Salzburg Seminar
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Salzburg Global Seminar is an American
non-profit organization
that holds seminars on economics
, politics
, and other issues for future political, economic, and business leaders from around the world. Its purpose is to "challenge current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems." and to "lead the conversation for global change" Through seminars held at the Schloss Leopoldskron, in Salzburg
, Austria
.
--Clemens Heller, a graduate student originally from Austria, a college senior named Richard Campbell and a young English instructor named Scott Elledge. "We hope to create at least one small center in which young Europeans from all countries, and of all political convictions, could meet for a month in concrete work under favorable living conditions," Campbell said of their intentions in January 1947, "and to lay the foundation for a possible permanent center of intellectual discussion in Europe." The Salzburg Seminar, as it came to be called, was created to be a venue to encourage intellectual exchange among Europeans and Americans and to ameliorate rifts created by World War II
.
The mission of the Salzburg Global Seminar is to challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern. Whether the constituency gathered is composed of senior policy-makers wrestling with specific problems in the present, scholars from conflict areas working together on contentious events in a shared past, young leaders joining our regular Seminar sessions on topical issues, participants in our annual academy on media and global change, or faculty or students from American community colleges attending our courses on global citizenship, all are encouraged to think creatively across cultural and professional boundaries, and to develop new networks of professional contacts. The express intent of the sessions conducted by the Salzburg Global Seminar is to better equip participants to deal with the complex challenges of the 21st century.
• Arts and Culture
• Innovation and Sustainability
• Media and Citizenship
• Peace, Justice, and Security
• World Stability and Development
SEMINARS are issue-oriented international conferences focusing on the exchange of ideas between emerging leaders from government, academia, business, and nongovernmental organizations. The Seminar's annual offerings are diverse and numerous, and will include the following in 2011:
"New Rules for Global Finance: Which kinds of regulation are useful and which are counterproductive?"- March 8-10, 2011
2011 Freeman Foundation Symposium: Strengthening Cooperation Between the US and East Asia, The 2011 Freeman Foundation Symposium will focus on several major areas of US-East Asian relations, starting with a broad assessment of the state of the Asia-Pacific region, key political, economic and security trends in East Asia and policy implications for the US. June 17-22, 2011
The Rule of Law in a Globalized World: Why it matters, The rule of law as an essential ingredient in the economic development of nations. August 23-28, 2011
Health and Healthcare Series III: Innovating for Value in Health Care Delevery, better cross border learning smarter adaptation and adoption, Countries around the world and across the range of wealth of nations are struggling to achieve the goal of providing their citizens with effective and efficient health care. September 25-October 1, 2011
Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture, As key stewards of our culture and heritage, libraries and museums have traditionally enjoyed, and to a great extent still do enjoy, a unique role and special responsibility within societies around the world. October 19-23, 2011
Economic Growth and Social Protection in Asia Most Asian economies have managed to rebound quickly after the recent economic crisis and, despite variations in the recovery pattern, are expected to continue leading the global recovery. November 6-11, 2011
Agricultural Development and Production in Africa For decades, we have known that the best way for Africa to thrive is to ensure that its women have the freedom, power and knowledge to make decisions affecting their own lives and those of their families and communities. November 13-17, 2011
Optimizing Talent: Closing Education and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide, Education provides an essential key for opening the door that permits every individual to realize his or her true potential.
December 6-11, 2011
International Study Program
"Global Citizenship: At Home and in the World , In an age of globalization which increasingly brings people in contact with other cultures as a result of changing social, political, and economic activities and technological advances. May 29-June 5, 2011
Making Colleges and Universities Sites of Global Citizenship July 9-16, 2011
Salzburg Academy
Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change Learn how you can help promote global awareness and understanding. July 21-August 13, 2011
INITIATIVES are long-term projects aimed at finding practical solutions to clearly identified global challenges. The Seminar currently produces or is affiliated with five principle initiatives:
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
(official website)
Based in the Hague, IHJR works with educational and public policy institutions to organize and sponsor research and discourse in pursuit of acknowledgement and the resolution of historical disputes.
Strengthening Independent Media
SIM supports a future-directed examination of the strategic investments needed to foster independent media development internationally in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Optimizing Institutional Philanthropy
OIP stimulates creativity and better practice in the field of philanthropy by identifying and catalyzing new approaches and more effective mechanisms
to increase impact and support change, as well as addressing the needs of the global "social marketplace" and considering what future needs may define the
field.
African Agriculture
The initiative behind African Agriculture aims to define a holistic development framework within which new investments in African agriculture can be positioned and to ensure that other new initiatives in Africa can contribute to a decisive reduction in poverty and a sustainable increase in economic growth and opportunity.
