Program
Sept. 17th
Nov. 5th
Nov. 24th
Dec. 3rd
Thursday September 17, 2009 |
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"Europe in the World" Lecture and Q&A with Javier Solana, European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Harvard University Chair: Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs |
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
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"Trade Policy in Crisis — Problem or Solution?" Lecture and Q&A with David O'Sullivan, Director General for Trade, European Commission Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street Open to graduate students ONLY |
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"European Integration: A Project of Values and Not Just Pragmatism" Lecture and Q&A with Peter Sutherland, Chairman, BP John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street |
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Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
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| 4:15-6:00pm |
"The EU's Response to the Financial Crisis" and "Changes in the European Financial Landscape Due to the Market Turmoil" Lecture and Q&A with Philippe Maystadt, President of the European Investment Bank & Karel De Boeck, former Vice Chairman of ABN AMRO and former CEO of Fortis Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street |
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
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"Is Europe a Failed Democracy? Will the Lisbon Treaty Make a Difference? And if Not, What Will?" Debate with Jonathan Faull, Director General for Justice, Freedom, Security, European Commission; Jean-Claude Piris, Director General of the Legal Service, Council of the European Union; & Joseph Weiler, University Professor; Professor of Law and European Union Jean Monnet Chair at NYU School of Law Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street |
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Thursday, December 3, 2009 |
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| 2:15-4:00pm |
Why Europe Must Resist the Lure of Genteel Decline David Rennie, EU correspondent and Charlemagne Columnist, The Economist Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street |
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Contact: Renee Haferkamp/Halley Lisuk, haferkam@fas.harvard.edu; euseries@fas.harvard.edu
"Europe in the World"
Thursday, September 17, 20096:00-7:30pm
Lecture and Q&A with Javier Solana, European Union High Representative for
the Common Foreign and Security Policy
Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Harvard University
Chair: Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs
Read the full text of the speech (pdf) »
VOIX interview »
Event videorecording available on YouTube » (courtesy of event co-sponsor, the Kokkalis Program)
Curriculum Vitae
- Born in Madrid on 14 July 1942.
- Married to Concepción Giménez - two children.
- Doctorate in physics - Fulbright scholar at several American universities.
- Professor of solid-state physics at Madrid Complutense University - author of over thirty publications in the field.
- Member of the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome.
- Joined the Spanish Socialist Party in 1964.
- Member of the Spanish Parliament since 1977.
- Spanish Cabinet Minister from 1982 to 1995 without interruption:
- December 1982 - July 1988: Minister for Culture
(simultaneously acted as Government Spokesman from July 1985 to July 1988). - July 1988 - July 1992: Minister for Education and Science.
- July 1992 - December 1995: Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- December 1995 - October 1999: Secretary-General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO).
- Since 18 October 1999: Secretary General of the Council of the European Union/High representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).
- Since 25 November 1999: Secretary General of Western European Union (WEU).
- July 2004: appointed for a second 5-year mandate as Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and EU High Representative for the CFSP.
Biography
Dr. Javier Solana is secretary-general of the Council of the European Union and high representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Dr. Solana earned a doctorate in physics and taught solid-state physics at Madrid Complutense University before entering politics.
In 1977, Dr. Solana was elected to the Spanish Parliament, and from 1982 onward, he held a number of cabinet posts including minister of culture, government spokesperson, and minister of education and science. In July 1992, he became minister of foreign affairs, a post he held until he became NATO secretary-general in December 1995.
In October 1999, Dr. Solana left NATO to become secretary-general of the Council of the European Union and its first high representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. His task is to put forth ideas and analyze policy options in an effort to help EU leaders agree on foreign and security policy issues, thereby giving the Union more political weight in international affairs.
Briefing
Dr. Solana was born in Madrid in 1942. He began a career in physics and as a Fulbright scholar studied at the University of Chicago and University of California, San Diego before enrolling in the doctoral program at the University of Virginia from which he earned his Ph.D. in Physics in 1971. He returned to Spain to pursue an academic path and became Full Professor at the Complutense University in 1975. Given his passion for university life and research, he would have continued his academic career in solid state physics had the momentous political events of the late 1970’s in Spain not intervened. He joined the Socialist Party when it was still illegal and was named to its Executive Commission in 1976. He was elected to Parliament in the first democratic elections in Spain after the dictatorship and is one of the leaders who reconfigured the Socialists to make it a more modern and moderate social democratic party, helping it come to power in 1982. As a cabinet minister, he developed reputation for diplomacy and integrity and his successful term as Spain’s foreign minister gave him the international backing to become the Secretary General of NATO in 1995. During his term, NATO faced the Kosovo War.
In 1999, Dr. Solana was appointed as the European Union’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy; his international standing led President Clinton to note that now we know who to call when we want to speak to Europe, an allusion to Henry Kissinger’s famous quip.
