Events 2012/2013
Mini Conference: “The Euro Crisis and the Future of the EU”
341 Eggers Hall
AGENDA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
11:00-11:30 Welcome and Introductions
11:30-1:00 Historical and Economic Context of the Eurozone Crisis
Roy Ginsberg, Skidmore – “Episodic Moment, Metamorphosis, or Existential Threat? The Eurozone Debt and Banking Crisis in Perspective”
Daniel McDowell, Syracuse – “Double Whammy: The Great Recession and the Euro Crisis Hit Globalization”
Peter Verovsek, Yale – “Generations and the Future of European Memory”
1:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Germany and France: Is the “Twin Engine” Out of Gas?
Alan Cafruny, Hamilton – “The Nature and Role of German Power in the Eurozone Crisis”
Arthur Goldhammer, Harvard – “Will the Eurozone Crisis Spread to France?”
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:15 The Greek Crisis: National or European?
Glyn Morgan, Syracuse – “Justice, Solidarity, and the Eurozone Crisis, or What Does the EU Owe Greece?”
Harris Mylonas, George Washington University – “Greece: Between Reform and Stagnation”
Nicolas Prevelakis, Harvard – “Repercussion of the Economic Crisis on the Greek Political Scene”
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-5:30 “New Europe” and the Eurozone Crisis
David Ost, Hobart and William Smith Colleges -- “Effects of the Crisis on ‘Borderland’ Relations Among Poland, the Baltics, Belarus and Russia”
Steven Jurek, SUNY Brockport – “Poland and Hungary: Delaying Adoption of the Euro”
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
9:00-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-10:30 Public Policy and the Eurozone Crisis
Tod Rutherford, Syracuse – “The New Southern Question: The EU Crisis and the Spectre of Labor Market Reform in Italy and Spain”
David Sonnenfeld, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) – “The Financial Crisis & Environmental Policy-Making in Europe”
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Elites and Publics and the Eurozone Crisis
Ed Fogarty, Colgate – “Elite and Public Attitudes About European Integration Since the Eurozone Crisis”
Achim Hurrelman, Carleton University (Ottawa) -- “Will the Financial Crisis Lead to the Politicization of European Integration?”
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-2:00 Parties and Elections and the Eurozone Crisis
Steffen Blings, Cornell – “Consequences of the Eurozone Crisis for Party Competition in the EU”
Seth Jolly, Syracuse – “Regionalist Parties and the Eurozone Crisis”
Havva Karakas-Keles, Syracuse – “The Euro Crisis, National Elections, and Cabinet Stability in Europe”
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-2:45 General Discussion and Wrap-Up
EVENTS 2011/2012
Turkish Table 4/25/2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Russian Table 4/11/2012 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Russian Table 4/4/2012 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Turkish Table 3/28/2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Turkish Table 3/7/2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Russian Table 3/7/2012 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Is It the End of the Euro, and Should We be Happy? 3/2/2012 - 12:00pm
341 Eggers
Lunch will be served
Ivar Raig
Professor at the Tallinn University Law School
Ivar Raig is one of Estonia's most prominent Eurosceptics, a critic both of the country adopting the Euro and the broader economic integration project. Professor Raig will address the current Euro crisis, and what it means both for Estonia and the European Union as a whole.
Ivar Raig is a Professor at the Tallinn University Law School. Professor Raig is a leading Estonian expert on European integration and EU Enlargement. He is a former member of the Estonian Parliament and the USSR Supreme Soviet, as well as a former Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official responsible for EU enlargement negotiations. He has authored multiple books and articles on European integration. He earned his Ph.D in Political Economy at the Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences.
