THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND EUROPEAN STUDIES FOUNDATION AND CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST
Programme
XV. INTERNATIONAL SUMMER UNIVERSITY
Diversity Management in Politics, Culture and Society
June 21 – July 2, 2010
Kőszeg, Hungary


Week 1: Diversity Management in Politics, Economics and Society

20th June, Sunday: Opening Ceremony
15:00 Registration
15:30 Welcome Speech by Béla Básthy (Vice-Mayor of Kőszeg),
15:45 Graduation Ceremony
16:00 Piano
16:15 Jody Jensen (ISES), prof. Ferenc Miszlivetz (director of ISES): Management and Innovation: 15 Years of International Summer University in Kőszeg
16:45 Coffee Break
17:00 Sustainability: Why Should We Bother?
Marec Béla Steffens (Siemens Co. Hungary, Chief Financial Officer)
prof. Sándor Kerekes (vice-rector, Corvinus University of Budapest)
Delfin Pllana (Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Kosovo Budapest)
Panel Discussion: Attila Pók (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), prof. David Coombes (University of Limerick), Mitja Zagar (University of Ljubljana)
18:30 Piano Concert (András Soskó, Györgyi Gráf)
19:00 Reception
21st June, Monday: Political and Social Aspects of Transition and Sustainability
10:00 Prof. Sándor Kerekes (vice-rector, Corvinus University of Budapest): Corporate Challenge for Sustainability
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Prof. Ferenc Miszlivetz (ISES, Corvinus University of Budapest): Reinterpreting 1989 – Challenges and Perspectives
András Tóth (ISES, Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Spanish and Hungarian Political Transition Compared
16:00 Workshop 1: Diversity Management
18.00 Dinner
22nd June, Tuesday: European History and Identity, Market Diversity
10:00 Prof. Attila Pók (ISES, Hungarian Academy of Sciences): European History and European Identity
Prof. David Coombes (ISES, University of Limerick): Diversity - the Guardian of Liberty: why Europe Should Speak with more than one Voice
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Linas Venclauskas (Vytautas Magnus University): Baltic region in the end of XIXth century till middle of XXth Formation of new identities and consciousness
Prof. Jarosław Kundera (University of Wrocław): Diversion in the European Single Market: case of polish catching up processes
Prof. Rudi Rizman (University of Ljubljana): Globalisation – The Power and Limits of New Paradigm
18:00 Dinner
23rd June, Wednesday: Comparative Government in Central Europe, Crossborder Networks in West Pannonia
10.00 István Magas (Corvinus University of Budapest): Benefits and Costs of Financial Globalization
13.00 Lunch
15:00 Workshop 2: The Future of State and Democracy in Europe
16:00 Sightseeing in Kőszeg
18:00 Dinner
24th June, Thursday: Legal Instruments
10.00 Mitja Zagar (University of Ljubljana): Legal and Political Regulation and Management of Diversity
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Delfin Pllana (Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Kosovo Budapest): Independence of Kosovo Two Years on, Challenges and Perspectives
Balázs Szent-Iványi (Corvinus University of Budapest): The European Union as a Global Actor
18:00 Dinner
25th June, Friday: New Minorities
10:00 Gábor Kardos (ISES, ELTE): The Minority Rights of the New Minorities
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Panel Debate: Jody Jensen, Gábor Kardos
Students Presentations
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Wine Tasting
26th June, Saturday:
Trip in Kőszeg and in the countryside
27th June, Sunday:
Trip to the Lake Balaton

Week 2: Cultural Diversity Management

28th June, Monday:
10.00 Prof. József Laszlovszky (Central European University): Cultural Diversity Management – Medieval and Modern Approaches in the Urban Landscape
Anngret Simms (University College Dublin): The Morphological Heritage of European Towns and the Historic Towns Atlas Project
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Prof. Peter Johanek (University of Münster): Towns and Residences – Past Glory and Present Question
Prof. Tor Fagerland (Trondheim University): From Monument to Environment – The development of Cultural Heritage Mangement in Norway 1850-2010
18:00 Dinner
29th June, Tuesday:
10.00 Katarzyna Jagodzinska (Cultural Center, Krakow): Museums of Contemporary Art in Central Europe – Museum Boom after 1989
Prof. Sarah Rees-Jones (University of York): The Role of History in the Management of Urban Cultural Heritage
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Prof. Karl Kumpfmüller (University of Graz): Basic Elements in Intercultural Communication
Prof. Antonio Panaino (University of Bologna): Ethnolinguistic Mission in Tajikistan
16.00 Workshop 3: Cultural Heritage Management Studies
18:00 Dinner
30th June, Wednesday:
10.00 Michal Czerny (Czech Centre, Prague-Budapest): Cultural Diplomacy - the Model of Czech Centres
James Skelly (University of Ulster): The Commodification of Cultural Heritage
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Dr. Tamás Fejérdy (National Office of Cultural Heritage of Hungary): World Heritage as the Laboratory for Cultural Preservation
16:00 Workshop 4: Culture as Metaphor for Social Construction
18:00 Dinner
1st July, Thursday:
10.00 Katalin Bogyay (UNESCO ambassador from Hungary): Music and Sustainable Development In the framework of UNESCO's International Year of Cultural Rapprochement
Graham Bell (North of England Civic Trust, Hungarian Renessaince Foundation): Legacy or Liability: the Value of Cultural Heritage in a Civil Society
Joze Vogrinc (University of Ljubljana): Cultural Forms of National Televisions across Europe: Diversity and Similarity
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Róbert Manchin (president of Academia Europa Nova): Diversity in Europe and Preserving Biodiversity
Prof. George Schöpflin (European Parliament, University of Bologna): Diversity in Europe: Multiple Perspectives
16.00 Students Presentations
18:00 Dinner
2nd July, Friday:
10.00 Siri Ellen Sletner (Norwegian Ambassador): Sustainable Development to Preserve Cultural Heritage
Mechtild Rössler – Chief of Europe and North America Section, UNESCO World Heritage Section
Christina von Fürstenberg (Chief of Section for Policy and International Cooperation, UNESCO Division of Social Sciences, Research and Policy): Social Transformations and Research-Policy Linkages
prof. Elemér Hankiss (Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Life Goals and Life Strategies in an Age of Uncertainty
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Students Presentations
Reflections, Panel Discussion, Conclusions with UNESCO ambassadors, Chair: Ferenc Miszlivetz, ISES
17:00 closing ceremony and reception
3rd July, Saturday:
Departures