2006

October 15, 2006

The Polish Institute 

• • Panel discussion in cooperation with  Forum 2000: “Is Global Governance Possible?”
    

Forum 2000 participants:

ZYGMUNT BAUMANN   - British sociologist
Prof. MICHAEL KRAUS  - Political Science Department head at Middlebury,USA
ALLISON STANGER - Director of the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, Middlebury,USA
Moderator:   JIRI PEHE     – Director of NYU in Prague and PIDEC

On Monday October 9, 2006 a seminar was held at The Polish Institute of Prague as part of the Forum 2000 conference in conjunction with New York University’s Prague Institute for Democracy, Economy, and Culture which asked the question “Is Global Governance Possible?” Panel members were renowned British sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Baumann, Michael Kraus,  head of the Political Science Department of Middlebury College and Allison Stanger, a political science professor at Middlebury College. The discussion was moderated by Czech political scientist and Director of New York University in Prague and the Prague Institute for Democracy, Economy, and Culture,  Jiří Pehe.

September 12, 2006, NYU in Prague and The Polish Institute

Discussion and  photo exhibit by Nancy Crampton: How I took photographs of  American  writers

Nancy Crampton, a photographer whose works include portraits of American writers from Saul Bellow to William Stryron and Susan Sontag, spoke about her experiences photographing some of America’s best-known writers. The talk was followed by an exhibition of her black and white portraits held at the Polish Institute.

• • June 16 - 18, 2006, NYU in Prague

An International Roundtable: The Role of the University in Strengthening Democracy and the Culture of Interdependence

From June 16 to 18-- an International Roundtable on "The Role of the University in Strengthening Democracy and the Culture of Interdependence" was held at the Prague’s Institute for Democracy, Economy and Culture, co-sponsored by NYU in Prague, the American University of Paris and the University of Scranton (Pennsylvania, USA). Academics from thirteen countries gathered to discuss the central role that universities play in developing the civic sensibilities and skills of students.

Participants in the roundtable discussed curricular and extracurricular strategies for enhancing their universities' civic commitments and effective approaches of collaborating with other institutions in building a global civil society.

Roundtable Report pdf

For more information, contact Sondra Myers at  myerss1@scranton.edu

 
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:

- Professor of Education, Bethlehem University

- Associate Executive Director, Miracle Corners of the World

- Director, International Institute for the Study of Culture and Education, University of Lower Silesia

- Graduate Student, New School University

- Associate Professor and Chair of International Communications, American University in Paris

- Director of the Library, Penn State Worthington Scranton

- Dept. of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia

- Associate Vice Provost for  International Program, Penn State University

- Professor, Philosophy, Charles University

- Senior Fellow for International, Civic and Cultural Projects, The University of Scranton

- Czech Ambassador to the United Nations 

- Director , New York University in Prague and PIDEC

- Professor of English, Diplomatic Academy of Russia

- Vice President for Academic Innovation and Development, American University in Paris

- Dean of Faculty Humanity Studies, Charles University

– Interim Associate Provost, The University of Scranton

- Department of  Information Science, Loughborough University

- Chair, Department of European Studies and History,  American University in Bulgaria

- Lawyer, Founder, The Foundation of Freedom and Development        

Raymond and Rosalee Weiss Professor of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Education, NYU

- President, Al Yamamah College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• • April 20, 2006, NYU in Prague

Discussion with Karlyn Kohrs Campbell: First Ladies in the US: the power of gender norms

University of Minnesota Professor Karlyn Kohrs Campbell spoke about the power of gender norms in the White House, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Laura Bush with special emphasis on Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush.

• • March 17, 2006, The Polish Institute

Conference on Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism a changing world (in newsletter  - April 2006 - Issue 1)