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Hochschule Bremen, Jean Monnet Conference „The EU in a global perspective“, May 26-27th, 2008
Preliminary program
Jean Monnet Conference
The EU in a global perspective: intercultural dialogue
across three continents
May 26 th -May 27 th , 2008
Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen
Further information:
www.jeanmonnet.graduatecenter.de
www.mes.hs-bremen.de
jeanmonnet@graduatecenter.de
or contact Dr. Monika Blaschke, blaschke@hs-bremen.de

Hochschule Bremen, Jean Monnet Conference „The EU in a global perspective“, May 26-27th, 2008
Monday, May
26 th , 2008 :
Haus der
Wissenschaft
The EU seen from the
outside: the U.S. and Asian
perspective
Day One
8:45 – 9:15 Registration
9:15-9:30 Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lehmann/ Dr.
Monika Blaschke Hochschule
Bremen
Prof. Dr. Jutta Berninghausen, vicepresident
Hochschule Bremen
Chairperson US session: Benjamin
Veghte, PhD., University of Bremen
9:30- 10:15 Prof. Joachim I. Krueger, PhD.,
Department of Psychology Brown
University, USA
10:15 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Prof. Joyce Marie Mushaben, Ph.D.
Professor of Comparative Politics &
Gender Studies
Political Science Dept., University of
Missouri-St. Louis, USA
Chairperson India session: Prof. Dr.
Lehmann
11:30-12:15 Prof. Dr. Rashmi Jain, Department
of Sociology, University of
Rajashtan, Jaipur, India
12:15 -13:45 Lunchbreak
13:45- 14:30 Dr. Milind Brahme, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT
Welcome to the program
Welcome Speech
Americans and Europe: an
intercultural perspective
"The Long and Winding Road:
American Perspectives on Turkey's
Efforts to Join the EU"
India and European Union:
Retrospect and Prospects
Understanding “Unity in Diversity” :
Communicating across Cultures –
India and the European Union
Madras, India
Chairperson Chinese session: Prof.
Dr. Schädler, Hochschule Bremen
14:30 -15:15 AWS students, Hochschule China and the EU
15:15 -15:35 Coffee break
15:35- 16:20 Prof. Wang, Yamei, Economic
Department, Sichuan University,
China
16:20-17.00 Dr.rer.pol. Sebastian Bersick, Stiftung
Wissenschaft und Politik Berlin.
17:00-19:00 Time to enjoy the city of Bremen
19:00 Bremen
Parliament
20:30 Bremen
Parliament
Different participants from
Hochschule Bremen, the University
of Bremen, international guests
On Exchanges and Cooperation of
Regional Policy Between China and the
EU
Political relations between China and
the EU
Roundtable discussion: The EU in a
global perspective
Reception

Hochschule Bremen, Jean Monnet Conference „The EU in a global perspective“, May 26-27th, 2008
Tuesday, May
27 th , 2008:
Haus der
Wissenschaft
The EU seen from within:
The West and the East
Day Two
8:45 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 MES Graduate Students, Hochschule Welcome to Day Two
Bremen
Chairperson West-European Session
9:15-10:00 Prof. Christine Duggan Epitomising our cultures - an
introduction to the cultural
background of conference delegates
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30 -11:15 Prof. Robert Jones, Sheffield Hallam
University
British Perspectives on Europe: Is the
UK Still An 'Awkward Partner'?
11:15-12:00 Dr. Dieter Wolf, University of
Bremen
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Chairperson East-European Session:
Lucie Zackova, EU Commission
13.30-14:15 Linda Jakobsone, Riga, European
Union Information Agency
14:15-15:00 Dr. Ainars Nabels-Sneiders,
Head of Foreign Relations Division,
Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:15 Anna Golejewska, Joanna Stefaniak,
Adriana Zablocka, Department of
Economics, University of Gdansk
16:15-17:00 Oleksandr Svyetlov, NBB NGO
Ukraine
Germany´s perceptions of the EU
Latvia and the EU
The EU and Research and
Development in Latvian Agriculture
Poland's Membership in the EU
- Social and Economic Costs and
Benefits of Accession
Ukraine and the EU