ces calendar

2000-2001 CES Lecture Series

October 2-5
Robert Taylor
Employment Editor, The Financial Times and Marshal-Monnet Fellow
“Labor Markets, Employment and Economic Performance in Europe and the U.S.: A Contrarian View

October 4
François Descheemaekere
Professor and Consultant in Economics and European Politics, Poitiers School of Business (France)
“Is the European Union more than an Economic Union? Psychological, Cultural and Social Considerations of the Euro and European Unification”

October 5
Robert Taylor
Employment Editor, The Financial Times and Marshal-Monnet Fellow
“The European Model: Myths and Reality – A Response to Alan Greenspan”

October 5
Ulrich Goluke
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland
“Strategic Approaches to Sustainable Development”

October 12
Helmut Brentel
Humanities and Social Sciences for Social and Policy Analysis, Frankfurt, Germany
“Understanding the Environmental Legal Regulatory Framework in Germany”

October 27
Susan Mudd
Citizens for a Better Environment, Milwaukee, Wis.
“An Environmentalist View of American Culture and the Environment”

November 2
Cees Moons
Directorate General for Environmental Protection, The Hague, Netherlands
“Understanding the Environmental Legal Regulatory Framework in the Netherlands

November 15
Martin Winckler, Alissa Walser, Sandra Petrignani and IB Michael
“New Voices from the New Europe: Literature, Readings, and Dialogue with European Authors”

November 17
Pascal Delisle
Professor of Political Science, l’Institut d’Études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), and Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University
“National Sovereignty and Monetary Integration”

November 21
Alfred Defago
Swiss Ambassador to the United States

November 29
Richard Painter and Greg Shaffer
Professor of Law, University of Illinois, and Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Toward a European Modified Business Judgment Rule for Takeover Law”

November 30
Al Lannuzzi, Ron Meissen, and Hollie Shaner
Lannuzzi (Johnson and Johnson), Meissen (Baxter Healthcare) and Shaner (Nightengale Institute)
“Healthcare and the Environment: How do Companies deal with Multiculural Environmental Issues?”

December 11
Antonio Costa Pinto
Professor of History, Institute for Social Sciences and the Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal
“Settling Past Accounts in Portugal's Democratic Transition: A Comparative Perspective”

February 13
Christoph Nesshoever
Correspondent for Transatlantic Affairs, Handelsblatt
“The Politics of Biotechnology: A Transatlantic Perspective”

February 19
Jeffrey Checkel
ARENA (Advanced Research on the Europeanization of the Nation-State), Univesity of Oslo, Norway
“Compliance, Social Norms and National Identity in the New Europe”

February 22
Dr. Johannes Beermann
State Secretary of Hesse, Member of the German Bundesrat (Upper House) for the State of Hesse Representative of the German Laender (States) at the European Union in Brussells
“The Regionalization of Europe: The Case of Germany”

March 2
Karen Egerer
Heartland International Corporation
“Doing Democracy: The Role of NGOs in Belarus, Tanzania and Tunisia”

March 6
Kelley Conway
Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Chanteuse at the City Limits: Paris, Femininity, Cinema”

March 8
Carolyn Dean
Professor of History, Brown University
“Speculations on Privacy, Identity, and the History of Sexuality in France”

March 20
Bryant Ragan
Associate Professor of History, Fordham University
“Representing Male and Female Homosexuality in Early Modern France"”

March 21
Bryant Ragan and Jeffrey Merrick
CES Lunchtime Roundtable Discussion
“Writing the history of homosexuality in early modern Europe”

March 23
Gary Herrigel
Associate Professor of POlitical Science, University of Chicago
“Large Firms and Regioncal Economies: New Forms of Commitment”

March 26
Jacques Delors
President of the Commision of the European Union from 1985-1995
“Europe after Nice: Shaping the EU”

March 26
Jonah Levy
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California-Berkeley
“There Is an Alternative: Progressive Social and Economic Reform in Western Europe”

March 29
Guenter Blobel
Nobel Laureate in Medicine
“Dresden: Progress in the Reconstruction of its Historic Center”

April 5
Phillip Alston
Marshall-Monnet Fellow, Professor of Law at the European University Institute
“The New EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Human Rights by Stealth”

April 11
Jacques Rupnik
Director of Research, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, France
“The Return to Europe: The Countries of East-Central Europe and their Journey to the EU”

April 17
Rob Pierce
Professor of Geography, State University of New York-Cortland
“French Identité: The Challenge of Immigration and Social Distance”

April 19
Friedman Weidauer
Professor of German, University of Connecticut-Stors
“The Challenge of Minority Literature to the Concept of a National Literature”

April 23
Massimiliano Ciavolella
Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature, University of California-Los Angeles
“Leone De’Sommi and Jewish Theatre in Mantova During the Renaissance”

April 26
Philippe Mioche
Professor of History and European Studies at the Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
“Economic and Social Balance of the European Coal and Steal Community, 1950-2002: A Past Which Prepared the Future”

April 30
Philip Gorski
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“The Secularization of the West: Historical Reflections and Theoretical Speculations”

May 1
Elazar Barkan
Chair of Cultural Studies Program, Claremont Graduate School
“Restitution and Amending Historical Injustices in International Morality”

May 2
Lynne Chisholm
Educational Consultant in Germany for the EU
“Youth in Knowledge Societies: Challenges for Research and Policy”

May 3
Jocelyne Césari
Professor, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France, and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
“Islam in Europe: Modernity and Globalization Revisited”

May 3
Lynne Chisholm
Educational Consultant in Germany for the EU
“Thinking about Education and Power in Knowwledge Societies: What are the Implications of Contemporary Social Change?”

June 28
Hannu Simola
Professor of Education at the University of Tampere, Finland
“Farewell to the Scandinavian Welfare State? Education, Market Reforms and Social Inclusion/Exclusion in Finland”

July 24
Peter Sis
Czech filmmaker, artist, animator and illustrator
“Czech Filmmaking and Animation: A Personal Journey”