On October 20th, 2008, Jolyon Howorth and Jacques Rupnik joined us at Boston University for a debate entitled Georgia on My Mind – Can the European Union Cope? British scholar of military policy, French history, and European politics, Jolyon Howorth is currently Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics and Professor Emeritus of European Studies at […]
On November 26th, 2007, Slovenian sociologist, critic of popular culture, and contemporary philosopher, Slavoj Žižek was invited to present a lecture at Boston University. Žižek was born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Ljubljana in 1975. Then, after being rejected from […]
Boston University had the distinct pleasure of hosting author Barbara Masin on September 27th, 2007. Coincidentally, BU was one of the very first stops on her book tour – Masin was taking the time to promote her groundbreaking historical thriller. Published only a year before, Gauntlet tells the epic story of Barbara Masin’s father, his […]
It was our distinct pleasure to host Tomasz Różycki and Major Jackson at Boston University on October 1st, 2007 for a reading and conversation entitled Poetry and Politics. Tomasz Różycki is a Polish poet and translator. He has published six books of poetry, including Colonies, The Forgotten Keys, and the book-length poem Twelve Stations, winner […]
On May 9th, 2007, Boston University held a lecture entitled Germany and the Future of Europe, funded by the Max Kade Foundation. The guest speaker was former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joschka Fischer. He held those prestigious appointments in Germany from 1998 to 2005, serving alongside Chancellor at […]
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, Boston University hosted a panel discussion on March 28th, 2007 entitled The European Union: Unity in Diversity. It was an honor to be joined by the following eight distinguished individuals: – Manuela Bairos, Consul General of Portugal in Boston – David Barry, Consul General of […]
On March 6th, 2007, Boston University welcomed Dr. Stefan Winter MD, advisor to the World Health Organization since 2000. Between 2001 and 2005, Dr. Winter was the General Director for Health at the Federal Ministry of Health, headed the Health General Directorate and he represented Germany as Chief Medical Officer at the Meeting of Chief […]
On October 17th, 2006, Boston University welcomed Janusz Reiter and Klaus Scharioth for a discussion titled German-Polish Relations in Today’s Europe. Janusz Reiter, Polish diplomat, was Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United States from 2005 to 2008, and now serves as President and Founder for the Center for International Relations, Warsaw. This […]
On December 5th, 2004, Boston University hosted a Panel Discussion on the Jacek Kuron’s Legacy: The Last Dissident. Kuron was one of the most important oppositional leaders in Eastern Europe. He was born into a Socialist family in Lviv, Ukraine, which was then Polish territory. Having lived through World War II and the German Occupation […]
On September 13th, 2004, Boston University welcomed the European Deputy Chairman of the Polish Group in the Trilateral Commission and former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Andrzej Olechowski, PhD. Dr. Olechowski is currently a Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. In 2000, he was a candidate for the presidency of Poland. Dr. […]