Upcoming Events
The following is a list of events planned or in the planning stages as a part of the EU Getting to Know Europe Grant:
September/October 2009 (tentative)
Dr. Ronald Asmus, Executive Director of the German Marshall Fund in Brussels, Belgium with the Center for Transatlantic Studies
Dr. Asmus will speak on the future of transatlantic security and strategies.
October/November 2009
Victor Ashe, US Ambassador to the Republic of Poland
Ambassador Ashe returns to Vanderbilt in early November 2009 for a talk on Eastern Europe and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (exact date to be determined).
November 4, 2009
John Kornblum, Former US Ambassador to Germany
“Europe and the US Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.”
November 5, 2009
Luc Véron, Minister-Counsellor and Head of the Political and Development Section - Delegation of the European Commission in Washington DC
November 2009
Douglas Berry, Honorary German Consul
In Collaboration with Sister Cities of Nashville, Hosting of Museum and Photographic Exhibition at the Metro Nashville Public Library honoring the non-violent protests (Monday demonstrations) in Nashville's German Sister City of Magdeburg.
November 2009
Prof. Joel Dark, History at TSU
Panel at Tennessee State University on the Fall of the Berlin Wall and its impact on the EU and Europe.
November 2009 (tentative)
Dr. Martin Schaad, Deputy Director, The Einstein Forum, Potsdam
“The Berlin Wall from an East-German Perspective.”
February/March 2010
Cem Özdemir, Co-Chair, Green Party, Federal Republic of Germany and former member of the European Parliament.
Topic TBA
Public Lecture
Past Events
October 10, 2008
Public panel discussion with former US Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia.
Special Guest, William Courtney
“The Russian/Georgian Conflict and its Implications for European Security.”
Panel Moderated by MKC Associate Director, Florence Faucher-King and included local Russian/Eastern European experts from History, Political Science, and Russian. 200 persons from Vanderbilt and the Nashville community in attendance. The EU "Getting to Know Europe" grant application was announced at this event.
October 21, 2008
Hans-Ulrich Klose, Chairman of the German-American Parliamentary Group and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the German Bundestag
“Current Foreign Policy Challenges Facing Europe and the United States: Afghanistan, Iran, and Russia.”
Sponsored by the Nashville Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and Nashville Council on Foreign Relations in collaboration with he MKC.This dinner lecture attracted 35 persons from the Nashville metropolitan area. Mr. Douglas Berry, Presdient of the Warbug Chapter, is a partner on the EU grant.
December 3-4, 2008
French Consul General Philip Ardanaz
“The French Presidency of the European Union”
EU Project launch.
Attended by a diverse audience of ca.120 persons. Consulted with French and European Studies students and met with representatives of the media, Nashville Mayor’s Office, Tennessee Governor’s Office, Nissan Corporation, and Nashville Chamber of Commerce.
December 8, 2008
Professor Engelstein
“A Belgium of our Own: The Sack of Russian Kalisz, August 1914”
Followed by a commentary and discussion led by Professor Frank Wcislo, a collaborator of the MKC..
December 8, 2008
Reinhard Bütikofer, Chair, German Green Party
“You can Become Green and Grow: The German Experience.”
Hosted by the Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany in collaboration with the MKC. The presentation was delivered to a largely non-academic audience.
January 8-9, 2009
Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
to the United States
“The Transatlantic Agenda: A German Perspective”
An informal dinner was held on January 8th; attended by the Director of the Max Kade Center, Doug Berry of American Council on Germany, and Lutz Görgens, the German Consulate General from Atlanta. On January 9, Provost Richard McCarty hosted a breakfast information session for dignitaries at Vanderbilt, the editor of The Tennessean, Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville, and representatives from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Nashville Health Care Council. Ambassador Scharioth also delivered a public lecture on transatlantic relations to a large and diverse audience (200) drawn from the Vanderbilt and wider Middle Tennessee communities. Accompanied by German Consul General Lutz Görgens from Atlanta, Honorary Tennessee German Consul Doug Berry, and John McCarthy, Dr. Scharioth concluded his visit with a personal, private meeting with Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen at the State Capitol.
January - April 2009
Sociologist Gerrit B. M. Dielissen, EU Scholar in Residence from Utrecht University
Professor Dielissen consulted widely with faculty and students at Vanderbilt and gave several lectures in classes on topics related to our grant. During his stay he reached a wide audience of 400+.
January 12-14, 2009
Professor Tanel Kerikmäe, Jean Monet Professor and Dean of the Law School
Professor Kasper, Audentes University, Tallinn, Estonia
The purpose of their trip was to explore the possibility of future collaboration with Vanderbilt and with the Max Kade Center on issues related to Baltic Security (one of our research foci). Prof. Kerikmäe delivered a had them address human rights issues in the EU. Prof. Kerikmäe reached a total audience of ca. 60.
January 2009
David Levering Lewis, Julius Silver University Professor of History, New York University
“A Counter-Narrative: Islam and the Making of the First Europe.”
An audience of ca. 400 from a wide spectrum were in attendance. Part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. A reception preceded the lecture.
February 20, 2009
Edward F. Fischer, Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and member of the MKC Advisory Committee
“Markets, Moralities, and Community.”
An examination of the tension between narrowly defined individual self-interest and the common goods that define "community." Calling on fieldwork among Maya farmers in Guatemala and German supermarket shoppers in Hanover, Prof. Fischer showed how culturally informed moral values and political-economic institutions condition the way individuals define and pursue their interests. This led to a discussion of the role of competition versus cooperation, the nature of self-interests, and the ways that different sorts of capitalism arise from (and in turn produce) different sorts of moral communities. The public lecture drew an overflow crowd to the lecture room (35). Prof. Fischer is a member of the MKC Advisory Committee and acknowledged the EU grant initiative.
March 26, 2009
Victor Ashe, US Ambassador to the Republic of Poland
"Polish, European, and Transatlantic Relations: The Security Question"
The MKC partnered with the American Council on Germany to host US Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe in March 2009. We organized a dinner/lecture for 30 persons, most non-University guests.
April 2009
Özcan Mutlu, Green Member of the Bundestag
"Polish, European, and Transatlantic Relations: The Security Question"
The MKC partnered with the American Council on Germany in hosting a public lecture. The dinner/lecture was attended by 25. Mr. Mutlu’s presentation was preceded by comments by Prof. John McCarthy on the EU grant and by remarks on diversity by EU Scholar in Residence Gerrit Dielissen.
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