Program

17.30 Welcome

  • Stefanie Gerstenberger & Erik Vollmann
  • Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter, International Politics TUD for the Institute and the Center for International Studies (confirmed)
  • Prof. Dr. Christian Prunitsch, Speaker of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at TUD (confirmed)
  • Prof. Dr. Roswitha Böhm, Vice-Rector University Culture at TUD for the University Executive Board (confirmed)
  • Dave Panetti, Consul for Public Affairs, U.S. General Consulate Leipzig (confirmed)

18:00 Significance of transatlantic relations for the Free State of Saxony

  • Conrad Clemens, Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Media, Head of the State Chancellery (confirmed)

18:30 Interdisciplinary lectures on the presidential election

  • Prof. Dr. Sven Engesser (TUD, Communication Science): Key aspects of communication in the US presidential election campaign (confirmed)
  • Dr. Manès Weisskircher (TUD, Political Science): The conflict over climate policy in the US election campaign (confirmed)
  • Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann (TUD, Business Administration and Economics) The economic ties between Germany and the United States of America (confirmed)

20.00 Interdisciplinary workshops

  • Culture and Media: Freedom, Politicization, Polarization? (in English) Dr. Karol Szulc (Uniwersytet Wrocławski), Zadekia Krondorfer (TU Dresden) and Michael Louis Moser (TUD, English Studies, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development)
  • Democracy in the USA, the EU, Eastern Europe and East Germany: Prof. Dr. Lukáš Novotný (Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem), Friedrich W. Opitz (Leipzig University) and Ivan Bakalov (TU Dresden)
  • Economics and Security: PD Dr. Antje Nötzold (TUD), Dr. Jochen Kleinschmidt (TUD, Chair of International Politics), Junior Professor Dr. Valentin Lindlacher (TUD, Chair of Economics, esp. International Economic Relations)

21.30 Panel discussion on the implications of the US presidential election

Participants:

  • IHK Dresden, Foreign Trade (inquired)
  • Laura Stellbrink, Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD in the Saxon State Parliament State Parliament (confirmed)
  • Scientists of the TUD (confirmed)
    • Prof. Dr. Elvira Rosert
    • Dr. Jochen Kleinschmidt
  • Moderation: Stefanie Gerstenberger (TUD) and Erik Vollmann (TUD)

from 23.00 broadcast of the election night, live commentary

  • Live broadcast to the USA with Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer (TUD) and alumni of the IB Association at the TU

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