Russian Table 2/15/2012 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Turkish Table 2/9/2012 - 5:15pm - 6:15pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Russian Table 2/1/2012 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
352 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Turkish Table 12/1/2011 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Russian Table 11/30/2011 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Film Screening 11/29/2011 - 5:00pm
060 Eggers Hall
Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to:
Film Screening:
Fatih Akin - Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul / İstanbul Hatırası: Köprüyü Geçmek (2005)
A European musician and composer sets out to capture the musical diversity of Istanbul. A lover of experimentations with sound, Alexander Hacke (of the German avantgarde band Einstürzende Neubauten) roams the streets of Istanbul with his mobile recording studio and "magic mike" to assemble an inspired portrait of Turkish music. His voyage leads to the
discovery of a broad spectrum ranging from modern electronic, rock and hip-hop to classical "Arabesque". As he wanders through this seductive world, Alex collects impressions and tracks by artists such as neo-psychedelic band Baba Zula, fusion DJs Orient Expressions rock groups Duman and Replikas, maverick rocker Erkin Koray, Ceza (Turkey’s answer to Public Enemy), breakdance performers Istanbul Style Breakers, digital dervish Mercan Dede, renowned clarinetist Selim Sesler, Canadian folk singer Brenna MacCrimmon, street performers Siyasiyabend, Kurdish singer Aynur, the "Elvis of Arabesque" Orhan Gencebay, and legendary divas Müzeyyen Senar and Sezen Aksu.
Co-sponsored by the UISFL US Department of Education Grant, Middle Eastern Studies Program, and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL
Russian Table 11/16/2011 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Localizing Islam in Europe: Turkish Islamic Communities in Germany and the Netherlands 11/16/2011 - 12:00pm
341 Eggers
Lunch will be served
Ahmet Yükleyen
Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi
In the twentieth century, Muslim minorities emerged in Europe seeking work, a refuge from conflict, and higher life standards. As a result, there are now more than 12 million Muslims in Western Europe. As these immigrants became permanent residents, the Islamic communities they developed had to respond to their European context, reinterpreting Islam in accordance with local conditions. In Yükleyen's forthcoming book titled "Localizing Islam in Europe" from Syracuse University Press in Fall 2011, Yükleyen brings this adaptation to light, demonstrating how Islam and Europe have shaped one another and challenging the idea that Islamic beliefs are inherently antithetical to European secular, democratic, and pluralist values.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork, he finds that, despite differences in goals and beliefs, Turkish Islamic communities play an intermediary role, negotiating between the social and religious needs of Muslims and the socioeconomic, legal, and political context of Europe. Yükleyen’s rich ethnography shows that there is no single form of assimilated and privatized "European Islam" but rather Islamic communities and their interpretations and practices that localize Islam in Europe.
Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth 11/4/2011 - 11:00am
341 Eggers Hall
The Moynihan European Research Centers present:
Frederick Kempe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Council
50 years ago, East Germany started building the Berlin Wall, the dominant symbol of the Cold War between the Union States and the Soviet Union. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin “the most dangerous place on earth.” He knew what he was talking about. For the first time in history, American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed against each other, only yards apart. One mistake, one overzealous commander, and the trip wire would be sprung for a war that would go nuclear in heartbeat. Khrushchev and the new U.S. President John F. Kennedy faced off in one of the signature crises of the Cold War. Berlin 1961, according to Henry Kissinger, is "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today."
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall, Frederick Kempe will discuss his book Berlin 1961.
Co-Sponsored by the Department of History.
Turkish Table 11/3/2011 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Film Screening 11/2/2011 - 5:15pm
HBC Kittredge
Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to:
Film Screening:
Yılmaz Erdoğan - Organize Isler/Organized Jobs (2005)
In this film, Yılmaz Erdoğan sets his stage amongst magnificent, cutting edge shots of Istanbul, the capital of complicated dealings, where the culpable and the innocent mingle in the streets. In the inevitable grand scheme of organized crime, there are always winners and losers; one should be careful about accepting help when the trusted faces are clouded in mist. Now lost within the workings of that great churning machine of darkness is Superman, a suicidal comic who gets inescapably entangled in this hellish web. Taking on the lead role as well as the writing and directing credits, Yılmaz Erdoğan brings lives from the fringes to the screen with the help of a talented supporting cast.
