Category Archives: Panel Discussions

Whose God Is It? Religion in the US and Europe

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The EU-US-China Triangle

The April 4, 2006 visit of Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, to Boston provided an occasion for the IHS to turn its attention to the impact of China on the transatlantic relationship. From 1998 to 2003, Pangratis was Head of Unit responsible for relations with [...]

The Future of Europe

On December 1, 2005, Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow at The New America Foundation, and Aleksander Smolar, Senior Research Fellow at CNRS in Paris and President of the Stefan Batory Foundation in Warsaw, debated The Future of Europe. Both agreed that the European Union was in crisis and that the dream of political union is [...]

Two Ambassadors on Transaltantic Relations

On October 26, 2005, the Institute hosted aq panel discussion on the transatlantic relationship (Two Ambassadors on Transatlantic Relations), with John Bruton, former Prime Minister of Ireland and current Ambassador of the European Union to the United States; and Rockwell Schnabel, former Ambassador of the United States to the European Union. The panelists were introduced [...]

Being Muslim in Germany Today

In October 2005 the Institute for Human Sciences in cooperation with the Goethe Institut Boston and the American Council on Germany, organized two events exploring the religious and cultural diversity in today’s Germany. The first event, a panel discussion entitled “Being Muslim in Germany Today,” took place on October 6, 2005, and featured Turkish-German author [...]

Two Ambassadors on European Union Enlargement

On October 3, 2005, the Institute hosted a panel discussion on the enlargement of the European Union with Eva Nowotny, Austrian Ambassador to the United States, and Martin Palouš, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States.  Chairing the discussion was Krzysztof Michalski, Chairman of the Institute’s Board of Directors and Professor of Philosophy [...]

The Future of Humanitarian Aid

We’re continuing to dig through our archives for our EU for You podcasts; for more recent events, including our ongoing “Eurospective” series with European artists and writers, be sure to visit the IHS section of our website as most of our events are recorded. This week’s podcast is an edited recording of an  April 12, [...]

The US and Europe: Still Sharing the Same Values?

We’re still digging through our archive for great podcasts – you can find links to recordings of ongoing events on the website – go to our home page (www.euforyou.org), click on IHS, and then on “archived events.” For example, on our 2009 page, you’ll find recordings of events with German author Bernhard Schlink, Romanian poet [...]

The Concave Mirror: The US and Europe Look at Each Other

On September 29, 2004 in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the American Council on Germany, the Institute organized a conference entitled “The Concave Mirror: The US and Europe Look at Each Other.” The conference presented and discussed the results of the latest public opinion survey undertaken by the German [...]

New Europe and the United States

Over the next several weeks, we will be bringing you podcasts of our archived events. While political circumstances have changed, the discussions remain extremely interesting. Today’s podcast is an edited recording of an April 28, 2004 panel discussion featuring the Polish journalist Adam Michnik and Nation writer Jonathan Schell. Moderating the discussion is Irena Grudzinska [...]