Program
3PROGRAM UPDATE: 10/7/2012
EL SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2012
17-22 July, Portaria / Magnisia / Greece
Tuesday, 17 July
Feminist gender day (organized by the EL-FEM Network)
Thematic axis: CARE-WORK AND CARE-ECONOMY AS THE HEART OF A HUMAN SOCIETY AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
16.00-18.00
Opening plenary
Welcome message
Introduction to Care-Economy
– Christa Wichterich (Journalist, sociologist, feminist activist, Germany)
Critique of the Significance and Conditions of Care-Work in Neoliberal Capitalism
– Rosa Lund, (MP of Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
– Maria Karamessini (Professor, Panteion University, Greece)
How Caring for My Mother Changed My Life
– Bärbel Danneberg (Author, Communist Party of Austria, Austria)
18.30-20.30
2 workshops
1) Commons and Care-Work
– Christa Wichterich (Journalist, sociologist, feminist activist, Germany)
– Rosa Lund (MP of Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
2) Perspectives of Paid and Unpaid Female Labour
– Bärbel Lange (Women’s representative of female teacher and nurseries, Die Linke, Germany)
– Gisela Notz (Female scientist, Germany)
Wednesday, 18 July
9.00- 11.00
Seminar: Basic Income, Citizenship, Self-Determination Income
– Moderator: Imma Barbarossa (Italy)
– Eleonora Forenza (Rifondazione Comunista, Italy)
– Gunna Starck (Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
– Despoina Saggana (Synaspismos, Greece)
– Susanne Empacher (Communist Party of Austria, Austria)
11.00 -13.00
Final plenary: Feminist Contributions to the Social and Ecological Transformation to the Social and Ecological Transformation of Society
Reports from the workshops
– Rosa Lund or Maria Karamesini (tbc)
– Christiane Reymann (Journalist, Die Linke, Germany)
13.00-15.00
Lunch
17.00-18.00
OPENING OF THE EL SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2012 – Welcome messages
18.00-21.00
1st Thematic Axis: BUILDING SOLIDARITY DURING THE CRISIS – TOWARDS A NEW SOCIETY
Plenary
– 2 Theoretical Presentations
– Moderation/Introduction: Panagiotis Pantos (Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Greece)
– Francine Mestrum (Global Social Justice, transform! working group, Belgium)
– Petros Linardos Rylmon (Labour Institute of the Greek General Confederation of Workers INE/GSEE, Greece)
6 Presentations
– Nikitas Kanakis (Chairman of the Greek Branch of Doctors of the World, Greece)
– Apostolis Lazarou (Network for exchange and solidarity of Magnisia, Greece)
– Ilias Ziogas (Member of SYN.ALLOIS cooperative, Greece)
– Francesco Piobbichi (Brigate di Solidarieta Attiva, Italy)
– Rafa Mayoral (Plataforma Afectados por las Hipotecas, Spain)
– Maria Liapi (European Anti-Poverty Network, Greece)
21.00
Dinner
Thursday, 19 July
2nd Thematic Axis: AGAINST AUTHORITARIAN CAPITALISM.
FOR A DEMOCRATIC, SOCIAL, PEACEFUL, ECOLOGICAL AND FEMINIST EUROPE
10:00-13:00
4 Seminars
1) Is Feminism out of Fashion or Do We Still Need it?
