  | NEW YORK 400 / FULBRIGHT @ 60: TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE - Sept 12, 2010September 12, 2009Celebrating 400 years of Dutch-American friendship and the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in the Netherlands, the Fulbright Center and The Netherland-America Foundation convened a Transatlantic Dialogue focused on issues in education exchange between the U.S. and the Netherlands. To view a slideshow of the Transatlantic Dialogue, please click here. To view a web stream version of the Transatlantic Dialogue, please click here.
FINAL PROGRAM NEW YORK 400 / FULBRIGHT @ 60 New York City and Amsterdam A Project of: Opening Remarks: Ronald Plasterk, Minister of Education, Culture and Science Judith McHale, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (New York) THE ISSUES Through exploration of the themes below, the Dialogue will consider: What has life in another country and education within its system shown us about the country of our birth? How did we experience a fundamentally different way of doing things, and how did it change us? • Egalitarianism and Opportunity – Arguably these two words represent the guiding values of the Dutch and American educational systems. What crucial differences spring from these different values? In an increasingly competitive international environment, what are the advantages and disadvantages of such values? What can each system learn from the other? • Competition and Work-Life Balance – How do these principles affect the educational experience? Will the global economy push the Netherlands away from a culture that keeps long hours and competition at bay, and toward the rank-obsessed, 24/7 American model? Is that desirable? Is it necessary? • Internationalism and Multiculturalism – What can the United States learn from the Netherlands about embracing internationalism? What can the Netherlands learn from the United States about embracing multiculturalism? • Cross-Cultural Exchanges and the Fulbright Program – Do the cross-cultural exchanges we have now, particularly the Fulbright Program, have the impact we would like? Should they be changed in some way? Expanded? Better funded? Replaced? THE MODERATORS David Klatell [New York] is Chair of International Studies and Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University School of Journalism. He is a recognized expert on the development and management of journalism education and training programs and has advised universities and professional organizations in more than 20 nations across Europe, Africa and Asia. Professor Klatell was a professional broadcast journalist, winning awards as an editor and producer of news and documentary films. He has consulted on the development of television news organizations in Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and China. He also served as director of international station development for New York Times Television and Video News International. Marc Leijendekker [Amsterdam] is the European editor of NRC Handelsblad in Rotterdam. Mr. Leijendekker was born in The Hague and received his degree in political sciences from Leiden University. He then won a Fulbright scholarship to study journalism at Syracuse University in New York, where he received his master’s degree in 1980. Before assuming his current position, Mr. Liejendekker served for many years in Rome as the correspondent for NRC Handelsblad and NOS Journaal, part of the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation, and as the Editorial editor for NRC Handelsblad. THE PANELISTS/New York Buford Alexander, former Director, McKinsey & Co; former President, American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands Ennius Bergsma, Senior Managing Director, Brock Capital Group, LLC Michael Machczynski, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Yeshiva University; former student, Universiteit Leiden; NAF-Fulbright Alumnus Theodore Prudon, Prudon & Partners, Architects, New York; Professor of Preservation, Columbia University Eulani Labay Sargenti, Design Strategy Consultant; former student, Design Academy Eindhoven; NAF Study Loan recipient Roos Stallinga, Writer, Artist; former student Universiteit van Amsterdam and New York University; NAF-Fulbright Alumna Philip Ugelow, Center Director, Humanity in Action; former student, Brown University and Universiteit van Amsterdam; NAF-Fulbright Alumnus Mark Vlasic, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Law & Policy, Georgetown University; former student, Georgetown University and Universiteit Leiden; NAF-Fulbright Alumnus THE PANELISTS/Amsterdam Rosi Braidotti, Director of Centre for the Humanities, Universiteit Utrecht; Utrecht Universiteit Ambassador for North America; Fulbright Alumna Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Professor of International and European Law, Universiteit Leiden; Former Minister of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands, Fulbright Alumnus Suchi Pradyumm Joshi, PhD Candidate & Researcher, Amsterdam School of Communications Research, Universiteit van Amsterdam; NAF-Fulbright Alumna Johanna C. Kardux, Director of American Studies, Universiteit Leiden; Fulbright Alumna Daniel Simons, Legal Counsel, Campaigns and Action, Greenpeace International; former student, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Columbia University; NAF-Fulbright Alumnus Abram de Swaan, Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Social Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Fulbright Alumnus Sander Tordoir, Student, Amsterdam University College; former student, Denison University [Ohio, USA] This event was made possible with generous support from the |
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