State_Building_from_the_Top_of_the_Rock.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"756\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1014\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/\",\"name\":\"New York | Europe and Multiculturalism | Le Grand Continent\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Empire_State_Building_from_the_Top_of_the_Rock.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-02T15:35:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-02T15:36:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/evenements\/new-york-europe-and-multiculturalism\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Empire_State_Building_from_the_Top_of_the_Rock.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Empire_State_Building_from_the_Top_of_the_Rock.jpg\",\"width\":756,\"height\":1014,\"caption\":\"The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. 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