2nd Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies / 
2. Limericker Konferenz fuer deutsch-irische Studien

Ireland and Germany
50 Years On

University of Limerick
2-4 September 1999

Centre for Irish-German Studies & Centre for European Studies at the
University of Limerick in co-operation with the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD)

THE CONFERENCE
On Easter Monday 1949 Ireland was officially declared a Republic. In
Germany, only weeks later, on 24 May, the Basic Law (Grundgesetz)
came into effect and established the Federal Republic of Germany.  On
7 October of the same year the German Democratic Republic was
founded.

The conference is to mark the semi-centenary of these events. Its
aim is to compare and contrast the respective experiences,
continuities and discontinuities in Ireland and Germany in a number
of crucial areas over the intervening 50 years. Lectures by leading
Irish and German experts will be followed by what will no doubt be
lively and stimulating audience-generated discussions.

* Constitutions
* Experiences of Division and Unification
* Germany, Ireland, and the European Union
* The Celtic Tiger - an Irish Wirtschaftswunder?
* Multiculturalism?
* The Role of Women in Comparative Perspective
* Recent Developments in 3rd Level Education
* Cultural and Academic Connections
* The Future of Irish-German Cultural Relations

LIST OF SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Werner ABELSHAUSER is Professor of Economic History at the
University of Bielefeld

Dr. Christian BODE is Secretary General of the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD)

Marion CASPERS-MERK is a Member of the German Bundestag and Chair of
the German-Irish Parliamentary Group of the Bundestag

John COAKLEY is Lecturer in Politics at University College Dublin

Dr. Patricia CONLAN is a former DAAD scholarship holder and Lecturer
in European Law at the University of Limerick

Mrs Justice Susan DENHAM is a Supreme Court judge

Dr Roger DOWNER is President of the University of Limerick

Dr Garret FITZGERALD TD is a former Taoiseach and Foreign Minister

Juergen GOTTSCHALK is President of the German-Irish Society in
Wuerzburg

Ina GRIEB is Vice President of the University of Oldenburg

Dr Miriam HEDERMAN-O'BRIEN is Chancellor of the University of
Limerick

His Excellency Prof. Dr. Hartmut HILLGENBERG is Ambassador of the
Federal Republic of Germany to Ireland

Prof Aine HYLAND is Professor of Education at University College
Cork

Dr. Josef LANGE is Secretary General of the Association of
Universities and other Higher Education Institutions in Germany
(Hochschulrektorenkonferenz - HRK)

Prof Carl LANKOWSKI is Director of the American Institute for
Contemporary German Studies, Washington, DC

Prof. Dr. Ursula MUELLER is Director of the Centre for
Interdisciplinary Women's Research at the University of Bielefeld

Prof Pat O'CONNOR is Professor of Sociology at the University of
Limerick

Cem OEZDEMIR is a Member of the German Bundestag

Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas OPPERMANN is emeritus Professor of
Constitutional, International and EU Law at the University of
Tuebingen

Dr. Emer O'SULLIVAN is Privatdozentin at the Institute for
Children's Literature Research of the University of Frankfurt am
Main

Prof Willie PATERSON, OBE is Director of the Institute for German
Studies, University of Birmingham

Prof Nicholas REES is Jean Monnet Professor and Head of the Dept. of
Government and Society at the University of Limerick

Prof Nigel REEVES, OBE is Pro-Vice Chancellor for external relations
of Aston University, Birmingham

Prof Hugh RIDLEY is Professor of German at University College Dublin
and Joint Chair of the Association of Third-Level Teachers of German
in Ireland

Prof. Dr. Dietmar ROESLER is Professor of German as a Foreign
Language at the University of Giessen

Sen. Brendan RYAN is a member of the Labour Party and a Seanad
member on the National University of Ireland panel

Reinhard SCHMIDT-SUPPRIAN is Director of the Goethe Institut, Dublin

Dr Richard SINNOTT is Lecturer in Politics and Director of the
Centre for European Economic and Public Affairs at University
College Dublin

Ailbhe SMYTH is Director of the Women's Education, Research and
Resource Centre (WERRC) at University College Dublin

Denis STAUNTON is correspondent of The Irish Times in Germany

Prof. Dr. Erich THIES is General Secretary of the German Conference
of Ministers of Culture and Education (KMK)

Prof Colin TOWNSEND is Dean of Humanities at the University of
Limerick

Prof. Dr. Wolf WAGNER is Prorektor and Professor of Social Science
at the Fachhochschule Erfurt

Dr. Arndt WIGGER is Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of
Wuppertal and Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of
Celtic Cultures at Koenigswinter

James WRYNN is Senior Lecturer in Business Policy at the Dublin
Institute of Technology.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dr Joachim FISCHER
Dr Gisela HOLFTER
Dr Marieke KRAJENBRINK
Dr Joachim LERCHENMUELLER
Prof Edward MOXON-BROWNE

For further details, and a conference booking form, contact:

Dr Gisela Holfter
Centre for Irish-German Studies
University of Limerick
Limerick
Ireland
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