OCTOBER 11, 2007: Europe in the Mirror 2007
A Panel Discussion with Consul Generals from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
1:30pm
Location: Associates Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union
Click here for article from the Oklahoma Daily.
OCTOBER 24 2006: Issues in an Expanding Europe Lecture Series
with Dr. Mark Wolfgram, Assistant Professor of Political Science, OSU
“Collective Memory Formation in Democratic and Authoritarian Societies: East and West Germany 1945-1989 ”
4:30 - 5:45pm
Location: Gaylord Hall 2020
Dr. Wolfgram is Assistant Professor of Political Science (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 2001) at Oklahoma State University. His current research interests focus on the intersection of politics and culture in various media. This includes research into the portrayal of ethnic conflict in the media, sociology of memory, collective memory studies, and critical mass media research. He has received research and writing fellowships from Carleton University, the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation. Currently, Professor Wolfgram is finishing a book-length manuscript entitled, "Getting History Right": East and West German Collective Memories of the Holocaust and War.
His current research project has the working title, "Representing Conflict - Projecting Power: European and American Intervention in the Yugoslav Civil Wars 1991-2005." The goal of the project is to observe how and explain why outside actors' views of the Yugoslav civil wars changed over time. How did these changing frameworks of interpretation guide the exercise of power?
SEPTEMBER 21 2006: Issues in an Expanding Europe Lecture Series
"Challenges for France in the Global Economy”
Public Lecture
3:00 - 4:00 pm, Gaylord Hall Room 2030
Featuring: M. Patrick Berron, Consul General of France from Houston, TX
Patrick Berron is Consul General of France in Houston, Texas and Head of the Economic Department of the French Embassy in Texas. M. Berron graduated in Political Science from the University of Strasbourg/Institut d’Etudes Politiques. He joined the French Ministry of Finance and Economy (Budget Directorate) in 1967 and the diplomatic service (General Directorate for External Relations) in 1970. M. Berron has held successive foreign assignments as Trade Commissioner or Economic and Commercial Counsellor since 1969 in Canada, Germany, Romania, USA, Italy, Indonesia and Paris.
OCTOBER 21, 2004:
12:00-1:15pm, Dr. Thomas W. Adams will visit IAS 1003 Introduction to International and Area Studies, with Dr. Suzette Grillot, Professor of International and Area Studies and Political Science.
Will speak on the International Community and the Conflict in Cyprus.
Location: Copeland Hall, 246.
3:00-4:00pm, Dr. Thomas W. Adams: Global Forum Lecture.
Topic: Preparing for Careers in International Public Service
Location: Ellison Hall, conference room 132.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2004: Brown Bag Lecture
The Integration of the New Members to the EU.
12:00-1:30pm, Frontier Room, 3rd Floor, OMU.
Featuring: Denis Simonneau, Consul General for France, Houston, and Head of the French Trade and Economic Mission in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Accompanied by Ms. Barbrara Thompson, Honorary Consul for France in Oklahoma.
Mr. Denis Simonneau has been Consul General of France for the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Head of the Trade and Economic Mission for the same states and Louisiana since 2001. From 1997 to 2001, he was Counsellor at the French Representation to the European Union. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Simonneau was Adviser to the Minister for European Affairs. He was First Secretary at the French Embassy in South Africa in charge of political and Constitutional matters from 1993 to 1996, and from 1990 to 1993 he worked for the Economic Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
AUGUST 4, 2004: Visit of Luxembourg Consul General
Consul General of Luxembourg Robert Biwer, from San Francisco, visited campus on August 4. Consul General Biwer was accompanied to campus by Dick Davies, Scheduling Director, and Lance Armstrong, President of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. The OU visitors met with EU Center Co-Directors Dr. Robert Cox and Dr. Mitchell Smith and Vlad Sambaiew, Diplomat-in-Residence, International Programs Center, University of Oklahoma. Lunch was served in the Alma Wilson Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
April 8, 2004: Issues in an Expanding Europe Lecture Series
"Why Did France Ban The Islamic Veil? The History and Sociology of a Contemporary Controversy".
