WCGS

Ambassador’s Conference

Canada, Germany, Europe: Co-operation and

Partnership

Thursday, September 20, 2007, 4-9 p.m.

MacKirdy Hall, St. Paul’s College

190 Westmount Rd. N.

University of Waterloo

Free admission and parking

4:00 p.m.

Professor Veronica M. Kitchen
(Political Science, University of Waterloo)
Afghanistan and the future of NATO

4:45 p.m.

Professor James M. Skidmore
(Germanic & Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo)
The Crisis of Religion in Europe: Christianity, Judaism, Islam ... and Secularism?

5:45 p.m.

Professor Donald M. Bruce
(School of Languages and Literatures, University of Guelph)
France and Germany: The Impact of Globalization on Society and Culture

6:30 p.m.

 Dinner – available at St. Paul’s

7:45 p.m.

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
His Excellency Matthias Höpfner
Germany's 2007 Presidencies of the EU and the G8 - Impacts on Relations to Canada

All presentations followed by questions and discussion.

Reception to follow

Sponsored by the Departments of French Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, and Political Science