The complementizer agreement workshop is jointly hosted and organized by Dr. Vicki Carstens of MU and Dr. Liliane Haegeman, UGent. Plans for the workshop grew out of MU initiatives to found a sister school relationship between the two institutions with scholarly collaborations. The workshop has been made possible by funding from the Gent University rector’s office and from a variety of MU supporters including the Trans-Atlantic Center, the Office of International Studies, the Department of English, Provost Brian Foster, and A&S Dean Michael O’Brien.
On Oct. 17, The University of Missouri and Gent University proudly present a collaborative linguistic workshop on the topic of complementizer agreement, to be held on the Gent University campus. There will be 11 presentations addressing variation in how this grammatical phenomenon is manifested. Languages to be discussed range from European ones like Bavarian and West Flemish to Bantu languages of East Africa.
The complementizer agreement workshop is jointly hosted and organized by Dr. Vicki Carstens of MU and Dr. Liliane Haegeman, UGent. Plans for the workshop grew out of MU initiatives to found a sister school relationship between the two institutions with scholarly collaborations. The workshop has been made possible by funding from the Gent University rector’s office and from a variety of MU supporters including the Trans-Atlantic Center, the Office of International Studies, the Department of English, Provost Brian Foster, and A&S Dean Michael O’Brien. Monday March 5, 2012, Noon Tucker Forum - 85 Gannett Missouri School of Journalism Marc Scheuer is director of the Secretariat of the Alliance of Civilizations, a political initiative under the auspices of the UN Secretary General. Most of his previous activity has been with the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, France) in the fields of political advice and cooperation and of human rights protection. As a director of political advice and cooperation in that Organization, he has notably been in charge of conflict prevention programs and post-conflict reconstruction initiatives. He coordinated the Council of Europe’s early response to 9/11 events, including addressing the roots of terrorism and contributed to the development of intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
Before joining the Alliance, he was the director of the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, managing a team of lawyers who assist the Commissioner in making country assessments and policy recommendations. A doctor at law from Louvain University (Belgium), he has been a long-standing member of the Board of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) and a lecturer at Robert Schuman University (Strasbourg). At the 2012 conference Citizenship in a Globalized Age, MU Chancellor Brady Deaton, right, and Amy Studdart of the German Marshall Fund, left, listen as Christina Hawley discusses citizenship and the transatlantic relationship in the context of today’s global environment. The event inaugurated the University of Missouri's new office in Brussels.
Wednesday 11 January 2012, 3-5 p.m. Missouri School of Journalism Brussels Office Rue de Stassart 117 1050 Brussels The Missouri Transatlantic Center at the University of Missouri is pleased to announce a conference at its Brussels location on the idea of citizenship and how the world’s citizens identify themselves as they are constantly becoming more interconnected. The conference will seek to address the following questions:
Christina Hawley is Political Analyst and Campaigner for Crisis Action in Brussels. Christina comes to Crisis Action with a background in conflict management. She previously worked in the Office of the Secretary General of the OSCE in Vienna and for Independent Diplomat in Brussels. She has also worked in Brussels at the European Parliament and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Christina holds a Bachelor¹s degree in philosophy and a postgraduate degree in international relations, law and economics. Amy Studdart is a Program Associate at the German Marshall Fund where she works on Chinese foreign policy, strategic issues in North East Asia, and EU-U.S. cooperation on Asia policy. She previously worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where, amongst other duties, she led their Asia programming in Europe. She was born in Antigua to English parents, grew up in Grenada, studied East Asia in the UK, and now lives in Brussels. Host Brady Deaton - Chancellor, University of Missouri We’d be delighted if you’d join us for what promises to be a stimulating conversation. Listen to Humanity in Action's interview with NPR affiliate KBIA In their Oct. 17 presentation, Humanity in Action fellows presented “Exploring Diversity in France” at the University of Missouri. After stopping at Yale University and Georgetown University, the special discussion series sponsored by the Embassy of France traveled to the Midwest before making a final stop at The New School in New York.
