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33. Amerikastudientagung

"The United States in a Changing World:
How Business, Politics, the Sciences, and Culture Affect Globalization (or vice versa?)"

 

last updated April 10, 2003
Thursday, May 29, 2003
  Arrival during the day
12:00 Registration starts
14:00 Coffee in the lobby
14:30 Greeting remarks:
Thomas J. Delaney, Cultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy
Martina Kohl, U.S. Embassy
14:40 - 15:40 Keynote Address :
Ruth Weisberg and Robert J. Lieber,
"Globalization and Culture"
  short coffee break, (late registration possible)
16:00 - 17:30 Panel discussion with all faculty
Moderator: Herbert Grieshop, U.S. Embassy
18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception and reading by Robert Olen Butler hosted by Thomas Delaney, Cultural Attaché
  Dinner
   
Friday, May 30, 2003
Session I
9:00 -10:30
Susan Aaronson
"Taking Trade to the Streets: The Lost History of Public Efforts to Shape Globalization"
  Coffee break
Session II
11:00 -12:30
Lionel Tiger
"Politics, Ethics and Scientific Breakthroughs: Are We Playing God?"
  Lunch

Session III
14:00 - 15:30

Robert J. Lieber
"Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics"
  Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Afternoon: free
   
Saturday, May 31, 2003
Session I
9:00 -10:30
Charles Brooks
"From the Bill of Rights to Human Rights."
  Coffee break
Session II
11:00 - 12:30

Discussion Groups
Aaronson:
"Globalization Studies: What are the Issues?"
Brooks:
"Understanding the U.S. Legal System"
Butler:
"Creative Writing Workshop"
Lieber:
"Foreign Policy Issues"
Tiger:
"The Sciences and Globalization: What are the Issues?"
Weisberg:
"How to Teach American Culture in the EFL Classroom"

  Lunch
Session III
14:00 - 15:30

Discussion Groups Repeat:
Aaronson: "Globalization Studies: What are the Issues?"
Brooks:
"Understanding the U.S. Legal System"
Butler:
"Creative Writing Workshop"
Lieber:
"Foreign Policy Issues"
Tiger:
"The Sciences and Globalization: What are the Issues?"
Weisberg:
"How to Teach American Culture in the EFL Classroom"

  Coffee break
16:00 Wrap-Up Session
19:00 Farewell Reception
  Barbecue
   
Sunday, June 1, 2003
  Departure after breakfast
   

 

 

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