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SUMMARY:Madison: Political Fragmentation? Looking Ahead to German and European Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Madison Warburg Chapter and the University of Wisconsin – Madison Center for German & European Studies\, a DAAD Center of Excellence will host a discussion with Juliane Schäuble\, U.S. Correspondent at Der Tagesspiegel.  \nThere is no charge to attend this event. There is no need to register. \nJuliane Schäuble has been reporting for the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel from Washington\, D.C. since June 2018. Before her current position\, she most recently headed the political department\, where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than 10 years of experience in the business and political department. Ms. Schäuble has developed and continues to organize political conferences on a regular basis in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin and the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung. She earned her Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part time for the American Council of Young Political Leaders. In 2009 and 2010\, she was trained in the Media Manager Program of the publishing house Georg von Holtzbrinck. In 2006\, she was a Fellow of the Johanna Quandt Foundation for economic journalists. Ms. Schäuble has taken part in numerous leadership programs\, including the Manfred Wörner Seminar of the German Marshall Fund and the Armed Forces Office of the German Defense Ministry; Atlantik-Brücke’s German-American Young Leaders Conference; the Collaborative Leadership Program of Leadership Berlin – Netzwerk Verantwortung; and the Young Leaders Conference of the Council for the United States and Italy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/madison-cal-fragmentation-looking-ahead-to-german-and-european-elections/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T140000
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SUMMARY:Chicago: Reporting from Washington in an Age of Fake News and Alternative Facts
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Juliane Schäuble\, U.S. Correspondent at Der Tagesspiegel. \nThere is no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by February 13. \nAll guests must have a valid Photo ID or Passport to clear security. After entering the building\, go through main floor security on the Adams or Franklin side of the building. The Wacker entrance is closed due to construction. Take the elevator marked 33-66 on the north side of the main lobby. You will get off on the 33rd floor\, take the elevator marked 33-34 to the 34th floor. On 34th floor\, walk south through the first elevator lobby toward the elevators for floors 58-63. Take elevator to 59th floor to reception. \nJuliane Schäuble has been reporting for the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel from Washington\, D.C. since June 2018. Before her current position\, she most recently headed the political department\, where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than 10 years of experience in the business and political department. Ms. Schäuble has developed and continues to organize political conferences on a regular basis in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin and the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung. She earned her Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part time for the American Council of Young Political Leaders. In 2009 and 2010\, she was trained in the Media Manager Program of the publishing house Georg von Holtzbrinck. In 2006\, she was a Fellow of the Johanna Quandt Foundation for economic journalists. Ms. Schäuble has taken part in numerous leadership programs\, including the Manfred Wörner Seminar of the German Marshall Fund and the Armed Forces Office of the German Defense Ministry; Atlantik-Brücke’s German-American Young Leaders Conference; the Collaborative Leadership Program of Leadership Berlin – Netzwerk Verantwortung; and the Young Leaders Conference of the Council for the United States and Italy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/chicago-reporting-from-washington-in-an-age-of-fake-news-and-alternative-facts/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190131T195723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190131T195723Z
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SUMMARY:Charlotte: The Art of Doing Politics – Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and the North Carolina Zeitgeist Foundation will host a discussion with Annette Schavan\, former German Ambassador to the Holy See/Vatican and former German Federal Minister of Education and Research.  \nThis event is free but registration is required. RSVP here by February 12. \nAnnette Schavan is a German politician born in Grevenbroich\, near Cologne. Most of her professional and political life she spent in Baden-Württemberg\, the State with most of Germany’s famous companies of the Mittelstand\, the type of companies which form the backbone of Germany’s economy and which are often family-owned. In Baden-Württemberg\, she was Minister for Cultural Affairs\, Youth\, and Sport from 1995 till 2005. From 2005 to 2014\, she was a Member of the German Federal Parliament. From 2005 to 2013 she served in the cabinet of Angela Merkel as Federal Minister for Education and Research. She was German Ambassador at the Holy See / Vatican from 2014 to June of 2018. She studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology at the universities in Bonn and Düsseldorf. Today she lives in Ulm\, Baden Württemberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/charlotte-the-art-of-doing-politics-pope-francis/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190218T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190218T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190212T182325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190212T182325Z
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SUMMARY:Atlanta: Technical Skill Training as a Catalyst for Innovation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe Atlanta Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and the GACC South will hold a discussion and luncheon with Annette Schavan\, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research. \nAnnette Schavan is a German politician born in Grevenbroich\, near Cologne. Most of her professional and political life she spent in Baden-Württemberg\, the State with most of Germany’s famous companies of the Mittelstand\, the type of companies which form the backbone of Germany’s economy and which are often family-owned. In Baden-Württemberg\, she was Minister for Cultural Affairs\, Youth\, and Sport from 1995 till 2005. From 2005 to 2014\, she was a Member of the German Federal Parliament. From 2005 to 2013 she served in the cabinet of Angela Merkel as Federal Minister for Education and Research. She was German Ambassador at the Holy See / Vatican from 2014 to June of 2018. She studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology at the universities in Bonn and Düsseldorf. Today she lives in Ulm\, Baden Württemberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/atlanta-technical-skill-training-as-a-catalyst-for-innovation/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190219T090000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
