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Tuesday, September 7, 2010 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Washington, DC
Willy Brandt - Berliner Ausgabe (The Berlin Edition)
with
Karsten D. Voigt, former Member of Parliament and Coordinator of German-North American Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office
Bernd Rother, Willy-Brand- Stiftung
The event will be held at
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
5th Floor Conference Room
Event Details
Launched by the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation in 1998, the Berlin Edition was conceived as project intended to offer the historically-minded and politically interested audience access to Willy Brandt’s letters, notes, interviews, diary entries, along with manuscripts of speeches and memoranda. The recently completed document collection Willy Brandt – Berliner Ausgabe consists of ten edited volumes covering Brandt’s lifespan from his youth in exile through all stages of his political career, up until the German Unification.
Bernd Rother and Karsten Voigt will introduce the newly released Berlin Edition at a discussion, co-hosted by the Wilson Center, the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the German Historical Institute. A selection of translated documents, which reflect the main themes highlighted in the volumes, will be available to attendees at the event, as well as on-line.
Karsten D. Voigt is a German expert in the field of foreign and security policy. From 1999 until 2009 he served as coordinator of German-North American Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office. Prior to this appointment, Voigt held positions within the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Party of European Socialists, and NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly. He was foreign policy spokesman of the SPD parliamentary group and served as a Member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) for the Social Democrats.
Voigt serves as a board and trustees member of a number of renowned organizations, including the Board of Directors the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin, the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute in Berlin, the Board of Trustees of the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, and the Steering Board of the trilateral dialogue project “Global Governance 2020” of the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin. He has also served as chairman of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Allied Museum in Berlin. In addition, Voigt has been a Member of the Commission for International Relations of the SPD since 1973.
He holds a degree in history, as well as in German and Scandinavian studies from the universities of Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Frankfurt respectively.
Bernd Rother is a vice-executive director of the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation since 1999. Prior to his appointment with the Foundation, Rother has occupied positions at a number of distinguished institutions and universities, including the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Potsdam, the Institute of Social History in Bonn, the University of Hannover, and the Arbeitskreis Andere Geschichte in Brunswik.
Rother holds a Ph.D. degree from the Technical University of Brunswik. His main areas of research focus on the history of the SPD und the Socialist International, German and European Workers' Movemen, and history of the Jews in Spain and of the Sephardic Jews.
September 21st and September 22nd, 2010 | Washington, DC and Ottawa
Governing the Far North
Assessing Cooperation between Arctic and Non-Arctic Nations
A two-part conference organized in cooperation with the The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
EVENT DETAILS:
The Arctic continues to draw considerable attention from the international community. Both Arctic and non-Arctic nations are grappling with the looming environmental and security challenges that accompany the possibility of an ice-free Arctic. At the same time, they are assessing how to take advantage of the region’s vast economic potential in a sustainable manner. Though much remains to be resolved, there is a growing consensus that issues surrounding the Arctic concern not only Arctic, but non-Arctic countries as well. This conference will explore efforts on behalf of Arctic and non-Arctic nations to cooperate on key environmental, security, and economic issues and foster discussion on pressing Arctic governance questions.
Key issues to be addressed include: How well do existing governing structures address Arctic issues? Is it possible to demonstrate a governance approach that results in mutual gain and sets a precedent for international cooperation? How can non-Arctic nations with economic and environmental interests in the Far North be involved in a meaningful way in the governance of the Arctic?
AGENDA PART I
September 21st, 2010 | 8:30am - 12:30pm | Washington, DC
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.
AGENDA PART II
September 22nd, 2010 | 3:30pm - 7:00pm | Ottawa, CA
Location: University of Ottawa, Desmarais Building, 12th floor 55 Laurier Avenue, corner of Waller/Nicholas