European Muslims Professional Action Network
This branch establishes a dynamic new platform for entrepreneurial young European Muslim professionals to launch creative initiatives, generate new opportunities to promote change, support professional aspirations and achievement, and foster role models for the next generation, helping to broaden their range of choices as they make decisions about their futures.
EDUCATION programs focus on building innovative curricula on global citizenship and media literacy and supporting the development of higher education institutions across the globe. The Seminar hosts several chief education programs throughout the year for both faculty and students:
International Study Program(ISP)
These week-long programs are designed and offered in order for two different audiences—-students and faculty members—-to explore the factors that may either support or restrain a comprehensive approach to global education within universities and colleges and to jointly develop strategies for teaching and learning within those systems.
2011 ISP Global Citizenship Programs
For students: March 5–12, April 9–16, May 21–29, May 29–June 5
For faculty and administrators: January 6–13, January 14–21, July 1–8, July
17–24
The Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change
This Academy is convened in partnership with the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. The three-week program is designed to bring together top under-graduate and graduate students from around the world to study media’s effect on global issues and to build a global media literacy curriculum. In 2011, the Academy will be held July 24-August 13
NETWORKS build on the interlocking relationships of Fellows and Alumni through the Seminar’s website, regional meetings, and special projects. For more than six decades the Salzburg Global Seminar has been a leading forum for international education and global dialogue, hosting over 27,000 participants from 150 countries, among them some of the world’s leaders in government, business and education. By taking part in one of the Seminar’s programs, alumni join an extensive professional network which extends around the globe. These groups are designed to engage Seminar alumni and international opinion-makers, and to encourage and facilitate the continued intellectual interest and commitment of alumni in the work begun during their Salzburg experience. The networks currently sponsored by the Seminar include:
Fellow Events
Learning to Live in the 21st Century: How can schools best enhance community relations and inclusion? Schools try to set, or negotiate, norms of attitude and behavior which have considerable potential impact on the educational achievement of diverse ethnic, religious and cultural groups, and on the relations between those groups within a school's boundaries and beyond in larger communities. June 3-6, 2011
Continuity and Change in US Presidential Foreign Policy: Plans, Policies and Doctrines This symposium will focus on comparative developments, continuity and changes in the international role and policies of the United States of post- war presidential administrations, with a special emphasis on the Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. October 6-10, 2011
Max Reinhardt...A Masked Ball at Schloss Leopoldskron For one night only, the Salzburg Global Seminar and Max Reinhardt, theater impresario of the early twentieth century, invite you to join in a spectacular Commedia dell' Arte promenade performance and masked ball at our magnificent home, Schloss Leopoldskron. December 30, 2011- January 1, 2012
SALZBURG FESTIVALS
Festivals give alumni the opportunity to bring friends and family back with them to Schloss Leopoldskron and to meet new friends with a shared interest in current global affairs.
"WINTER FESTIVALS"
December 28, 2010- Januarary 3, 2011
The New Years's Gala
December 31, 2010- Januarary 1, 2011
The Extended Weekend
December 31, 2010- Januarary 3, 2011
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that holds seminars on economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, and other issues for future political, economic, and business leaders from around the world. Its purpose is to "challenge current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems." and to "lead the conversation for global change" Through seminars held at the Schloss Leopoldskron, in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
Organizational History
The organization was founded in 1947 by three men at Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
--Clemens Heller, a graduate student originally from Austria, a college senior named Richard Campbell and a young English instructor named Scott Elledge. "We hope to create at least one small center in which young Europeans from all countries, and of all political convictions, could meet for a month in concrete work under favorable living conditions," Campbell said of their intentions in January 1947, "and to lay the foundation for a possible permanent center of intellectual discussion in Europe." The Salzburg Seminar, as it came to be called, was created to be a venue to encourage intellectual exchange among Europeans and Americans and to ameliorate rifts created by World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Presidents of the Salzburg Global Seminar
- Stephen SalyerStephen SalyerStephen Salyer is president and chief executive officer of the Salzburg Global Seminar, an independent, non-governmental organization based in Salzburg, Austria and Washington, D.C....
, 2005–Present - Oin Clyde Robinson, 1991–2005
- Bradford Morse, 1986–1991
- Herbert P. GleasonHerbert P. GleasonHerbert P. Gleason, Esq. has practiced law in Boston since 1958, mostly in the fields of municipal law, real estate development and health care. He was Chairman of the Board of Health and Hospitals of the City of Boston and was a founder and director of the Neighborhood Health Plan...
