Prof. Kalyvas will discuss the incentives, challenges, dilemmas, and choices of translating abstract arguments into a visual form, using a national history narrative. The talk draws from his experience in co-authoring the seven-part TV documentary series “Disasters & Triumphs” which was broadcasted on Greek TV channel Skai, in January and February 2022.

Democracy is one of the founding values of the European Union (EU) and a guiding principle in its external relations. In the course of the Eastern enlargement, the Union emerged as one of the major democracy promoters. However, the assaults on democratic institutions in some EU member states have undermined the assumption about the positive impact of EU membership on democratic consolidation and sparked a lively discussion whether the Union can safeguard democracy.