– Moderation/Introduction: Judit Morva (Monde Diplomatique, Hungary)
– Gitte Pedersen (Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
– Giovanna Capelli (Member of the EL ExB, Rifondazione Comunista, Italy)
– Clara Alonso (Communist Party of Spain, Spain)
– Birge Krondorfer (transform!at, Austria)
2) Making Democracy Real
– Moderation/Introduction: Elias Chronopoulos (Member of the Secretariat of the Youth of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Tasia Hristodoulopoulou (Member of the Secretariat of SYRIZA, Greece)
– Alessio Ciacci (Associazione Ambiente e Partecipazione Comune Capannori, Italy)
– Peter Fleissner (President of transform!at, Austria)
– Silja Bara Omarsdottir (Adjunct lecturer, University of Iceland, Iceland)
3) Overcoming Ecological Crisis: Radical Proposals for an Alternative Development
– Moderation/Introduction: Haris Konstantatos (Working Group of SYRIZA for the Environment, Greece)
– Corinne Morel Darleux ( National Secretary for Ecology of Parti de Gauche, France)
– Michael Löwy (Sociologist, Emeritus research director, French National Center of Scientific Research, France)
– Marisa Matias (Vice-President of the EL, MEP of Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal)
4) The Ideological Struggle about History. Oppossing Historical Revisionism
– Moderation/Introduction: Stavros Panagiotidis (Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Greece)
– Prokopis Papastratis (Professor emeritus, Panteion University, Greece)
– Inna Shupak (Secretary of the Union of Communist Youth of Moldova, MP of PCRM, Moldova)
– Ilona Svihlikova (Political Economist, Czech Republic)
13.00-15.00
Lunch
15.00-17.30
4 Seminars
1) Young People During the Crisis: Precarity and Collective Action
– Moderation/Introduction: Dimitris Karamanis (Member of the ENDYL Board, Member of the Secretariat of the Youth of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Michel Vakaloulis (Professor, University Paris VIII, France/Greece)
– Rosa Lund (MP of the Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
– Marina Albiol (Local MP of Izquierda Unida in Valencia, Spain)
– Adriano Campos (Precarios Inflexiveis, Portugal)
2) Immigrants: Solidarity, Collective Action and Common Class Struggle
– Moderation/Introduction: Tasia Hristodoulopoulou (Member of the Secretariat of SYRIZA, Greece)
– Yiannis Albanis (Network of Social Support for Refugees and Immigrants, Greece)
– Annette Groth (MP of Die Linke, Germany)
– Juan Gonzalez Vidriales (European Secretary of Sao Paolo Forum, PCU, Uruguay)
– Raymond Chauveaua (Sans papiers, France)
3) Culture and Crisis
– Moderation/Introduction: Olga Athaniti (Actress, Member of the EL ExB, AKOA, Greece)
– Jose Soeiro (Sociologist, “Theatre of the Oppressed”, Portugal)
– Juha Pekka Vaisanen (Conceptual artist, General Secretary of the Finnish Communist Party, Finland)
– Eva Brenner (Experimental Theatre, Austria)
4) The Rise of the Nationalist, Authoritarian and Racist Right in Europe. Which Challenges for the Left?
– Moderation/Introduction: Walter Baier (Coordinator of transform!Europe, Austria)
– Dimitris Christopoulos (Political Scientist, Greece)
– Jan Kavan (Former Foreign Minister, Czech Republic)
– Eleni Varika (Professor, University Paris VII, France/Greece)
17.30-18.00
Coffee Break
18.00-21.00
Plenary: Crisis, Neoliberal Domination and Post-Democracy
– Moderation/Introduction: Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos (Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Greece)
– Βob Jessop (Distinguished Professor, University of Lancaster, UK)
– Marisa Matias (Vice-President of the EL, MEP of Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal)
– Konstantinos Tsoukalas (Professor emeritus, University of Athens, Greece)
– Gaby Michalitsch (Economist, Political scientist, Austria)
21.00
Dinner
Friday, 20 July
3rd Thematic Axis: THE FUTURE OF EUROPE – EUROPE AND THE WORLD
10.00-13.00
Plenary: The crisis in Europe as a Part of the Global Crisis
– Moderation/Introduction: Costas Isychos (Member of the Political Secretariat of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Valter Pomar (Sao Paolo Forum, PT, Brazil)
– Maite Mola (Vice-President of the EL, PCE, Spain)
– Rena Dourou (MP of SYRIZA, Greece)
– Fabio Amato (Member of the Secretariat of the EL, International Affairs responsible of Rifondazione Comunista, Italy)
13.00-15.00
Lunch
15.00-17.30
4 Seminars
1) North Vs South / West Vs East: Deconstructing stereotypes
– Moderation/Introduction: Nassos Iliopoulos (Secretary of the Youth of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Laura Tuominen (Left Alliance, Finland)
– Petja Dimitrova (Association of Fine Arts, Bulgaria /Austria)
– Wolfgang Gehrcke (MP of Die Linke, Germany)
2) European Crisis and the Evolution of a new Political Landscape
– Moderation/Introduction: Barbara Steiner (transform!Europe, Austria)
– Raffaella Bolini (ARCI, Italy)
– Haris Golemis (Director of the Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Greece)
– Elisabeth Gauthier (Espaces Marx, France)
3) Is the Eurozone Sustainable?
