Monday, June 16, 2014
10:00 p.m. Registration
11:00 p.m. Welcome Addresses
- Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Germany
- Göran Blomqvist, Director, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Sweden
Session I: Key Social Trends and the Humanities – The Current State of Research (Chair: Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Germany)
11:15 p.m.
- Arne Jarrick, University of Stockholm, Sweden: The Global Humanities Report
- Homi K. Bhabha, Mahindra Humanities Centre, Harvard University, USA: Cultural Dynamics and Global Humanities
Session II: What is Originality in the Humanities? (Chair: Jochen Schiewer, Vice Chancellor, University of Freiburg, Germany)
2:30 p.m.
- Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, USA
Session III: Re-Thinking Purpose and Quality of the Humanities (Chair: Göran Blomqvist, Director, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Sweden)
4:30 p.m.
- Dominic Scott, Professor in Ancient Greek Philosophy, University of Virginia, USA
- Olivier Bouin, Director, Réseau Français des Instituts d’Études Avancées
7:30 p.m. Keynote
- Irina Boková, Director General, UNESCO
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Session IV: Expert Culture and Comprehensibility for the General Public (Chair: Carsten Könneker, Editor-in-Chief, Spektrum der Wissenschaft (tbc))
09:00 a.m.
- Suwanna Satha-Anand, Professor of Philosophy, Chulalongkorn University, Bankok, Thailand
- Poul Holm, Trinity Long Room Hub Professor of Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
11:30 p.m.
- Roberto Blancarte, Centre for Sociological Studies, El Colegio de México, Mexico
- Barbara Göbel, Director, Ibero-American Institute, Germany
Session V: Summary and Debate: Which Way Ahead for the Humanities? (Chair: Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Germany)
2:00 p.m.
- Kerstin Sahlin, Secretary General for Humanities and Social Sciences, Swedish Council of Science and Humanities and Professor for Economics, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- Thandi Mgwebi, Executive Director, Institutional Engagement and Partnership Development, National Research Foundation, South Africa
- Anne Jerslev, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen
- Arne Jarrick
- Homi K. Bhabha
4:00 p.m. End of Conference