The Research Group on Educational Policies, Interculturality and Society (POLISOC) of the University of Valencia, within the framework of the Inter-University Seminar, is pleased to invite you to the lecture entitled:
“Is There a European Culture? What Are the Values of ‘Europe’?”, delivered by Javier Manuel Valle López, from the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Date: Thursday, 4 June 2026
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Valencia
Room: ECHE Seminar Room, 3rd floor
Address: Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 30, 46010 Valencia, Spain
If cultural identity is already a construct of complex validation in the case of nations with a long-standing historical tradition, it seems even more difficult to define in supranational realities such as the European Union, whose political materialisation has a history of only a few decades. We will explore whether a European culture does or does not exist or, at least, whether it is possible to define certain values that may constitute minimal axiological roots on which to build a shared and peaceful coexistence.
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Javier Valle holds a PhD in Education. He was awarded the First Pedro Rosselló Doctoral Thesis Prize by the Spanish Society of Comparative Education, as well as the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. He is a professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), specialising in European Union educational policy and in the implementation of its Key Competences. He is Director of the UAM Recognised Research Group on Supranational Educational Policies (GIPES). He is a member of the Spanish Society of Comparative Education, an external adviser to EURYDICE, and a member of TEAM EUROPE as an expert lecturer on the European Union. He is also Director of the Journal of Supranational Policies of Education (JoSPoE) and a member of the School Council of the Community of Madrid. In 2021, he received the Ibero-American Exaltation of Educational, Philosophical and Humanistic Merit, awarded by the Ibero-American Pedagogy Network. In 2025, he was also awarded the Professional Medal of Honour by the Illustrious College of Doctors and Graduates in Philosophy and Letters and in Sciences of Madrid.
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This activity is organised with the collaboration of the Department of Comparative Education and History of Education, the Culture Committee of the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Valencia, and the Teaching Innovation Project A vueltas con la educación. Un pódcast de entrevistas para aprender y enseñar.
To attend the POLISOC seminars online, you may access the live stream through the following Zoom link:
https://uv-es.zoom.us/j/99992703008?pwd=wnZ6CZfMPS7VsFaJn6mjQYb1GEtq99.1
Attendance at the seminar will be certified for students enrolled in the Doctoral Programme in Education at the University of Valencia.
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