Resources

The Center for European Studies is pleased to offer audio and video versions of selected recent events:

Date Event Description Title Web Resources

September
2009


Michael Winiarski
, a Transatlantic Media Fellow and Middle East corrospondent for Sweden's largest circulating daily newspaper, gave a talk at UW-Madison about the Swedish perspective on the Middle East.
"Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates - A Swedish Perspective on the Muslim World" Inside Islam Interview
9 minutes

15 April
2009


Özcan Mutlu
has been Spokesperson for Education and European Policies for the Green Party (Bündnis/90 Die Grünen) in the Berlin House of Representatives (Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus) since 1999.
"Integration of Turks in Germany: Is Integration a one-way street?" Podcast (low volume Q&A session at 33:40)
3 April
2008

Reinhart Kößler
is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Münster. He has published widely on southern Africa and Namibia in particular, on globalisation and world society, on theory of development, social theory and methodology, political sociology and the culture of work and time.
"Genocide in Namibia: Negotiating the past between Namibia and Germany?"

Lecture
1 hr 25 mins, 58.5 MB (very large file)

Slides
12 Slides, 2.4 MB (large file)

19-20
October 2007

The Center for German and European Studies Tenth Anniversary Conference, University of Wisconsin- Madison "Cultures of Democracy? Germany and the USA at Home and Abroad"

Videos of Select Panels (requires Internet Explorer)

16 April 2007


This workshop is the second in a series that examines emerging European Union-wide health policies and public health and their impact on the member states within the European Union. The workshops feature experts on the European Union recent initiatives in health policy and public health. University of Wisconsin experts on U.S. health policy and public health share their knowledge to create a transatlantic dialogue.
'War on Cancer' and Accountability for Outcomes:
A Transatlantic Dialogue on How and Why of Success
Population Health and Health Care Perspectives
( Michel Coleman , MD, on "Differences in Survival between Rich and Poor: Can the 'War on Cancer' be Won?"
and Faruque Ahmed , MD, on "National Cancer Statistics in the United States ")
SESSION 2: Politics of Cancer and Role of Governance: How and Why is it Changing?
( Jaroslaw Waligora on "How the European Union (EU) Envisions its Role in Governance")
7 March 2008
Well-known scholars and practitioners gather together to discuss the challenges of cross-border health care and how health law can respond to this emerging policy issue. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies, the Global Legal Studies Center, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Helath Law Section-Wisconsin State Bar, WAGE, Global Studies, East Asian Legal Studies Center and the Academy Health-Student Chapter.
Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue Stream Video or Audio

24 April 2006


The workshop is the first of a series that examines emerging European Union-wide health policies and their impact on the member states within the European Union. The workshop features experts on the European Union recent initiatives in health policy and on public health.
Public Health, Comparative Health Policy and Law in the European Union View part 1 (presentations) or part 2 (commentators and discussion) of the workshop
19 November 2003
Dominique Decherf
, Consul General of France in Chicago, and Alexander Petri, Consul General of Germany in Chicago. The inaugural event of the Madison Transatlantic Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Dean of International Studies and the European Studies Alliance.
"Building Bridges: Views from France and Germany on Current U.S.- Europe Relations" - Watch streaming video (requires Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher) provided by the International Institute.
16 October 2002 A talk at the UW-Madison by Wolfgang Ischinger, German Ambassador to the United States, cosponsored by the European Studies Alliance and the International Institute "Trans-Atlantic Relations: Challenges and Opportunities" - Watch streaming video (requires Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher) provided by the International Institute.

 

19 September 2002 A talk at the UW-Madison by Philippe Mioche, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Provence. “The Europeanization of European Universities”
- Hear the talk with Real Player or as MP3.
3 May
2002
A panel discussion sponsored by the Center for European Studies
at the National Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) Conference.
Contextualizing Area Studies Through Film: A Case Study in Festivals, Publics and the Use of Film to Explain Contemporary Europe in a Global Context”
- Watch the talk on video(requires QuickTime, click to download)
or, for more information, go to the WIOC website.
9 April 2002 - His Excellency Knut Vollebæk, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States “Trans-Atlantic Relations: A Norwegian Perspective”
Hear the talk (Windows Media),
or read a summary.