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SUMMARY:Nashville: Technical Skill Training as a Catalyst for Innovation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Nashville Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and breakfast with Annette Schavan\, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research. \nThere will be a $15 charge for ACG members and a $25 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP here by February 16. \nAnnette Schavan is a German politician born in Grevenbroich\, near Cologne. Most of her professional and political life she spent in Baden-Württemberg\, the State with most of Germany’s famous companies of the Mittelstand\, the type of companies which form the backbone of Germany’s economy and which are often family-owned. In Baden-Württemberg\, she was Minister for Cultural Affairs\, Youth\, and Sport from 1995 till 2005. From 2005 to 2014\, she was a Member of the German Federal Parliament. From 2005 to 2013 she served in the cabinet of Angela Merkel as Federal Minister for Education and Research. She was German Ambassador at the Holy See / Vatican from 2014 to June of 2018. She studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology at the universities in Bonn and Düsseldorf. Today she lives in Ulm\, Baden Württemberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nashville-technical-skill-training-as-a-catalyst-for-innovation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190227T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190219T155429Z
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SUMMARY:Indianapolis: Strengthening the European Transatlantic Pillar: Can German Lead in Europe Without Dominating?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Indianapolis Warburg Chapter\, Honorary Consul of Germany Sven Schumacher\, and Honorary Consul of France Martin Baier will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador James D. Bindenagel\, former U.S. Ambassador and Henry Kissinger for Governance and International Security at the University of Bonn.  \nThere will be a no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by February 25. \nProf. James D. Bindenagel was appointed Henry-Kissinger Professor at the University of Bonn and is founding director of the Center for International Security and Governance (created at the same time as the professorship) in October 2014. Bindenagel is considered a leading expert on transatlantic relations with a special focus on the German-U.S. relationship\, with which he is familiar from many years of personal practical experience. During his thirty years in the U.S. diplomatic service\, Professor Bindenagel worked both for the U.S. State Department in U.S. consulates and embassies in West Germany\, East Germany\, and the unified Germany. He was interim U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1996 to 1997.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/indianapolis-strengthening-the-european-transatlantic-pillar-can-german-lead-in-europe-without-dominating/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190304T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
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SUMMARY:Phoenix: Strengthening the European Transatlantic Pillar: Can Germany lead in Europe without Dominating?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Phoenix Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and dinner with Prof. James D. Bindenagel\, Former U.S. Ambassador and Henry Kissinger Professor for Governance and International Security\, University of Bonn. \nThere will be a $30 charge to attend this event. RSVP here by March 1. \nProf. James D. Bindenagel was appointed Henry-Kissinger Professor at the University of Bonn and is founding director of the Center for International Security and Governance (created at the same time as the professorship) in October 2014. Bindenagel is considered a leading expert on transatlantic relations with a special focus on the German-U.S. relationship\, with which he is familiar from many years of personal practical experience. During his thirty years in the U.S. diplomatic service\, Professor Bindenagel worked both for the U.S. State Department in U.S. consulates and embassies in West Germany\, East Germany\, and the unified Germany. He was interim U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1996 to 1997.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/phoenix-strengthening-the-european-transatlantic-pillar-can-germany-lead-in-europe-without-dominating/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190307T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190307T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190228T214121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190228T214121Z
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SUMMARY:Chicago: The Transatlantic Alliance: Opportunities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Warburg Chapter and the International House at the University of Chicago will host a discussion and luncheon with Alexander Kulitz\, Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \nThere is no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by March 6. \nPersons with disabilities who need assistance should contact the Office of Programs and External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or i-house-programs@uchicago.edu. \nAlexander Kulitz is a member of the German Bundestag in the Free Democratic Party (FDP) since 2017 and a lawyer since 2010. He is also a shareholder and member of the management of ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Go KG in Senden and is active as an external data protection officer. In the Bundestag\, he is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and deputy member of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs and the Subcommittee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy. After graduating from the Waldorf School Ulm\, Kulitz studied law in Augsburg\, Lyon\, and Tübingen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/chicago-the-transatlantic-alliance-opportunities-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190314T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190314T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190305T203410Z
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SUMMARY:Denver: Discussion and Dinner with Constanze Stelzenmüller
