American Studies Seminar
Organized by
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law Faculty
& the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki
With the support of the Thessaloniki Municipality

Transatlantic Relations:
A community of values and interests

December 8 & 9, 2008
Thessaloniki Municipal Library
29 Ethnikis Amynis Str.

Monday, December 8, 2008

16:30 - 17:00 Arrival of Students
17:00- 17:15 Welcoming Remarks
Costas Hadjiconstantinou, Chair of the Law Faculty
Hoyt B. Yee, Consul General of the United States of America

17:15 - 18:00 Lecture: “AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEYS OF ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS AND THEIR IMPACT ON EARLY AMERICAN THOUGHT”
Dimitrios Akrivoulis, Lecturer, Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia

18:00 – 18:30 Break

18:30 – 20:00 Panel: Mapping Law and Politics across the Atlantic
Moderator: Costas Hadjiconstantinou, Chair of the Law Faculty

Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“IMAGING SOME AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LAW: MARS, VENUS AND SPATIO-LEGAL FRAGMENTATION?”

Ioannis D. Stefanidis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“ANTI-AMERICANISM IN EUROPE SINCE 1945”

Konstantinos Hazakis, Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and Development, Democritus University of Thrace
“EU - U.S. CO-OPERATION IN G-8”

Discussion




Tuesday, December 9, 2008

13:30 – 14:00 Arrival of Students

14:00 – 15:00 Lecture: “GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: LESSONS LEARNT FROM TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS”
Benton Gup, Professor of Finance and Holder, Robert Hunt Cochrane/Alabama Bankers Chair, Economics, Finance & Legal Studies

15:00 - 15:30 Break

15:30 – 17:00 Panel: Building a Euro-American Homo Economicus
Moderator: Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Panagiotis Glavinis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“AN ALLEGEDLY UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO IS TO BLAME?”

Fotini Bellou, Lecturer, Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia
“EU-U.S. STRATEGIC COOPERATION IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE”

Iossif Ktenidis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“EU AND U.S. CONSTITUTIONALISM”

Sotiris Serbos, Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, Democritus University of Thrace
“EU ENLARGEMENT POLICY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: COMPETITION OR CONVERGENCE?”


Discussion – Questions/Answers

Concluding Remarks
Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki