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October 2003

Monday, October 6th, 5pm
David Starkey, Author of Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VII (Chatto & Windus, 2003 and Elizabeth (Chatto & Windus, 2000), and a Visiting Fellow at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
"A Conversation About History, Television, and the British Reformation"
David Starkey is a leading commentator on the state of British politics, leadership throughout the ages, and society; his views are intelligent, sometimes controversial and always thought provoking. He appears frequently on television and radio, and is often invited on such programs as "Question Time" and "Newsnight". In addition to his media profile, David Starkey is a respected academic. His research interests have developed to include a broad spectrum of cultural, social and political history. He is known throughout the United States because of his role on CBS, where he disseminates the recent sea changes in public opinion within Britain to a wider audience.

370 Dwinelle Hall
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Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Center for Economic and Financial Research, Moscow
"Decentralization and Political Institutions"
Comparative Economics seminar (different location and hour!).

608-7 Evans Hall
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Garret Fitzgerald, Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ireland
"Northern Ireland and the Normalization of the Irish-British Relationship"
Former Foreign Minister (1973-1977), Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (1981-82, 1982-1987) and President of the European Council of Heads of Government (1984), Garrett Fitzgerald is currently Chairman of the Future of Europe Committee at the Institute of European Affairs. As Foreign Minister at the time of the Sunningdale Agreement in 1973, and Taoiseach during the negotiations for the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985, he has been a leading architect of the peace process in Northern Ireland. Also, his Ministerial experience has increased his participation in, and close observation of, the process of European integration. Based on his experiences, Fitzgerald will speak on October 7th about the peace process and the future relationship between Northern Ireland and Europe.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
Co-sponsored by Peace and Conflicts Studies
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IES LECTURE SERIES 2003-2004
BEYOND THE GULF: US-EUROPEAN RELATIONS AFTER IRAQ
Detlef Junker, Chairman of the American Studies Department, University of Heidelberg
"Power and Mission: A European Perspective on President Bush's Pax Americana"
Dr. Junker will speak on his new book, Power and Mission, What Drives America.

223 Moses Hall
Co-sponsored by the German Department
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Gianfrancesco Zanetti, Università degli Studi di Modena
"The Red and the White: Notes on the Role of Emotions in Vico's Scienza Nuova, in comparison with Hobbes' Leviathan"

160 Dwinelle Hall
co-sponsored by the Italian Studies Department
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ISF LECTURE SERIES 2003-2004
MULTICULTURAL EUROPE
Roundtable Discussion
"Responses to the European Union: France, Britain, Spain"
With Bonne Chance, Puneet Kakar, Mazi Pielsticker, and Zandu Perez-Travers. Open to Berkeley Students.

F295 Haas
Co-sponsored by the Institute of European Studies
For more information please call Sachin Kumar at 642-0110



National Security Education Program graduate and undergraduate fellowships
There will be a meeting on October 15 in 223 Moses at 10:30 for graduate and undergraduates interested in applying for National Security Education Program (NSEP) fellowships. Representatives from AED/Washington D.C. for graduate students and from IIE San Francisco will be here to provide the orientation. A general orientation on NSEP for all in attendance will be held first, followed by separate meetings for undergraduates (IIE) and graduates (AED).

223 Moses Hall
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IES Tea Time
Our informal tea time is a good opportunity for friends and colleagues to get together for good conversation and a real cup of tea.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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Marvin Trachtenberg, Visiting Professor in the Chair of Italian Culture, UCB; Institute for Fine Arts
"The Renaissance Piazza from Medieval Florence to Louis Kahn"

145 Dwinelle Hall
Co-sponsored by the Italian Studies Department
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Luis Proença, Television professional and full-time professor in the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
"Pukiki - The Portuguese Americans of Hawai'i"
A television professional and full-time professor in the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Luis Proença is also a scholar specializing in Theology and Communications. His documentaries, including "Pukiki - The American-Portuguese in Hawai'i" (2003), "Rhythms of Mozambique - The Fonte Boa Choir" (2001), "Ilhas do Porto" (2000), "A Arte ao Ar Livre do Vale do Coa" (2000), "Museu do Parque Arqueologico de Foz Coa" (1998) and others have attracted media and foundation support in the United States and Portugal. He is a frequent speaker on digital arts and spirituality, multimedia, and the creative process at international conferences in Europe.