Co-sponsored by the UISFL US Department of Education Grant, Middle Eastern Studies Program, and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL
Russian Table 11/2/2011 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Germany and the Current Crisis in Europe 10/26/2011 - 12:45pm
Bird Library Room 114, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons
Busso von Alvensleben
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
Busso von Alvensleben is currently the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York. After serving as a member of the Faculty of Law at the Free University Berlin,
he worked at the Deutsche Bank AG and the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn. Mr. von Alvensleben later served as counselor at the German Embassy in Tel Aviv and for the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN in Geneva. In 1994, he was the head of former Federal President von Weizsäcker’s office and in 1998 the Deputy Chief of Protocol at the Federal Foreign Office. Mr. von Alvensleben was an Ambassador, Chief of Protocol beginning in 2000 and the Ambassador to Sweden starting in 2003. In 2006, he became the Ambassador, Commissioner for Global Issues: Civilian Crisis Prevention, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid and International Terrorism for the Federal Foreign Office. Prior to his current post, Mr. von Alvensleben was the Ambassador to Ireland.
Mr. von Alvensleben will give a short presentation on the current situation in Europe and Germany’s role in it. He will then open up the discussion to question and answer.
Turkish Table 10/20/2011 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Russian Table 10/19/2011 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
Film Screening 10/18/2011 5:00pm
060 Eggers
Moynihan European Research Centers, The Middle Eastern Studies Program, with a UISFL grant from the US Department of Education and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL present:
Film Screening:
Cagan Irmak - Babam ve Oglum / My Father and My Son (2005)
Sadik was rebellious as a young man and was politically active as a university student; he became a left-wing journalist in the 70's, despite his father's expectations of him becoming an agricultural engineer and taking control of their family farm in an Aegean village. On the dawn of September 12, 1980, when a merciless military coup hits the country, they cannot find access to any hospital or a doctor, and Sadik's wife dies while giving birth to their only child, Deniz. After a long-lasting period of torture, trials, and jail time, Sadik returns to his village with 7-8 years old Deniz, knowing that it will be hard to correct things with his father, Huseyin. (Turkish with English subtitles)
Russian Table 10/05/2011 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
352 Eggers
Light refreshments will be provided
Добро пожаловать! Welcome! Come join us to have some Russian tea! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
We are all looking forward to meeting you! Спасибо! С нетерпением ждем встречи!
The North African Revolutions and Europe: A Roundtable 10/03/2011 - 12:00pm
341 Eggers
Lunch will be served
The Moynihan European Research Centers, Middle Eastern Studies Program and Maxwell School Executive Education Programs Present:
Roundtable:
Amy Kallander
Assistant Professor of History
“Understanding the North African Revolutions”
Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett
Deputy Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) and Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs
“NATO and Libya”
Sibel Oktay
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science
“EU Policy Toward North Africa”
Larbi Touaf
Associate Professor of English, University of Mohamed I Oujda, Morocco and Civic Education & Leadership Fellow (CELF), Maxwell School
“Europe's Ambiguous Attitude Towards Democracy in North Africa: The View From Morocco”
Noureddine Mouhadjer
Lead teacher and head of Global Virtual Classroom project ECU University (USA) & UABT University (Algeria) and Civic Education & Leadership Fellow (CELF), Maxwell School
“Change From Within Is The Only Option”
Moderator: Brian D. Taylor
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Center for European Studies
Turkish Table 09/28/2011 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
341 Eggers
Pizza will be served
Hoş Geldiniz! Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Film Screening 9/27/2011 5:00pm
060 Eggers
Moynihan European Research Centers,The Middle Eastern Studies Program, with a UISFL grant from the US Department of Education and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL Present:
Film Screening:
Can Dündar - Mustafa (2008)
The biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who not only grew himself up from a poor lonely child to a country's most loved person, but also rose a new country from the ashes of an empire. A story of a soldier, an eminent statesman and a great reformist. The life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from his early childhood to his death, in most of which he remained lonely despite being among crowds. This film detaches Atatürk, the founder and the first president of modern Turkey, from known stereotypes and presents him as a human that has fears, weaknesses, desires and ideals.(Turkish with English subtitles).
