Transatlantic Students Symposia



 
 

Program

  1. Bard: Introductory Workshop
  2. Bard: Students Symposium

1. Bard College: Introductory Workshop

Sunday, 7 Mar, 2004
Olin Humanities Center 102

Session I
10:30-12:00 AM

Gregory Moynahan
The European Union

Session II
12:30-2:00 PM

Reinhard Isensee
New Media in a Global Context

Lunch Break

Session III
3:00-4:30 PM

Jesse Browner (UN), Susan Bernofsky (Bard)
Translation at the UN

Session IV
5:00-6:30 PM

Alan Sussman
Human Rights and International Law

Dinner Break

Session V
7:30-8:30 PM

Concluding Discussion


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2. Bard College: Students Symposium (Preliminary Program)

Friday, 12 Mar, 2004
Olin Language Center 115

Opening & Session I
1:00-2:30 PM

Moderator: Philipp Kneis

Philipp Kneis
Welcome Address

Reinhard Isensee
Welcome Address

John Schulze, Thomas Wagenknecht
Perspectives for Saving the UN

Juliane Bönisch, Christian Chilla
(Dys-) Function of Collective Security, or: the Security Council and the concept of Collective (Un-)Security

Session II
2:45-4:45 PM

Moderator: Nadine Helm

Bert Bobock
Anxiety and Politics as a threat for democracy and the United Nations Organization

David Rose
"The New World Disorder": Perspectives for Transnational Democracy Beyond the UN

Keynote Address
5:00-6:30 PM

Moderator: Janine Ludwig

Jonathan Schell
Keynote Address:
The United Nations Today

Reception

Saturday, 13 Mar, 2004
Olin Humanities Center 102

Session III
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Moderator: Valon Xharra

Julia Roth, Ulrike Stiefelhagen
The UN and the New Wars

Arielle Ginsberg
The United Nations as an International Body

Liz Dempsey
The U.S. and the UN: Separating Fact from Fiction

Lunch Break

Session IV
2:00-4:00 PM

Moderator: Julia Roth

Nadine Helm
The UNESCO - Supporting Regional Identities Within a Global Setting

Kate Crockford
International HR Law in the Levant: Palestine and Israel

Session V
4:30-6:30 PM

Moderator: John Schulze

Karen Asmus
"We, the Peoples". Governmental and Non-Governmental Representation at the United Nations

Katrin Nowka, Melanie-Simone Schlender
The Role of Germany within the EU and the UN

Peter Kolesar
Central Europe: A Bridge Between Europe and America?
The Role of International Organizations in Foreign Policies of Central European Countries

Dinner Break

Concluding Discussion
7:30-8:30 PM

Moderator: Janine Ludwig

Philipp Kneis
Visions of the United Nations