BERLIN SEMINAR IN TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN STUDIES
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Sunday, June 2

3 PM: check-in at Hotel Myer's 
3:30-5 PM: Orientation at Großherz
7:30 PM: Seminar dinner at Osmans Töchter 

Monday, June 3




​​​10 AM
at Palais 


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​4 PM
at Palais ​​

​Migration to Europe
Refugees at Sea: Rescue Operation Sea-Watch
Sophie Scheytt (Head of Advocacy Germany, Sea-Watch, Germany)


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Lunch
at Brot und Salz Berlin ​



Italian Populism 
Mark Gilbert (Historian, UK/Italy)
Lucia Annunziata (Editorial Director, Huffington Post, Italy) 
Session moderated by Barry Colfer (Deakin Fellow, University of Oxford, England)​


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​​Readings: 
The New York Times, 2018, Opinion: "It's an Act of Murder: How Europe Outsources Suffering as Migrants Drown." 
​About Sea-Watch 
Sea-Watch Annual Report 
​Sea-Watch Position Paper 
Analysis of the current situation by Amnesty International

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​​Mudde, Cas, and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. (about the book) 
Mark Gilbert 2016: Italy Enjoys a Political Lull, but Storm Clouds are Gathering
Mark Gilbert 2014: Italy's Forty Years' Crisis 


Tuesday, June 4 

​9:15 AM 
​at Alexanderplatz


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​​8 PM
at Palais ​
​Berlin Experiential 
A guided walk through Berlin's Kreuzberg district 
 

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​Lunch with tour guides
at 3 Schwestern

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Public Event
European Journalism: Challenges, Threats, and Global Context 
  
Tom Nuttall (Berlin Bureau Chief, The Economist, Germany) 
Adam Nossiter (Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times, France) 
Katya Gorchinskaya (Journalist and former CEO of 
Hromadske Television, Ukraine)
Readings:
​Christopher F. Schuetze - Google Retreats from Berlin 








Wednesday, June 5

​​10 AM 
at Palais ​​
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​2:30 PM 
at Deutsche Energie Agentur

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7:45 PM
at fsk - Kino am Oranienplat
France in Crisis
Adam Nossiter (Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times, France) 




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Lunch with speaker
at
KANTINE 
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European Energy Policy 
Energy and Climate Policy in Germany and the European Union
Kristina Haverkamp (Managing Director, German Energy Agency, Germany)
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Film Screening
Oray, 2019 
fsk - Kino am Oranienplatz
directed by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay 
Readings: 
Adam Nossiter: ​Violent 'Yellow Vest" Protests in Week 13.
Adam Nossiter: French Mayor Offers Shelter to Migrants, Despite the Government's Objections.  
Adam Nossiter: In Aftermath of Notre-Dame Fire, Macron Urges Unity in Fragmented Nation. 



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Integrated Energy Transition, a DENA study







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​Büyükatalay's film Oray: 
Watch the trailer here.

Thursday, June 6



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​10 AM
at Palais ​​​


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2 PM 
at Palais ​​​​


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​8 PM 

at Palais ​​​​

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




Lunch with speaker
at Umami 
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Gender and German Law​
On Fundamental Rights: National, Transnational and Global Rules for Diverse Societies  
Susanne Baer (Constitutional Court Judge, Germany)
Session moderated by Friederike Baer (Historian, USA) 



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Public Event
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England's Europe

Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain  ​
Fintan O'Toole (Author and Commentator, Ireland) 
Readings:
Sasha Marianna Salzmann: Beside Myself  (excerpt)
For a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury, Sasha Marianna Salzmann: Where I come from, Sasha Marianna Salzmann: Visible, Sasha Marianna Salzmann: Feeling Spoken to, watch an interview with Sasha Marianna Salzmann discussing Beside Myself on Swedish television (min. 13 - 30)



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​The Rule of—and not by any—Law. On Constitutionalism., by Susanne Baer (for a copy of the chapter, please contact the program assistant Sandra McGury), a press release on the third gender option, an introduction to the German Federal Constitutional Court, a press release on militant democracy, a press release on equal opportunities for the 'Alternative für Deutschland' (a political party), and on the topic of constitutional identity 


​Fintan O’Toole. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain. Apollo, 2018. (about the book)

Friday, June 7


10 AM 
at Palais ​​​​
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Surging Nationalism in Hungary and Poland
László Andor (Political Scientist and former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Hungary)
Rafał J. Pastwa (Theologian, Journalist, and Editor-in-Chief at
Gość Niedzielny, Poland) 
Session moderated by Barry Colfer
(Deakin Fellow, University of Oxford, England)


Lunch on your own 

​Readings: 
Lásló Andor 2018: Why is Orbán so strong? 
Lásló Andor 2019: Fifteen Years of Convergence: East-West Imbalance and What the EU Should Do About it
Rafał Pastwa 2018: An individual in the world of total communication 




Saturday, June 8


10 AM 
at Palais ​​​​​



12:30 PM

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7:30 PM 
​Transnational Europe in German Cinema​
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (Director, Germany)


Lunchtime Conversation 
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Seminar Dinner 
at Katz Orange 
Readings:
​Read about the movie here and here. 
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