1. Immigration and Assimilation CODE Y1
Participants will look at immigration in Europe through an anthropological case study of Turks in the Netherlands, presented in comparison with immigration history and policy in other European countries and in the United States. Discussions will explore how to teach students to analyze and understand attitudes towards immigration, as shaped by socio-cultural, political, and economic interests and by life experiences.

Instructor: Sara Ohly
Sara Ohly, an anthropologist with degrees from Vassar (BA) and Yale (MA, Mphil, PhD), is currently a Research Affiliate at Yale’s MacMillan Center while she finishes a book on Turkish migrants in the Netherlands. A specialist in labor migration, ethnicity and nationality, women and development, and multiculturalism, Dr. Ohly has taught at Yale, Wesleyan, and Connecticut College and has conduced research at the Hague, in Leiden, and in New Haven. Also a certified secondary school teacher, she has taught English in New Haven and in Ankara, Bodrum, and Fatsa, Turkey.

2. The Euro – What It Looks Like, and How It Came Into Being CODE Y2
Ever wondered about how a currency is born and how it is put into circulation? The euro is the single currency of 13 European Union countries – 316 million people. It came into being in the form of notes and coins on January 1, 2002. This session will cover what the euro notes and coins look like and the complex political, economic, social, and artistic considerations behind how the design came about. It will also touch on the reasons why the euro was created, plans for adoption of the euro by other European Union countries, and how the euro is making progress as an international currency.

Instructor: Mary R. McCarthy
Mary R. McCarthy, the 2007-08 EU Fellow at the MacMillan Center, is a visiting fellow from the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission in Brussels, where she holds the post of Economic Adviser. Over the past 16 years, she has worked on various issues relating to economic integration in Europe. These include: preparations for economic and monetary union and the introduction of the euro as the single currency of the 13 countries that comprise the euro area; the integration of European labor markets; the reform of pension systems; and more recently, the integration of countries of Central Eastern Europe. Prior to joining the European Commission, she held various teaching post at universities in Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

KEYNOTE SPEECH + Q&A : the IGC and the Reform Treaty

David R.Cameron
David is the Director of the Program in European Studies of Yale’s MacMillan Center and is a Professor in Yale’s Department of Political Science, where he also is currently Director of Undergraduate Studies. He received his BA from Williams College, an MBA from Dartmouth, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Politics, and his PhD from the University of Michigan. Professor Cameron has numerous publications in his resume, and has recently lectured at the University of Amsterdam, the World Affairs Forum, Harvard, Georgetown, McGill, the Université de Montréal, Columbia, and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, in Köln. He has been a longtime supporter of university outreach to schools and community colleges.

Keynote Address: the IGC and the Reform Treaty
At its meeting in Lisbonin October the European Council is expected to approve a new “reform treaty” that will replace the constitutional treaty that, although ratified by eighteen member states, was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. The keynote address wil highlight the most important changes introduced by the treaty and consider the likelihood that all twenty-seven of the member states will ratify it.