Conferences & Events
- The PSA German Politics Specialist Group is pleased to announce:
Conflict and Consensus: German Politics and Society in Transition
The workshop will take place from September 12-14, 2008
Contributions are invited that examine different aspects of the current transitional and, at times, highly divisive phase of German politics and society.
Further details -
The German Studies Association are pleased to announce:
The 32nd Annual GSA Conference
The four-day conference will take place from October 2-5, 2008
Proposals are invited on any aspect of German, Austrian, or Swiss Studies.
Further Details
Recent Conferences:
DAAD Information Centre, 34 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB
May 27-28, 2008
Conference Programme
- "The Grand Coalition and Party Programmes: How have the SPD and CDU developed in the "Grosse Koalition" since 2005?"
Melanie Haas, Freie Universität Berlin - "Germany's Health Reform:
Strategic Success in the Shadow of Failure"
Nils Bandelow, University of Braunschweig - "Citizen Involvement and Local Politics in Germany: Nonpartisan Voters' Associations"
Helga A. Welsh, Wake Forest University - "Public Opinion and the Memory of German Suffering: Reponses in Germany and Poland"
Eric Langenbacher, Department of Government, Georgetown University
The IASGP was delighted to offer co-sponsorship to the recent conference assessing German Vulnerabilities in a Globalising World, which was hosted by the American think tank, the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) in Washington DC. This senior level conference brought together key academics and policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic for a two-day workshop on German Vulnerabilities.
- German Vulnerabilities in a Globalising World
Washington DC, March 2008
Conference Programme
Conference Photographs
Primary financial support for the event was provided by the National Intelligence Council and the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. Further details on this programme are available in the Spring 2008 Newsletter.

