European Union Democracy & Security Symposium: Monarchies to Constitutional Democracies
From Center for West European Studies & EU Jean Monnet Center by The Center European Studies and EU Center
May 8, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
This episode features presentations from the EU Democracy and Security Symposium discussing the transition from monarchies to constitutional democracies.
On May 7th, 2026, the Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies hosted its spring EU Democracy and Security Symposium on 'Monarchies to Constitutional Democracies.' This podcast features recordings of presentations by three members of the University of Washington faculty: Raymond Jonas (History), speaking on “France’s Five Republics and what they tell us about how republics are born and how they die”; Terje Leiren (Scandinavian Studies) speaking on "From Royal Absolutism to Parliamentary Government: Political Transition in Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)”; James Felak (History) speaking on "The Perils of a Problematic Constitution: The Cases of Interwar Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.” Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union of the EACEA. Neither the European Union now the EACEA can be held responsible for them.
People in this episode
Host: Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Guests: Raymond Jonas, Terje Leiren, James Felak
Topics covered
- Democracy
- Security
- Political Transition
- Constitutional Democracies
- Monarchies
- European History
Keywords
- European Union
- Democracy
- Security Symposium
- Political Transition
- Constitutional Democracies
- Monarchies
- History
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: European Union, EACEA
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