Press Conferences and Book Presentations of

Vol 3

Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring, Czeslaw Mesjasz, John Grin, Pal Dunay, Navnita Chadha Behera, Béchir Chourou, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, P.H. Liotta (Eds.): Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21 st Century. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol. 3 ( Berlin – Heidelberg – New York: Springer-Verlag, 2008).

Chronological overview of book presentations

Date	City	Venue	Organizer	Presentations Press reports
15 October 2008	Jaipur, Rajasthan, India	Campus, University of Rajasthan, in Jaipur	Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU), Kota	Presentations
25. July 2000	Ljubljana, Slovenia	WISC II Conference	ECPR/ISA	Presentations
17. July 2008	Leuven, Belgium	IPRA Conference	IPRA Conference	Presentations
16 July 2008	Leuven, Belgium	Sint-Michielskerk	IPRA Conference	Presentations
14 July 2008	Brussels, Belgium	The Centre	EWI, IES, Egmont	Presentations
26 June 2008	Geneva, Swirtzerland	Geneva University	EADI Congress	Presentations
23 June 2008	Berlin, Germany	Auswärtiges Amt	Springer-Verlag Auswärtiges Amt	Presentations
22 April 2008	New York, USA	United Nations	UNU-ONY	Presentations
21 April 2008	Washington, D.C., USA	UCS Office in Washington	Union of Concerned Scientists	Presentations
11 April 2008	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Theatre	CIDHEM	Press reports
1 April 2008	Berkeley, USA			Presentations
26 March 2008	San Francisco, USA			Presentations
5 March 2008	Cuernavaca, Mexico		UNAM/CRIM	Press reports
1 Febr. 2008	Cuernavaca, Mexico		CIDHEM	Press reports
28 Jan. 2008	Mexico City	El Colegio de Mexico		Presentations
16 Jan. 2008	Mexico City		UNAM	Presentations

Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University in Kota, Rajasthan, India

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
,
14-15 October 2008
Reconceptualising Security in the 21st Century :
The South Asian Context

Programme

Presentation by Úrsula Oswald Spring:
Richness of Philosophical, Cultural and Religious Diversity
Why Reconceptualizing of Security Matters for the South?

Presentation by Hans Günter Brauch:
Securitzing Global Environmental Change
The Environmental Dimension of Human Security

Photos of the book transfer ceremony on 15 October
to the Governor of Rajasthan, H.E. Shri S.K. Singh
and the Vice Chandellor, Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, Rajasthan, India,
Prof. Dr. Naresh Dadhich

and to the Vice Chancellor, Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU). Prof. Dr. Naresh Dadhich during a ceremony in the Governor’s Office on 15 October 2008
The photos show the Governor of Rajasthan and the Vice Chancellor of the Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU).with the two speakers, Prof. Dr. Ursula Oswald Spring (Mexiko) and PD Dr. Hans Guenter Brauch ( Germany)

Slovenia

Second World Conference on International Studies
Ljubljana , Slovenia , 23-26 July 2008

Friday, 25 July 2008, 4:30-6:00 pm, FD 02

132 Reconceptualising Security in the 21st Century: First Scientific Results

• Presentation by Hans Guenter Brauch, Free University of Berlin: Introduction: Goals and Achievements of the Mental Mapping on Reconceptualising Security in the 21 st Century: The Security Handbook for the Anthropocene
• Presentation by Czeslaw Mesjasz, Cracow Economic University: W hen Money Talks: Barriers of Securitization in Economic Security
• Paper and Presentation by Ursula Oswald Spring, UNAM/CRIM, Cuernavaca, Mexico: Security: A HUGE concept
• Paper and Presentation by Hans Guenter Brauch, Free University of Berlin; editor of the Hexagon Book Series: From a State-centred Security Dilemma Towards a Human-centred Survival Dilemma
• Photos of this book launch event

Belgium

 Brussels, 14 July 2008, 18.00-19.30 (followed by a reception)

Monday, 14 July, 16.30-18.00 Book launch in Brussels co-organized by the Institute for Environmental Security (IES), EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations , and the EastWest Institute and hosted by The Centre followed by a reception 18.00-19.00

• Invitation
• Programme
• Biographies of the Speakers
• Registration (ends on 8 July 2008)
• See for additional information at the IES website
• Press folder
• Book flyer and order form
• Presentations by Ambassador Ortwin Hennig, Vice President, Head of the Conflict Prevention Program, EastWest Institute
• Presentations by PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, FU Berlin, AFES-PRESS, Germany
• Presentations by Prof. Dr. Ursula Oswald Spring, UNAM-CRIM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico / Munich Re Chair, UNU-EHS, Bonn
• Presentations by Tom Spencer, Vice Chairman, Institute for Environmental Security,
• Photos of this book launch event
• List of Participants

Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 20:00-21:30

Sint-Michielskerk, Peace Church, Leuven,
Book Launch

• Programme
• Press folder
• Book flyer and order form
• Link to the IPRA Conference Website
• Link to the Sint-Michielskerk
• Introduction by Kevin Clements: Introduction
• Presentations by Hans Günter Brauch: Presentation of the Hexagon Book Series and volume III
• Presentations by Ursula Oswald Spring: Oriental and indigenous thinking on Peace in Latin America
• Presentations by Naresh Dadhich: Thinking on Security in Hinduism
• Presentations by Frederik Arends; From Homer to Hobbes and Beyond – Aspects of Security in the European Tradition
• Presentations by Jacob Emmanuel Mabe: Security in African Philosophy and Ethics
• Conclusions by Kevin Clements
• Photos of this book launch event

Sint-Michielskerk in Leuven is a baroque church that was established between 1650 and 1671 in white sandstone and dark brown ferrous. It has a well-decorated altar outside the church. The church suffered severe damages during the World War II in 1944. It has a rococo pulpit that serves today as a peace pulpit.

Thursday, 17 July 2008, 14:00-15:30

Ecology and Peace Commission, Panel 5: Conceptual Quartet

• Hans Guenter Brauch, Free University of Berlin: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century: A Global Scientifíc Mapping Project
• Paper and Presentation by Prof. Dr. Ursula Oswald Spring, UNAM-CRIM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico : From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Peace
• Paper and Presentation by Hans Guenter Brauch, Free University of Berlin: Conceptual Quartet and Survival Dilemma

 

Switzerland

Geneva , 26 June 2008 at 12 th EADI General Conference

Thursday, 26 June 2008, 13.30-16.30 Book launch at this venue

• Programme and on the speakers
• Press folder
• Book flyer and order form
• Link to the EADI Conference Website
• Presentation by Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin, UNU-EHS, AFES-PRESS
• Presentation by Úrsula Oswald Spring, UNAM/CRIM, Mexico; MRF chair on social vulnerability at UNU-EHS
• Presentation by Pal Dunay, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva
• Presentation by Vicken Cheterian , research director, CIMERA consultancy, Geneva
• Presentation by Patricia Lewis, director, UNIDIR: Disarmament and human security
• Presentation by Otto Simonett, UNEP, ENVSEC: The ENVSEC Initiative
• Presentation by Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu, UN/ISDR
• Introduction by Úrsula Oswald Spring, UNAM/CRIM, Mexico; MRF chair on social vulnerability at UNU-EHS
• Photos
  

Germany

Berlin, 23 June 2008, 18.00-20.00 (followed by a reception) 

23 Juni 2008 : Buchvorstellung im Auswärtigen Amt

Book Launch in the German Foreign Ministry [in German only]

Montag, den 23. Juni 2008, 18.00 Uhr

im Besucherzentrum des Auswärtigen Amts
(im Lichthof, Zugang über Haupteingang Werderscher Markt 1)

Im Anschluss findet ein Empfang im Lichthof statt

• Einladung mit Programm
• Zeitplan zum Programm
• Kurzbiographien der  Referentinnen und Referenten
• Pressemappe
• Mehr Informationen zum Buch
• Bestellschein
• Beitrag von Eric Merkel-Sobotta, Executive Vice President Corporate Communications, Springer Science+Business Media
• Beitrag von Michael von Ungern-Sternberg, Beauftragter für Vereinte Nationen, Auswärtiges Amt
• Präsentation von PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch
• Präsentation von Prof. Dr. Ursula Oswald Spring
• Kommentar von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Janos Bogardi, Vice Rector UNU Europe; Direktor der UNU-EHS, Bonn
• Kommentar von Anja Papenfuß, Chefredakteurin der Zeitschrift Vereinte Nationen, DGVN, Berlin
• Photos
  

USA

26 March 2008, Paper presented at the 49 th ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco , March 26th-29th, 2008

Mexico

• UNAM, Mexico City, 16 January 2008

• El Collegio de Mexico , 28 January 2008

• CIDHEM, Cuernavaca, 1 February 2008

• UNAM/CRIM, Cuernavaca,5 March 2008

  • Poster
  • Presentation by Ursula Oswald Spring
  • Article on this event: “Destacados investigadores analizan la crisis mundial” in: La Journada Morelos, 7 March 2008

• CIDHEM, Cuernavaca, 11 April 2008

  • Presentation by Hans Günter Brauch: “ Global Environmental Change and Security Impacts for Mexico “
  • Article on this talk by Luis Tamayo : “Cuidar el Gran Bosque de Agua : un asunto de seguridad regional”, in : La Journada Morelos, 13 April 2008
  • Announcement of initial talk : “Importancia de conservacion de la biodiversidad de Morelos” in: La Journada Morelos, 20 January 2008