Dear friends of the Regensburg IP,
the summer semester starts next week (not for me, I'm on sabbatical, haha), and I want to send you a selection of my comments on the Iran war and invitations to events in good time. First, the Iran war:
9.4. t-online: Analysing the situation after the ceasefire
7.4th: Tagesschau.24 on Trump ultimatums
https://www.tagesschau.de/video/video-1572642.html (external link, opens in a new window)
(in future the recording quality will improve, I have just discovered the HD button on Zoom ...)
5.3. on Swiss radio on the USA's lack of planning in Iran
And for the readers, I have attached my piece from the NZZ of 5 March on Iranian-American relations, which historically have not always been bad.
So, and now the invitations:
22.4th, 7-8pm, on Zoom: Focus on Security Policy, " Europe as a pawn of the great powers?" Prof Dr Stephan Bierling from the University of Regensburg in conversation with Dr Jana Puglierin, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. She has just published a book on the subject entitled "Who defends Europe?". A co-operation event with our esteemed partner, the Friedrich Naumann/Thomas Dehler Foundation.
Zoom link: https://freiheit-org.zoom.us/j/82865983965 (external link, opens in a new window)
24.4th, 20.30-22.00, Literaturhaus München, Prof. Dr Stephan Bierling in conversation with Wolfgang Kaleck about his new book: Die Stärke des Rechts vs. A plea for public international law and human rights
13.5, 14-16, Uni Regensburg, room DE 2.1.33, guest lecture by Prof. em. Dr Beverly Harris-Schenz (University of Pittsburgh): "Living While Black. My Experience with 'Everyday Racism'", moderated by Prof. Dr Stephan Bierling (please register at sekretariat.bierling@ur.de). Prof. Dr Harris-Schenz is a German language and literature scholar and is probably familiar to Regensburg students from various Zoom appearances at US election parties and election analyses. Now you can experience her in the flesh! She began her career in 1974 at the University of Pittsburgh; she also worked at Rice University and the University of Massachusetts. Harris-Schenz was the first black member of the teaching staff in her department at all three universities. She will report here on what that meant.
Best wishes for a hot summer from Stephan Bierling