German Table 9/21/2011 12:30-1:30 pm
341 Eggers
Light Refreshments will be provided
Wollen Sie Deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante Themen Ihrer Wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen Sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" (German Table)
Do you want to learn more about German culture and language? Come to the German Table! Led by faculty members from the German Program. Everyone interested in speaking German or who just wants listening in is welcome!
Events 2010/2011
Film Screening and Discussion 4/28/2011 4:00pm
100 Eggers
Moynihan European Research Centers,The Middle Eastern Studies Program, with a UISFL grant from the US Department of Education and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL Present:
Film Screening and Discussion:
Devrim Arabalari – Cars of the Revolution (2008)
Introduction by Selina Carter
MA in Public Administration, MA in International Relations, MA in Economics Candidate 2012
Maxwell School of Syracuse University
In the years of pulse, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. This curious but compelling docudrama recreates this race for industrialization by the engineers of the State Railroad Directorate in Eskişehir. Following the 1961 coup d'état by Cemal Gursel, Pasha believes that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers working with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days! Directed by Tolga Ornek (115 minutes) (Turkish with English subtitles)
Followed by a Q & A session with Selina Carter
Light refreshments will be served
German Table 4/27/2011 12:30-1:30 pm
352 Eggers
Light Refreshments will be provided
Wollen Sie Deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante Themen Ihrer Wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen Sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" -German Table
Do you want to learn more about German culture and language?
Come to the German Table! Led by faculty members from the German Program.
Everyone interested in speaking German or who just wants listening in is welcome!
Polish Table 04/22/2010- 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
The Polish Program within the Department of LLL and the Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to PolskiStół! Polish Table!
Witamyserdecznie! Are you interested in Polish culture, history, or current affairs? Come to our Polish Table meetings!
Ciekawe tematy. Ciekawi ludzie. Ciekawe towarzystwo.
Interesting topics. Interesting people. Good company.
Polish Table will be led by faculty members from the Polish Program.
Light refreshments will be served.
Russian Table 04/21/2010 - 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи!
Turkish Table 04/18/2011 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be provided
Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
EU Simulation 04/15/2011 4:00pm-9:00pm
Goldstein Student Center (South Campus)
Moynihan European Research Centers and Global Black Spots-Mapping Global Insecurity Program EU Graduate Simulation
Outer Limits of Eden-Redux
Film Screening and Discussion 04/14/2011 - 4:00 p.m.
100 Eggers Hall
Light refreshments will be served
Moynihan European Research Centers, The Middle Eastern Studies Program, with a UISFL grant from the US Department of Education and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL present
Film Screening and Discussion:
Deli Deli Olma – Piano Girl (2009)
Directed by Murat Saracoglu (95 minutes)
Introduction by Rasim Bozbuga, Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)
Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Prime Ministry Expert, Turkey
After the Russian ’93 War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, the Molokan community, a part of the Russian nation, is forced to migrate to Kars in Eastern Anatolia. Among the migrating families is Mişka’s family. Mişka grows old in Kars and now operates the only mill in the village. However, he has to struggle with financial difficulties after modern machines start replacing traditional methods. In the meantime, the cranky old woman of the village, Popuç, hates Mişka and does not want him in the village. Popuç lives with her son Semistan, daughter-in-law Figan and three grandchildren. However, the smallest and most wayward of her granddaughters, Alma, befriends the old Mişka. Alma will help two elderly people question their histories and reveal their big secrets. (Turkish with English subtitles)
Followed by a Q & A session with Rasim Bozbuga
Film Screening and Roundtable Discussion 4/13/2011 4:00pm
060 Eggers Hall
