By Johanne Vejrup Nielsen

The British referendum on EU Membership revealed a less than United Kingdom. The results demonstrated clear demographic divisions in terms of age, gender, education, class, city and country. Importantly, obvious divisions also emerged between the nations, which make up the United Kingdom. While England and Wales voted to leave, a majority of voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland opted to stay. Brexit is now a powerful motor in the ongoing challenges to the future integrity of the United Kingdom posed by nationalist movements, particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland. As such, the referendum about external relations with the EU, is accelerating an internal crisis in the UK. This collection of mini lectures will address both unions (UK, EU) and will address the most important driving forces of nationalism and unionism from the perspective of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. After the presentations the floor will be open for discussion. Moderater: Katrine Nyland Sørensen cand.scient.pol., indehaver af Nyland Kommunikation og har i mange år fulgt irsk såvel som nordirsk politik tæt. Bl.a. i sin tid som programmedarbejder og redaktør i DR. Speakers: Sara Dybris McQuaid, Associate Professor in British and Irish History and director of the Centre for Irish Studies, AU. Title of Paper: 'Ireland after Brexit: New dynamics in old conflicts?' Lisanne Wilken, Associate professor in European Studies and Research director at the section of Global Studies: Title of paper: 'Torn between two unions: the Welsh Europeans and the True Britons' Christoffer Leiding Kølvraa, Associatiate Professor in European studies, AU Title of Paper: ‘Little England’? Englishness between Britain, Empire and Europe. Mark Friis Hau, PhD candidate in European Studies, AU Title of Paper: 'A Tale of Two Unions: How Brexit is changing the terrain of Scottish independence'. The event is free but you may register at Folkeuniversitet's website: fuau.dk/aarhus/program/vidensarrangementer/brexit-og-nationalisme(r)-paa-de-britiske-oeer-1621-563.aspx Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm Place: Folkeuniversitet AU, bygning 1530, lokale G116 Ny Munkegade 118 8000 Aarhus The event is brought to you by the Irish Embassy, the Centre for Irish Studies, European Studies at AU and Folkeuniversitetet. The British referendum on EU Membership revealed a less than United Kingdom. The results demonstrated clear demographic divisions in terms of age, gender, education, class, city and country. Importantly, obvious divisions also emerged between the nations, which make up the United Kingdom.

While England and Wales voted to leave, a majority of voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland opted to stay. Brexit is now a powerful motor in the ongoing challenges to the future integrity of the United Kingdom posed by nationalist movements, particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland. As such, the referendum about external relations with the EU, is accelerating an internal crisis in the UK.

This collection of mini lectures will address both unions (UK, EU) and will address the most important driving forces of nationalism and unionism from the perspective of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. After the presentations the floor will be open for discussion.

Moderater: Katrine Nyland Sørensen cand.scient.pol., indehaver af Nyland Kommunikation og har i mange år fulgt irsk såvel som nordirsk politik tæt. Bl.a. i sin tid som programmedarbejder og redaktør i DR.

Speakers:
Sara Dybris McQuaid, Associate Professor in British and Irish History and director of the Centre for Irish Studies, AU. 
Title of Paper: 'Ireland after Brexit: New dynamics in old conflicts?'

Lisanne Wilken, Associate professor in European Studies and Research director at the section of Global Studies:
Title of paper: 'Torn between two unions: the Welsh Europeans and the True Britons'

Christoffer Leiding Kølvraa, Associatiate Professor in European studies, AU
Title of Paper: ‘Little England’? Englishness between Britain, Empire and Europe.

Mark Friis Hau, PhD candidate in European Studies, AU
Title of Paper: 'A Tale of Two Unions: How Brexit is changing the terrain of Scottish independence'.


The event is free but you may register at Folkeuniversitet's website:http://fuau.dk/aarhus/program/vidensarrangementer/brexit-og-nationalisme(r)-paa-de-britiske-oeer-1621-563.aspx

Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: Folkeuniversitet 
AU, bygning 1530, lokale G116
Ny Munkegade 118
8000 Aarhus

The event is brought to you by the Irish Embassy, the Centre for Irish Studies, European Studies at AU and Folkeuniversitetet.