The New York-based organization aims to protect minority rights and the values of diverse, democratic societies. To understand these issues in different countries, the organization advocates understanding the systems in place in each country. “If you don’t understand the internal logic of that specific country, the way you cover it will not be accurate,” said Tara Dickman, Director of Humanity in Action France. The three fellows presented different aspects of diversity issues in France, including historical discrimination issues to workplace discrimination and the contemporary diversity debate in France. Humanity in Action gave their presentation to the class Principles in Strategic Communication as well as to an open community forum in the Reynolds Journalism Institute. In addition, the group spoke with Columbia NPR affiliate KBIA. Gareth Harding is a freelance journalist based in Brussels and the Brussels Program Director for the Missouri School of Journalism's Office of International Programs. Harding gave the talk "Building the EU without Europeans during a brown bag lunch presentation at the University of Missouri on Sept. 19, 2011. Last time I spoke at a brown bag here was shortly after the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and I told an uplifting story of how a decimated continent pieced itself back together again to become ‘whole, free and at peace’ for the first time in its history. I’m afraid today’s talk will be a bit gloomier as it tackles the real roots of Europe's political and economic crisis - which I believe lie in building the EU without Europeans.
“Yes, but what is a European?” The question, posed by one of my students during a discussion on the EU, should have been easy enough for me to answer. On Tuesday, Oct. 11, representatives from the Delegation of the European Union to the USA came to Columbia to visit the Missouri School of Journalism and to promote understanding and awareness of the EU to the Midwest.
Head of Press and Diplomacy Silvia Kofler spoke with the journalism school’s NPR affiliate KBIA to discuss the current Euro crisis and contemplate potential impacts of the crisis on the Midwest. Kofler also presented a brown-bag lunch discussion where she underlined that the EU developed the Euro as an integrating political project rather than a solely financial project, and therefore she said there is no question the shared currency or the EU establishment will fail. Accompanying Kofler was press and diplomacy officer Silvia Prisco. The two delegates met with Fritz Cropp, director the Missouri Transatlantic Center and of the International Programs Office for the journalism school. Together, they discussed the link between the journalism school and its European partner institutions, particularly highlighting the school’s Brussels program that sends more than 50 students to the EU capital city to intern in European media outlets. Prisco and Kofler toured the Missouri School of Journalism with Cropp and Dean Brian Brooks. They later visited the school’s NBC affiliate KOMU and gave a lecture at Rock Bridge High School. EU officials will make a final decision in coming weeks to deal with the Euro crisis. While this decision may be slow for American standards, Kofler said, it will be one to ensure the survival and growth of the EU. Please join us Monday, Oct. 17, at 12 p.m. in Fred Smith Forum for a brown bag lunch presentation by Humanity in Action. “Exploring Diversity in France” is a special discussion series sponsored by the Embassy of France to the United States.
