America: Still a European Power?

In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, US Secretary of State James Baker stated that the US “was and would remain a European power”. He guaranteed American commitment to the Atlantic institutions and not to seek refuge in isolationism. He stressed the care and attention that the US would give to transitional countries in Central and Eastern Europe, and restated his nation’s long support for European economic integration.

Friday, December 7
Sala dei Poeti - Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali, Università degli Studi di Bologna , Strada Maggiore 45

PROGRAMME

9:30 Welcome and Introduction

9:45 SESSION I
- From Atlanticism to Globalisation
Anne Marie Le Gloannec, Sciences Po, Paris, France
- Why and How the US and the EU Did/Didn't Come Out Of The Economic Crisis
Paolo Manasse, University of Bologna, Italy

11: 30 Coffee Break

- Rejection, Reception, “selective appropriation”, Resistances
Molly Nolan, New York University, U.S.

Discussant: Rob Kroes, Emeritus, University of Amsterdam, Netherland

12:30 Lunch Break
Sala Giardino d’Inverno, Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali (Ground Floor)

14:30 SESSION II

- The US in Europe after the crises of the Balkans
Luisa Chiodi, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso , Rovereto, Italy
- The role of America in the identity crises of Germany
Matthias Politycki, Commentator and Novelist, Hamburg, Germany

16:00 Coffee Break

- America and the public use of history in Italy
Maurizio Vaudagna, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy

Discussant: Tiziano Bonazzi, PAM, University of Bologna, Italy

Saturday, December 8
Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna, Via Belmeloro 11

PROGRAMME

9:30 SESSION III
- The Atlantic Alliance: relic or resource?
John Harper, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Bologna, Italy
- Atlantic trade in a world context
Michael G. Plummer, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Bologna, Italy

11:30 Coffee Break

- Such a Soft Power: American Fashion and France
Elodie Nowinski, Sciences Po, Paris, France
- The strange case of Britain: top-down americanization?
David W. Ellwood, University of Bologna and Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Bologna, Italy

12:30 Lunch Break
Giulio’s Bar (Ground Floor)

14:30 CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE
  America - Still a European Power?

- Rob Kroes, Emeritus, University of Amsterdam, Netherland
- Anne Marie Le Gloannec, Sciences Po, Paris, France
- Federico Romero, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy
- Marilyn Young, New York University, U.S.

Chair
Paul Flather, Europaeum Consortium, U.K.

INFO
Johns Hopkins University SAIS - Bologna Center
Via Belmeloro 11 - 40126 Bologna
telefono: +39 051 291 7811

Due to a limited number of seats, pre-registration is required by December 3: RSVP@JHUBC.IT