Moynihan European Research Centers and The Spanish Language Program within the Department of LLL
Film Screening and Discussion:
Frente Al Mar (2002)
After living in Madrid for many years, Lucia (Cuca Escribano) returns to her hometown changed by a wave of immigration. While fighting the community's racism toward the new illegal workers, Lucia falls in love with Curro (Jose Coronado), a man who shares her cause. The couple is forced to confront the racism of the town and as tensions come to head, they will have to make some decisions that could cost them everything. (Spanish with English subtitles) Directed by Chus Gutiérrez (96 minutes)
Followed by a Q & A session with Dieter Roberto Kuehl
Roundtable Discussion on Moroccan Immigration in Spain
Dieter Roberto Kuehl Professor of Spanish Literature & Cinema Syracuse University in Madrid, Spain
Kathryn Everly Associate Professor of Spanish Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Syracuse University
Mohamed Behnassi Civic Education and Leadership Fellow, Maxwell School of Syracuse University Professor of Global Sustainability Politics Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco
Hassan Hakim Civic Education and Leadership Fellow, Maxwell School of Syracuse University Professor of English Oujda University, Morocco
Halima Ouamouch Civic Education and Leadership Fellow, Maxwell School of Syracuse University Assistant Professor, English Studies Department Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
German Table 4/12/2011 12:30-1:30 pm
352 Eggers
Light Refreshments will be provided
Wollen Sie Deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante Themen Ihrer Wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen Sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" -German Table
Do you want to learn more about German culture and language?
Come to the German Table! Led by faculty members from the German Program.
Everyone interested in speaking German or who just wants listening in is welcome!
Russian Table 04/08/2011 - 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи!
Film Screening 04/07/2011 4:00pm
100 Eggers Hall
Light refreshments will be provided.
Moynihan European Research Centers, The Middle Eastern Studies Program, with a UISFL grant from the US Department of Education and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL present:
Film Screening
VAVIEN
The latest film Taylan Brothers have directed is a noir comedy that delicately tells the story of a small town family. Engin Günaydin, who has also scripted the film, plays Celal, a despondent man, unhappily married with a child to Sevilay. He works together with his brother Cemal, at their electrical appliances shop, drowned in debt. But the worse is, he is in love with a singer who works at a sleazy night club in Samsun. Cemal, thinking of saving himself with the money Sevilay has saved unbeknownst to her husband, makes a plan. (Turkish with English subtitles)
Directed by Durul Taylan and Yagmur Taylan (100 mins)
Turkish Table 04/04/2011 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be provided
Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Film Screening 03/31/2011 4:00 p.m.
341 Eggers
Moynihan European Research Centers, The Middle Eastern Studies Program, with a UISFL grant from the US Department of Education and the Turkish Language Program within the Department of LLL present:
Film Screening
Mutluluk - Bliss
When 17-year-old Meryem is found disheveled and unconscious by the side of a lake in the countryside, her family believes the worst -- that her chastity has been lost. They turn to the ancient principle of "tore," a strict moral code that condemns Meryem to death. The duty of upholding the family's honor falls upon a distant cousin, Cemal, who has just completed a brutal tour in the military. Together they embark on a surprising journey across traditional and modern-day Turkey. (Directed by Abdullah Oguz 123 minutesTurkish with English subtitles)
Light refreshments will be provided.
Polish Table 03/25/2011- 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
The Polish Program within the Department of LLL and the Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to PolskiStół! Polish Table!
Witamyserdecznie! Are you interested in Polish culture, history, or current affairs? Come to our Polish Table meetings!
Ciekawe tematy. Ciekawi ludzie. Ciekawe towarzystwo.
Interesting topics. Interesting people. Good company.
Polish Table will be led by faculty members from the Polish Program.
Light refreshments will be served.
Russian Table 03/24/2011 - 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи!
