BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Berlin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:133@yaleclub.de DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250320T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250320T210000 DTSTAMP:20250214T093008Z URL:https://www.yaleclub.de/events/democracy-and-the-new-world-order-an-ev ening-with-michael-ignatieff-writer-historian-former-canadian-liberal-poli tician/ SUMMARY:Democracy and The New World Order / an evening with Michael Ignatie ff / Writer\, Historian\, Former Canadian Liberal Politician DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us in Munich for a Munich Dialogues on Democracy evening with\nMichael Ignatieff\nWriter\, Historian and Former Canadian Liberal P olitician\nThursday\, March 20th\, 2025\, 7pm CET\n\n\n\nThis talk will be both in-person and live online\nThe Theater at Amerikahaus\nKarolinenplat z 3\n80333 Munich​\n​\nAdmission is free. Please register via this reg istration form:\nhttps://eveeno.com/100940757\nOr follow the livestream\n \n\n\nWith the rules based international order in ruins in Ukraine and Gaz a\, and a President in the White House daily re-writing the norms of Ameri ca’s relationship with allies and with adversaries\, Europe has entered a world very different from the one we dreamed of in 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down.  \nCanadian historian\, analyst and former politician\, M ichael Ignatieff\, shares his analysis of the challenges and opportunities for Europe in this moment.\nMichael Ignatieff is a Canadian writer\, hist orian and former liberal politician.  Between 2006 and 2011\, Ignatieff s erved as an MP in the Parliament of Canada and then as Leader of the Liber al Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition. He is a member o f the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and holds thirteen honorary degre es.​ Between 2012 and 2015 he served as Centennial Chair at the Carneg ie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York.​ Between 2 014 and 2016 he was Edward R. Murrow Chair of the Press\, Politics and Pub lic Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.\n​Ignatieff was until recentl y the Rector and President of Central European University in Budapest. H e stepped down at the end of July 2021\, to stay as a Professor in the His tory Department. He currently teaches classes on Democratic Freedom and it s Enemies as well as Human Rights in History.​ He is the 2024 winner of the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his defense of hum an rights and analysis of political conflicts. In granting the award\, the jury said:\nMichael Ignatieff’s broad-ranging and varied career stands out for his defence of fundamental and universal human rights and values. Through his books\, articles and television programmes\, he has contribute d ideas for overcoming ethnic and religious differences and the search for common values within the context of globalization\, the clarification of the consequences of the technological revolution\, the analysis of moral c onflicts in the face of cultural relativism and opposition to violent nati onalisms\, among other topics.\nHis intense\, multifaceted professional ca reer\, which ranges from the study of history and philosophy to the practi ce of journalism and politics\, is characterized by the application of cri tical thought to the major political conflicts of our time. In his work\, the analysis of specific political problems is always carried out with a v iew to the exacting standards of democratic systems. The result is an orig inal mix of political realism\, humanism\, and liberal idealism\, in which concern for the values of freedom\, human rights\, tolerance\, and the sa feguarding of institutions comprises his fundamental concern.\nThis author ’s contribution constitutes an essential benchmark to guide us in these present times replete with armed conflicts\, political polarization and th reats to freedom.\n​He is the author of eighteen books on liberalism\, h uman rights and the history of ideas\, fiction and non-fiction\, screenpla ys\, reviews and essays – altogether translated into 20 languages. His m ost recent book is On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times.\nModerat or David Ehinger is a retired Canadian diplomat now living in Munich. He h olds degrees in History\, Law and International Relations from his studies in Canada\, the USA and the UK. In his Ottawa assignments he spent the ma jority of his time in the Legal Bureau of Canada’s foreign ministry\, no w known as Global Affairs Canada. He served abroad in Geneva\, Washington and Madrid in addition to spending 9 years of his career at the Canadian E mbassy in Berlin\, first as Economic Counsellor (2003-2007) and later as H ead of the Public Affairs programme (2012-2017).\nThis event is a cooperat ion with the Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft.​​ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.yaleclub.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 01/Dublindoor.1022-scaled.jpeg CATEGORIES:Munich,Munich Dialogues on Democracy,virtual LOCATION:Amerika Haus\, Karolinenplatz 3\, Munich\, 80333\, Germany X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Karolinenplatz 3\, Munich\, 80333\, Germany;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Amerika Haus:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR