Conversations On Europe

In January 2012, the EUCE/ESC launched the new speaker series, Conversations On Europe.  Featuring some of the country's top experts on the European Union, this series links participants and presenters via videoconferencing across several sites. Audiences at all sites are able to ask questions of the experts.  This event is open to the public. 

Coming 2013:

January 22, 2013

CROATIA

12:00-1:30pm

4217 Posvar Hall

Earlier Conversations:

November 13, 2012

"German Identity? European Identity?"
- a conversation IN German

12:30-1:30pm
4217 Posvar Hall

Join us as we speak about concepts of German identity in German. What does it mean to be German? What does it mean to be a European?  Where do these concepts overlap and where do they diverge?  All levels of German speakers or those who would just like to listen are invited.

Moderator- Dr. Patrick Altdorfer, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science

Katrin Sieg- Georgetown University, Washington D.C., Department of German

Alexander Privitera- Senior Fellow and the Director of the Business and Economics Program at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

Kirsten Verclas-Senior Program Manager at AICGS

Stephanie Bennett-Executive Assistant/ Development Coordinator for AICGS

November 15, 2012

Angela Merkel's Germany? Angela Merkel's Europe?

4217 Posvar Hall
12:00-1:30pm

Experts on German politics and society will engage in an interactive multi-site discussion focusing on the German Chancellor, her politics and personality.  How has she been represented in the press and popular culture throughout Europe?  To what extent has Chancellor Merkel (her preferences, style, skills, background) shaped contemporary Europe?  To what extent has she become a symbol of the current crises impacting Germany and other member states of the European Union?  

Myra Marx Ferree, University of Wisconsin – Madison.  Department of Sociology

Alexander Privitera, AICGS

Gregor Thum, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History

Konrad H. Jarausch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization

October 10, 2012

An End to Soft Power:  The EU and the New Middle East

4217 Posvar Hall
12:00-1:30pm

Top experts on EU Foreign Policy and Middle East Politics will be connecting live via interactive videoconferencing across several sites.  Professor Ronald Linden, Director of the EUCE/ESC, will moderate.

Eva-Maria Maggi, Helmut-Schmidt University
Tal Sadeh, Tel Aviv University
Urfan Khaliq, Cardiff Law School
Beverly Crawford, University of California, Berkeley
Mohammed Bamyeh, University of Pittsburgh 

Audience participation from students and faculty at: University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill and the University of Pittsburgh

September 11, 2012

Tiger in a Cage: Ireland and the New European Economy

Stephen Kinsella, University of Limerick
James Donnelly, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vincent Brown, print and broadcast journalist
Klaus Lares, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Niamh Hardiman, University College

4217 Posvar Hall   
12-1:30pm

"Falkland/Malvinas Anniversary Panel- A Transatlantic Dialogue"

April 17, 2012

4217 WWPH, 12-1:30pm

Top experts on the 1982 War between Argentina and Great Britian from both sides of the Atlantic will join specialists on the present-day relations between Latin America and the European Union via videoconferencing across several sites. Audience participation is invited.

Dr. Mark D. Szuchman, Professor of History, Florida International University

Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies, King's College London

Dr. Carolyn Dudek, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Daniel K. Gibran, Professor of Political Science, Tennessee State UNiversity

"A New Germany in a New EU?"

February 21, 2012

4217 WWPH, 12-1:30pm

The EUCE/ESC will host the second in its ongoing series of Conversations On Europe. This session will be devoted to the topic "A New Germany in a New EU?" and will address, among other issues, Is it a 'new Eu'? Is Germany the new dominant force? Has Germany's relationship with the EU and other members fundamentally changed?  Will we see further replication of the German economic approach at the EU level?  What will be the impact of recent developments in Germany?

Dr. Gary Marks, Burton Craige Professor, UNC Chapel Hill

Dr. Sabine Hake, Texas Chair of German Literature and Culture, UT Austin

Mr. Alexander Privitera, Journalist, Special US News Correspondent

Dr. Steven Sokol, President, World Affairs Council, Pittsburgh

"Is the Future of the Eurozone the Future of Europe?"

January 17, 2012

211 David Lawrence Hall, 12-1:30pm

Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Vice-Provost of Graduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Christiane Lemke, Max-Weber Chair in German and European Politics, New York University and Professor of Political Science, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany

Dr. Larry Neal, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics

http://pittnews.com/newsstory/pitt-hosts-discussion-on-european-union-debt-crisis/