History of Eurovision - A Bizarre Cultural Phenomenon
Room
Classroom 1
Start time
End time
12:00
12:50
Max. capacity*
30
What we'll talk about
Learn about the bizarre cultural phenomenon that is Eurovision. What better time to do it than on the day of the 2025 Eurovision Finale? How did Eurovision come to be? What makes it so special? Learn all that and more during this workshop given by a passionate Eurovision fan!
Your host(s)
Chloe Kenny
Chloe was born in Ireland during its Eurovision golden age - the 1990s, when the country won four times in five years, including back-to-back victories around her birth (possibly in celebration). Ireland held the all-time Eurovision win record until very recently, a source of national pride and economic regret. Eurovision was one of the two nights a year little Chloe was allowed to stay up late (the other being the Late Late Toy Show) and it sparked a lifelong love of European geopolitics and melodrama.
After studying European Studies and Spanish in Cork and Barcelona, she lived several lives - as an English teacher in Mallorca, a Disneyland Paris shop assistant, and a camp counsellor in Italy - before moving to Brussels for a traineeship and accidentally staying. Eventually, she found her way to Leuven for a Master’s in European Politics and Policies and has been working in EU affairs ever since. She currently works translating Brussels jargon into human language for the European trade union movement.
There are no reservations, it's a first come first served event, so be there on time to avoid disappointment!