Thursday, 23 May

Theme: Social Trust, Recognition and Multicultural Citizenship
Venue: The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, Aarhus University

Bus transport from hotels to venue (see sign posting at your hotel)

Registration

Opening of conference, Per Kirkeby Auditorium
Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen (Rector, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Michael Böss (Director of MatchPoints Seminar, Aarhus University, Denmark) 

Robert D. Putnam (Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, USA): 
“Immigration and Social Capital”
Putnam’s inaugural lecture as Aarhus University’s Distinguished Visiting Professor 2013-14.

Will Kymlicka (Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen’s University, Canada):
“Are Models of Multicultural Citizenship Sustainable?”

Frederik Stjernfelt (Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark):
“Problems in Culturalism - On Tendencies to Over- and Underestimate Culture as a Political Factor”

Panel debate on Multicultural Citizenship, Social Capital and Recognition
Panelists: Robert D. Putnam (Professor, Harvard University, USA), Will Kymlicka (Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen's University, Canada), Antje Gimmler (Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark), John A. Hall (Professor, McGill University, Canada) and Frederik Stjernfelt (Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Chair: Flemming Rose (Foreign Editor, Jyllands-Posten)

A light supper for conference participants and book reception: Launch of the latest book in the MatchPoints series: Developing Democracies

Intermission

Part 2: “The New Values Debate”

Presentations (in Danish) by:

1) Klaus Frandsen (General Secretary of the Danish Social Liberal Party):
“What is alternative about the government’s politics of values?”

2) Christoffer Emil Bruun (Features Editor, Politiken):
”What are the new themes in Danish value politics?”

3) Kathrine Lilleør (Debater and Vicar, Slagslunde and Ganløse):
“Can society function without common values and cultural institutions?”

4) Thue Kjærhus (Folk High School Principal, Rønshoved Højskole):
“Do primary and secondary school systems still have a role to play in cultivating young people?”

Panel debate
Panelists:
Dennis Nørmark (Author and Anthropologist) 
Michael Jalving (Author and Historian) 
Niels Gunder Hansen (Professor)
Lene Andersen (Publisher and Author)
Mona Sheikh (Speaker and Author)
Lars Christiansen (PhD-student)
Gry Möger Poulsen (Debater and Project Manager)

Moderator: Erik Bjerager (Editor-in-chief, Kristeligt Dagblad)

Bus transport from venue to hotels

Friday, 24 May

Theme: Culture and Politics
Venue: The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, Aarhus University

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Uwe Wagschal (Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany): 
“Culture and Political Conflicts”

Georg Sørensen (Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark):
“Cultural Challenges to Liberal World Order”

Ronald Inglehart (Professor, University of Michigan, USA):
“The Impact of Human Security on Social Trust and Tolerance”

Margit Warburg (Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark):
"Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft or the Life and Death of Proselytising Organisations"

Ole Wæver (Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark):
“God, the Nation, and Anxiety: Global Power Politics of Identity”

Bus departure to Concert Hall Aarhus for participants who have registered for the evening events

Venue: Concert Hall Aarhus

Reception

Fareed Zakaria (CNN and Time Magazine): “The Culture and Politics of the New Economies: Our Concern?” 

Panel debate on Culture, Trade and Politics in a New World Order
Panelists: Fareed Zakaria (CNN and Time Magazine), Georg Sørensen (Professor, Aarhus University), Anne Knudsen (Editor-in-Chief, Weekendavisen), Flemming Rose (Foreign Editor, Jyllands-Posten) and Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (former Foreign Minister of Denmark).
Moderator: Poul Erik Skammelsen (Journalist, TV2 News).

Venue: ARoS Art Museum

Gala dinner

Saturday, 25 May

Theme: States, Economies and National Discourses
Venue: The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, Aarhus University

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Ove Kaj Pedersen (Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark):
“How Denmark became Denmark”

John A. Hall (Professor, McGill University, Canada):
“Nation-State Size, Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance in the OECD”

John Hutchinson (Professor, London School of Economics, United Kingdom):
“Cultural Diversity and the Resilience of Nations”