Outreach Activities
Outreach Quick Links:
• Outreach Activity Themes
• Outreach Activities to Educational Policy Makers and to the Schools
• Outreach Activities to the Community
• Student Outreach Volunteer Speakers & Topics
• Outreach to Collegues & Universities
• Brussels Study Trip Site
Our outreach activities will gravitate to the following major themes:
• The European Union: its institutions, policies, and impact;
• The significance of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and of the Iron Curtain;
• European identity, culture, and diversity and their parallels in American society;
• Educational reform in Europe and the USA and its impact on human development;
• Pros and cons of European and American public health policies;
• Common security challenges in Europe and the USA.
The perspectives range from cultural forms (film), historical interconnections, to educational systems, security issues, and social programs (health care). Of interest in contemporary terms is the continent’s regionalization since 1989/1990 from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Alpe Adriatic in the south, from the original European Community core in the west to the emergent regional networks in the east.
Outreach Activities to Educational Policy Makers and to the Schools
• Information workshop for policy makers in the Mid-South on the EU, its organization and objectives with special focus on developments since 1989/90 (April 4, 2009).
• An on-campus workshop on European language policies, educational reform, and the altered nature of transatlantic relations since 1989 for secondary and post-secondary educators.
• On-site classroom visits in the schools by teams of Vanderbilt students with presentations on such topics as the EU, its organization, and objectives, EU enlargement, European integration, and the Idea of Europe throughout history. Please contact ryan.k.johnson@vanderbilt.edu if you are interested.
• Study trip to Brussels, Belgium, for policy makers in the Mid-South (May 30-June 6, 2009)
Outreach Activities to the Community
• Throughout the calendar year 2009, the Max Kade Center will organize visits by ambassadors, members of the European Parliament, and notable experts on European and transatlantic relations, cultural identity, immigration and security challenges for public presentations.
• European Film Series with discussion of central topics such as the social and demographic changes since the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union; cultural and ethnic diversity; health and environmental concerns. For an up-to-date list see www.vanderbilt.edu/internationallens.com or call 322-6400.
• Europe Day Celebration.
• Panel of experts to discuss health care issues in a comparative European/American context.
• A panel of experts from the corporate world. Half-day symposium on the challenges of global corporations that must mesh corporate culture with national cultures.
• Collaboration with Nashville Sister Cities Committee, the Nashville Council on Foreign Relations, and the Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany in arranging public presentations on topics vital to furthering understanding of Europe and of transatlantic relations.
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