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Körber History Forum Connecting History and Politics I 16 and 17 June, 2017 I Berlin Körber History Forum 2017 » Berlin Körber History Forum Connecting History and Politics I 16 and 17 June, 2017 I Berlin Körber History Forum 2017 » Berlin Körber History Forum Connecting Politics and History Talk with, not about each other! For over 50 years, the Körber Foundation has been committed to dialogue across political, national and religious boundaries. The aim is to build bridges to overcome the absence of discussion and to initiate debate. This is the context in which the Körber Foundation has initiated the Körber History Forum. Annually, this international discussion forum promotes cross-border dialogue on the political dimension of history. The topics of the Körber History Forum reflect major current challenges, such as nationalism, migration, religion, values and world order in the light of their historical roots and often varying – if not conflicting – historical interpretations. 04 Körber History Forum 2017 » Berlin » Program Friday, 16 June Saturday, 17 June 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunchtime: Parallel, thematically 6:00 p.m. Opening 9:30 a.m. Coffee and Exchange Panel discussion oriented breakout sessions How can a stable blueprint for see page 7 Thomas Paulsen Member of the Moderator throughout the day: lasting peace be facilitated? Executive Board, Körber Foundation, Gabriele Woidelko Körber Foundation, The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 en- Hamburg Hamburg ded the Thirty Years War in Europe. It 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Debate 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. created a peace and a European securi- How much Germany can 6:15 p.m. Keynote Panel discussion ty architecture which existed for 150 Europe take? The end of the West as we knew it? Is Europe paying the price years. Are there mechanisms and mo- Whether the European Union can The concept of the “West” was a for globalisation with dels from the peace order of the 17th handle the geopolitical challenges transatlantic-European team effort renationalisation? century, from which peace processes and the continued crisis phenomena which was determined by the rule of depends very largely on the extent to Whether “Britain first”, “Priority to inter alia in the Middle East could law, separation of powers, inalienab- which Germany is prepared to defer the French”, or “No German liability be derived for the present day? How le human rights and representative its national interests and reduce its for foreign banks”: renationalisation, should Europe act in order to grasp democracy. Because of a fundamental dominance in Europe. What lessons isolationism, and populism are on adequately the historical impulses of political credibility crisis, the concept can Europe learn from the history of the rise almost everywhere in Europe the early modern period and interpret of the “West” has been put to the the “German question”? What do the (and not only there). This goes hand in them for the present time? test in the 21st century. How do we historical experiences of the 19th and hand with fears concerning economic define the “West” today? What signi- Samir Altaqi 20th centuries mean for Germany and social decline, immigration and ficance does the western value system Orient Research Center, Dubai and its role at the “centre of Europe” “foreign infiltration”. Which ghosts of currently have? What effect will the Wolfgang Ischinger today? What opportunities does a “Eu- the past are being awakened? Do we political change in the United States Munich Security Conference, Munich ropean Germany” offer in comparison need strategies to overcome nationa- have on the continued existence of Henry Laurens to a “German Europe”? lism and populism? the western order system? What alter- Collège de France, Paris native order criteria are available? Pierre Moscovici, Shlomo Avineri Anuschka Tischer European Commissioner for Hebrew University, Jerusalem Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg Joschka Fischer former Vice Chancellor Economic and Financial Affairs, Zanda Kalnina-Lukaševica Moderator: Dietmar Pieper Taxation and Customs, Brussels and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Der Spiegel, Hamburg Wolfgang Schäuble of Germany; Founding and Managing Republic of Latvia, Riga Federal Minister of Finance, Berlin Partner, Joschka Fischer & Company, In cooperation with Der Spiegel Gwythian Prins emer., Berlin Moderator: Matthias Naß London School of Economics, London within the series of debates Die Zeit, Hamburg “Making peace – what diplomats can Followed by reception Andreas Wirsching Institute of Contemporary History, Munich learn from history”. Moderator: Stephan Detjen DeutschlandRadio, Berlin 06 Körber History Forum 2017 » Berlin » Program 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Lunchtime: Panel discussion Panel discussion