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Sunday, May 27 

after 3 PM: check-in at Hotel Myer's 
4 PM: Orientation at Café Hilde 
7:30 PM: Seminar dinner at Osmans Töchter 
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Monday, May 28 



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​10 AM
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​​​12 PM

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​4 PM
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​Transnational Europe
Polish Foreign Policy and its Principles 
Sławomir Dębski (Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland)
Reforming the EU - French Proposals for a more United, Democratic and Sovereign Union 
Chloé Goupille (Counselor for European Affairs, Embassy of France in Berlin, Germany) 
Session moderated by Barry Colfer (University of Cambridge, England)
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​Lunch

Restaurant Die Schule 

Populism
Populism in Europe and the US
Cas Mudde (University of Georgia, USA)

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​Readings: 
1.  Interview with President Andrzej Duda
2. President Andrzej Duda’s speech at the Norwegian Nobel Institute
​3. Interview with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Konrad Szymański
4. Dr. Dębski’s article to Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny [Polish Diplomatic Review]
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​​Readings:
Mudde, Cas, and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017

Tuesday, May 29 

8:45 AM 
at Alexanderplatz


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​12 PM 



​1:30 PM 
at Künstlerhaus Bethanien 
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​​8 PM
at Palais ​
Berlin Experiential 
A guided walk through Berlin's Kreuzberg district

Lunch 
3 Schwestern 

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International Artists in Berlin
Vartan Avakian (artist, Lebanon)
Guglielmo Castelli 
(artist, Italy)
Samira Hodaei  (artist, Iran)
​Kanako Ishii (artist, Japan)


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Public Event 
Transatlantic Relations in a Trumpian World 
Cas Mudde (University of Georgia, USA) 
Sudha David-Wilp (Deputy Director, German Marshall Fund, Germany) 
Atika Shubert (Senior International Correspondent CNN, Germany)

 



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About the Künstlerhaus 
About the artists 



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Readings: 
1. Schwarzer, Daniela. "Europe, the End of the West and Global Power Shifts." Global Policy 8.S4 (2017): 18-26.  
2. Larres, Klaus. "Angela Merkel and Donald Trump - Values, Interests, and the Future of the West." German Politics (2018): 1-21. 

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Wednesday, May 30 


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​9:30 AM 
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​12 PM 





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​2 PM 
at Heinrich Böll Foundation 
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​7:30 PM
at Gorki Theater



​Politics and the Environment
Green Germany and Beyond: Transnational Environmental History in Europe 
Steve Milder (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)



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Lunch 
Das Pfeffer 




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Populism​ vs. Climate Protection
Stefanie Groll (Department Head, Ecology and Sustainability) 
Sergey Lagodinsky (Department Head, EU/North American Relations) 


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Glaube Liebe Hoffnung 
Ödön von Horváth 
directed by Hakan Savas Mican 
Readings: 
1. Uekötter, Frank. "Getting in Motion: German Environmentalism, 1945 to 1980." The Greenest Nation?: A New History of German Environmentalism, by Frank Uetkötter, MIT Press, 2014, pp. 59-100. 
2. Lenschow, Andrea, and Carina Sprungk. "The Myth of a Green Europe." JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 48.1, 2010, pp. 133-154.
 
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​Menu 



Readings: 
1. Lagodinsky, Sergey, Milan Nlc, and Constanze Stelzenmüller. "We Are Still Part of the Same Family." Berlin Policy Journal, 10 January 2018, https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/we-are-still-part-of-the-same-family/. Accessed 14 May 2018. 
2. Lagodinsky, Sergey. "Transatlantic Relations: The Air of Freedom." Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 30 November 2017,
https://www.boell.de/en/2017/11/30/transatlantic-relations-thee-air-freedom. Accessed 14 May 2018. 


