FLIGHT AND REFUGE: The European Crisis in Global Perspective
Conference, April 12-13, University of Virginia
Program: Wednesday, April 13

9:15-9:45 AM, New Cabell Hall 236: Breakfast,

10:00-11:45 AM, German Conference Room, New Cabell Hall 236

Roundtable 1: The European Crisis—The Crisis of Europe

Moderator:
Manuela Achilles Associate Director, Center for German Studies

Panelists:
Minister and DCM Dr. Philipp Ackermann, Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy, Washington, DC

Bastian Hermisson, Executive Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America

Kemal Kirişci, TÜSİAD senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe's Turkey Project, Brookings Institute, Washington DC

Esther Dischereit, Author, Berlin/Vienna

12:00-1:00 PM, Nau Hall 342 Lounge: Lunch

1:00-3:00 PM, German Conference Room, New Cabell Hall 236

Roundtable 2: Global Perspectives

Moderator:
Elizabeth Thompson, Professor, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia

Panelists:
Yoav Peled, Visiting Professor of Israel Studies at UVa, Jewish Studies Program; and Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University

Victoria Rietig, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC

Hanadi Al-Samman, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Virginia

Ashley Rockenbach, Fellow, Carter Woodson Institute, University of Virginia

3:15-5:00 PM, German Conference Room, New Cabell Hall 236

Roundtable 3: Consequences and Solutions

Moderator:
Will Hitchcock, Randolph Compton Professor, Director of Academic Programs, Miller Center

Panelists:
Charles Benjamin, President, Near East Foundation

Hannah Winnick, Program Director for Transatlantic Dialogues on Democracy and Social Policy, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America

David Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law, University of Virginia

Fern Hauck, Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Virginia

5:00-6:30 PM, New Cabell Hall First Floor Lounge

Concluding Reception and Presentation of Student Projects

All events, unless otherwise noted, are free and open to the public.