Parallel breakout sessions Is Russia entering the Who regulates the world? post-European era? History is characterised by numerous The collapse of the Soviet Union has attempts to shape the world with left Russia with a still unresolved the help of hegemonic models and debate about values. This affects not principles of order so as to strengthen only the self-understanding of the security, stability and inner peace in To what extent are religions terranean countries and the rest of country, but also its relationship with the affected regions: From the “Pax capable of modernisation? Europe to deal with current political its European neighbours. Is Russia Romana” in pre-Christian times via challenges? currently breaking away from its 300- the “Pax Britannica”, which cemented For some years now, an increase in or- thodox tendencies has been observed year tradition of a European future Britain‘s naval supremacy, to the “Pax Maria Fusaro perspective? Has the dream of one Americana” of the 20th century. How in the major world religions. What University of Exeter does this development mean for the common European house finally come can past order approaches be evalua- Moderator: Malina Emmerink to an end? ted? What stimuli do they provide for tradition of Enlightenment and the University of Hamburg the organisation of global order in related value order in Europe? Nina L. Khrushcheva the 21st century? Marian Burchardt New School, New York Max Planck Institute for the Study A return to a “single truth”? of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Fyodor Lukyanov Patrick Cohrs Heroism and victimhood once again Russia in Global Affairs and Council on Central European University, Budapest Göttingen have momentum in politics, society Foreign and Defense Policy, Moscow Moderator: Carmen Ludwig Karen Donfried and historiography. What does renati- Gwendolyn Sasse German Marshall Fund, Körber Foundation, Hamburg onalisation of historiography mean for Centre for East European and Washington, D.C. International Studies, Berlin an enlightened, critical, multiperspec- Christoph Heusgen tive examination of history? Moderator: Cathrin Kahlweit Federal Chancellery, Berlin The Mediterranean: “mare nost- Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Adam Roberts rum”, or “mare confinium”? Paweł Machcewicz formerly Museum of the emer., Balliol College Confrontation and colonial European University of Oxford Second World War, Gdańsk hegemony have shaped the Mediterra- Moderator: Bernd Vogenbeck nean as well as economic connections Moderator: Sylke Tempel Körber Foundation, Hamburg Internationale Politik (IP) and Berlin via trade routes and similarities in Policy Journal, German Council on culture and lifestyle. What experien- Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin ces from history can help the Medi- �� 6:30 p.m. Dinner 08 Körber History Forum 2017 » Berlin » Program Can Germany pay its historical Are we at the beginning of debt to Greece? an era of climate wars? Greece‘s demands for financial com- Global warming and its associated pensation for the damage resulting natural disasters and resource shorta- from the German occupation during ges as well as numerous wars around the 2nd World War continue even to- the world have long been considered day and are from different sides gene- key factors in global migration mo- rally assessed to be valid. What can be vements. What impacts did climatic considered as appropriate reparation changes make on human societies and for historical guilt? Is the intertwining cultures in history and what can we of past war crimes, reparations and learn from that? current economic policy permissible? Harald Welzer Körber History Forum: List of Participants Constantin Goschler FUTURZWEI.Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit, Ruhr University Bochum Berlin Moderator: Katja Fausser Moderator: Sven Tetzlaff Körber Foundation, Hamburg Körber Foundation, Hamburg 1917-2017: Russia at the end of the revolutionary century? Opinions differ regarding the impor- tance of the Russian Revolution for politics and control in Russia today. Which interpretation of 1917 will Russia choose in the anniversary year 2017? And what implications does this have for the self-understanding of the power and ruling elites in Moscow? Orlando Figes Birkbeck College, University of London Moderator: Gabriele Woidelko Körber Foundation, Hamburg 10 Körber History Forum 2017 » Berlin » List of Participants Ambassador Prof. Dr. Jörg Baberowski Ralf Beste Fabian Burkhardt Dr. Badr Abdelatty Chair, East European Head of Policy Planning, Fellow, German Institute for Embassy of the Arab Republic History, Institute for Federal Foreign Office, Berlin International and Security of Egypt, Berlin Humanities, Affairs (SWP), Berlin Humboldt-University, Berlin Prof. Dr. Dieter Bingen Georgios Chatzoudis Noura Aljizawi Elisabeth Baier Director, Deutsches Polen- Institut (German
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