Film Screening 3/23/2011 6:30 pm
341 Eggers Hall
Moynihan European Research Centers and The German Language Program within the Department of LLL present
Film Screening and Discussion:
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei -The Edukators
Introduction by Eleanor M. Homolko
Instructor of German
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics,
Syracuse University
In their mid-twenties, Jan and Peter live together and share a blue VW bus as well as a deep-seated passion about social injustice in the world. It is not enough for them to distribute flyers at demonstrations; they need action and roam through the streets of the filthy rich at night, seeking to teach them a lesson. They don't steal anything, but break into empty houses and leave behind creative chaos, underscored by such scribbled slogans as "the days of plenty are numbered", signed "The Edukators". When one of the owners catches them by surprise, the "Edukators" have no plan for this situation and suddenly find themselves turning into kidnappers.
(Language: German) Directed by Hans Weingartner, 2003/4 (126 minutes)
Followed by a Q & A session with Eleanor M. Homolko
Turkish Table 03/21/2011 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be provided
Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Mini-Conference: Security, Federalism, Democracy, and the European Alternative. 3/18/2011. 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Ferrier Hall
840 Doctor Penfield Avenue, Montreal
Room 456
Research Group on Constitutional Studies (McGill University) and the Maxwell European Union Center (Syracuse University) present:
Mini-Conference: Security, Federalism, Democracy and the European Alternative.
1. Federalism and Its Levels
Jacob T. Levy (McGill University), "Federalism contra Subsidiarity"
Frank Pasquale (Seton Hall Law School), "Federalism in an Age of Fusion Centers"
Jason Sorens (University of Buffalo), “The New Economics of Ethnofederalism”
2. Has Europe failed?
Daniele Archibugi (Birkbeck College, London), “Cosmopolitanism at Europe's Borders”
Cassiano Hacker-Cordon (Trinity College), “Europe’s Struggles and Global Justice”
John Hall (McGill University),”Europe: "Banalities of Success"
Glyn Morgan (Syracuse University), “The Failure of Europe’s Constitutional Alternative”
3. Security, Justice, and Democracy (Lunchtime Session)
Glen Newey (Keele University), “Security’s Sake”
Laura Valentini (Queen's College, Oxford), “Justice and democracy"
Patti Lenard (University of Ottawa), "Security, Justice and Democracy"
Russian Table 03/11/2011 - 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи!
German Table 3/3/2011 12:30-1:30 pm
352 Eggers
Light Refreshments will be provided
Wollen Sie Deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante Themen Ihrer Wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen Sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" -German Table
Do you want to learn more about German culture and language?
Come to the German Table! Led by faculty members from the German Program.
Everyone interested in speaking German or who just wants listening in is welcome!
Turkish Table 02/28/2011 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be provided
Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers).
Polish Table 02/25/2011- 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
The Polish Program within the Department of LLL and the Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to PolskiStół! Polish Table!
Witamyserdecznie! Are you interested in Polish culture, history, or current affairs? Come to our Polish Table meetings!
Ciekawe tematy. Ciekawi ludzie. Ciekawe towarzystwo.
Interesting topics. Interesting people. Good company.
Polish Table will be led by faculty members from the Polish Program.
Light refreshments will be served.
Russian Table 02/24/2011 - 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи!
German Table 2/16/2011 12:30-1:30 pm
352 Eggers
Light Refreshments will be provided
Wollen Sie Deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante Themen Ihrer Wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen Sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" -German Table
Do you want to learn more about German culture and language?
Come to the German Table! Led by faculty members from the German Program.
Everyone interested in speaking German or who just wants listening in is welcome!
Farm Lobbies and the Government: A Comparative Assessment of the EU and the US 2/11/2011 -12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
341 Eggers Hall
Pizza lunch will be served.
Ahmet Arabaci
Visiting Scholar: Moynihan European Research Centers, Assistant Professor of International Relations Fatih University, Turkey
This talk offers a comparative approach to government-interest group relations in different polities. The farm lobby groups have been taken as the unit of analysis both in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). The talk will shed light on the meanings of the actual government-interest group relationships based on existing literature. First, theoretical tools and the pieces of literature on government and interest group relations will be outlined. The old and new conceptual and theoretical approaches will be reviewed briefly.
