Category Archives: Lectures

Some Reflections on That Uselessly Unpleasant Franco-American Relationship

This podcast is an edited recording of an October 6, 2004 lecture by the former French Prime Minister (1988-1991), European Parliament member, and Socialist Party leader Michel Rocard entitled “Some Reflections on That Uselessly Unpleasant Franco-American Relationship.” Rocard is introduced by Krzysztof Michalski, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Institute for Human Sciences [...]

 
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The Future of American European Relations

During the summer of 2008, we are releasing events from our archive. This lecture – “The Future of American-European Relations” by Kurt Biedenkopf – took place at the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on April 15, 2003. Biedenkopf’s expertise in transatlantic issues has made him one of the foremost analysts of German-American relations [...]

 
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The Europe the New Deal Made: Current Tensions in Historical Perspective

This week, we continue our dig through our archive, bringing you a re-broadcast of another February 2003 lecture: “The Europe the New Deal Made: Current Tensions in Historical Perspective” by Columbia University Professor and IHS board member Ira Katznelson with an introduction by chairman of Boston University’s Department of Sociology John Stone.
In his lecture Professor [...]

 
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German-American Relations before and after September 11

During the summer of 2008, the EU for You podcast will feature events from our archive. Most of these events have been recorded by WBUR and links to the broadcasts can be found on our website. This summer we bring them to you in a more convenient format.
This week’s podcast is a re-broadcast of a [...]

 
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The Legacy of 1968: A European Perspective

Today’s podcast features a lecture by Daniel Cohn-Bendit, European politician, member of the European Parliament, and Co-president of hte European Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. Daniel Cohn-Bendit was a leader of the 1968 student protests in France, at which time he was known as “Dany the Red” both on account of his [...]

 
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Could a United States of Europe Rival the United States of America?

Today’s podcast features a December 2002 lecture by historian, author, and IHS Board member Timothy Garton Ash entitled “Could a United States of Europe Rival the United States of America.”
Responding to Timothy Garton Ash is Michael Ignatieff, who was, at the time of this lecture, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at [...]

 
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Tyranny of Choice: How We Become Who We Are

Renata Salecl is Centennial Professor at the department of law at the London School of Economics. She is also Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia and also often teaches at Visiting Professor at Cardozo School of Law in New York. She directs a research project on [...]

 
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The US and Europe: Coming to Terms with Change

The Institute for Human Sciences was founded in November 2001, in the immediate wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, during a time of growing tensions between the United States and Europe, with the goal of increasing understanding across the Atlantic. A year later, in November 2002, we launched a lecture series, on the [...]

 
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