Tara Dickman Tara Dickman is the National Director of Humanity in Action France. She received her Master's Degree in Comparative Politics from New York University, where she examined how cultural approaches to minority rights in international law impact the understanding of the 2005 riots in the French suburbs. Tara was raised in Paris and in the Parisian suburbs, where she remains active in social, artistic and civil rights issues. In addition to her work with Humanity in Action, Tara consults on racial profiling for the Open Society Justice Initiative and leads community organizing trainings. Tara received her BA from the Institute for European Studies of Paris 8 University, where she also followed a graduate program. She also conducted comparative research on race and urban politics at Brown University. Tara was a participant in the HIA Fellowship program in Paris in 2007. Soraya Khadir Soraya Khadir is a Project Assistant and Consultant at IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité, a network of companies working on Corporate Social Responsibility in France. Her work focuses on preventing discrimination and promoting diversity in the workplace. Soraya holds MA degrees from Université de Cergy-Pontoise and Institut Français de Géopolitique of Paris 8, where she researched the political referendum process and the geopolitical impact of California's "Three Stikes and You're Out" policy. Her interest in diversity issues, which comes from a combination of both personal experience – having grown up in Parisian suburbs – and academic studies, has always pushed her to try to study misperception and bias. She is particularly interested in how misunderstanding of "the other" can lead to unfair and even dangerous decisions and behaviors. Soraya was a participant in the HIA Fellowship in New York City in 2007. Cédric Maréchal Cedric J. Marechal is a graduate student at La Sorbonne, where he studies International Relations. His graduate dissertation will examine the effects of U.S. “soft power” diplomacy on race relations in France. For two years, Cedric served as an elected member of La Sorbonne-Student Union, where he focused on organizing student awareness campaigns on university policies. Cedric was born in a suburb of Paris, but grew up in Martinique. He intends to pursue a PhD in International Relations next year. Cedric was a participant in the HIA Fellowship in Lyon in 2010. About “Exploring Diversity in France” This program is a special series bringing together American and French scholars, students and audiences to discuss the role and concept of diversity in contemporary France. The program is sponsored by the Embassy of France to the United States and developed in partnership with Humanity in Action, The New School, Yale University, Georgetown University and the University of Missouri. In July, the German Embassy invited 13 students from top journalism schools around the United States for a 10-day tour of the country’s media, political and industrial landscape. The Missouri School of Journalism chose Camille Phillips, Branson, Mo., and Stefan Bellm, Nixa, Mo., to represent the school in Germany.
The tour highlighted the importance of U.S.-German relations and offered the students the opportunity to meet with German politicians, tour German media outlets and develop professional contacts with both young American and German journalists. The tour began in Munich, where students met with the international editor of Germany’s largest newspaper the Suddeutsche Zeitung. They also visited the Bavarian State Chancellery and the BMW factory, as well as touring the studios of a public youth radio station On3. “The trip allowed us to see differences between German and American media and politics,” Bellm said. “We also learned about Germany’s commitment to renewable energy and its plan to close all its nuclear power plants by 2022.” Phillips appreciated the differences but questioned whether American practices might better facilitate the development of online media. “A desire to keep private news agencies competitive has led to limiting public broadcasting to using no more than one percent of their budget on online content, and prevents public broadcasting websites from archiving their work past seven days,” Phillips said. “While I can appreciate the viewpoint of private news agencies that don't have the benefit of steady funding, I'm not sure it would be worth the trade-off of limiting what my organization could do online.” In Berlin the students visited the German Bundestag, the national parliament, where they met with a representative from the foreign affairs council. They also visited the German Federal Chancellery, the Federal Foreign Office and several media outlets. The students also visited the headquarters of Solon, a global leader in solar panel technology. “We really wanted to give participants the opportunity to mix and mingle with like-minded people in Germany in order to let them create a network they can use after the short trip is over and that may be helpful later in their career,” said Kristina Jonek, deputy spokesperson for the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. “We therefore organized get-togethers with German journalism students and leading journalists of major news organizations.” The Missouri Transatlantic Center is happy to announce the next event on the MU campus.
What: Dr. Kristiaan "Kries" Versluys of Ghent University will be giving a lecture on post-9/11 American literature several days before the ten-year anniversary of the events of 9/11. When: September 7, 2011, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Where: Fred Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute Dr. Versluys is Full Professor of American Literature and Culture at Ghent University and the founding director of the Ghent Urban Studies Team. He obtained his Ph. D.-degree from Harvard University in 1979. He has published The Poet in the City: Chapters in the Development of Urban Poetry in Europe and the United States (1800-1930) and many articles on urban literature, in particular the literature of New York. He is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium and a regular guest professor at the summer session of Columbia University, where he teaches a course entitled “New York in Recent Fiction”. In 2004-2005 he was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), where he embarked on a study of the discursive responses to 9/11. Please mark your calendars for this event. We hope to see you there! |