Bremen

Mo. 26.05.2008, 00:00 bis Di. 27.05.2008, 00:00

Tagung/Konferenz

The EU in a global perspective

Intercultural Dialogue across three continents

Haus der Wissenschaften
Sandstraße 4/5
28195 Bremen
Bremen

Beschreibung:

The aim of the two-day conference is to examine the global perspective of the EU, drawing on a number of interdisciplinary perspectives, including economics, cross-cultural communication, politics, law and history. It will engage international university lecturers, researchers, practitioners and graduate students in an open exchange of ideas on a comparative understanding of what Europe means to them and to us. How the EU is understood and seen outside helps not only to understand others, but may help to more clearly identify and define European identity itself.

The interdisciplinary and international conference chaired and hosted by the Bremen University of Applied Sciences will provide the participants with a global perspective. It will highlight the image and visibility of the EU in the world, examine transnational consequences of globalization for the intercultural dialogue between the EU and other countries, raise questions of European identity within and outside the EU and discuss the implications of such thinking for the relationship with the EU.

The project is organized in three thematic modules, case studies from the 1) US, 2) Asia, especially China, India, and 3) the EU, mainly the UK, Germany, Poland and Latvia will reflect on the different perspectives on Europe and the EU. The EU, Asia and the US share common, yet also seemingly opposing interests, such as the increase of economic opportunities and the search for new markets. But globalisation does not just have an economic dimension but also a highly complex political one. It also means the globalisation of dangers, of terrorism, and lately more recognized, of climate change threatening East and West, South and North. Yet intercultural misunderstandings create personal conflicts, political tensions and lead to unsuccessful business endeavours. Similarly, Europeans neither necessarily share the same vision of Europe nor of its role in the world, neither has it held the same meaning for them. Intercultural dialogue has been shadowed by mutual stereotypes based on imperfect knowledge of one another, based on long-term stereotypes and different historical experiences in the 20th century

The conference will compare and contrast, aiming to find similarities and differences in the findings of these countries and their implications on the relationship with each other and within the EU. In particular, it will take a close-up view of a number of recent and current conflicts, overcome an overly simplified view of the EU and foster intercultural dialogue and mutual knowledge.

This conference is supported by Jean Monnet, European Commission, Brussels.

Registration starts in February 2008.

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