This podcast features an interview with Professor Phillip Ayoub (Occidental College). He discusses his research on LGBT rights proliferation in Europe, as well as variation in the US and European contexts.
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to EU today, a podcast from the Center for European Studies, a Jean-Monnais Center of Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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0:38.3 | Hello, my name is Brett Harris and I am a contemporary European studies major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
0:46.3 | In this episode, I will be interviewing Professor Philip Ayub on LGBT rights proliferation in the EU and transatlantic contexts. |
0:56.2 | Dr. Ayub is an associate professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College. |
1:01.5 | He is an alum of the UNC Transatlantic Master's Program and received his PhD from Cornell University. |
1:08.4 | Dr. Ayub is the author of multiple articles and publications, including his |
1:12.5 | 2016 book, When States Come Out, Europe's Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility. |
1:35.0 | Hello, I'm Brett Harris, and today I'm joined by Philip Ayub, Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College. |
1:37.2 | So jumping right in. |
1:48.0 | One of your research interests is the proliferation of LGBT rights in Europe, and one thing you've noticed how quickly these developments seem to have accelerated in the past two decades. |
1:49.2 | To what degree do you think the EU as a values or norms-based institution and the process of |
1:54.8 | European integration have impacted the trends that you've noticed? |
1:59.3 | Great. |
2:00.0 | Yeah. |
2:00.2 | Hi, Brett. |
2:00.7 | Thanks for having me on your podcast. |
2:02.6 | Yeah, I think we have seen a lot of changes in the last two decades, and I think organizations |
2:08.2 | like the EU are very important for that. |
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