,(acting) 1977–1985 - John W. TuthillJohn W. TuthillJohn Wills Tuthill Jack Tuthill, A highly regarded career diplomat, was stationed in Latin America, Canada, and Europe...
, 1977-1985 - Thomas H. Elion, 1971-1976
- Paul M. HerzogPaul M. HerzogPaul M. Herzog was an American lawyer, educator, civil servant, and university administrator. He was Chairman of the United States National Labor Relations Board from 1945 to 1953.-Early life and career:...
, 1965-1971 - Arthur S. AdamsArthur S. AdamsArthur S. Adams was an American academic most notable for having served as president of the University of New Hampshire. He also served as Assistant Dean of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Science Management War Training Program and Provost at Cornell. In 1948 he was appointed...
, 1962-1965 - Dexter PerkinsDexter PerkinsDexter Perkins was one of the most prominent authorities on United States History and served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of American History at the University of Rochester.-Biography:...
, 1950-1951
The Mission of the Seminar
The Salzburg Global Seminar is a non-profit, independent institution. Over six decades it has evolved into a global institution that brings together young and not-so-young leaders from all over the world. It aims to open their minds, enlarge their horizons, and lay the groundwork for future cooperation. Without adopting any political agenda of its own, it provides a setting within which common ground can be discovered and principles agreed upon for addressing specific global issues – from climate change to the legacy of conflict, and from trade barriers to the obstacles which impede the circulation of cultural objects.The mission of the Salzburg Global Seminar is to challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern. Whether the constituency gathered is composed of senior policy-makers wrestling with specific problems in the present, scholars from conflict areas working together on contentious events in a shared past, young leaders joining our regular Seminar sessions on topical issues, participants in our annual academy on media and global change, or faculty or students from American community colleges attending our courses on global citizenship, all are encouraged to think creatively across cultural and professional boundaries, and to develop new networks of professional contacts. The express intent of the sessions conducted by the Salzburg Global Seminar is to better equip participants to deal with the complex challenges of the 21st century.
Areas of Work
The Seminar’s programs are organized under five thematic headings:• Arts and Culture
• Innovation and Sustainability
• Media and Citizenship
• Peace, Justice, and Security
• World Stability and Development
The Programs
The Seminar’s interdisciplinary programs, focused on issues of global concern, provide an environment in which intense, candid dialogue can occur among people from widely different cultural and professional backgrounds, both within age-groups and across generational divides. Participants are encouraged to think creatively and to develop new contacts. Within the program, the Seminar’s regular sessions and its initiatives are oriented toward problem-solving and the exchange of ideas among scholars and practitioners. Alongside these, the education programs comprise teaching activities, which have recently focused on global citizenship but are now expanding to include more specialized courses on independent media, green sustainability, and other global phenomena. Each contributes to form interlocking networks of fellows and alumni, who continue to contribute and to keep in touch with each other through the Seminar’s website and the Seminar's blog.SEMINARS are issue-oriented international conferences focusing on the exchange of ideas between emerging leaders from government, academia, business, and nongovernmental organizations. The Seminar's annual offerings are diverse and numerous, and will include the following in 2011:
"New Rules for Global Finance: Which kinds of regulation are useful and which are counterproductive?"- March 8-10, 2011
2011 Freeman Foundation Symposium: Strengthening Cooperation Between the US and East Asia, The 2011 Freeman Foundation Symposium will focus on several major areas of US-East Asian relations, starting with a broad assessment of the state of the Asia-Pacific region, key political, economic and security trends in East Asia and policy implications for the US. June 17-22, 2011
The Rule of Law in a Globalized World: Why it matters, The rule of law as an essential ingredient in the economic development of nations. August 23-28, 2011
Health and Healthcare Series III: Innovating for Value in Health Care Delevery, better cross border learning smarter adaptation and adoption, Countries around the world and across the range of wealth of nations are struggling to achieve the goal of providing their citizens with effective and efficient health care. September 25-October 1, 2011
Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture, As key stewards of our culture and heritage, libraries and museums have traditionally enjoyed, and to a great extent still do enjoy, a unique role and special responsibility within societies around the world. October 19-23, 2011
Economic Growth and Social Protection in Asia Most Asian economies have managed to rebound quickly after the recent economic crisis and, despite variations in the recovery pattern, are expected to continue leading the global recovery. November 6-11, 2011
Agricultural Development and Production in Africa For decades, we have known that the best way for Africa to thrive is to ensure that its women have the freedom, power and knowledge to make decisions affecting their own lives and those of their families and communities. November 13-17, 2011
Optimizing Talent: Closing Education and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide, Education provides an essential key for opening the door that permits every individual to realize his or her true potential.