7:00pm-8:30pm, Associates Room, 3rd Floor, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Featuring:
Professor Françoise Gaspard
Professor at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales-Paris
Member of the United Nation's Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Former Deputy and Mayor of Dreux, France
Author of the book "A Small City in France: A Socialist Mayor Confronts Neofascism".
This lecture is sponsored by The European Union Center, Judaic Studies Program, Honors College and Department of History.
March 23, 2004: Business Briefing, "EU-US Trade Relations and Business Opportunities".
11:45am-1:15pm, Gaylord Room of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, OKC.
Audience: Members of Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and Oklahoma City International Trade Association (OCITA).
Featuring: Eric Beaty, Commercial Attaché at the US Consulate for Greater Western France (Oklahoma native). Holds an MA from Rice University and an Msc from Aston University in the UK.
7:45pm-9:10pm, Eric Beaty will visit P SC 3550 Globalization in Practice, with Vladimir Sambaiew, Diplomat-in-Residence, International Programs Center.
Location: Adams Hall, room 315.
March 4, 2004: Public Lectures
Public Lecture I, 12:00-1:00pm.
Join Dr. Mitchell Smith's class, P SC 4643 Politics of the European Union for this presentation.
Heritage Room, 2nd Floor, Oklahoma Memorial Union..
"Prospects for Turkish Membership in the European Union"
Featuring:
Prof. Birol Yesilada
Portland State University
Contemporary Turkish Studies Endowed Chair
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
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Public Lecture II, 4:00-5:30pm.
Heritage Room, 2nd Floor, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Co-sponsored by Religious Studies Programs, University of Oklahoma.
Issues in an Expanding Europe Lecture Series:
"Islam and Turkish Identity"
Featuring:
Prof. Birol Yesilada
Portland State University
Contemporary Turkish Studies Endowed Chair
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
January 21, 2004: Informational meeting concerning The Third Annual Southwest Model European Union Summit
4:00pm, Hester Hall, room 217.
Attend and learn about:
· Dates and location of the simulation
· Responsibilities and time commitments
· Preparation tips
· Sign-up and country assignments
For more information, or if you are unable to attend contact Jasper Sumner at jsumner@ou.edu or (405) 325-9539.
January 21, 2004: Public Lecture
Public Lecture, Time TBA.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Issues in an Expanding Europe Lecture Series:
"United Europe as a Grand Illusion?"
Featuring:
Dr. Robert H. Cox
Co-Director of the European Union Center, University of Oklahoma
Director of The School of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma
October 24-25, 2003: Conference on "Europeanization and Integration"
The discussion will focus on the impact of European integration on the domestic politics of EU countries, with a special emphasis on Germany. Participants include distinguished professors from US and European universities. All are invited and encouraged to attend the sessions, which will take place on the 2nd floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Room location will be announced shortly.
For additional information, please call Joel Archer at the EU Center at 325-1926 or e-mail him at jarcher@ou.edu. You may also visit the SIAS website at http://www.ou.edu/sias/events/UpcomingEvents.htm to view the program of events for this conference.
Friday, October 24
9:30-9:45am Welcome and opening remarks by Robert H. Cox and Mitchell P. Smith,
University of Oklahoma EU Center Co-Directors
9:45-11:45am Europe and National Identities
Matthias Kaelberer, Iowa State University
“Money and Identity: The euro -- a Challenge to National Identity
or a Step Toward Europeanization?”
Joyce Mushaben, University of Missouri-St. Louis
“The Law of Unanticipated Consequences: Women’s Leadership and Policy Paradigm
Shifts in the European Union”
Gunter Hega, Western Michigan University
“Reform of German Federalism Since Unification”
1:30-2:30pm Keynote address by Professor Paulette Kurzer, University of Arizona
2:30-5:15pm Europeanization of National Institutions? The German Case
Part I (2:30-3:45)
Charlie Jeffery, University of Birmingham
“Fit of German institutional structures with European integration”
Michael Huelshoff, University of New Orleans
“German compliance with EU law”
3:45-4:00pm coffee break
Part II (4:00-5:15pm)
Ilona Ostner, Georg-August University
“EU rules: A way to overcome institutional lock-in in Germany?”