Second, recent historical developments in the EU and the US will be explained in terms of the development (reforms) of agricultural policies, respectively. The roles of the government-interest group relations will be put special emphasis on in shaping (reforming) the farm policies in both of the polities. The aim of this section is to explain which of the theoretical and conceptual tools best describe their relations in both of the political units. The following questions will be asked: Have there been corporatist relations in US farm policy-making? Or, why has the EU’s agricultural policy-making been dominantly characterized as corporatist, while the case was different in the US? Third, the factors that changed the existing patterns of interest intermediation will be investigated. To that end, forces of globalization, the effects of international trade agreements and, the changes of the constellations in policy networks will be given special emphasis.
Invisible Citizens and Consociational Democracy in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina 2/2/2011 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
341 Eggers Hall
Pizza will be served
Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology
Azra Hromadzic
One of the most important goals of post-conflict reconciliation and democratization programs around the world is the establishment of a social order that would lead to peace and stability. In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), this includes careful planning of the spatial reorganization of people and territory. More specifically, the project of democratization in BiH assumes a fixed relationship between people, understood as ethnic collectivities, and territory, understood as ethnically homogenous spaces. This particular spatial governmentality relies on a powerful set of rigid assumptions about belonging, identity, territoriality and politics in BiH, which makes “ethnically mixed” identities spatially unmappable and politically inapt. Furthermore, the state-making and peace-building policies make the traditional forms of urban mixing politically and socially risky, since mixing suggests socially and culturally deeper, historically rooted, and regionally expansive “feeling of otherness” that cannot be recognized nor nurtured under the existing democratic regime that favors ethnic segregation. Building on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Herzegovinian city of Mostar, in this presentation I focus on the everyday experiences of “invisible citizens,” who because of their “mixed identities,” became socially and politically unfit for the consociational model of peace and democracy.
German Table 2/1/2011 12:30pm-1:30pm
352 Eggers
Light Refreshments will be provided
Wollen Sie Deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante Themen Ihrer Wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen Sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" -German Table
Do you want to learn more about German culture and language?
Come to the German Table! Led by faculty members from the German Program.
Everyone interested in speaking German or who just wants listening in is welcome!
Portuguese Table 12/10/2010 12:oo pm
352 Eggers Hall
This is a wonderful opportunity to practice Portuguese. All proficiency levels are welcome!
Russian Table 12/10/2010 - 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you
see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи
Portuguese Table 12/3/2010 - 12:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
This is a wonderful opportunity to practice Portuguese. All proficiency levels are welcome!
Polish Table 12/3/2010- 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
The Polish Program within the Department of LLL and the Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to PolskiStół! Polish Table!
Witamyserdecznie! Are you interested in Polish culture, history, or current affairs? Come to our Polish Table meetings!
Ciekawe tematy. Ciekawi ludzie. Ciekawe towarzystwo.
Interesting topics. Interesting people. Good company.
Polish Table will be led by faculty members from the Polish Program.
Light refreshments will be served.
Local Government in the European Union: Transformation of Turkish Local Government System during Turkey's Accession Process to the EU 12/2/2010 - 1:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, Syracuse University
District Governor, Turkey
European Union, especially expanding its borders after 1990s and intensifying its integration process within the union, gives great importance to local and regional administrations around the principle of subsidiarity and perception of democratic governance. EU demands of all of the candidate member states to harmonize their national laws and regulations with EU directives. Turkey, started its membership negotiations as a candidate member state in 2005, had already launched reforms on local and regional administrations in 2002. For the last thirty years, different Turkish governments have made some attempts to reform public administration in general and local government administrations in specific. However, reforms in the last decade have been the most successful ones to make public administration more accountable and to empower the local authorities to deliver local services better at the local level. These reforms are triggered by both internal dynamics such as the change in the structure of the Turkish economy, rapid urbanization, increasing demand for more democracy and development of civil society, as well as external dynamics such as globalization and European (EU) membership process.
Pizza lunch will be served.
