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Call for Applications: 2015 – 2016 Heidsieck Scholarship

The Arnold Heidsieck Scholarship Fund offers scholarships for study abroad in the United States. The program invites applications from BA-students in the humanities who are currently enrolled at a German university and have a focus on German literature, language, history and culture. Read more about the scholarship here. Deadline for applications: 20 March 2015 For further information please contact: ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin Read More

Three-Week Summer Course now open! “International IP Transactions”

Following a successful first IP Summer Program 2014, in July 2015, Bucerius Law School will host its second summer program, entitled “International IP Transactions”, organized jointly with UC Hastings, San Francisco. The program is unique because it combines high level theoretical instruction with practical application: a negotiation workshop of simulated licensing scenarios allows students to Read More

The Question of Trust in U.S. Relations with Germany and the European Union

On November 20, the American Friends of Bucerius (AFB) and the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, in cooperation with the Transatlantic Academy, sponsored a discussion on “The Question of Trust in U.S. Relations with Germany and the European Union” at the Washington headquarters of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). AFB President Nina Read More

State Accountability: Dealing with Neo-Nazi Extremism

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BUCERIUS & AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY TRANSATLANTIC GLOBAL AGENDA  Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler and Dr. Alexander Pyka: “State Accountability: Dealing with Neo-Nazi Extremism” October 31st, 2014, 12-2 pm, Alston + Bird LLP, New York, NY Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler and Dr. Alexander Pyka spoke on State Accountability: Dealing with Neo-Nazi Extremism as part of the Transatlantic Read More

Geopolitics of Energy: United States Energy Diplomacy and Security

On August 19, 2014, American Friends of Bucerius in partnership with the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations hosted a dinner event on International Energy Security at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. The event featured a discussion on international energy developments, energy diplomacy, and security. The lecturer, Acting Special Envoy Amos Hochstein, spoke on Read More

Press release: AFB President Joins Generation CEO

American Friends of Bucerius President Dr. Nina Smidt has joined as a new member of Generation CEO. Founded by Heiner Thorsborg in 2007, Generation CEO is dedicated to increasing the number of female managers in Germany. With over 150 women in senior leadership positions, the organization seeks to build a professional network and advocate for more equal representation in Read More

What does China’s Rise Mean for the West? European Perspectives

On October 1st, Stephen Szabo, Executive Director of the Transatlantic Academy Washington D.C., moderated a panel of distinguished speakers discussing the implications of China’s rise for the West. The Transatlantic Academy’s recent report Liberal Order in a Post-Western World focuses on how Europe and North America should adjust to an increasingly multipolar world of ideologically Read More

Decade of Disorder: A Humanitarian View

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BUCERIUS & AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY TRANSATLANTIC GLOBAL AGENDA The Rt. Hon. David Miliband: “Decade of Disorder: A Humanitarian View” November 3, 2014, 12-2 pm, Alston + Bird LLP, New York, NY David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, spoke on the humanitarian challenges in what he terms a “decade Read More

Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Opportunities

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BUCERIUS & AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY TRANSATLANTIC GLOBAL AGENDA  Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky: “Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Opportunities”  September 9th, 2014, 12-2 pm, Alston + Bird LLP, New York, NY  On September 9th, 2014, Ambassador Paula Dobriansky presented ‘Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Opportunities’ as part of the Transatlantic Global Agenda jointly hosted by Read More

Innovation in the Legal Sector

On October 15, 2014, American Friends of Bucerius and the German American Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession and the Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung, hosted an event as part of the “New Continuing Legal Education” discussion series, featuring Joseph Polizzotto, former Managing Director and General Counsel for the Americas, Deutsche Read More