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November 2003

Monday, November 3rd, 4pm
IES LECTURE SERIES 2003-2004
BEYOND THE GULF: US-EUROPEAN RELATIONS AFTER IRAQ
Jackson Janes, Director, AICGS
"From Alliance to Ambivalence: The Changing Agenda of Transatlantic Relations"

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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Reinhard Rürup, Professor Emeritus of the Technical University, Berlin
"The National Socialist Past and Memorial Politics: Germany Before and After National Unification"

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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Niall Ferguson, Professor of Political and Financial History at Jesus College Oxford & John E. Herzog Family Chair in Financial History at the Stern School of Business at New York University
"Between Brussels and Byzantium: Some thoughts on European Integration"
Many European politicians and a number of influential American commentators argue that the European Union is an emerging "counterweight" to the United States. This paper asks just how far recent steps to widen and deepen the institutions of the EU are really likely to enhance its international influence. The paper focuses in particular on the economic consequences of Economic and Monetary Union and the potential effects of the new "Treaty Establishing the Constitution" of the EU. This lecture will be co-sponsored by the Center for British Studies.

223 Moses Hall
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"Shan Sa and Diaspora Literature: a roundtable discussion"
Shan Sa was born in 1972 in Beijing. In 1990 she left China for France, where she studied in Paris and worked for two years with the painter Balthus. Her two previous novels were awarded the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman and the Prix Cazes. Lecture will be conducted in French, Chinese, and English, with translation, and is being sponsored by the Department of French, the French Studies Program, and the Center for Chinese Studies, in association with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in San Francisco.

IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton St., 6th Floor
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Werner Schiffauer, Professor, Comparative Cultural and Social Anthropology, Europa-Universitaet Viadrina
"From Exile to Diaspora: The Development of Transnational Islam in Europe"
Professor Schiffauer argues that a "European Islam" is emerging among the Muslims on the European continent -- a form of Islam radically different than the Islam currently portrayed in the European media. European Islam has taken on all of the characteristics of a religion of a diaspora: it is fragmenting into liberal, orthodox, and ultra-orthodox communities, much like other religions of a diaspora community; and it is oriented toward a transnational community rather than abiding by the practices of any specific national sect.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
For more information please contact Heidi Sutton



IES ROUNDTABLE
RESEARCH SEMINAR: IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN EUROPE
Berndt Keller, University of Konstanz and Institute of Industrial Relations, Berkeley
"Red-Green Electoral Strategies and Recent Reform Legislation in Germany"
This Roundtable will present a synopsis of recent legislative enactments with comment by a number of researchers. This event will be co-sponsored by: the "Seminar on Ideas and Institutional Change" and The Institute of Industrial Relations.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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Raymond Jonas, Professor of History, University of Washington, Seattle
"Writing a New Religious History of Modern France"
A roundtable with J.P. Daughton, Stanford; Maria Rianovsky, Stanford; and Sarah Curtis, San Francisco State University. Professor Jonas teaches the history of France, the history of Italy, European history, and the theory and the practice of historical writing.
His research specialties include the French Revolution and its aftermaths, the history of the city of Paris, the political culture of counter-revolution, sacred art and ritual, war and cultural reconstruction. Current research interests include: aspects of the history of Italy since the 1790s; the horn of Africa. Fields of specialization include: politics, culture, and society in modern Europe and beyond; ritual, art, architecture in political culture. View an article by Jonas...

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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IES WORKSHOP
THE STATE AFTER STATISM
Note: Only those who RSVP by November 7th may attend this event. The workshop, in support of a forthcoming volume edited by Professor Jonah Levy, of the Berkeley Political Science Department, will address varieties of state activities in the era of globalization and liberalization. The contributors include a number of excellent scholars from around the country, each of whom addresses some aspect of the evolving role of the state in particular national or policy contexts. Scholars from the Berkeley community will offer suggestions and comments on the papers. The conference promises to be an exciting event, and we would like to encourage you to attend. Lunch will be served both days. Download the preliminary program (Word document, 26kb).
Please RSVP to Mark I. Vail at 510.541.6374.

Heinz Room, Faculty Club
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John Pickstone, Professor, Wellcome Unit and Centre for History, Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK
"Ways of Knowing: Some Steps Towards a Long-History of Knowledge"
John Pickstone's research interests include: the history of the biomedical sciences since 1750; hospital and medical services, especially in industrial England; historical sociology of science, technology and medicine. He is the author of Ways of Knowing: A New History of Modern Science, Technology and Medicine (Manchester U Press, 2000). This lecture will be co-sponsored by the Office for History of Science and Technology. Part of the Fall Colloquia Series of OHST.

203 Wheeler Hall
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Manuel Gutiérrez Estévez, Professor of Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
"La traición política y sus mitos en la cultura tradicional española"
Lecture will be given in Spanish. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

5125 Dwinelle Hall, Library of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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IES Tea Time
Faculty, students, and staff are all welcome! 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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Greggor Mattson, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
"Fear and Loathing at the Edge of Europe: Finland's Prostitution Struggles"
Europe's prostitution laws have undergone dramatic changes in the last five years after the Netherlands became the first country to fully legalize prostitution as a profession, and Sweden moved to abolish the sex trade altogether. Now Finland is at the forefront of countries adopting the "Swedish model," and its feminists have been very active in international institutions. It was by no means obvious that abolition would be the course Finland would take. This talk detail's the ironies of Finland's recent battles against prostitution and explores how prostitutes have figured in the construction of the Finnish state from the very beginning. Research for this project was partially funded by the Fritz O. Fernström Travelling Fellowship.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
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Philip Martin, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
"Turkey: Ready for Europe?"
Philip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics, is an authority on migration and labor issues, particularly agricultural labor. He has published extensively on labor, migration, economic development and immigration policy issues in both Europe and the US, and has testified before Congress and state and local agencies on those issues. He recently co-authored a report urging California policy-makers to develop strategies that will encourage and hasten the integration of immigrants into the state's economy and society. The background reading for this lecture is: Teitelbaum, Michael S. and Martin, Philip L. "Is Turkey Ready for Europe?" Foreign Affairs. Vol. 82, No 3. May/June 2003. Pp97-111.

European Studies Seminar Room, 201 Moses Hall
For more information please contact Heidi Sutton