IAPSS GA & AC 2007 – Week planning

Sunday, may 13^th: Arrival

The programme in short                                                                          

12:00-17:00     Arrival of participants and escort to hostel

17:30-19:30     Dinner @ DuLac

20:00-01:00     International welcome drinking party @ de Heffer

General information                                                                                 

After the arrival of all of you, we will have dinner at DuLac in de Jordaan quarter, where you can choose from several pastas. Afterwards, we will celebrate the first evening in “de Heffer”, with our international drinking party!

Monday, May 14^th: Opening & New notions of citizenship

The programme in short                                                                          

09:30-10:15     Opening speeches                    Roeterseiland

10:15-10:30     Short break                            

10:30-11:30     Opening lecture                       Roeterseiland

11:30-12:00     Short break

12:00-13:30     Lunch                                      Agora/Roeterseiland

13:30-17:00     Workshops.                            Roeterseiland

18:00-19:00     Dinner                                     Atrium/Binnengasthuis

20:00-22:00     Cruise / guided tour                 City centre

Opening Lecture : Globalizing citizenship                                      

The opening lecture will be given by Jos de Beus. He will speak about the failure of the liberal cosmopolitan goal to create transnational identities. After his lecture there will be time for questions and discussion

Workshops                                                                                              

Workshop 1:  Who is afraid of the women's movement?              By Gé Meulmeester

Can you still speak of a women's movement? How does this movement work nowadays? Is a women's movement still useful? How would your ideal women's movement look like? Share your opinion about these and other issues concerning the women's movement in a workshop with. Gé Meulmeester of the IIAV, the International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement that is situated in Amsterdam.

Workshop 2:  Social Forum                                                             By Peyman Jafari

The first World Social Forum (WSF) was held in 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil as an answer to the yearly World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss a just and sustainable globalisation. After the number of participants grew to more than 50,000 at the second WSF the decision was made to decentralise the process. and organise continental and national social forums that execute the WSF process. Peyman Jafari of the International Socialists will introduce the ideas and structure of organisation behind the Social Forums and discuss with you whether "a different world is possible".

Workshop 3:  Samuel Huntington & “The Clash of Civilizations” By Martijn van Tol

In his book "the clash of civilizations", published 1996, Samuel Huntington stated that conflicts in our age arise because of cultural differences between the big civilizations and that nation-states are becoming less and less important. Martijn van Tol of the University of Amsterdam will take a critical look at this thesis and discuss the solution Huntington suggested.

Workshop 4: Amnesty International                                              By Renate Barendregt

The international human rights movement will be represented by Amnesty International. The three hour workshop will cover the mission of Amnesty, a discussion about the universality of human rights and a discussion tribunal. If time allows, a case study will be provided as well.

Workshop 5:  Religion as identity source                                      by

Evening programme                                                                                

On your second night in Amsterdam we will provide you with a stunning boat cruise through the canals. You will be hosted by Ed van Thijn, a former Amsterdam mayor (for Labour). He will show you a variety of locations characterizing the city. The group will be split in two. While the first group is enjoying the one-hour boat tour, the other will get a guided tour through another area of the city centre. After an hour you will be back at the boat’s docking place, where the groups will change activities.

Tuesday, May 15^th: Migration

The programme in short                                                                          

11:30-13:00     Opening lecture                       Kriterion

13:00-14:00     Lunch                                      Agora/Roeterseiland

14:00-17:00     Excursions                               Various Locations

17:00-18:00     City Hall meeting                     City Hall, Waterlooplein

18:30-20:00     Dinner                                     Atrium/Binnengasthuis

Opening Lecture                                                                                      

The opening lecture of today will be given by dr. Jean Tillie, who is deputy director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES). As coordinator of the IMES research into networks of migrant organisations, political mobilisation and the institutional design of multicultural democracies, Tillie will speak about the way migrants shape new forms of citizenship, since they are part of more than one society. To introduce the excursions of the day, the lecture will highlight how receiving communities try to incorporate migrants and make them part of their society.

Excursions                                                                                              

Excursion 1:   Visit to Ibn Khaldoun                                               By Salih Turker

Ibn Kahldoun is a Moroccan mosque-organisation. You can expect a guided tour through the mosque, followed by a presentation about the organisation. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to speak to the representatives of the organisation about migrant participation. Please keep in mind not to dress too informal and that it is not allowed to wear shoes inside the mosque’s sacral rooms.