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Denver Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and dinner with Constanze Stelzenmüller\, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow\, Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings.  \nThere is a $20 charge for members and a $30 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP here by March 12. \n\n\n\n  \nConstanze Stelzenmüller\, an expert on German\, European\, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy\, is the inaugural Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings. Prior to working at Brookings\, she was a senior transatlantic fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)\, where she directed the influential Transatlantic Trends survey program. Her areas of expertise include: transatlantic relations; German foreign policy; NATO; the European Union’s foreign\, security\, and defense policy; international law; and human rights. Stelzenmüller is the former director of GMF’s Berlin office. From 1994 to 2005\, she was an editor for the political section of the German weekly DIE ZEIT\, where she had also served as defense and international security editor and covered human rights issues and humanitarian crises. From 1988 to 1989\, she was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School. She has also been a GMF campus fellow at Grinnell College in Iowa\, a Woodrow Wilson Center public policy scholar in Washington\, D.C.\, and a member of the Remarque Forum—a conference series of the Remarque Institute at New York University. Stelzenmüller’s essays and articles\, in both German and English\, have appeared in a wide range of publications\, including Foreign Affairs\, Internationale Politik\, the Financial Times\, the International New York Times and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Her dissertation\, “Direkte Demokratie in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika\,” was published in 1994 by Nomos. She is also a frequent commentator on American and European radio and television\, including Presseclub (ARD)\, National Public Radio\, and the BBC. Stelzenmüller is a governor of the Ditchley Foundation and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Society for War Sciences. She has worked in Germany and the United States\, and speaks English\, French\, German\, and Spanish. Stelzenmüller holds a doctorate in law from the University of Bonn (1992)\, a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1988)\, and a law degree from the University of Bonn (1985). \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/denver-discussion-and-dinner-with-constanze-stelzenmuller/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190325T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190305T203559Z
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SUMMARY:Dallas: Polarization and Accommodation: German Politics and the End of the Merkel Era
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Dallas Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Christian Martin\, Professor of European and Mediterranean Studies and Max Weber Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at New York University; Julianne Schäuble\, U.S. Correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel; and Dr. Steven E. Sokol\, President of the American Council on Germany. \nDr. Christian Martin is a professor of political science at the University of Kiel\, Germany. He currently holds the Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at New York University. Dr. Martin has studied political science at the University of Konstanz and holds a doctorate from there (2002). Dr. Martin was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz and at the Max-Planck-Institute in Jena (2003–2004). He was an assistant professor at the University of Hamburg (2004–2008) and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern University (2008–2011). Dr. Martin’s research interests focus on the political conditions and consequences of globalization and regional integration. He has published\, inter alia\, on the effects of globalization for electoral participation and on the incentive to adopt more proportional voting systems in a highly globalized environment. His current research project is on backlashes against globalization and EU integration\, including the electoral success of the far right AfD and the demise of social democracy \nJuliane Schäuble has been reporting for the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel from Washington\, D.C. since June 2018. Before her current position\, she most recently headed the political department\, where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than 10 years of experience in the business and political department. Ms. Schäuble has developed and continues to organize political conferences on a regular basis in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin and the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung. She earned her Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part time for the American Council of Young Political Leaders. In 2009 and 2010\, she was trained in the Media Manager Program of the publishing house Georg von Holtzbrinck. In 2006\, she was a Fellow of the Johanna Quandt Foundation for economic journalists. Ms. Schäuble has taken part in numerous leadership programs\, including the Manfred Wörner Seminar of the German Marshall Fund and the Armed Forces Office of the German Defense Ministry; Atlantik-Brücke’s German-American Young Leaders Conference; the Collaborative Leadership Program of Leadership Berlin – Netzwerk Verantwortung; and the Young Leaders Conference of the Council for the United States and Italy. \nDr. Steven E. Sokol became President of the American Council on Germany on May 1\, 2015. He served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh from July 2010 until April 2015. Prior to that\, he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany for nearly eight years. Dr. Sokol has more than 20 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in Europe and the United States – and has spent over a decade working at nonpartisan membership-based organizations focusing on a range of domestic and foreign policy issues. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \nWith thanks to ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius for supporting this event \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dallas-polarization-and-accommodation-german-politics-and-the-end-of-the-merkel-era/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190325T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190311T135956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190311T135956Z