Burkard Eberlein, York University
“How Europe Shapes Home: the case of German energy market regulation”
Saturday, October 25
10:00am-12:00pm Germany as Model: Does Germany Still Lead?
Richard Deeg, Temple University
“The Comeback of Modell Deutschland: The New German Political Economy in the EU”
Karl Kaltenthaler, Rhodes College
“A German European Central Bank?”
Mitchell P. Smith, University of Oklahoma
“Can Germany Redefine EU Industrial Policy?”
1:30-3:00pm Concluding roundtable and discussion
October 9, 2003: Issues in An Expanding Europe Lecture Series
"Regionalism in Europe".
1:30-2:45pm, Heritage Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Featuring:
Former First Minister of Scotland, Henry McLeish.
Pictures from the event.
September 17th, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture, at 1:30-2:45 p.m.
Oklahoma Memorial Union, Heritage Room 216-B, University of Oklahoma.
Issues in an Expanding Europe Series:
"The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union"
Featuring:
Massimo Rustico
Consul General of Italy-Houston
July 23-25, 2003: Summer Curriculum Development Seminar
The European Union Center at The University of Oklahoma announces a three-day curriculum development seminar to take place on the Norman campus from July 23rd thru July 25th, 2003. The seminar, to be taught by OU faculty members specializing in EU studies, is designed for university faculty at institutions within the Southwestern Network of OU's EU Center to expand or develop new teaching units on the European Union.
July 15, 2003:
"Young Regional Leaders Project: Current Social, Political and Economic Issues", a Single Country Project for Spain.
Campus Visit from: Mr.Joseba-Andoni Aurrekoetxez Bergara, Senator---Biscay, Basque Nationalist Party, Mr. Jordi Xucla Costa, Senator, Democratic Convergence Partry (CDC), Mr. Juan-Manuel Jaime Ortea, Member, Catalonia Regional Parliament, Socialist Party, Mr. Juan Manuel Revuelta Perez, Advisor: Institutional Relations, Information Society, Strategic Planning, Third Millenium Foundation, Valencia City Hall and Mr. Inigo Urkulla Renteria, Member, Basque Regional Parliament, Basque Nationalist Party.
April 24-26, 2003:
2nd Annual 2003 Southwest Model European Union Summit
This event will simulate the July 2003 summit of the European Council, and regular meetings of the Councils of Ministers, the European Parliament, and the College of Commissioners.
Location: OCCE Commons Facility
University of Oklahoma Norman campus.
2003 Member Delegation and University Representation:
Austria - University of Arkansas
Belgium - University of Arkansas
Denmark - VACANT
Finland - University of Oklahoma
France - University of Arkansas
Germany - University of Oklahoma
Greece (Presidency) - University of Arkansas
Ireland - Southwest Oklahoma State University
Italy - Air Force Academy
Luxembourg - Southwest Oklahoma State University
Netherlands - University of Oklahoma
Portugal - VACANT
Spain - University of Oklahoma
Sweden - Northeastern State University
United Kingdom - Oklahoma State University
The EU Center seeks to enhance knowledge of the European Union throughout the southwest region of the United States. Through the Model European Union program, the EU Center provides education and outreach to schools and universities. April 24-26, 2003, college and university students will meet in Norman to decide the future of the European Union. Playing roles of prime ministers and presidents, ambassadors and commissioners, ministers and diplomats, they will spend two days haggling over policy, resolving disputes, building compromises, and charting the course of European unity. Working collaboratively, students will try to give new direction to the single market, eastward enlargement, and the development of the new euro currency.
April 17, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture, at 7:00 p.m.
OCCE Forum, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.