Excursion 2:   Visit to Amsterdam-West                                        By Fatima Zohra

This excursion will visit Amsterdam-West, where you will get presentations on several integration projects for the local community. ENIP (Dutch abb. For “And now something Positive”) will give an impression of its mission: tracking left-behind youngsters and giving them a job to prepare gathered materials for port to Morocco, to be handed out to the poor there. You will also have the opportunity to discuss with two former police agents, who have decided to quit their jobs and start supporting Moroccan youngsters who are prosecuted by the authorities. Lastly, the hugely popular local community leader for Labour Ahmed Marcouch will meet you.

Excursion 3:   Visit to SOMVAO                                                    By Ali Waare

SOMVAO is an organisation for Amsterdam’s Somali community. It is aimed at enforcing the participation of the community in local life. First, Waare will present his organisation and give an impression of the minority’s characteristics and its participation in the community. Then, there will be room for discussion.

Excursion 4:   Guided tour through “De Baarsjes”                       By Henk van Waveren

Excursion 5:   Guided tour through “De Baarsjes”                       By Wim de Graaf

These two local community leaders will lead you through one of the most multicultural parts of the city. The local chairman will first welcome you. The tour will include a visit to a local project called “Building citizenship”, a project for left-behind youngsters and  places in the neighbourhood.

Excursion 6:   Naturalisation Ceremony

A small group of 10 persons will be allowed to visit a naturalisation ceremony at the City Hall. The ceremony, which will begin at 14:30, is a new feature in The Netherlands. Last year the integration minister Rita Verdonk decided to start the ceremonies in order to enforce immigrants’ affiliation with their new home country. In the ceremony immigrants receive their new passports. Afterwards, there will be a possibility to speak the new-become Dutch.

City Hall meeting                                                                                     

After the workshops, we are all invited at Amsterdam’s city hall for a short gathering. Our host will be Marco de Goede, local counsellor for left-wing GroenLinks, who will address us  first. Afterwards, we will speak about the theme in a more informal way, as drinks will be provided!

Evening programme                                                                                

Tonight, you are free to go wherever you like. Check the next pages of this booklet to get an impression of Amsterdam’s hotspots!

Wednesday, may 16^th: The continuing importance of the nation state & General Assembly I

The programme in short                                                                          

09:00-12:00     Workshops                             Roeterseiland

12:00-13:00     Lunch                                      Agora/Roeterseiland

13:00-17:00     General Assembly Part I          Roeterseiland

17:30-18:30     Dinner                                     Atrium/Binnengasthuis

19:00-22:00     Movie: Sansa                           Oudemanhuispoort

Workshops                                                                                              

Workshop 1: Monarchy and the nation state                                By Coos Huijsen

The most practical workshop of the day will take the Netherlands as a case. Drs. Coos Huijsen, historian and former member of parliament for the Labour Party, has published on the need for national social cohesion in the Netherlands. Moreover, he is an expert in the Dutch monarchy and interviewed the Dutch Queen for his book “Beatrix : De kroon op de Republiek” (“Beatrix : The crown to the republic”). His workshop will be about Dutch social cohesion and will discuss the role of the national monarchy as a binding factor.

Workshop 2: The void of European identity                                  By Jeanette Mak

A second example is the two hour workshop that will be given by dr. Jeanette Mak. Dr. Mak graduated in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam and took a masters in European Studies in Brugge. Her PhD thesis (European University Institute, Florence) deals with the role of the European Commission and the national governments in achieving public acceptance of the euro, and explores whether the way they communicate ‘Europe’ has changed since the lack of legitimacy of the Community became apparent in the early 1990s. Her lecture will be about that lack of legitimacy the European Community is facing now. It will discuss the question why citizenship remains oriented toward the European nations instead of the European level.

Workshop 3:  The nation state revisited?                                      By Boris Slijper

UvA PhD Boris Slijper will teach a workshop about the suddenly recurring importance of the national level. After World War Two the meaning of the nation state became less and less defined in terms of ethnicity. Ideals of globalization and international cooperation became a dominant discourse. However, the last five years show the rise of nationalism. Political leaders like Tony Blair and Nicolas Sarkozy have made the importance of national identity an important aspect of their political framework. Slijper will try to find, together with you, the answer to the question how this new rise of nationalism should be characterized. Is it just a temporary backlash in a globalizing world, or is the nation state really being revisited?