Thursday, May 17, 2007
 

13:00

Arrival and Registration
 

14:00

Welcome and Introduction
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grabbe, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
 

14:20

Seminar Organization and Procedure
Anke Hildebrandt-Mirtschink, Carsten Hummel, ZUSAS
 

14:30

Dr. Dorothee Schneider, University of Illinois / University of Leipzig
"Training for Citizenship: Teaching of Immigrants about America and America about Immigrants"
 

16:00

Coffee
 

16:30

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grabbe, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg,
"Is the United States a Nation of Immigrants?"
 

18:00

Dinner
 

19:00

Film showing
"In America" (USA, 2002)
 

Friday, May 18, 2007
 

08:00

Breakfast
 

09:00

Workshops
I. Anke Hildebrandt-Mirtschink,
"Civil Religion"
II. Carsten Hummel,
"Diversity and Campaigning"
III. Kelly J. Whitmer,
"Minority Issues in American Education"
 

10:30

Coffee
 

11:00

Workshops continue
 

12:30

Lunch
 

13:30

Guided Tour through Wittenberg
 

15:00

Professor Mary O. Furner, University of California, Santa Barbara /
University of Frankfurt M.,
"Americans and the State: Statist Liberalism in the U.S. Political Tradition."
 

16:30

Coffee
 

17:00

Study Period/Consultations
 

19:00

Barbecue
 

Saturday, May 19, 2007
 

08:00

Breakfast
 

09:00

Professor Paul S. Rundquist, George Washington University /
Martin Luther University,
"The Formation of Public Opinion"
 

10:30

Coffee
 

11:00

Student Presentations / Discussion
 

13:00

Lunch
 

Departure