Lectures and Talks

City Forum: “The Future of the cities”

At June, 16th a forum took place at the Stadthalle discussing “The Future of the cities”. Amongst the numerous questions concerning this matter were topics as migration and integration – introduced and discussed by well-known scientists in various workshops.

• Introducing lecture: City Forum
  Subject: “Future Perspectives of European cities”
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Häußermann, Humboldt University, Berlin
  Participants: 95

• Workshop I
  Subject: “The role of cities in education – Pisa and the cities”
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Klaus Meisel, Director of Management, Adult Education Centre, München
  Participants: 37

• Workshop II
  Subject: “Peace and justice – Fundamentals of hanseatic history”
  “The Hanseatic League’s handling with peace breakers and rebels”
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Vogtherr, University of Osnabrück
  “Legal relationships in the Hanseatic League and hanseatic cities”
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Horst Wernicke, University of Greifswald
  Participants: 43

• Workshop III
  Subject: “Migration and Integration in cities”
  “Dealing with Strangeness: Experiences, defiances, problems of development”
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Bade, Modern and recent history/IMIS/University of Osnabrück
  “Migration and cultural differences in communities: communal concepts put to test”
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Bommes, Sociology/IMIS/University of Osnabrück
  Participants: 43

• Workshop IV
  Subject: “European city, cultural centre, city for citizens - city in between. Perspectives of urban cultural development”
  Speaker: Dr. Albrecht Göschel, DIFU Berlin
  Participants: 55

Lecture: “International trade and transactions, today’s global business and outsourcing of production to the Asian markets and former Eastern European countries”
Speaker: Prof. Frank den Butter, Zwolle/NL
Lecture in preparation of the economic forum during the 27th Hansa Convention 2007 in Lippstadt
Participants: 50

Convention: From the Hansa to global trade – 25th International Discussion group for the History of Technology
Organisation and administration: Dr. Carl-Heinrich Bösling, Adult Education Centre (VHS)
Participants: 60

VHS-lecture: The Hanseatic League and its cities
Administration: Dr. Karsten Igel
Participants: 15

Public lecture: Hansa and Brick Gothic: Architecture and History
Speaker: Damian Kaufmann
Participants: 25