Schedule:

Thursday, 2012-04-12

13.00 – 13.30 Snack
13.30 - 14.00
Welcome by Gerhard Sagerer,
Rector of Bielefeld University

Opening by Peter Weingart (Bielefeld)

14.00 – 15.00
Michael M. Crow (President of the Arizona State University):
The new university and its local and global challenges

Discussion

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break

15.30 – 18.00
Interdisciplinary structures in research and education

Sascha Spoun (President of Leuphana University Lüneburg)
Harm Hospers (Liberal Art and Sciences Program Maastricht)
Detlef Löhe (Vice Rector of Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)

Discussion

18.00 Dinner at ZiF
Welcome by Philippe Blanchard (ZiF Director)

20.00 Abendvortrag
Hermann Lübbe (University of Zurich):
Zeitdruck, Disziplinierungsschäden und Erfahrungsverluste.
Helmut Schelsky als Soziologe universitärer Forschung

Friday, 2012-04-13

9.00 – 9.45
Robert Frodeman (University of North Texas):
The modernity of interdisciplinarity

Discussion

9.45 – 10.00 Coffee Break
10.00 – 10.45
Jürgen Enders (University of Twente):
The European universities and their political legitimacy

Discussion

10.45 – 11.30
Uwe Schimank (University of Bremen):
Opportunities and obstacles of university reform

Discussion

11.30 – 12.15
Wolfgang Marquardt (Chair of the German Council of Science and Humanities Cologne): "Cross the border, close the gap!" - Reinventing the university as an interdisciplinary enterprise

Discussion

12.15 – 12.30
Peter Weingart: Conclusion

Snack / Departure