Read about the documentary...

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
Co-sponsored by the Portuguese Studies Program
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ISF LECTURE SERIES 2003-2004
MULTICULTURAL EUROPE
Pekka Himanen, University of Helsinki, Finland
"European Values and the Information Technology Revolution"
Author of internationally translated book The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age.

F295 Haas
Co-sponsored by the Institute of European Studies
For more information please call Sachin Kumar at 642-0110



Ian Burney, Professor, Wellcome Unit and Centre for History, Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK
"The Crime of Civilization: Secret Poisoning and the Victorian Imagination"
Criminal poisoning exercised a peculiar hold on the Victorian popular and scientific imagination. Statistically negligible as a means of criminal homicide, poison nonetheless figured prominently across a wide range of Victorian texts: literary, historical, legal and medico-legal, and journalistic. Described as "the crime of the age" and "peculiarly the crime of civilization", such texts drew on a set of parallels between characteristics of poison as an instrument of crime, invisibility, anonymity, calculation, e.g. and the defining attributes of their society. This paper explores the web of associations linking poison and civilization, showing how, in the interchange between a diverse range of sources, poison emerged as a collective product of the Victorian popular and scientific imagination.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
Co-sponsored by the History Department
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ISF LECTURE SERIES 2003-2004
MULTICULTURAL EUROPE
Sylvia Swift, University of California, Berkeley
"Assimilation and its Discontents: French, Germans, and Russians"

F295 Haas
Co-sponsored by the Institute of European Studies
For more information please call Sachin Kumar at 642-0110



Hal Wilensky, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Political Economy, Public Policy, and Performance: A Comparison of 19 Rich Democracies"
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Hal Wilensky will discuss theories
and findings in his new book, Rich Democracies: Political Economy, Public
Policy, and Performance (U. of Cal. Press, 2002). The culmination of a 30-year project, this book answers two basic questions: 1. What is distinctly modern about modern societies - in what ways are they becoming alike? and 2. How do variations in types of political economy shape system performance?

He specifies similarities and differences in the structure and interplay of government, political parties, the mass media, industry, labor, professions, agriculture, churches, and voluntary associations. He then demonstrates how differences in bargaining arrangements among these groups lead to contrasting policy profiles and patterns of taxing and spending, which in turn explain a large number of outcomes: economic performance, political legitimacy, equality, job security, safety and risk, real health, the reduction of poverty and environmental threats, and the effectiveness and fairness of regulatory regimes.

Arend Lijphart, former President of APSA, writes: "Rich Democracies will be an instant classic. Chock full of new findings, it provides the definitive account of what taxing, spending, and public policies mean for the wellbeing of people." Nelson Polsby will chair the session. Detail on the book is available at the website which has the preface, table of contents, lists of tables and figures, etc. This is Wilensky's 13th book. Previous works include Industrial Society and Social Welfare (1958, 1965), Organizational Intelligence: Knowledge and Policy in Government and Industry (1967), The Welfare State and Equality (1975), and Intellectuals in Labor Unions (1956)

223 Moses Hall
Co-sponsored by Institute of International Relations, Institute of Governmental Studies, Institute of Industrial Studies, and Political Science
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IES Fall Festival
On October 30th, the Institute of European Studies will host its annual Fall Festival. This event provides an opportunity for all those involved with IES to catch up and celebrate the new academic year. There will be plenty of music, hors d'oeuvres and drinks.

Toll Room, Alumni House
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Gopal Balakrishnan, Collegiate Assistant Professor, University of Chicago & Author of: The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt
"How to Read Machiavelli Today"
Presented as part of the Culture and Politics Colloquium Series.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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