Cosponsored by the European Union Center and the Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program:
'"Twin Towers, Two Pillars: The Uneven Impact of September 11 on Europe and the US"
Featuring:
John T.S. Keeler
University of Washington
Professor and Chair of French and Italian Studies,
Professor of Political Science & Director of the
UW Center for West European Studies
John T.S. Keeler is a specialist on French politics, comparative public policy and European integration. He is currently completing a book entitled The Limits of Democratic Reform (Oxford). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Comparative Political Studies, a Contributing Editor of Pouvoirs, a member of the Review Board for French Politics and Society and a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of National Resource Center Directors. He has been a research associate or visiting professor at Nuffield College (Oxford), the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Paris), the London School of Economics and the University of Tubingen. He has also served as a USAID Consultant to the Supreme Rada of Ukraine; his work with the members of parliament involved explaining how elements of the French Fifth Republic's constitution might be "exported" to Ukraine. He received the American Political Science Association's Gabriel A. Almond Award in 1979 and the UW's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992.
April 7- 8, 2003: Symposium
"EU Enlargement: An Eastern Perspective"
10:00-11:45 a.m. Morning Session:
Frontier Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Welcome and opening comments
Mitchell Smith
University of Oklahoma
Panel 1: Elites and Institutions in East European Accession Countries
Suzette Grillot
University of Oklahoma
"Is Identity Enough? Eastern Motives for EU Accession"
Wade Jacoby
Brigham Young University
"Remaking the East by Looking to the West: Emulation and Reform in Central and Eastern Europe"
Discussants:
Ed Horowitz
Assistant Professor of Communication
University of Oklahoma
Robert Cox
University of Oklahoma
Associate Professor of Political Science,
Director, School of International and Area Studies,
Co-Director, EU Center
12:00-1:30 p.m. LUNCH
2:00-3:30 p.m. Afternoon Session:
President's Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union
Panel 2: Eastern Europe's Role in the Emerging EU
Michael Baun
Valdosta State University
"The New Member States as Policy Actors in an Enlarged EU: The Case of CFSP"
Mitchell Smith
University of Oklahoma
"Small States or New Democracies? The East European Contribution to the Convention on the Future of Europe"
Discussant:
Renee de Nevers
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Area Studies
March 6, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture, at 3:00 p.m.
Traditions Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Issues in an Expanding Europe Series:
"Futures of European Capitalism"
Featuring:
Vivien Schmidt
Boston University
Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration
Department of International Relations
Vivien Schmidt's research interest focuses upon European political economy, public policy, and discourse, with a special interest in France. Her books include The Futures of European Capitalism (2002), a study of the impact of European integration and globalization on political economic policies, practices, and discourse in France, Britain and Germany; Welfare and Work in the Open Economy co-edited with F. Scharpf, 2000), a two-volume study of the adjustment of the welfare state to international economic pressures; From State to Market? The Transformation of French Business and Government (1996) and Democratizing France (1990). Schmidt was formerly Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where she directed the Center for Democracy and Development in the McCormack Institute for Public Affairs and the European Studies Program.
February 26, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture February 26, 2003 at 12:00 p.m.
University of Oklahoma Law Center, Room 1014 (classroom 5).
Oklahoma International Law Society:
"Why are the Europeans So Irritated with the U.S.?"
Featuring:
Mitchell P. Smith
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and
School of International & Area Studies
European Union Center Co-Director
February 26, 2003: PSST! (Political Science Shop Talk)
Public Lecture, at 4:30 p.m.
Carl Albert Center, Monnet Hall.
"Euro-pessimism or Euro-optimism? The Future of the European Union"
February 21-22, 2003: Southwestern Regional Network
Model European Union Summit, University of Pittsburgh
EU Center Graduate Fellow Jasper Sumner, Valerie D’Erman, Daniel Linehan, Nina T. Fernandez Cardozo and Mayra Olivares will represent OU when traveling to the University of Pittsburgh (PA). Valerie, Daniel and Nina will serve as the delegation for Italy. Mayra will serve as a Danish liaison between the Head of State and Foreign Minister for the Washington State University delegation. Jasper Sumner will serve as a faculty advisor and as a judge at the simulation.
The University of Pittsburgh Model European Union simulation brings undergraduate students together to debate issues facing the European Union in a summit setting. The simulation this year will be based on the Laeken Summit, held on December 14-15, 2001 in Belgium. The major agenda issues to be addressed will be; the location of the European agencies or “Battle of the Seats”, the development of a Common Foreign & Security Policy/European Security & Defense Policy and the Laeken Declaration.
