In the turbulent period following the First World War the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union, offering a vision of peaceful, democratic unity for Europe. The Count’s commitment to this cooperative ideal infuriated Adolf Hitler, who referred to him as a “cosmopolitan bastard” in Mein Kampf. Martyn Bond’s biography offers an opportunity to explore a remarkable life and revisit the impetus and origins of a unified Europe. This event will explore Martyn's recent publication, Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and his Vision of Europe.
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Martyn Bond is a former European civil servant and BBC foreign correspondent. He is the author of Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and his Vision of Europe, a biography of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, the founder of the Pan-European Union.
Claudia Hamill is the researcher and editor of Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and his Vision of Europe. In pursuit of the story, she travelled with Martyn Bond across Europe, researched and helped assemble the material, and edited the biography. Throughout her career Claudia has worked alongside many European Institutions. She has trained politicians to become MEP's, set up the European Parliament All-Party Disability Group, and was European & Overseas Director of The National Trust. She is a former Visiting Fellow at the University of Maastricht, a former Council Member at Chatham House, and is Senior Adviser to the European Forum of Manufacturing.
Simon Glendinning is Professor in European Philosophy and Head of the 杏吧论坛 European Institute.
The () is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector.
This year the 杏吧论坛 European Institute is celebrating its 30th Anniversary. The European Institute has been at the forefront of study and research on Europe for three decades and will be running a series of special events to mark the occasion.
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