About the Heinrich Böll Foundation






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​Readings:
1. Schmid, Rebecca. "Bringing Her Turkish Background to German Theater." The New York Times, 7 March 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/arts/bringing-her-turkish-background-to-german-theater.html. Accessed 14 May 2018. 
2. Shea, Christopher D. "Maxim Gorki Theater Leads an Immigrant Vanguard in Berlin." The New York Times, 22 April 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/theater/maxim-gorki-theater-leads-an-immigrant-vanguard-in-berlin.html. Accessed 14 May 2018. 
3. Donadio, Rachel. "Turning Traumatic Arrivals Into Art: Exiles Form a Theater Troupe." The New York Times, 12 April 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/theater/turning-traumatic-arrivals-into-art-exiles-form-a-theater-troupe.html. Accessed 14 May 2018. 

​About the theater  


Thursday, May 31


​10 AM
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​12 PM
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8 PM 

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Transnational Literature in Germany
Perspectives from the Margins  - Postmigrant Theater in the 21st Century
Sasha Marianna Salzmann (Author, Germany) 

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Lunch (optional) 
Umami 

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Public Event​
Brexit and the Crisis of Belonging 
Fintan O'Toole (Author and Commentator, Ireland) 
​​Readings: 
1. Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Beside Myself  (excerpt)
For a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury  
2. Sasha Marianna Salmann - Meteorites 






Friday, June 1


10:30 AM 
​Embassy of Ireland


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2 PM 
at Palais ​​​​
Brexit
Seminar Discussion: Brexit and the Crisis of Belonging 

Fintan O'Toole (Author and Commentator, Ireland) 
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​- Lunch on your own - 

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Refugee Education
Bringing Refugee Teachers into Schools in Germany: A Report on the Refugee Teachers Program at Potsdam University
Maya Nyagolova (Project coordinator, Ph.D. candidate, Potsdam University, Germany)
Alaa Kassab (Refugee Teachers Program graduate; English teacher, Syria)
Hassan Al Oneizan (Refugee Teachers Program graduate; English teacher, Syria)

Readings: 
Fintan O'Toole - Brexit's Irish Question ​






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About the Potsdam Refugee Teachers Program (in German) and in English 
Readings (in German):
Vock, Miriam." Refugee Teachers Program. Ein Qualifizierungsprogramm für geflüchtete Lehrerinnen und Lehrer an der Universität Potsdam."  SchulVerwaltung, Fachzeitschrift für Schulentwicklung und Schulmanagement, 28. Jg., H10 (2017): 274-276. 
Readings (in English): 
1. Pietka-Nykaza, Emilia. "'I Want to Do Anything which is Decent and Relates to My Profession': Refugee Doctors' and Teachers' Strategies of Re-Entering Their Professions in the UK." Journal of Refugee Studies 28.4 (2015): 523-543. 
2. Lengyel, Drorit, and Lisa Rosen. "Minority teachers in different educational contexts: Introduction." Tertium Comparationis 21.2 (2015): 153. 

Saturday, June 2



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9 AM 
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​7:30 PM 

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​Transnational Europe in Contemporary Photography ​
Disappearing Rural Life - Viktoria Sorochinski (Artist, Photographer, Ukraine/Germany) 
Visions of the Collective - ​Anna Tihanyi (Artist, Photographer, Hungary) 
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Lunchtime Conversation 
European Collaboration on Migration Policy in Today's Context 
Sarah Sommer (Senior Program Manager, European Programme for Integration and Migration, Belgium) 
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Seminar Dinner 
Restaurant Paris-Moskau 
Readings: 
1. Gefter, Philip. "Essay: Icons as Fact, Fiction, or Metaphor?". Aperture Foundation (2006). 
2. Tisdall, Simon. "Silent blight in a countryside of empty homes and shut shops." The Guardian, 23 August 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/23/europe-rural-urban-migration-threat-countryside. Accessed 10 May 2018. 
3. "Carl Jung: Archetypes and Analytical Psychology." Psychologist World, www.psychologistworld.com/cognitive/carl-jung-analytical-psychology#references. Accessed 24 April 2018. 
4. Jansen, Charlotte. "How ten women photographers are reconfiguring the gaze." AnOther Magazine, 06 April 2017, http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9704/how-ten-women-photographers-are-reconfiguring-the-gaze. Accessed 24 April 2018.





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About the European Programme for Integration and Migration 






About the restaurant 






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