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
3:30-5 PM: Orientation at Großherz
7:30 PM: Seminar dinner at Osmans Töchter
Monday, June 3
Migration to Europe Refugees at Sea: Rescue Operation Sea-Watch Sophie Scheytt (Head of Advocacy Germany, Sea-Watch, Germany) 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) |
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 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
Berlin Experiential
A guided walk through Berlin's Kreuzberg district Lunch with tour guides at 3 Schwestern 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) |
Wednesday, June 5
10 AM
at Palais 2:30 PM at Deutsche Energie Agentur 7:45 PM at fsk - Kino am Oranienplat |
France in Crisis
Adam Nossiter (Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times, France) Lunch with speaker at KANTINE European Energy Policy Energy and Climate Policy in Germany and the European Union Kristina Haverkamp (Managing Director, German Energy Agency, Germany) 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. Integrated Energy Transition, a DENA study Büyükatalay's film Oray: Watch the trailer here. |
Thursday, June 6
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 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) Public Event 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) 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
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
Transnational Europe in German Cinema
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (Director, Germany) Lunchtime Conversation Seminar Dinner at Katz Orange |