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SUMMARY:Charlotte: American Exceptionalism: A German Perspective on 35 Years as an Entrepreneur in the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Riprand Graf Arco\, Founder and Chairman of American Asset Corporation.  \nThere will be a $30 charge for the first 50 registrations to attend. There will be a $40 charge beyond 50 registrations. RSVP here by March 22. Appetizers\, beer\, and wine will be served. \nRiprand Graf Arco was born in 1955 in Munich.  He graduated with a master’s degree in Civil Engineering and Architecture (Dipl. Ing.) from the Technische Universität München. His wife\, Maria Béatrice Gräfin Arco\, was born in Paris and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck\, Austria. Their hobbies include hunting\, fishing and skiing. In 1982\, Riprand Graf Arco entered the family business\, which includes farming\, timber farming\, breweries\, venture capital\, and commercial real estate.  In 1986\, he founded American Asset Corporation\, a full-service real estate investment\, development and management firm\, specializing in office parks\, dominant retail centers\, business parks and large planned unit developments in mid-size cities in the southeast United States.  The Company owns and manages a real estate portfolio exceeding 5.8 million square feet of property with planned development on land in inventory of over 7.2 million square feet\, Riprand and Maria Béatrice spend their time traveling back and forth between Munich and New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/charlotte-american-exceptionalism-a-german-perspective-on-35-years-as-an-entrepreneur-in-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190401T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190401T093000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190327T183746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T183746Z
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SUMMARY:Charlotte: The Reluctant Feminist: Angela Merkel and the Modernization of Gender Politics in Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Joyce Mushaben\, Professor of Global Studies and Curators’ Professor of Comparative Politics and Gender Policies University of Missouri – St. Louis. \nDr. Joyce M. Mushaben is a Curators’ Professor of Comparative Politics and former Director of the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies (2002-2005) at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Fluent in German\, her teaching centers on comparative public policy\, the European Union\, women’s leadership\, citizenship\, immigration\, mega-cities\, and sustainability issues. Her research covers new social movements\, youth protest\, German unification and identities\, gender\, ethnicity and welfare issues\, EU migration and integration studies. A past President of the German Studies Association\, she has also served on the Executive Boards of the International Association for the Study of German Politics and the German Studies Association\, as well as on selection committees for Fulbright\, the German Academic Exchange Service\, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She is a current Editorial Board member for German Politics & Society\, German Politics\, and Femina Politica. Having received a 1999 Trailblazer Award and the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research Creativity in 2007\, Dr. Mushaben is a three-time Alexander von Humboldt Fellow\, a former Ford Foundation Fellow\, German Marshall Fund grantee\, and DAAD recipient. She has held guest-scholar posts at the Academy for Social Sciences (GDR)\, the Center for Youth Research (GDR)\, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\, and the Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Research. She was named the first Research Associate in the BMW Center for German & European Studies at Georgetown University\, has enjoyed Visiting Professorships at the Ohio State University\, Berlin’s Humboldt University\, the Missouri-London Program\, and the Universities of Erfurt\, Stuttgart\, and Tübingen\, inter alia. Affiliated with the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and a designated Fulbright Specialist\, she is commonly known as “Dr. J.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/charlotte-the-reluctant-feminist-angela-merkel-and-the-modernization-of-gender-politics-in-germany/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190327T182608Z
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UID:10000200-1554314400-1554321600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Phoenix: The Reluctant Feminist: Angela Merkel and the Modernization of Gender Politics in Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Phoenix Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and dinner with Dr. Joyce Mushaben\, Professor of Global Studies and Curators’ Professor of Comparative Politics and Gender Policies at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. \nThere will be a $30 charge to attend. RSVP here by April 2. \nDr. Joyce M. Mushaben is a Curators’ Professor of Comparative Politics and former Director of the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies (2002-2005) at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Fluent in German\, her teaching centers on comparative public policy\, the European Union\, women’s leadership\, citizenship\, immigration\, mega-cities\, and sustainability issues. Her research covers new social movements\, youth protest\, German unification and identities\, gender\, ethnicity and welfare issues\, EU migration and integration studies. A past President of the German Studies Association\, she has also served on the Executive Boards of the International Association for the Study of German Politics and the German Studies Association\, as well as on selection committees for Fulbright\, the German Academic Exchange Service\, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She is a current Editorial Board member for German Politics & Society\, German Politics\, and Femina Politica. Having received a 1999 Trailblazer Award and the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research Creativity in 2007\, Dr. Mushaben is a three-time Alexander von Humboldt Fellow\, a former Ford Foundation Fellow\, German Marshall Fund grantee\, and DAAD recipient. She has held guest-scholar posts at the Academy for Social Sciences (GDR)\, the Center for Youth Research (GDR)\, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\, and the Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Research. She was named the first Research Associate in the BMW Center for German & European Studies at Georgetown University\, has enjoyed Visiting Professorships at the Ohio State University\, Berlin’s Humboldt University\, the Missouri-London Program\, and the Universities of Erfurt\, Stuttgart\, and Tübingen\, inter alia. Affiliated with the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and a designated Fulbright Specialist\, she is commonly known as “Dr. J.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/phoenix-the-reluctant-feminist-angela-merkel-and-the-modernization-of-gender-politics-in-germany/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190327T162203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T162203Z