February 14, 2003: Panel Discussion
Public Panel Discussion, February 14, 2003 at 12:00 p.m.
Heritage Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union, 2nd floor.
"The Future of the European Union"
Tom Banchoff
Georgetown University
Associate Professor of Government
and Director, Master of Arts in German & European Studies Robert H. Cox
University of Oklahoma
Director, School of International
& Area Studies,
Co-Director,
European Union Center Mitchell P. Smith
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor, Department
of Political Science & School
of International & Area Studies,
Co-Director, European Union
February 13, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture February 13, 2003 at 4:30 p.m.
Frontier Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Global Forum Series:
"The Politics of Cloning in Europe"
Featuring:
Tom Banchoff
Georgetown University
Associate Professor of Government and Director, Master of Arts in German and European Studies
Dr. Banchoff’s research and teaching interests encompass German politics and foreign policy, European Integration, and the globalization of science and technology. Professor Banchoff's research and teaching interests encompass German politics and foreign policy, European Integration, and the globalization of science and technology. He teaches the Center's core course on the European Union, as well as a seminar on contemporary issues in German politics. His publications include The German Problem Transformed: Institutions, Politics, and Foreign Policy, 1945-1995 (University of Michigan Press, 1999), and (as co-editor and contributor) Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity (Routledge, 1999). Professor Banchoff received his MA from the University of Bonn in 1988 and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton in 1993. He was a James Bryant Conant fellow at Harvard's Center for European Studies in 1997-98 and a Humboldt Fellow at the Centre for European Integration Studies in Bonn in 2000-01. He is now working on a book manuscript, Globalization and the Scientific State.
February 10, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture February 10, 2003 at 7:00 p.m.
Norman Public Library, Norman, OK.
"Great Decisions" Lecture Series:
"Europe State of the Union"
Featuring:
Dr. Robert H. Cox
University of Oklahoma
Director, School of International & Area Studies
European Union Center Co-Director
January 21, 2003: Public Lecture
Public Lecture (incl. question and answer session), at 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Traditions Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
"The New Socialism in Spain & Europe"
Featuring:
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar
Member of Spanish Parliament representing the District of Las Palmas
Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE); Spokesperson on Legal Affairs.
November 7, 2002:
Distinguished Visitor, M. Denis Simonneau, Consul General of France arrives at the University of Oklahoma campus.
10:30-11:30 Coffee with French and other international students Location: David L. Boren Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
12:00-1:15 Lunch with University Faculty and Administrators Location, Alma Wilson Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
1:30-2:45 Public Lecture, Location: Scholars Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Each lecture, 20-30 minutes.
Issues in an Expanding Europe Series:
Featuring:
M. Denis Simonneau, Consul General of France
"Institutional Reform in Europe: A Perspective on the Constitutional Convention" and
Dr. Mitchell Smith, Co-Director EU Center "The Challenges of EU Enlargement"
November 21, 2002:
Distinguished Visitor, H.E. Jukka Valtassari, Finnish Ambassador to the United States arrives at the OU campus.
10:30-11:30 Coffee with international students Location: David L. Boren Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
12:00-1:15 Lunch with University Faculty and Administrators Location, Weitzenhoffer Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union.
1:30-2:45 Public Lecture, Location: Presidents Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Each lecture 20-30 minutes plus question and answer.
Issues in An Expanding Europe Series:
Featuring:
H. E. Jukka Valtasaari, Finnish Ambassador to the United States
"Strains and Strengths in EU-US Relations"
Robert Cox, Co-Director of the EU Center
"Why the Debate Over the 'Democratic Deficit' is Healthy for the EU"
October, 2002: Mr. Henry McLeish visits the OU campus
13 Sunday - Distinguished visitor-in-residence Henry McLeish, Former First Minister and current Member of the Scottish Parliament arrives at the University of Oklahoma.
