The December 2025 edition of the ValEUs Newsletter closes the year with a mix of upcoming events, newly launched initiatives, and recent accomplishments across the ValEUs network.
Looking ahead, join us on 19 January 2026 for the upcoming ValEUs Lecture “In the Spirit of the European Values—Bulgarian-North Macedonia’s Dispute over History and Memory” with Dr. Naum Trajanovski, hosted at the European University Viadrina and available via live stream. The lecture explores how disputes over history and memory shape societal and ontological security in the context of the Bulgaria–North Macedonia relationship.
The newsletter also highlights the next edition of EU Talks – A Transnational Dialogue on Europe’s Global Role, hosted by the University of Florence. Bringing together students from across Europe, EU Talks will combine online roundtables (January–March 2026) with an in-person event in Florence in April 2026, focusing on enlargement, ongoing conflicts, and the transformation of transatlantic relations.
A major milestone featured in this edition is the launch of the Interdisciplinary Review of ValEUs (IRV), a new open-access journal publishing peer-reviewed research, working papers, and review essays from across the ValEUs network and beyond. The first issue is now available online.
The December newsletter further spotlights recent additions to ValEUs initiatives, including new episodes of the Beyond Borders: Navigating EU Foreign Policy podcast, updates on the ValEUs MOOC, and the latest Young Generation Policy Brief, in which Matthias Vollmer examines Ukraine’s EU accession process and the risks posed by internal obstruction.
Finally, this edition reflects on recent accomplishments across the network — from the Congress of the Sociological Association of Ukraine to high-level visits and expert discussions hosted by partner institutions.
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