U.S. and European Philanthropy after 1945. Historical Research and the Role of Foundations

Veranstalter

Freie Universität Berlin, Stiftung Mercator, Rockefeller Archive Center, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft und Indiana University

Veranstaltungsort

Freie University Berlin, Henry-Ford-Bau, Akademischer Senatssaal

Ort

Berlin

Land

Deutschland

Vom - Bis

14.02.2014 - 15.02.2014

Deadline

10.02.2014

Website

Von

Arnd Bauerkämper

Organized by Arnd Bauerkämper (FU), James Allen Smith (RAC) and Gregory R. Witkowski (IU), the conference will deal with the impact of American philanthropy on academic renewal and scientific philanthropy in Europe after 1945 in comparative perspective. The interaction between American philanthropic organizations like the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations and West German foundations like the Stifter-verband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft from the late 1950s onwards will receive par-ticular attention. Beyond investigations of the immediate and long-term impact of the transatlantic exchange, the presentations are to initiate and further a more continu-ous dialogue between researchers and practitioners as well as mediators of instru-mental philanthropy in Germany and the United States about mutually beneficial projects like the collection and storage of relevant documents as well as the es-tablishment of digital archives. More generally, the transatlantic dialogue between these groups about their respective aims and expectations is to be enhanced.

The contributions will present findings on and insights into the role and impact of U.S. foundations, especially as regards new methods, procedures, avenues and fields of research. Presentations will also deal with methodological issues and theoretical problems. In particular, speakers will discuss how the archival sources of American and German foundations should be stored, opened up and employed by researchers. Thus, the conference will not only investigate transatlantic academic relations after the Second World War, but also serve to bring German / European and American representatives of research institutions, foundations and archives together for a discussion of past practices and future directions.

Programm

Program

Venue
Freie Universität Berlin, Henry-Ford-Bau, Garystrasse 35, D-14195 Berlin / Germany

14 February 2014

Akademischer Senatssaal

10:00
Welcome
Peter-André Alt, President of the Freie Universität Berlin

10:15
Introduction
Arnd Bauerkämper (Freie Universität Berlin) / James Allen Smith (Rockefeller Archive Center) / Gregory R. Witkowski (Indiana University)

10:30
Opening Address
Helmut K. Anheier (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin):
Comparative perspectives from the US and Europe

13:00 – 15:00
Panel 1: U.S. Foundations and Academic Renewal in Post-War Europe: the Case of West Germany

Chair: Helke Rausch (University of Freiburg)

Arnd Bauerkämper (Freie Universität Berlin)
Academic Renewal at the Freie Universität Berlin and American Foundations

James Allen Smith (Rockefeller Archive Center)
Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford: From Post-War Reappraisals to the Gaither Report

Gregory R. Witkowski (Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University)
Foundations and Society: A Critical Reflection on the Role of Foundations in Constructing the Post-War World

15:30 – 18:00
Panel 2: U.S. Foundations and Institutional Change in Germany, Italy, France and Austria after 1945

Chair: Gregory Witkowski (Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University)

Omar Bortolazzi (University of Bologna, Philanthropy and Social Innovation Research Centre)
Frédéric Attal (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan)
Bernhard Lorentz (Stiftung Mercator)
David C. Hammack (Case Western Reserve University)
Ludovic Tournés (University of Geneva)

18:30
Bus Transfer

Projektzentrum Berlin der Stiftung Mercator, Neue Promenade 6, 10178 Berlin

19:30
Discussion: The State of German Philanthropy: Views from Foundation Leaders

Welcome

Chair: Jack Meyers (Rockefeller Archive Center)

Heinz-Rudi Spiegel (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft)
Steffen Bruendel (Stiftung für die Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Daniel Fallon (University of Maryland / Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Wolfgang Rohe (Stiftung Mercator)
Katja Hartmann (Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung)

15 February 2014

Freie Universität Berlin, Henry-Ford-Bau, Akademischer Senatssaal, Garystrasse 35, D-14195 Berlin / Germany

9:00 – 12:00
Panel 3: Changing the Landscape of Debate: Foundations and Education after Crises

Chair: Fréderic Attal (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan)

Helke Rausch (University of Freiburg)
Daniel Fallon (University of Maryland / Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Anne Kwaschik (Freie Universität Berlin)
Peter Weber (Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University)
Steven Heydemann (United States Institute of Peace)

13:30- 15:30
Panel 4: Archives and Documentation in the Age of E-mail

Chair: Omar Bortolazzi (University of Bologna)

Jack Meyers (Rockefeller Archive Center)
Heinz-Rudi Spiegel (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft)
Diana Leat (Carnegie UK Trust)
Peter Weber (Indiana University)

16:00-17:30
Final Roundtable Discussion: Creating Academic Institutes and Projects in the United States and in Europe

Chair: Arnd Bauerkämper (Freie Universität Berlin)

David C. Hammack (Case Western Reserve University)
Gregory R. Witkowski (Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University)
Rupert Strachwitz (Maecenata-Institut für Philanthropie und Zivilgesellschaft)
Volker Then (Universität Heidelberg, Centrum für soziale Investitionen und Innovationen)

Please register with Christian Bartke (E-mail: bartkech@zedat.fu-berlin.de).

Kontakt

Christian Bartke

Freie Universität Berlin

bartkech@zedat.fu-berlin.de

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U.S. and European Philanthropy after 1945. Historical Research and the Role of Foundations., In: H-Soz-Kult, 04.02.2014, <www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-73990>.

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