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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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%