This is Dr. Solana’s second visit to Harvard to deliver an address. In April, 2003, he gave the Gordon Lecture with a speech entitled “Venus and Mars Reconciled: A New Era for Transatlantic Relations.” His current visit is the keynote event of the Center for European Studies’ series, Challenges of the 21st Century: US and European Perspectives. His remarks will focus on “Europe in the World” and will take place at Yenching Auditorium at 6pm on September 17th.
"The EU's Response to the Financial Crisis" & "Changes in the European Financial Landscape Due to the Market Turmoil"
Thursday, November 5, 20094:15-6:00pm
Lecture and Q&A with Philippe Maystadt, President of the European
Investment Bank and Karel De Boeck, former Vice Chairman of ABN AMRO and former CEO of Fortis
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street
Chair: Peter A. Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies
Biography
Philippe Maystadt began his career as an assistant professor at Catholic University of Louvain in 1970, advancing to professor in 1989. He has held many positions in the Belgian government from Member of Parliament from 1977-1991 and 1995-1999 (he served as a Senator between 1991 and 1995). In 1998 he was chairman of the Social Christian Party. From 1985-1988 Mr. Maystadt was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic affairs. In 1996 he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade; a post he held until 1998. He was governor of the EIB from 1988 to 1998 and chairman of the interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund from 1993 to 1998. He is now the President of the EIB and chairman of its Board of Directors.
Biography
Karel De Boeck was appointed CEO of Fortis, an international insurance company, in December of 2008. He began his career with Fortis Bank as Managing Director responsible for the Business Line "Medium-sized Enterprises and Corporate" in 1999. In 2000 he became a member of the Executive committee and was responsible for Network Banking customers. From March 2003 through March 2006 Mr. De Boeck was Chairman of the European Financial Management and Marketing Association. He was the CEO of Commercial and Private Banking from 2005-2006 and in January 2007 became responsible for all Risk Activities. In October 2007 he was appointed as Vice Chairman of ABN Amro Bank. Prior to working with Fortis, Mr. De Boeck held positions at Generale Bank and ASLK Bank.
"Is Europe a Failed Democracy? Will the Lisbon Treaty Make a Difference? And if Not, What Will?"
Tuesday, November 24, 20094:15-6:00pm
Debate with Jonathan Faull, Director General for Justice, Freedom,
Security, European Commission; Jean-Claude Piris, Director General
of the Legal Service, Council of the European Union; & Joseph
Weiler, University Professor; Professor of Law and European Union
Jean Monnet Chair at NYU School of Law
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street
Chair: Mattias Kumm, Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Jonathan Faull has long worked at the European Commission. He began in 1978 as Administrator at the Customs Union Service in the Legal and General Affairs Division. In 1981 he became administrator at the Directorate General for Competition where he has since held positions such as Assistant to the Director General (1987-1989), Head of Unit of Transport and Tourism (1992-1993), Head of Unit of Coordination and General Policy, General State Aide Schemes (1993-1995), Director of Competition Policy, Coordination, International Affairs and Relations with other Institutions (1995-1999) and most recently in 1999 served as Deputy Director General. Later in 1999 he served as Head of Press and Communication Service and was Chief Spokesman and Director General of Press and Communication until 2003.
Jean-Claude Piris has been Director General of the Legal Service of the Council since 1988. He is a Member of the French Conseil d’Etat, Paris, a former French diplomat to the United Nations, and a former Director of the Legal Service of the OECD in Paris. He was Legal Advisor ad Head of Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Constitution, as well as the Legal Advisor of the preceding IGCs which negotiated and adopted successively the treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice. Piris has diplomas from University of Paris and Institute d’etudes politiques de Bordeaux. He is a graduate of the Ecole nationale d’administration, 1972. He is author of a number of legal articles on international and European law.
J.H.H. Weiler is University Professor as well as holder of the European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York University School of Law. He holds degrees from Sussex (BA), Cambridge (LLB and LLM), and The Hague Academy of International Law (Diploma of International Law). He earned his PhD in European Law at the EUI, Florence. Weiler served as a member of the Committee of Jurists of the Institutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, co-drafting the European Parliament's Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms and Parliament's input to the Maastricht Inter-intergovernmental Conference. He is a WTO and NAFTA Panelist, and a founding editor of the European Journal of International Law, the European Law Journal, and the World Trade Review. Weiler's research focus is on issues of European integration, globalization and democracy.
Why Europe Must Resist the Lure of Genteel Decline
Thursday, December 3, 20092:15-4:00pm
DAVID RENNIE,EU correspondent and Charlemagne Columnist, The Economist
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street
David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent, based in Brussels. Previously he was on the foreign staff of the Daily Telegraph, with postings in Sydney (1998), Beijing (1998 to 2002), Washington DC (2002 to 2005) and Brussels (2005 to 2007). Before that he worked for the Daily Telegraph in London (1996 to 1998), and the Evening Standard. David has extensive TV and radio experience, including BBC, Fox News, CNN, Arte TV and ABC.