"1989 and its Long-Term Repercussions: Making Sense of the Berlin Republic"
February 27 – 28, 2015
10th Annual Faculty Research Conference
European Union Center of Excellence / European Studies Center
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Athletic Association – Crown and Mural Rooms
4215 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Faculty Organizer: Prof. Georg Menz, Visiting Professor of European Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Friday, February 27, 2015
9:00 am
Registration and Coffee
9:30 AM
Opening Remarks by Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Vice-Provost for Graduate Studies
9:45 AM
Welcome by Prof Ronald Linden, Director of the European Union Center of Excellence / European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
10:00 AM
Welcome by Prof Georg Menz, Visiting Professor of European Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
10:15 AM
Panel I: Political Cultures and Political Institutions in the Berlin Republic: Legacies of the GDR, Weimar, and the Third Reich
Political Culture and Political Institutions in the New Germany
Karl-Rudolf Korte (Duisburg-Essen)
German Unification and German Political Culture or Cultures? The Legacy of Unification and the Fortunes and Impact of the Linke
Donna Harsch (Carnegie Mellon University)
The Berlin Republic through the Prism of Film: Slowly Risen from the Ruins
Randall Halle (University of Pittsburgh)
Discussant: Philipp Stelzel (Duquesne University)
12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM
Panel II: The Political Economy of the Berlin Republic: The Slow Erosion of a Coordinated Market Economy and the Politics of Controlled Implosion
Changes in the Political Economy of Germany, especially social and economic policy and privatization
Reimut Zohlnhoefer (Heidelberg University)
The German Labor Market and its Permutations with a focus on industrial relations
Stephen Silva (American University)
The Changing Parameters of Modell Deutschland
Holger Wolf (Georgetown University)
Discussant: Georg Menz (University of Pittsburgh)
3:30 PM
Brief Summary by Georg Menz
Saturday, February 28, 2015
09:00 AM
Coffee
09:30 AM
Panel III: Immigration and Foreign Policy in the Berlin Republic
Patterns and Trends in German Immigration and Asylum Policy
Suzanna Crage (University of Pittsburgh)
German Foreign Policy in Flux
James Sperling (The University of Akron)
German Foreign Economic Policy
Beverly Crawford (University of California-Berkeley)
Discussant: Katja Wezel (University of Pittsburgh)
11:30 AM
Closing Remarks