UID:10000199-1554834600-1554841800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Atlanta: Contrasting Experiences: Jewish Immigrants from Germany in the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Atlanta Warburg Chapter\, the Leo Baeck Institute – New York\, and Emory University will host a special program on “Contrasting Experiences: Jewish Immigrants from Germany in the United States” with Professor Tobias Brinkmann\, Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University; Profressor Sam Cherribi\, Senior Lecturer at Emory University\, and Dr. William H. Weitzer\, Executive Director of the Leo Baeck Institute.  \nEmory University – White Hall Room 207\n301 Dowman Dr\, Atlanta\, GA 30307 \nTuesday\, April 9\, 2019 – 6:30pm Light refreshments to be served. \nTo RSVP click on the link below:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/deutschlandjahr-event-tickets-58451708634\nOr visit our website at www.lbi.org/events \nThis event is complimentary but registration is required by Friday\, April 5. \nThis event is part of the Year of German-American Friendship.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/atlanta-contrasting-experiences-jewish-immigrants-from-germany-in-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190410T181629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T181629Z
UID:10000330-1554984000-1554991200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Boston: Challenges 2030: How Will Europe and the U.S. Respond?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Boston Warburg Chapter and the World Affairs Council Boston will host discussion and luncheon with Ricklef Beutin\, Visiting Fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  \nAdmission is free\, but RSVP required at https://bit.ly/2TPEmhW \nRicklef Beutin\, prior to joining CSIS\, served as chief of staff to German Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. Between 2011 and 2015\, he served as chief of staff to several state secretaries of the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2015 to 2016\, Ricklef Beutin headed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) division and served as deputy head of the Task Force for the German OSCE Chairmanship in 2016. He holds an M.A. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a degree in law from the University of Bonn\, Germany. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/boston-challenges-2030-how-will-europe-and-the-u-s-respond/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190412T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190412T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190402T185033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190402T185033Z
UID:10000326-1555070400-1555077600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Transatlantic Relations in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with James Kirchick\, Journalist\, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Author of The End of Europe: Dictators\, Demagogues\, and the Coming Dark Age. \nThere is a $15 charge for members and a $20 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP here by April 10. Full-day parking validation will be available for $16. \nJames Kirchick (@jkirchick) is a Visiting Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe and Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. A widely published journalist\, he is author of The End of Europe: Dictators\, Demagogues\, and the Coming Dark Age (Yale\, 2017)\, a correspondent for The Daily Beast\, and a columnist for Tablet. Mr. Kirchick’s writing has appeared in The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, The Los Angeles Times\, Ha’aretz\, Newsweek\, Time\, Foreign Policy\, Foreign Affairs\, Slate\, and National Review\, among other publications. His writing appears regularly in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio. For more than three years\, Mr. Kirchick worked at The New Republic\, where he covered domestic politics\, lobbying\, intelligence\, and American foreign policy. Following The New Republic\, he moved to Prague to become writer-at-large for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty\, where he wrote about the politics and cultures of the 21 countries in RFE/RL’s broadcast region. Mr. Kirchick previously worked for The New York Sun\, the New York Daily News\, and The Hill. A leading voice on American gay politics and international gay rights\, he is a recipient of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year Award. Mr. Kirchick has been a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Berlin\, a Hoover Institution Media Fellow\, and a Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellow. Born and raised in Boston\, he is a graduate of the Roxbury Latin School and Yale College.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/los-angeles-transatlantic-relations-in-turbulent-times/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190430T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190430T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190416T134331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T134331Z
UID:10000333-1556625600-1556631000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Charlotte: The Future of Europe: A Hard Brexit\, EU Elections in May\, and More—Where is Europe Heading?”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and Carolina World Trade Association will host a discussion and luncheon with Helga Margarete Barth\, Head of Political Affairs at the German Embassy in Washington.  \nThere will be a $30 charge to attend. RSVP here by April 29. \nHelga Margarete Barth is Minister and Head of Political Affairs at the German Embassy in Washington DC. Prior to coming to Washington DC in August 2015\, she served as Head of the Middle Eastern and Asian Affairs Division\, on Chancellor Merkel’s foreign policy team (2010-2015). Her previous postings with the Federal Foreign Office include two years as the Ministry’s Research Coordinator on the Policy Planning Staff (2008-2010)\, a posting as Political Counselor in Ankara\, Turkey (2005-2008)\, and two years at the Division for Turkish Affairs (2003-2005). She has also served as Deputy Consul General in Guangzhou (Canton)\, China\, and as a political desk officer at the German Embassy in Tokyo. She first came to the United States to attend a summer program at the University of Delaware and later spent a year at Cornell University’s Asia Department. Ms. Barth holds a Master’s Degree in Chinese Studies (Sinology)\, Modern History\, and German Literature from Tubingen University\, Germany. She also attended the universities of Erlangen and Bonn as well as Shandong University at Jinan\, China (1983-1985).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/charlotte-the-future-of-europe-a-hard-brexit-eu-elections-in-may-and-more-where-is-europe-heading-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190430T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190430T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190417T210633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190417T210633Z
