STRUCTURE / PROGRAM

Conference: The Unifying Aspects of Cultures

7 to 9 November 2003
Austria Center, Vienna, U1 Station Kaisermühlen/VIC
City Orientation

7 November 2003

Opening Plenary Session

9:00 to 12:30, Austria Center, Assembly Room ABC

Thomas Klestil (President of the Republic of Austria, Vienna): Welcoming Remarks

 

Greetings

Peter Horn (President of the INST, Pretoria): Language: a unifying element of cultures

Andreas Mailath-Pokorny (City Councilor for Culture and Science, Vienna): City Policy and Transnational Cultural Processes

Erhard Busek (EU Representative, Vienna): The history of the idea Europe - the cultural future of Europe

 

Virtual Participation

Samuel M. Rapoport (Berlin): The Experiences of Exile

Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Collateral Language

Umberto Eco (Universität Bologna): In the Darkness of Abcasia

Edward Said (in memoriam): Reflexions on Exile

 

Opening Talks

Katérina Stenou (UNESCO/Paris): The Universal Policies of UNESCO

Tschingis Aitmatow (Bishkek/Brüssel): The Silk Street

Anton Pelinka (Innsbruck): Democracy beyond the State. On Possibilities and Limitations of Transnational Democracy

Walter Schwimmer (General Secretary of the European Council, Strassburg): The Role of Culture in the European Council

Mercedes Echerer (Member of the European Parliament, Vienna/Strassburg/Brussels): Culture and European Expansion

Christa Prets (Member of the European Parliament, Eisenstadt/Strassburg/Brussels): The Preservation of Cultural Diversity - A Utopia?

Beate Winkler (EUMC): Policies for cultural diversity: Challenge for EU

Martin Bernal (New York): The blackening of Egypt and the formation of Classics

Arthur Mettinger (Vizerektor, Universität Wien): Universities and cultures: The European perspective

Milo Dor (Vienna): Letter to My Son

Doron Rabinovici (Vienna): Racism and Antiracism as Unifying Factors between Cultures

Peter Fisch (European Commission, Brussels): European Research Area

Patrice Fuchs (Österreichische Hochschülerschaft, Wien): The messengers of poverty

Herbert Arlt (Vienna): On the Theory of the Unifying Aspects of Cultures

 

 

7 November 2003

Parallel Sections

14:00 to 18:00, Austria Center

The detailed program is available since 27.10. October as PDF.

 

7 November 2003

 

Exhibition "Jura Soyfer and his time"
18:30, Austria Center

Opening: Ulf Birbaumer
Choir "Gegenstimmen"


(only for conference participants)



 

8 November 2003

Parallel Sections

9:00 to 18:00, Austria Center

The detailed program is available since 27.10. October as PDF.

 

8 November 2003

Integrationshaus/Remise (Concert: Mosa Sisic & the Modern Gipsies)
19:30
Engerthstr. 158-178, A-1020 Vienna (City Orientation)
http://www.integrationshaus.at/events/events.htm



 

9 November 2003

Reports of the Sections

9:00 to 18:00 Austria Center

This day will be devoted to providing an overview of the proceedings in the Sections - materials, ideas, processes, methods. The conference will be concluded with the passing of a memorandum.

 

9 November 2003

ORF RadioKulturhaus

With: Christiane Goller-Fischer, Wilhelm Pevny, Konrad Zobel, Peter Dusek

19:30

THE UNIFYING ASPECTS OF CULTURES

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WEBDESIGN: Peter R. Horn