Join us for a lunch talk with Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch political philosopher and currently the speechwriter and an advisor to the president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy. He published his first book, Politicide, in 1999. Since its original publication, The Passage to Europe has received the Socrates Prize for the best Dutch philosophy book and the European Book Prize 2012. Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students. Please register via email to eamrien AT bu.edu by Wednesday, February 26.