boletin 6 iee (ingles) - noviembre 2012

Boletín No. 6

Instituto de Estudios Europeos (IEE) Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia

English

The sixth issue of the newsletter of the Institute for European Studies (IEE) at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, provides information about the events of the past semester as well as the Institute’s upcoming projects. It is not only possible to read this newsletter in the classic format, we also offer the newsletter as ISSUU-Data.

Thank you very much for your interest in our work.

Dr. Florian Koch

Director of the Institute for European Studies

2 6º Boletín, Noviembre de 2012

The first book of the IEE was published in October 2012. The book “Desarrollo e integracíon. Reflexiones sobre Colombia y la Unión Europea” illustrates the different aspects of the complex relation between the European Union and Colombia. Authors from Latin-America and Europe discuss topics like the crisis of the European Union and the Andean Community of Nations, regional disparities in Colombia and the European Union, the foreign policy of the European Union, as well as the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union, Colombia and Peru. The book contains articles from Alexis de Greiff, Horacio Godoy, Roberto González, Silvana Insignares, Günter Mertins, Jan Marco Müller, Eduardo Pastrana, Jorge Quevedo, Gustavo Rodríguez, and Carlo Tassara.

The book was presented during the visit of Wolfgang Gairing, Director of the Department 416 for Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Peru of the DAAD at the Universidad del Norte on the 23rd of October 2012.


Another book with the topic Europe and Latin-America was also presented in October 2012: The edited volume „Diálogos y desafíos euro-latinoamericanos. Ensayos sobre cooperación, derecho, educación y comunicación” published by Elias Said Hung contains diverse contributions of the conference Catédra Europa 2011. The book is available as free-download on the webpages of the Universidad del Norte. Link: http://www.lalibreriadelau.com/lu/pageflip/uninorte-dialogos-desafios/flash.html


The week of the New German Movie at the Universidad del Norte which was organized in cooperation with Ramon Garcia-Ziemsen of the Department of Social Communication, and supported by the Goethe-Institute Bogotá attracted lots of interest. During the first week in October eight movies were presented, which transmitted new, modern, and quite controversial images of Germany and Europe. Special thanks go to Harold Vega Teran, who created the video-trailer for the single events. The video previews of the movies can be seen here: Youtube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/kinocinealeman Kino’s Promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rl9wnCaUc&feature=plcp 2th October –Topic: Migration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZneZbSs75Js&feature=channel&list=UL 3th October – Topic: German Reunification: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTAiPm9DE_s&feature=autoplay&list=ULZneZbSs75Js&playnext=1 4th October – Topic: Soccer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZCaeSi5bIE&feature=autoplay&list=ULbTAiPm9DE_s&playnext=2 5th October – Topic: a different view about Germany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkovHfZDCQE&feature=BFa&list=ULzZCaeSi5bIE


The IEE has a new web page. As part of the reorganization of the websites of the Universidad del Norte we also renewed the Institute’s pages. The purpose is to make our website more interactive and to integrate social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Also the address has changed - the new direction of the Institute’s webpage is: www.uninorte.edu.co/iee


In the week of the 18th - 22nd March 2013 the conference “Catédra Europa“ of the Universidad del Norte will take place. The Institute for European Studies organizes in this framework two panels. On March 19th the panel “La crisis y el futuro de la Unión Europea“ it will take place, in which we will discuss about the current situation of the European Union as well as the consequences of the crisis on Latin America. On March 20th the IEE will organize the panel “¿Cómo crear una ciudad competitiva? Experiencias de Europa y las Américas” it will tackle the issue of urban competitiveness, not only from an economical point of view but also from a social, political and ecological perspective. Further information and the program can be found soon on the webpage of the Institute: www.uninorte.edu.co/iee


Recently the ”Especialización en Estudios Europeos con énfasis en la Unión Europea” was approved by the Colombian Ministry of Education. The purpose is to offer a one-year-post graduate course in European Studies at the Universidad del Norte, in which particularly the functioning of the European Union and the EU-Latin American relations will be discussed. Further information: [email protected]

Ramon Garcia; Florian Koch (2012): Lateinamerika: Vorbild nein, Modell vielleicht. In: Dokumente/Documents 4/2012 Elysée 50 – international, P. 29-30 Florian Koch: Review of Edward Glaeser 2011: Triumph of the City. How Our Greatest Invention makes us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. Penguin Press New York. In: Planerin 4/12, P. 61

Instituto de Estudios Europeos Departamento Historia y Ciencias Sociales Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia Tel: (571)3509509 (Ext 4614) [email protected] Facebook: http://facebook.com/InstitutodeEstudiosEuropeosUninorte

Dr. Florian Koch

Profesor Estudios Europeos,

Coordinador IEE

Representante del DAAD en

Barranquilla

Tel: (571)3509509 (Ext 3421)

[email protected]