14 Monday - Henry McLeish, MSP
10:30-11:20 a.m. meeting with students; McLeish topic, "EU-US Relations"
15 Tuesday & 17 Thursday - Henry McLeish, MSP
9:00-10:15 a.m. meeting with students; McLeish topic, "Scottish Devolution" (10/15) and "British Policies to Promote Competitive Advantage" (10/17)
18 Friday - Business Briefing for Public Officials - Nichols Graduate Business Center, 1 Santa Fe Plaza, Oklahoma City OK
Keynote Speaker Henry McLeish MSP - "Building Economic Competitiveness: Policy Ideas from Britain"
21 Monday & 23 Wednesday - Henry McLeish, MSP
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. meeting with students; McLeish topic, "History of Scotland" (10/21) and "History of Parliament" (10/23)
22 Tuesday & 24 Thursday - Henry McLeish, MSP
9:00-10:15 a.m. meeting with students; McLeish topic, "Scottish Devolution" (10/22) and "The New Regionalism in Europe" (10/24)
24 Thursday - Henry McLeish, MSP
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Address at the Annual Conference of Energy Advocates of Oklahoma
25 Friday-26 Saturday- Conference "Britain and the European Union: At the Heart of Europe or On Its Edge?", Oklahoma Memorial Union
9:15-10:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker Marcus Winsely, First Secretary of the Chancery, British Embassy. Topic: "Britain and the EU: Part, not Apart"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Keynote Address Henry McLeish, Former First Minister of Scotland, Member of the Scottish Parliament. Topic: "The New Regionalism: The Scottish Experience"
October 24-26, 2003: European Union Conference
"Britain and the European Union: At the Heart of Europe or on its Edge?"
In many ways, political developments in Britain mirror the changes taking place within the European Union. Constitutional reform is under discussion in London and Brussels. British devolution is matched by growing demands for regional autonomy on the continent. Are these parallel developments coincidental, or do they represent a strong interdependence between Britain and the EU? This conference will explore the reasons for these apparently similar political developments, and participants are invited to offer a variety of interpretations to answer these and other questions related to the relationship between Britain and the European Union.
Mr. Henry McLeish, former First Minister of Scotland, currently MSP, and formerly MP and member of the Labour government at Westminster will speak regarding political developments in Britain and parallel developments taking place within the European Union. In addition, 12 guests of the British Politics Group and British Consul will present papers on topics of political and economic interest. The conference is sponsored by the European Union Center at the University of Oklahoma, and co-sponsored by the British Politics Group and the British Consulate in Houston, Texas. The event takes place in Heritage Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union, OU campus.
Friday, 25 October
9-9:15 Introduction and Welcome by conference organizers
9:15-10:15 Address by Marcus Winsley, First Secretary in the Chancery, British Embassy
"Britain and the EU: Part, not Apart"
10:15-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 1: History and Consequences of British Exceptionalism
Chair: Larry Hill, University of Oklahoma
Papers:
Mark Aspinwall, Robert Gordon University
"What's the Matter with the British? How Plurality Elections
Affect British Commitment to European Monetary Integration"
Anand Menon, University of Birmingham
"Leading from the Edge: Britain and the European Union"
Nikolaos Zahariadis, South University of Alabama at Birmingham
"European Integration and National Competition Policy: Is this the End of British Exceptionalism?"
Discussant: Mitchell P. Smith, University of Oklahoma
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Address by Henry McLeish, former First Minister of Scotland
"The New Regionalism: The Scottish Experience"
2:30-2:45 Coffee Break
2:45-4:15 Session II: Devolution and the New Regionalism
Chair: Andrew Wood, University of Oklahoma
Papers:
Glen Krutz, University of Oklahoma
"Parties, Governments and Elite Opinion in the Devolved Systems of the UK"
Paul Hamilton, Brock University
"Pounds for Euros: Why do the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru Support European Integration?"
