Formal Programme

 

 

Conference Day One (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)

 

Opening Ceremony :

 

Chair:          Yang Yang 

Director of the International Cooperation Bureau in CASS

 

9:30        Opening Address by CASS Vice President Chen Jiagui

 

9:45        Opening Address by Ambassador Dr.Volker Stanzel

 

Morning Session: EU-Model in State Transformation

Chair:         Prof. Dr. Beate Kohler-Koch  

MZES, University of Mannheim

 

10:00      Introduction to the Conference: EU–model in State Transformation, Governance and International Relations

Prof. Dr. Zhou Hong, Director of the Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

 

10:30             European State Building and EU Integration

                   Associate Prof. Dr. Elmar Rieger, University of Bremen

 

11:15       Discussions

 

11:30              What Futures for the European Welfare States?

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Mannheim

 

12:15       Discussions

 

12:30              Lunch at Shengshi Restaurant

 

Conference Day One (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)

Afternoon Session: EU Model in Governance

 

Chair:             Prof. Dr. Zhou Hong 

Director of the Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

14:00             What Can We Learn from EU Governance?

Prof. Dr. Beate Kohler-Koch, MZES, University of Mannheim

 

 

14:45       Redesigning Social Partnership through EU Governance

Dr. Yang Xiepu, Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

15:00             Discussions

 

15:15             Coffee break

 

Chair:       Prof. Ding Yifan

           Deputy Director of the Research Institute of World Development, Development Research of State Council P. R. China

 

15:30       How to Organize Democracy in Multi-level and Multi-cultural States: Can It Be Done? Should It Be Done?

Prof. Dr. Andreas Follesdal, University of Oslo

 

16:15             Deliberation or Bargaining? A Study on “Convention”

Zhao Chen, Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

16:30       Discussions

 

17:00             End of the First day Conference

 

18:00       Dinner at Yuxin Restaurant, West to CASS                            TEL: +86 10-65171012, +86 10-65180888

 

Conference Day Two (Wednesday, June 13, 2007)

Morning Session: The EU Model of Foreign PolicyⅠ

 

Chair:         Prof. Feng Zhongping

Director of the European Institute, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

 

9:30        EU Foreign Energy Policy

       Yang Guang

    Director of the Institute of the West Asian and African Studies, CASS

 

10:15      Discussions

 

10:30 The EU’s External Governance: Democracy Promotion in Europe and Beyond

Prof. Dr. Berthold Rittberger, University of Mannheim

 

11:15       Discussions

 

11:30             EU’s Behavior in ASEM as a Civilian Power

Associate Prof. Dr. Zhang Jun, Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

12:00             Discussions

 

12:15             Lunch at Shengshi Restaurant

 

Conference Day Two (Wednesday, June 13, 2007)

Afternoon Session: The EU Model of Foreign PolicyⅡ

 

Chair:         Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ebbinghaus    

University of Mannheim

 

14:00      EU International Crisis Management: Complicated Variables and the Follow-up Institutional Reforms

Prof. Wu Baiyi, Deputy Director of the Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

14:30     EU Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in the Balkans

Dr. Liu Zuokui, Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

14:45     Discussant:

Prof. Wang Xueyu, Director of the Center of European Studies, Shan Dong University

 

15:00     General Discussions

 

15:30             Coffee break

 

16:00             Panel Discussions: EU Model under Discussion

 

Chair:             Yang Rui   Host from CCTV 9

 

17:00             End of the Second Day Conference

 

Conference Day Three (Thursday, June 14, 2007),

Morning Session: European Identity and Political Culture

 

Chair:      Prof. Dr. A. Pena-Vega，Prof. Dr. Ma Shengli

 

Block I: The Conscience of the European Identity

 

9:30    Review of the Idea of Europe: A Historical Approach

 Associate Prof. Kuang Yang, Institute of European Studies, CASS 

 

9:50     Three Levels of the European Conscience

Prof .Dr. A. Pena-Vega , EHESS

 

10:10    Discussions

 

Block II : European Identity and European Citizenship

 

10:25    European Citizens are not Naturally Born

Prof. Dr. Ma Shengli, Institute of European Studies, CASS

 

10: 45    A Political Identity of the Europeans ?

Prof. Dr. Furio Cerutti : University of Florence

 

11:05    The Formation of European Identity : An Institutionalist Approach

         Fan Yongpeng, Institute of European Studies,CASS

 

11:25   Discussions

 

Block III :  National Identity and European Identity

11:40     The Europanization Discourse of National Identities

 Dr. Stefan Seidendorf, University of Mannheim

 

12:00    Identity Based Contestation in the EU

Prof. Dr. Tannelie Blom, Maastricht University

 

12:20     Discussions

 

12:30     Launch at Xinhaijinjiang Hotel