UID:10000336-1556625600-1556631000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Beyond the Tweets: Urgent Issues on the Transatlantic Agenda  (and why we should not focus on the drama in Washington)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Peter Beyer\, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office and Member of the German Bundestag (CDU). \nPeter Beyer serves as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009 and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 1996. Mr. Beyer is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs\, where he serves as Special Rapporteur on Transatlantic Relations. He is Executive Vice President of the Southeast Europe Association. Prior to his current roles\, he served as Managing Chairman of the Heiligenhaus town branch of the CDU and a member of the Heiligenhaus town council from 2008 to 2009. In addition\, he was an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Mettmann county branch of the CDU. Before joining the public sector\, he worked as an attorney specializing in industrial property law in the Cologne office of Mayer Brown LLP\, the Los Angeles office of Murchison & Cumming LLP\, and the Chicago office of Brinks\, Hofer\, Gilson & Lione LLP. Mr. Beyer completed his undergraduate studies at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bonn\, and received his Master in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/los-angeles-beyond-the-tweets-urgent-issues-on-the-transatlantic-agenda-and-why-we-should-not-focus-on-the-drama-in-washington/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190416T162122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T162122Z
UID:10000334-1556886600-1556893800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Chicago: Lessons from Weimar Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Warburg and the Leo Baeck Institute will host a special program with Herbert Quelle\, Consul General of Germany in Chicago; Professor Kerry Wallach\, Associated Professor at Gettysburg College; and Dr. William H. Weitzer\, Executive Director of the Leo Baeck Institute.  \nThe young Weimar Republic in Germany faced signifi cant challenges in the 1920’s and early 1930’s. While democracy in America has a much longer history\, there are lessons to be learned from both the similarities and diff erences between Weimar Germany and the United States today. After short pre-sentations about Jewish visibility and experiences during the Weimar Republic and in Nazi Germany\, especially the ominous events of 1938\, a panel will discuss what lessons might be drawn from the challenges to democratic institutions both then and now. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/deutschlandjahr-event-tickets-59332488069[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/chicago-lessons-from-weimar-germany/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190520T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190506T212744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T212744Z
UID:10000347-1558353600-1558360800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Pittsburgh: The Future of Europe: Brexit and the European Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Pittsburgh Warburg Chapter and the German American Chamber of Commerce in Pittsburgh will host a discussion and luncheon with Martin Klingst\, Senior Political Correspondent with DIE ZEIT.  \nThere will be a $15 charge to attend this event. RSVP here by May 17. \nMartin Klingst is a Senior Political Correspondent with DIE ZEIT in Berlin\, Germany. Before\, he served as his paper’s Bureau Chief in Washington DC (2007-2014) and as DIE ZEIT’s Senior Political Editor and Managing Editor of the political section in Hamburg (1998-2007). Mr. Klingst studied law in Freiburg\, Geneva and Hamburg and worked at the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Hamburg. There he also taught German Constitutional Law. In 2006\, he was a fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University\, where he lectured on the German reform process\, on the Transatlantic relations\, terrorism\, and Europe’s engagement in the Middle East. Before assuming his position with DIE ZEIT in 1996\, Mr. Klingst worked as a journalist for the North German Public Broadcasting Corporation NDR and the weekly paper Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt. He wrote on domestic topics as well as on international affairs. He covered the Balkan wars\, the Israel-Palestine conflict\, the transatlantic relationsship\, and\, since 2015\, the refugee crisis. In 2012 Mr. Klingst was honored with the George F. Kennan editorial award and in 2016 with the German Reporter Award. In September Reclam published his book “Menschenrechte” (human rights) and in September 2018 “Trumps Amerika. Reise in ein weißes Land” (“Trump’s America. A journey to a white man’s land”). The latter features eight Trump voters from very different walks of life.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/pittsburgh-the-future-of-europe-brexit-and-the-european-elections/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190521T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190521T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190503T195157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190503T195157Z
UID:10000339-1558440000-1558447200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Indianapolis: Europe\, Germany\, and the United States: What Does the Future Hold?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Indianapolis Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Ricklef Beutin\, Visiting Fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  \nThere will be no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by May 20. \nRicklef Beutin is a visiting fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS\, he served as chief of staff to German Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. Between 2011 and 2015\, he served as chief of staff to several state secretaries of the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2015 to 2016\, Ricklef Beutin headed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) division and served as deputy head of the Task Force for the German OSCE Chairmanship in 2016. Previous positions in the German Foreign Service include head of the division for Parliamentary and Cabinet Affairs and deputy spokesman of the German Permanent Representation to the European Union. From 2005 to 2007\, he worked as a foreign policy analyst in the European Commission’s policy planning division of the Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA). He holds an M.A. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a degree in law from the University of Bonn\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/indianapolis-europe-germany-and-the-united-states-what-does-the-future-hold/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190522T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190522T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190507T152256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T152256Z
