The Finnish Institute at Athens has the pleasure of inviting you to an International Roundtable Resilience and Reconciliation – Democracy in Crises and Repair across History at the Finnish and Swedish Institutes at Athens, 28 and 29 April 2026. The event is organized together with the Danish, Netherlands, Norwegian and Swedish Institutes at Athens under the institutes’ joint umbrella programme Democracy on the Pressure.
Democracies fracture. They collapse under pressure, betray their ideals, or spiral into civil strife. Yet time and again, they return — sometimes stronger, often transformed. But do they truly endure, or are they reimagined beyond recognition? This roundtable event explores how resilience, reconstitution, and reconciliation intersect in the reinvention of democracy. Three panel sessions discuss how communities and institutions, ancient or modern, navigate crisis, uphold democratic forms, or abandon them altogether. The first session addresses conceptual dimensions, the second focuses on the themes in an ancient context, and the third presents historical and contemporary case studies.
The event is in hybrid format. Please register via the following links:
Apr 28, 2026 03:00 PM Athens
Apr 29, 2026 09:30 AM Athens
