Program
Coercion, Cohesion and Conflict: the Future of the Transatlantic Community
In October 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee surprised the world by awarding U.S. President Barack Obama its peace prize. The committee explained that the award was as much for Obama’s promise as for his achievements—for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Thus, the Obama administration has signaled a shift not only in political priorities but a new approach to international relations which includes a larger reliance on formal channels of cooperation than its predecessor. This also provides an opportunity for the reinvigoration and expansion of transatlantic relations.
Transatlantic relations are not, and have never been, only a question of north-north relations, or of the US and Western Europe. Historically, Latin America is closely connected to Europe, particularly through the Ibero-American community. Furthermore, the political development in Latin America, especially in the last decade, has caused important changes and increasing complexity in inter-American as well as transatlantic relations, as, for example, in the global strategy of Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva.
The present series of workshops and the conference address why that community matters and what makes it fragile, conflicted, and contested. The aim is to engage in a discussion of transatlantic relations and interaction on multiple levels—from the existential to practical—in order to provide communities inside as well as outside academia with insight into perhaps the most important political, diplomatic, military, and cultural relationship of the last 100 years.
Workshops:
Wednesday 2 June (Room SV.108)
10.00 – 12.00: Workshop 1: Transatlantic triangles – coercion or cooperation?
Chair: Luigi Manzetti (Southern Methodist University)
This workshop addresses the complex interrelationship between transatlantic trade, economic and political objectives and agendas within and among the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Africa. Read the full description of Workshop 1
13.00 - 16.00 Workshop 2: Defining and defending the good: the secular-sacred axis of the modern world
Chair: Philip Goff (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)
This workshop seeks to address the all too easy dichotomy between religion and politics, in which faith is often defined against reason and liberal values are seen as anathema to traditional faiths. Read the full description of Workshop 2
Thursday 3 June (Room 2V.007)
13.00 - 16.00 Workshops 3 and 4: Grand strategy in an age of small conflicts/the relevance of the West as a concept in Transatlantic Studies
This combined workshop will address developments in security policy, military actions, diplomatic affairs and the role of multilateral institutions as well as the meaning of and controversy around the concept of “the west”, its current significance as well as challenges to it. Read the full description of Workshop 3and Workshop 4
as well as a new description of the merged workshop: Defending and Contesting the “West”
Conference
Friday 4 June (Auditorium SV.071)
Coercion, Cohesion and Conflict: the Future of the Transatlantic Community
9.15 - 9.30 Welcome and introduction – Niels Bjerre-Poulsen (Center for the Study of the Americas) and Ray Haberski(Marian University)
9.30 - 12.00 Four presentations on the conference theme followed by debate:
Luigi Manzetti(Southern Methodist University) Assessing the role of Latin America in the transatlantic economy.
Philip Goff(Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), Back to the Future: Hope and Fear among the American Faithful -- Sacred and Secular
Jacobo Ramirez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico) The phenomenon of immigration and diaspora - The case of Latin America
Sten Rynning (University of Southern Denmark) Geopolitics and the transatlantic alliance
12.00 - 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 - 14.15 Keynote presentation: Detlef Junker (University of Heidelberg), The Widening Atlantic - Market Gap, War Gap, God Gap
14.15 - 14.30 break
14.30 - 15.30 Closing debate: Where do we go from here in transatlantic studies? (Ray Haberski and Niels Bjerre-Poulsen)
15.30 Reception and networking
In October 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee surprised the world by awarding U.S. President Barack Obama its peace prize. The committee explained that the award was as much for Obama’s promise as for his achievements—for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Thus, the Obama administration has signaled a shift not only in political priorities but a new approach to international relations which includes a larger reliance on formal channels of cooperation than its predecessor. This also provides an opportunity for the reinvigoration and expansion of transatlantic relations.
Transatlantic relations are not, and have never been, only a question of north-north relations, or of the US and Western Europe. Historically, Latin America is closely connected to Europe, particularly through the Ibero-American community. Furthermore, the political development in Latin America, especially in the last decade, has caused important changes and increasing complexity in inter-American as well as transatlantic relations, as, for example, in the global strategy of Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva.
The present series of workshops and the conference address why that community matters and what makes it fragile, conflicted, and contested. The aim is to engage in a discussion of transatlantic relations and interaction on multiple levels—from the existential to practical—in order to provide communities inside as well as outside academia with insight into perhaps the most important political, diplomatic, military, and cultural relationship of the last 100 years.
Workshops:
Wednesday 2 June (Room SV.108)
10.00 – 12.00: Workshop 1: Transatlantic triangles – coercion or cooperation?
Chair: Luigi Manzetti (Southern Methodist University)
This workshop addresses the complex interrelationship between transatlantic trade, economic and political objectives and agendas within and among the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Africa. Read the full description of Workshop 1
13.00 - 16.00 Workshop 2: Defining and defending the good: the secular-sacred axis of the modern world
Chair: Philip Goff (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)
This workshop seeks to address the all too easy dichotomy between religion and politics, in which faith is often defined against reason and liberal values are seen as anathema to traditional faiths. Read the full description of Workshop 2
Thursday 3 June (Room 2V.007)
13.00 - 16.00 Workshops 3 and 4: Grand strategy in an age of small conflicts/the relevance of the West as a concept in Transatlantic Studies
This combined workshop will address developments in security policy, military actions, diplomatic affairs and the role of multilateral institutions as well as the meaning of and controversy around the concept of “the west”, its current significance as well as challenges to it. Read the full description of Workshop 3and Workshop 4
as well as a new description of the merged workshop: Defending and Contesting the “West”
Conference
Friday 4 June (Auditorium SV.071)
Coercion, Cohesion and Conflict: the Future of the Transatlantic Community
9.15 - 9.30 Welcome and introduction – Niels Bjerre-Poulsen (Center for the Study of the Americas) and Ray Haberski(Marian University)
9.30 - 12.00 Four presentations on the conference theme followed by debate:
Luigi Manzetti(Southern Methodist University) Assessing the role of Latin America in the transatlantic economy.
Philip Goff(Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), Back to the Future: Hope and Fear among the American Faithful -- Sacred and Secular
Jacobo Ramirez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico) The phenomenon of immigration and diaspora - The case of Latin America
Sten Rynning (University of Southern Denmark) Geopolitics and the transatlantic alliance
12.00 - 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 - 14.15 Keynote presentation: Detlef Junker (University of Heidelberg), The Widening Atlantic - Market Gap, War Gap, God Gap
14.15 - 14.30 break
14.30 - 15.30 Closing debate: Where do we go from here in transatlantic studies? (Ray Haberski and Niels Bjerre-Poulsen)
15.30 Reception and networking
Registration: If you wish to participate, send an email to Merete Borch, mb.iadh@cbs.dk. Please state whether you want to participate in the research workshops as well as the Friday conference.
Participation is free. Coffee/tea will be provided while lunch can be purchased in the cafeteria.
Last updated by Merete Borch 01/06/2010