Richard Haesly, California State University, Long Beach
"Is the 'Awkward Partner' Thesis Awkward?: European Attachment in Scotland and Wales"
Discussant: Janet Laible, Lehigh University
Dinner on your own
Saturday, 26 October
9:00-10:30 Session III: New Regionalism and Institutional Reform
Chair: Thomas P. Wolf, Indiana University Southeast
Papers:
Kelly B. Shaw, University of Missouri-Columbia
"Lobbying the Scottish Way: Devolution, European Integration, and Interest Representation"
Peter Lynch, University of Stirling
"Integration Through Devolution: Scottish Executive Policy and Britain in Europe"
Mark Duckenfield, University College London
"Uneven Devolution in Britain and the European Union"
Discussant: Donley Studlar, West Virginia University
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Session IV: Welfare Reform
Chair: Jorgen Rasmussen, Iowa State University
Papers:
Joel D. Wolfe, University of Cincinnati
"Citizenship and State Power in Britain and the European Union"
Jasper Sumner, University of Oklahoma
"Reformulating Social Citizenship in Britain"
Scott Greer, University College London
"Multi-Arena Politics Comes to the UK: Devolved Health Politics in Comparative Perspective"
Discussant: Robert Cox, University of Oklahoma
12:15-1:45 Lunch
1:45-3:15 Session V: British Sovereignty and European Security
Chair: Peter Krug, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Papers:
Brian Rathbun, Ohio State University
"Culture Shock: The Story Behind Britain's Surprising Turnaround on European Security and Defense Policy"
Bastian Giegerich, London School of Economics
"Can Britain Lead in Europe? The Case of CESDP"
David Baker, University of Warwick
"Zero Sum Game - or Negotiable Asset: British Sovereignty and the
European Union?"
Discussant: Suzette Grillot, University of Oklahoma
3:15-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:15 Museum Tour
6:30 Closing Banquet at Legend's Restaurant
June
4 Tuesday -7 Friday Summer Seminar for High School Teachers
May
15 Business Briefing - Tulsa World Trade Conference - Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 Greenwood, Tulsa OK
April
2 Tuesday - Henry McLeish, MSP
10:00 to 12:00 meet with grad students
4 Thursday - John Keeler, Director of Center for West European Studies and Director of the European Union Center, University of Washington
10:30 to 11:45 Lecture open to the public, Physical Sciences 102 - "NATO, the EU, and the Quest for European Autonomy"
4 Thursday - Henry McLeish, MSP
8:45 Address Oklahoma House of Representatives - Host Representative Doug Miller
10:00 Tartan Day Ceremony - Public address and reception United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma - Host Scott Barger
5 Friday - Henry McLeish, Former First Minister, Scotland - current Member of Scottish Parliament
12:00 Address Edmond Ambucs - University of Central Oklahoma, Cherokee Room
8 Monday - Henry McLeish, MSP
University of Arkansas European Studies Program Classroom lectures
9 Tuesday - Belgian Ambassador Philippe de Schoutheete
2:00 Address Oklahoma State Senate
3:30 Open Lecture President's Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union - "The Institutional Debate Within the EU - Where Are We Going?"
7:00 Dinner meeting Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce - Host Lance Johnson
10 Wednesday thru 12 Friday - Henry McLeish, MSP
United States Airforce Academy visit - Classroom lectures
16 Tuesday - Henry McLeish, MSP
9:30 to 11:00 Meet with grad students
12:00 Edmond Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
2:30 to 4:00 Meet with grad students
18 Thursday- 20 Saturday - Model European Union Summit Simulation - OCCE -Keynote Speaker Henry McLeish MSP
March
5 Tuesday - Kenny Farquharson - SUNDAY TIMES, Scottish Political Editor Campus Visit
10:30 to 11:45 PHSC Room 102 - Classroom visit. Mr. Farquharson will discuss British press coverage of European Union politics.
1:30 to 2:45 DAHT Room 125 - Classroom visit. Mr. Farquharson will discuss journalism as practiced in the UK, libel, privacy and records issues.
Both classroom visits are open to the general public.
February
5 Tuesday - Model EU Open Invitation Meeting - 4:00pm HH 219
7 Thursday - Meeting with and Federal Republic of Germany Counsel General Mr. Hanno von Graevenitz and HGC Mr. Charles Wiggin
21 Thursday- 23 Saturday Directors' Meeting Miami