– Moderation/Introduction:Elena Papadopoulou (Economist, Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Greece)
– Euclid Tsakalotos (Professor, University of Athens, MP of SYRIZA, Greece)
– Birgit Mahnkopf (Professor, Berlin School of Economics & Law, Germany)
– Mariana Mortagua (Economist, Member of the National Commission of Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal)
4) Beyond Capitalism (I): Changing our countries, Europe and the World
– Moderation/Introduction: tbc
– Guido Liguori (Head of International Gramsci Society, University of Calabria, Italy)
– Costas Douzinas (Professor, Birkbeck University of London, UK/Greece)
– Marga Ferre (Member of the Secretariat for the Program of Izquierda Unida, Spain)
– Christiane Reymann (Journalist, EL-FEM, Die Linke, Germany)
17.30-18.00
Coffee Break
18.00-21.00
4 Seminars
1) The Geopolitical Effects of the Crisis
– Moderation/Introduction: tbc
– Claudia Haydt (Member of the EL ExB, Die Linke, Germany)
– Erhard Crome (RLS, Germany)
– Valter Pomar (Sao Paolo Forum, PT, Brazil)
– Vivi Kefala (Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece)
2) EU: Integration or Disintegration?
– Moderation/Introduction: Walter Baier (Coordinator of transform! Europe, Austria)
– Inger Johanssen (Member of the EL Secretariat, transform! Denmark, Denmark)
– Margarita Mileva (Member of the EL Secretariat, Co-President of the Bulgarian Left, Bulgaria)
– Theodoros Paraskevopoulos (Economist, Greece)
3) Beyond Capitalism (II): Changing our Countries, Europe and the World
– Moderation/Introduction: Catherine Samary (Professor, University of Dauphine, France)
– Yiannis Milios (Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Member of the Political Secretariat of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Joana Mortagua (Member of the National Commission of Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal)
– Marina Albiol (Local MP of Izquierda Unida in Valencia, Spain)
4) A million signatures for a European public bank
– Moderation/Introduction:Jean François Gau (Responsible for the EL Citizens’ Initiative, France)
– Pierre Laurent (President of the EL, National Secretary of PCF, France)
– Judit Morva (Monde Diplomatique, Hungary)
– Stelios Pappas (Member of the Central Political Committee of Synaspismos, Greece)
21.00
Dinner
Saturday, 21 July
4th thematic axis: “UNITED WE STAND”: COOPERATION AMONG PARTIES, TRADE-UNIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ON A NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL
10.00-13.00
Plenary
– Moderation/Introduction: Natassa Theodorakopoulou (Synaspismos, Greece)
– Pierre Laurent (President of the EL, National Secretary of PCF, France)
– Alexis Tsipras (Vice-President of the EL, President of Synaspismos, President of the Parliamentary Group of SYRIZA, Greece)
– Aurélie Trouvé (Co-President of ATTAC France)
– Alessandra Mecozzi (International Secretary of FIOM, Italy)
– Elisabeth Gauthier (transform! Europe, France)
– Felipe Van Keirsbilck (CSC Union, Belgium)
– Giesela Notz (EL FEM, Germany)
13.00-15.00
Lunch
15.00-18.00
3 Seminars
1) The Crisis of Democracy and the Rise of Authoritarian Statism in Europe: The Actuality of Nicos Poulantzas
– Moderation/Introduction:Haris Triantafyllidou (Political Scientist, Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Greece)
– Bob Jessop (Distinguished Professor, University of Lancaster, UK)
– Konstantinos Tsoukalas (Professor emeritus, University of Athens, Greece)
– Sia Anagnostopoulou (Professor, Panteion University, Greece)
2) European Trade-Unions: Are They Up to the Challenge?
– Moderation/Introduction: Lia Fragkou (Autonomous Intervention, Greece)
– Aleksandar Todic (International Secretary of SLOGA, Serbia)
– Carmen Domínguez (Comisiones Obreras, Spain)
– Christian Pilichowski (CGT, France)
– Alessandra Mecozzi (International Secretary of FIOM, Italy)
3) “We are 99%”: Emerging Social Actors in the Crisis
– Moderation/Introduction: Yiannis Bournous (Member of the EL Executive Board, Member of the Central Political Committee of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Esther Lopez Barcelo (Indignados, Local MP of Izquierda Unida in Valencia, Spain)
– Stavros Panagiotidis (Syntagma Square, Member of the Central Council of the Youth of Synaspismos, Greece)
– Adriano Campos (Movimento 12M, Portugal)
– Christa Wichterich (Journalist, sociologist, feminist activist, Germany)
18.30-19.30
Closure of the EL SU2012
20.00
Dinner and closing party
Sunday, 22 July
Morning: Bus departures to Aghialos, Athens and Thessaloniki International Airports.
European Left - Summer University 2012 
Dear friends,
interesting program! But unforntunatelyyou did not publish the last version of the feminist gender day program I send the final version in an extra mail hoping that you can correct it.
Thank you and warm regards
Christiane Reymann
Dear friend,
The program of the EL SU12 has just been updated a few minutes ago, according to the information we have until today (10 July, 16.00 local time).
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