UID:10000355-1558546200-1558553400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:St. Louis: Europe\, Germany\, and the United States:  What Does the Future Hold?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The St. Louis Warburg Chapter and the St. Louis World Affairs Council will host a discussion and reception with Ricklef Beutin\, Visiting Fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  \nThere will be a $15 charge for ACG and WAC St. Louis members and a $25 charge for nonmembers of either organization to attend this event. RSVP here by May 20. \n\n\n\n Ricklef Beutin is a visiting fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS\, he served as chief of staff to German Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. Between 2011 and 2015\, he served as chief of staff to several state secretaries of the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2015 to 2016\, Ricklef Beutin headed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) division and served as deputy head of the Task Force for the German OSCE Chairmanship in 2016. Previous positions in the German Foreign Service include head of the division for Parliamentary and Cabinet Affairs and deputy spokesman of the German Permanent Representation to the European Union. From 2005 to 2007\, he worked as a foreign policy analyst in the European Commission’s policy planning division of the Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA). He holds an M.A. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a degree in law from the University of Bonn\, Germany. \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/st-louis-europe-germany-and-the-united-states-what-does-the-future-hold/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190523T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190507T162444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T162444Z
UID:10000356-1558634400-1558641600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:San Francisco: Europe\, Germany\, and the United States: What Does the Future Hold?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The San Francisco Warburg Chapter and the German American Chambers of Commerce West will host a discussion and reception with Ricklef Beutin\, Visiting Fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  \nThere will be no charge for members of the ACG or GACC.\nThere will be a $15 charge for nonmembers to attend this event.\nRSVP here by May 20. \nRicklef Beutin is a visiting fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS\, he served as chief of staff to German Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. Between 2011 and 2015\, he served as chief of staff to several state secretaries of the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2015 to 2016\, Ricklef Beutin headed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) division and served as deputy head of the Task Force for the German OSCE Chairmanship in 2016. Previous positions in the German Foreign Service include head of the division for Parliamentary and Cabinet Affairs and deputy spokesman of the German Permanent Representation to the European Union. From 2005 to 2007\, he worked as a foreign policy analyst in the European Commission’s policy planning division of the Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA). He holds an M.A. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a degree in law from the University of Bonn\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/san-francisco-europe-germany-and-the-united-states-what-does-the-future-hold/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190524T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190524T090000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190506T180828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T180959Z
UID:10000344-1558683000-1558688400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Nashville: The Future of Europe: Brexit and the European Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Nashville Warburg Chapter will host a breakfast briefing with Martin Klingst\, Senior Political Correspondent with DIE ZEIT.  \nThere will be no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by May 22. There is paid parking in the building available at a cost of $12 for two hours. \nMartin Klingst is a Senior Political Correspondent with DIE ZEIT in Berlin\, Germany. Before\, he served as his paper’s Bureau Chief in Washington DC (2007-2014) and as DIE ZEIT’s Senior Political Editor and Managing Editor of the political section in Hamburg (1998-2007). Mr. Klingst studied law in Freiburg\, Geneva and Hamburg and worked at the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Hamburg. There he also taught German Constitutional Law. In 2006\, he was a fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University\, where he lectured on the German reform process\, on the Transatlantic relations\, terrorism\, and Europe’s engagement in the Middle East. Before assuming his position with DIE ZEIT in 1996\, Mr. Klingst worked as a journalist for the North German Public Broadcasting Corporation NDR and the weekly paper Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt. He wrote on domestic topics as well as on international affairs. He covered the Balkan wars\, the Israel-Palestine conflict\, the transatlantic relationsship\, and\, since 2015\, the refugee crisis. In 2012 Mr. Klingst was honored with the George F. Kennan editorial award and in 2016 with the German Reporter Award. In September Reclam published his book “Menschenrechte” (human rights) and in September 2018 “Trumps Amerika. Reise in ein weißes Land” (“Trump’s America. A journey to a white man’s land”). The latter features eight Trump voters from very different walks of life.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nashville-the-future-of-europe-brexit-and-the-european-elections/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190711T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190711T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190620T164821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190620T164821Z
UID:10000364-1562846400-1562853600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Chicago: The Future of Liberal Democracy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD). \n\n\n\nThere will be no charge for ACG members and a $15 charge for nonmembers to attend. \nRSVP at the member rate by calling 212-826-3636. RSVP at the nonmember rate here.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nMetin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002\, and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was licensed to practice law in 2000. He is a member of Atlantik-Brücke e.V.\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/chicago-the-future-of-liberal-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190723T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190723T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190711T155742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190711T155742Z
