Guest speakers, conferences or workshops on campus:

June

• Workshop: The European Union and Why It Matters to Indiana

              Friday, June 6, 2008

              9:00a.m.-4:00 p.m., Kelley School of Business, Room 736

             This workshop introduces teachers of grades 6-12 to the governmental institutions of the EU and to their

             history and relationship vis-à-vis individual member states. Topical discussions on EU policies and why 

             and how the EU is relevant to the state of Indiana will be presented in the morning. The afternoon session

             will be devoted to a model European Council [PDF] exercise, with each teacher representing a particular

             EU member country. Presentations will stress the interdisciplinary nature of EU studies—economics,

             environment, geography, globalization, government, languages and culture, etc.

             For more information or to register, please contact the EUCE by phone at 812.856.3832 or by email.

May


• Conference: Baltic Crossroads: Examining Cultural, Social, and Historical Diversity
  Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, June 1

              Wright Education Building, Rooms TBD

              Studies on the theme of "Baltic Crossroads: Examining Cultural, Social, and Historical Diversity." One of

              the conference's main goals is to consider the role of the Baltic Sea Region in the European Union in an

              era of globalization. More than one hundred panelists from a variety of disciplines including linguistics,

              economics, history, sociology, religious studies, political science, anthropology, and education reflect an

              international community of scholars from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany,

              Great Britain, New Zealand, France, Russia, Canada, the United States and other regions.

              The conference will feature a special workshop May 30-31 entitled "Ethnicity and Migration in the Baltic

              Region" to address questions of ethnicity and immigration in particular. The following are scheduled as

              featured participants:

                         Dr. Nils Muiznieks, University of Latvia, Advanced Social and Political Research Institute
                         Dr. Pille Petersoo,  Institute of International and Social Studies, Tallinn University, Estonia
                         Dr. Audra Sipaviciene, International Organization of Migration, Vilnius, Lithuania

• Lecture: Dr. Srikant Sarangi

             "The Intercultural Imperative in Healthcare Delivery: Insights from Communication Research for Practice"

             Wednesday, May 28, 2008

             IUPUI, Cavanaugh Hall, Room 438

             Srikant Sarangi is a professor in language and communication and an associate research fellow in ICIC’s

             Division for Research on Health Discourse. He is the editor of TEXT, An Interdisciplinary Journal for the

             Study of Discourse and founding editor of two journals: Communication and Medicine and Journal of

             Applied Linguistics (with C.N. Candlin). Professor Sarangi’s research interests include discourse analysis

             and applied linguistics; quality of life and risk communication in genetic counseling; HIV/AIDS;

             telemedicine; general practice and palliative care; and intercultural pragmatics.

             The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) will hold its 21st Conference on Baltic      

April

• Conference: "Representation, Immigration and the 2009 Election to the European Parliament"
  Tuesday, April 1, 8:30 am- 5:45pm
  Woodburn Hall 218

• Conference: International Public Affairs Association Faculty/Student Conference
  "Current Themes in International Public Affairs: An Interdisciplinary Look at Public Policy Issues"
  Friday, April 11, 8:00 am- 4:15pm
  Kelley Business School Room 201
  
  Conference sessions will be organized around policy issues in five areas: global environment, international political economy, conflict and resolution, social inclusion, and NGO's & non-state actors.
  
  

• Lecture: Sinisa Petrovic

  "Negotiating for Accession with the European Union"

  Monday, April 14, 12:00pm

  Faculty Lounge, School of Law Indianapolis, IUPUI

  
  Dr. Sinisa Petrovic is a professor at Zagreb University School of Law (Croatia). He is a specialist of international business and European Union law. Professor Petrovic has served as deputy head of the Croatian Competition authority and, for the last few years, has been in charge of a substantial part of his country's accession negotiations with the European Union. His lecture will will talk about his inside experience of the lenghty and complex negotiations of a country trying to enter the EU and the many interesting and sometimes frustrating challenges along the way.
  

• 2008 Midwest Model European Union

              April 17-19, 2008

              University Place Conference Center

              Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

              The Midwest Model EU gives college students the chance to learn about the workings of the European 

              Union through a hands-on simulation. Every year, more than 160 college and university students meet  

              together in Indianapolis to decide the future of the European Union. Playing the roles of prime ministers &

              presidents, ambassadors & commissioners, ministers & diplomats, they spend two days haggling over

              policy, resolving disputes, building compromises, and charting the course of European unity. This year's

              keynote speaker will be Dr. Sinisa Petrovic, Professor of Law at Zagreb University School of Law, Croatia.                His speech is entitled, "The Present and Future of European Union - EU, quo vadis?" and will be given at

              9:30am to 10:45 am.

February

• Lecture: Jason Beckfield
  "Regionalization and Retrenchment: The Impact of European Integration on the Welfare State"
  Thursday, February 21, 4:00 p.m.
  Georgian Room, Indiana Memorial Union

Jason Beckfield is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His current work focuses on the consequences of European integration for economic inequality among and within the nation-states of Western Europe, and the impact of European integration on national welfare policy and differences among welfare states. Previously, Mr. Beckfield was Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago.




Lecture: Grigore Pop-Eleches

"Transitional Blues: Causes and Consequences of Post-Communist Political Alienation"

Monday, February 25, 5:00 p.m.

Woodburn Hall 218

Grigore Pop-Eleches is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Professor Pop-Eleches's main interests lie at the intersection between comparative and international political economy with a particular interest in Eastern Europe and Latin America. His research has been supported by grants from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. He is an associate editor of World Politics.

 

• Lecture: Daniel Benjamin

  "Europe and the Search for Peace in the Middle East”

  Tuesday, February 26, 5:30 p.m.

  Oak Room, Indiana Memorial Union

  Daniel Benjamin is Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Mr. Benjamin’s scholarly interests include American foreign policy, European affairs, terrorism, and the Middle East and South Asia. From 1994-1999 he served on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff and from 1994-1997 served as foreign policy speechwriter and special assistant to the President.