December 6-11, 2011
International Study Program
"Global Citizenship: At Home and in the World , In an age of globalization which increasingly brings people in contact with other cultures as a result of changing social, political, and economic activities and technological advances. May 29-June 5, 2011
Making Colleges and Universities Sites of Global Citizenship July 9-16, 2011
Salzburg Academy
Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change Learn how you can help promote global awareness and understanding. July 21-August 13, 2011
INITIATIVES are long-term projects aimed at finding practical solutions to clearly identified global challenges. The Seminar currently produces or is affiliated with five principle initiatives:
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
The Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation is a nonprofit, educational organization located in The Hague, The Netherlands. The IHJR was founded in 2004 as a project of the Salzburg Global Seminar by Elazar Barkan and Timothy W...
(official website)
Based in the Hague, IHJR works with educational and public policy institutions to organize and sponsor research and discourse in pursuit of acknowledgement and the resolution of historical disputes.
Strengthening Independent Media
SIM supports a future-directed examination of the strategic investments needed to foster independent media development internationally in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Optimizing Institutional Philanthropy
OIP stimulates creativity and better practice in the field of philanthropy by identifying and catalyzing new approaches and more effective mechanisms
to increase impact and support change, as well as addressing the needs of the global "social marketplace" and considering what future needs may define the
field.
African Agriculture
The initiative behind African Agriculture aims to define a holistic development framework within which new investments in African agriculture can be positioned and to ensure that other new initiatives in Africa can contribute to a decisive reduction in poverty and a sustainable increase in economic growth and opportunity.
European Muslims Professional Action Network
This branch establishes a dynamic new platform for entrepreneurial young European Muslim professionals to launch creative initiatives, generate new opportunities to promote change, support professional aspirations and achievement, and foster role models for the next generation, helping to broaden their range of choices as they make decisions about their futures.
EDUCATION programs focus on building innovative curricula on global citizenship and media literacy and supporting the development of higher education institutions across the globe. The Seminar hosts several chief education programs throughout the year for both faculty and students:
International Study Program(ISP)
These week-long programs are designed and offered in order for two different audiences—-students and faculty members—-to explore the factors that may either support or restrain a comprehensive approach to global education within universities and colleges and to jointly develop strategies for teaching and learning within those systems.
2011 ISP Global Citizenship Programs
For students: March 5–12, April 9–16, May 21–29, May 29–June 5
For faculty and administrators: January 6–13, January 14–21, July 1–8, July
17–24
The Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change
This Academy is convened in partnership with the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. The three-week program is designed to bring together top under-graduate and graduate students from around the world to study media’s effect on global issues and to build a global media literacy curriculum. In 2011, the Academy will be held July 24-August 13
NETWORKS build on the interlocking relationships of Fellows and Alumni through the Seminar’s website, regional meetings, and special projects. For more than six decades the Salzburg Global Seminar has been a leading forum for international education and global dialogue, hosting over 27,000 participants from 150 countries, among them some of the world’s leaders in government, business and education. By taking part in one of the Seminar’s programs, alumni join an extensive professional network which extends around the globe. These groups are designed to engage Seminar alumni and international opinion-makers, and to encourage and facilitate the continued intellectual interest and commitment of alumni in the work begun during their Salzburg experience. The networks currently sponsored by the Seminar include:
Fellow Events
Learning to Live in the 21st Century: How can schools best enhance community relations and inclusion? Schools try to set, or negotiate, norms of attitude and behavior which have considerable potential impact on the educational achievement of diverse ethnic, religious and cultural groups, and on the relations between those groups within a school's boundaries and beyond in larger communities. June 3-6, 2011
Continuity and Change in US Presidential Foreign Policy: Plans, Policies and Doctrines This symposium will focus on comparative developments, continuity and changes in the international role and policies of the United States of post- war presidential administrations, with a special emphasis on the Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. October 6-10, 2011
Max Reinhardt...A Masked Ball at Schloss Leopoldskron For one night only, the Salzburg Global Seminar and Max Reinhardt, theater impresario of the early twentieth century, invite you to join in a spectacular Commedia dell' Arte promenade performance and masked ball at our magnificent home, Schloss Leopoldskron. December 30, 2011- January 1, 2012
SALZBURG FESTIVALS
Festivals give alumni the opportunity to bring friends and family back with them to Schloss Leopoldskron and to meet new friends with a shared interest in current global affairs.
"WINTER FESTIVALS"
December 28, 2010- Januarary 3, 2011
The New Years's Gala
December 31, 2010- Januarary 1, 2011
The Extended Weekend
December 31, 2010- Januarary 3, 2011