Thursday, 4th of June:

9.00 Arrival

9.30 Welcome Addresses

9.45 Keynote: Michael Kraetke, Europe - a Reluctant World Power

PANEL 1: Theoretical Starting Points: Globalisation/Conflict (Chair: Aristotle Kallis)

10.15 Roland Robertson, Europeanisation against Globalisation? The Problem of Europe's Others

10.45 Commentary (John Urry)

10.55 Discussion

11.15 TEA/COFFEE

11.45 Helmut Dubiel, Cultivated Conflicts: The Conflictive Integration of Transnational Democracies

12.15 Commentary (Sophie Krossa)

12.25 Discussion

1.00 LUNCH

PANEL 2: Society/European Society (Chair: John Strachan)

2.00 William Outhwaite, Half full or half empty? European Society and the European Public Sphere

2.30 Commentary (Robert Crawshaw)

2.40 Discussion

3.00 Christian Lahusen, Integration and Inclusion: Towards an European society?

3.30 Commentary (Mark Garnett)

3.40 Discussion

4.00 TEA/COFFEE

PANEL 3: Applying Concepts, Part 1 (Chair Nick Gill)

4.30 Richard Giulianotti, Mapping the Global Football Field: Europe, globalization, and political themes within the world game (co-authored with R. Robertson)

5.00 Commentary (Chris Grocott)

5.10 Discussion

7.00 DINNER

Friday, 5th of June:

PANEL 4: Applying Concepts, Part 2 (Chair Saskia Vermeylen)

9.00 Juergen Schraten, Insolvency Law as Global Strategy for Credit Driven Societies

9.30 Commentary (James Faulconbridge)

9.40 Discussion

10.00 Gesa Lindemann, The Local Development of a Universal Normative Institution: the LivingHuman Being/Human Rights

10.30 Commentary (Linda Woodhead)

10.40 Discussion

11.00 TEA/COFFEE

11.30 Israel Butler, The European Union and International Human Rights Law: Thief, Benefactor, Follower, Leader, Assailant and Guardian

12.30 Commentary (Angela Schwarz)

12.40 Discussion

1.00 LUNCH

2.00 MASTERCLASS