Polish Table 11/19/2010- 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
The Polish Program within the Department of LLL and the Moynihan European Research Centers invite you to PolskiStół! Polish Table!
Witamyserdecznie! Are you interested in Polish culture, history, or current affairs? Come to our Polish Table meetings!
Ciekawe tematy. Ciekawi ludzie. Ciekawe towarzystwo.
Interesting topics. Interesting people. Good company.
Polish Table will be led by faculty members from the Polish Program.
Light refreshments will be served.
Portuguese Table 11/19/2010 - 12:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
This is a wonderful opportunity to practice Portuguese. All proficiency levels are welcome!
Treffpunkt Deutsch - German Table 11/15/2010-12:30 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
Wollen sie deutsch sprechen und gemeinsam interessante. Themen ihrer wahl diskutieren? Dann kommen sie zum "Treffpunkt Deutsch" (German Table!)
German table will be led by faculty members from the German Program.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Portuguese Table 11/12/2010 - 12:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
This is a wonderful opportunity to practice Portuguese. All proficiency levels are welcome!
Russian Table 11/12/2010 - 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Light Refreshments will be served
Come join us to have some Russian tea at the first Russian Table of the semester! All who are interested in speaking Russian (from beginners to natives), good company and fellowship are welcome to attend!
Please bring your ideas and suggestions on how you see the Russian table this semester. We are all looking forward to meeting you!
Спасибо!С нетерпениемждемвстречи!
Turkish Table 11/12/2010 - 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
Interested in learning more about Turkish culture, language and meeting your fellow students? Come to the Turkish table! Run by professor Jaklin Kornfilt, Turkish Program Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.
All are welcome to attend (from beginners to native speakers). Light refreshments will be provided!
Panel Discussion on the 20th Anniversary of the German Reunification 11/11/2010 - 2:00 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
Hans C. Buechler Professor of Anthropology
“The Effect of Reunification on Eastern German Agriculture 1989-2004”
Karina von Tippelskirch Assistant Professor of German, German Program Coordinator
“20 Years of German Unification -20 Years of Change”
Philipp Messerschmidt MA International Relations Candidate
“The Wall in the People´s Minds –State of the Inner-German Reunion”
Craig K. Ewart Professor of Psychology
“Where do they live?' Letters and photos from a US Air Force officer, Berlin, 1945”
Frederick D. Marquardt Assistant Professor of History Emeritus
“United Germany’s Unfinished Business: Two Economies? Integrate the Perpetrators? A Single National Identity?”
Glyn Morgan Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, European Union Center
“German Enlargement and European Enlargement”
Moderator: Havva Karakas Keles Assistant Director, Moynihan European Research Centers
Lunch will be provided.
A Film Screening and Discussion for the 20th Anniversary of the German Reunification 11/11/2010 - 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arressting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma Some months later, the GDR does not exist any more and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to to set up the GDR again for her in their flat . But the world has changed a lot.
Introduction by Karina von Tippelskirch (Assistant Professor of German and German Program Coordinator) Followed by a Q & A session with Karina von Tippelskirch
Portuguese Table 11/5/2010 - 12:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall
This is a wonderful opportunity to practice Portuguese. All proficiency levels are welcome!
Film Screening and Discussion: Mustafa 11/5/2010 - 4:15 p.m.
341 Eggers Hall
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The film MUSTAFA Directed by Can Dündar, 2008 (110 min)
The biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who not only grew himself up from a poor lonely child to a country’s most loved person, but also rose a new country from the ashes of an empire. A story of a soldier, an eminent statesman and a great reformist. The life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from his early childhood to his death, in most of which he remained lonely despite being among crowds. This film detaches Atatürk, the founder and the first president of modern Turkey, from known stereotypes and presents him as a human that has fears, weaknesses, desires and ideals. (Turkish with English subtitles). (FOLLOWED BY Q & A WITH PROF ZENS)
Light Refreshments will be provided.
Portuguese Table 10/29/2010 - 12:00 p.m.
352 Eggers Hall