7:30-9:00 am
Meeting of GAAS Editorial Board
Ameron Hotel Königshof

9:30 am-4:00 pm
GAAS Board Meeting
Dekanatssaal

12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch at Restaurant Ruland

3:00-4:45 pm
Conference Office
Room 1.070

3:00-4:30 pm
Post Graduate Forum (PGF) Meeting
Lecture Hall III

3:00-4:30 pm
Electronic Publishing Initiative
Lecture Hall XIII

5:00-7:30 pm
Conference Opening
Aula (University Auditorium) & Foyer

Carmen Birkle (President, GAAS)

Welcome Adresses:
Michael Hoch (Rector, Universität Bonn)
Andreas Bartels (Dean, Faculty of Arts, Universität Bonn)
Reinhard Limbach (Mayor, City of Bonn)
Sabine Sielke (Director, North American Studies Program)

Award Ceremony:
Fulbright American Studies Award
Christoph Daniel Ebeling Fellowship
Franz Steiner Prize
Best AmSt Article Award

Welcome by the Ambassador of the United States, John B. Emerson

Keynote Lecture
Christopher Newfield (UC Santa Barbara)
“New Roles for Academia? The American University and the Knowledge Economy”
Chair: Sarah Wasserman (Freie Universität Berlin)

Music: Jazzchor der Universität Bonn

7:30-9:00 pm
Reception
Aula (University Auditorium) & Foyer