During the summer of 2008, we are podcasting events from our archive. This lecture – “The Future of American-European Relations” by Kurt Biedenkopf – took place at the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on April 15, 2003. Biedenkopf’s expertise in transatlantic issues has made him one of the foremost analysts of German-American relations […]
This week, we continue our dig through our archive, bringing you a re-broadcast of another February 2003 lecture: “The Europe the New Deal Made: Current Tensions in Historical Perspective” by Columbia University Professor and IHS board member Ira Katznelson. The lecture is introduced by chairman of Boston University’s Department of Sociology John Stone. In his […]
During the summer of 2008, the EU for You podcast will feature events from our archive. Most of these events have been recorded by WBUR and links to the broadcasts can be found on our website. This summer we bring them to you in a more convenient format. This week’s podcast is a re-broadcast of […]
Today’s podcast features a December 2002 lecture by historian, author, and IHS Board member Timothy Garton Ash entitled “Could a United States of Europe Rival the United States of America.” Responding to Timothy Garton Ash is Michael Ignatieff, who was, at the time of this lecture, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy […]
The Institute for Human Sciences was founded in November 2001, in the immediate wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, during a time of growing tensions between the United States and Europe, with the goal of increasing understanding across the Atlantic. A year later, in November 2002, we launched a lecture series, on the […]