On Tuesday, September 18, the Center for the Study of Europe hosted David Vogel, Professor in the Haas School of Business and in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. The subject of Vogel’s talks was his new book,The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety and Environmental Risks in Europe and […]
On April 19, 2006, the former German Defense Minister Volker Rühe gave a lecture on the transatlantic relationship. The event was co-sponsored by the Goethe Institut Boston and the American Council on Germany. Thomas Berger, Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University, responded. Echoing Chris Patten’s all for a renewed partnership between the US […]
On February 2, 2006, the Institute for Human Sciences hosted a lecture by Christopher Patten, Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities. Patten’s book, Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain and Europe in a New Century, formed the basis of his remarks. In a speech peppered with anecdotes drawn from his distinguished political career, Chris Patten put […]
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 […]
This week’s podcast is an edited recording of an April 7, 2005 lecture by Sir Stephen Wall, former advisor to Cardinal Murphy O’Connor, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, and to Tony Blair, on Britain’s changing relationships with the EU and the United States. According to Wall, “Britain finds itself torn more than in the past […]
Today’s podcast is an edited recording of a January, 27, 2005 panel discussion, featuring Berlin-based author Peter Schneider and International Affairs editor of the Financial Times, Quentin Peel, organized in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Boston. Introducing the speakers is Irena Grudzinska Gross, former director of the Institute for Human Sciences. The discussion centers on the […]
On November 16, 2004, the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University, in cooperation with the Duitsland Instituut at the University of Amsterdam, convened an international conference on the topic “The US and Europe: Partnership or Competition.” The conference was organized in two sessions, each consisting of a key note speech followed by a panel […]
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 at […]
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 […]
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 Gross, former director of the Institute for Human Sciences. Translating for Adam Michnik is Elbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies at the […]