UID:10000372-1563903000-1563910200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Atlanta: The Rise of the German Right
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Atlanta Warburg Chapter\, the World Affairs Councils of America\, and the World Affairs Council of Atlanta will host a discussion and reception with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD).  \nThere is a $15 charge for members and a $25 charge for nonmembers to attend this event.\nMembers of the ACG should use the code “ACG2019” to receive discounted tickets. RSVP here. \nMetin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002\, and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was licensed to practice law in 2000. He is a member of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. \n\nThis discussion is being held under the auspices Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship\, which is funded by German Federal Foreign office\, implemented by the Goethe-Institut\, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/atlanta-the-rise-of-the-german-right/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190726T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190726T093000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182656
CREATED:20190712T133342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190712T133342Z
UID:10000377-1564128000-1564133400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Charlotte: Do Populist Movements Threaten  German Democracy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter will host a breakfast briefing with Metin Hakverdi\, Bundestag Member (SPD). \nThere will be no charge to attend. RSVP here by July 25. \nMetin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002\, and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \n Before being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was licensed to practice law in 2000. He is a member of Atlantik-Brücke e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/charlotte-do-populist-movements-threaten-german-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Transatlantic Politics: Why Flexitarianism is Essential for our Multilateral World Order
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke will host a breakfast briefing with Sigmar Gabriel\, Former Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister in his new role as Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke. \nSigmar Gabriel was Federal Minister for the Economy and Energy from 2013 to 2017 as well as Vice-Chancellor from 2013 to 2018 and served as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018. On June 26\, 2019\, he was elected Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke. Mr. Gabriel has been politically active since 1976. Born in Goslar\, he began his political career in the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and joined the SPD in 1977. Two years later\, Mr. Gabriel joined the ÖTV union\, and membership in IG Metall and Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO)\, a social welfare organization\, followed. Trained as a high school educator\, he assumed various responsibilities in adult education and became a member of Lower Saxony’s parliament over the course of the 1980s. During the subsequent decade\, among other positions\, he held the post of chair of the environmental committee of Lower Saxony’s parliament and was a member of the SPD executive committee. He served as prime minister of Lower Saxony from 1999 to 2003\, and he has been a directly elected member of Germany’s Bundestag since 2005\, taking over the post of Federal Minister for the Environmental that same year. Mr. Gabriel\, who represents the Salzgitter-Wolfenbüttel district\, occupied the position of SPD chairman from 2009 until 2017. \nValet parking is available at $12 per car. The dress code is business casual. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \nI am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet\, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus\, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis\, pulvinar dapibus leo. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/los-angeles-transatlantic-politics-why-flexitarianism-is-essential-for-our-multilateral-world-order/
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SUMMARY:Nashville: Why Europe Matters?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Nashville Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Ambassador John C. Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany. \nThere is a $40 charge to attend this event. Dinner included\, cash bar. \nAmbassado John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. assistant secretary of state for European affairs\, special envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, deputy U.S. ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nashville-why-europe-matters/
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SUMMARY:Boston: German and European Policy Toward Iran
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Boston Warburg Chapter and the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis University will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr\, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe.  \nThere is no charge to attend. RSVP here by September 6. \nDr. Cornelius Adebahr is a political analyst and consultant living in Berlin\, Germany. His work focuses on European foreign policy issues\, transatlantic relations\, and Iran. Since the end of 2000\, he has been the owner of Wirtschaft am Wasserturm – Political Consultancy\, Project Development\, and Training. In addition\, he is a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels and an associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)\, as well as a member of the Team Europe of the European Commission. He was a lecturer at Georgetown University (2015/16)\, at Tehran University (2012/13)\, and at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at Erfurt University (2005-2011). \nFrom 2009 to 2011\, he was a fellow of the New Leadership Foundation (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) in Berlin\, and in 2002/2003 of the Robert Bosch Foundation’s Post-Graduate Program in International Affairs. Dr. Adebahr studied Political Science (International Relations)\, Philosophy\, Public Law\, and International Economics in Tübingen\, Paris\, and at the Free University Berlin\, where he graduated in 2001 before receiving his PhD in 2008 with an analysis of the work of the EU Special Representatives. His analysis of the EU’s foreign policy towards Iran\, with a particular focus on the nuclear negotiations (2003-2015)\, appeared with Routledge in 2017.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/boston-german-and-european-policy-toward-iran/
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