The Forums' missions were as follows:
"A biennial ‘retreat’ sponsored by the Remarque Institute, the Forum has as its aim to invite promising young men and women from Europe and North America from a variety of fields of public life to spend a few days together free from daily pressures. Participants are expected to take an active part in discuss ions on broad topics of common interest in European/US affairs; but the main goal of the Forum is met by the meeting itself. By forging personal links between people who in decades to come may play an important part in public life, in policy making, and in the world of arts and learning, the Institute seeks to help overcome the loss of the generation who shaped transatlantic exchanges and policy making in the decades after World War II.
After each Forum smaller ‘follow-up’ meetings are held in which some fifteen people take part in a shorter and more informal version of the earlier conference, focusing on a theme derived by mutual agreement from the conference discussions. Furthermore, the Remarque Institute encourages Forum participants to come to New York for short visits as fellows of the Institute. We provide travel costs, a free studio apartment in Greenwich Village, an office on Washington Square and some limited secretarial, travel and research support. In the case of visitors from Europe a stipend may be provided. Most importantly, we facilitate encounters between visitors and people of similar professional interests in New York."
Past Forums:
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2010
On the Edge: Peripheral States, Globalization and Multiculturalism
Cascais, Portugal
June 10-13, 2010
2010 Program
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2008
Reinventing the Multicultural City
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 9-10, 2008
2008 Program
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2006
“The Way We Live Now: Individual, Society & State in the New Century”
Gloggnitz, Austria
June 16 – 20, 2006
2006 Program
Participants
Alexandra Barahona de Brito, Senior Associate Researcher, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon
Erica J. Barks-Ruggles, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Jiří Bárta, Executive Director in Prague, VIA Foundation (Nadace VIA)
Robert Chote, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Krzysztof Czyzewski, President, Borderland Foundation, Warsaw
Alain Deletroz, Vice-President (Europe), International Crisis Group
Robert Fry, former Chief of Staff, Minister of Health, Canada
Art Hall, City Council, San Antonio, Texas
Peter Jukes, playwright, screenwriter
Aleksander Kaczorowski, deputy editor in chief, Newsweek (Polish)
Hasan Ali Karasar, Chair, Central Asian Studies Department, Bilkent University
Chris Keulemans, writer, journalist
Farhana Khera, Executive Director, National Association of Muslim Lawyer, Washington, D.C.
Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Center for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bernadette Kumar, Research Fellow, Institute for General Practice, University of Oslo
Teresa Leger de Fernandez, Managing Partner, Nodhaus Law Firm, LLP
Philippe Manière, Director, Institut Montaigne
Malini Mehra, Founder, Director, Centre for Social Markets (India/UK)
Jamie Metzl, Executive Vice President, Asia Society
Paweł Miller, CEO, Nordea Poland Life Insurance Company
Marina Mogilner, Editor, Ab Imperio
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Masschusetts General Hospital
Albert Musliu, Executive Director, Association for Democratic Initiatives, Gostivar, Macedonia
Estep Nagy, playwright, filmmaker
Shervin Nekuee, freelance essayist
Felicitas von Peter, Director, Philanthropy and Foundations Division, Bertelsmann Foundation
Samantha Power, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Eyal Press, contributing writer, The Nation
Renata Salecl, Senior Researcher, Institute of Criminology, University of Ljubljana
Laila Sheikh, Diplomatic Desk Officer for Iraq & the Arabian Peninsula, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Carl Söderbergh, Director, Amnesty International (Sweden)
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, German Marshall Fund (Berlin)
Reynaldo Valencia, Director, Center for Latino Legal Studies
Romana Vlahutin, Political Department, Croatian Embassy (Belgrade)
Phoebe Yang, Vice President of Business Strategy, Discovery Communications
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2004
“Faith and the State: The Politics of Religion Today”
Garrett Creek Ranch, Texas, USA
November 18 – 21, 2004
2004 Program
Participants
Macedonio Alanis, Professor, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudio Superiores de Monterrey
Pauline Bebe, Rabbi, Communauté Juive Libérale Paris
Nelly Bekus-Goncharova, freelance journalist
Hassan Bousetta, Research Associate, Katholieke Universität
Christoph Brand, Executive Vice President, Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale Services
Alain Deletroz, Vice President of Operations, International Crisis Group
Constance C. Ellis, consultant
Barthélemy Faye, Associate Attorney, Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Florian Gheorghe, Founder, Romanian Venture Capital Association
Melissa Goldstein, Vice President for Law, Regulation, and Ethics, The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions
Art Hall, City Council, San Antonio, Texas
Shpend Imeri, President, Association for Democratic Initiatives
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Aleksander Kaczorowski, deputy editor in chief, Newsweek (Polish)
Azza Mostafa Karam, Special Advisor, Arab and Islamic Affairs, World Conference of Religions for Peace
Hasan Ali Karasar, Chair, Central Asian Studies Department, Bilkent University
Farhana Y. Khera, Counsel to Senator Russ Feingold
Florian Klenk, Political Editor, Der Falter
Ewa Konczal, Director, Polish Program, International NGO Ashkoa Innnovators
Bernadette Kumar, Project Coordinator, Institute for General Practice and Community Medicine
Pavel Kuznetsov, First Deputy Director, Working Center for Economic Reforms of the Russian Government
Dominic LeBlanc, Member of Canadian Parliament from New Brunswick
Dan McSweeney, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Jamie Metzl, former Senior Fellow for Homeland Security Programs, Council on Foreign Relations
Wanda Mial, Chief Deputy Commissioner for Program and Planning of Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Paweł Miller, CEO, Nordea Poland Life Insurance Company
Allison Moore, In-Country Director of the China Rule & Governance Program, American Bar Association
Estep Nagy, filmmaker, writer
Shervin Nekuee, freelance journalist
Dirk Notheis, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Bank AGI, Frankfurt
Eyal Press, contributing writer, The Nation
Nils Rosemann, Lobbyist, UN Human Rights Commission
Elizabeth Rubin, contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine
Armando Salvatore, Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, Essen Institute
Laila Sheikh, Diplomatic Desk Officer, Swiss Federal Department for Foreign Affairs
Maxim Shevchenko, Center for Strategic Research on Religion and Politics in the Modern World, Moscow
Carl Söderbergh, Director, Amnesty International (Sweden)
Ruslan Stefanov, Program Coordinator, Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
Phoebe L. Yang, Director, International Business Development
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2003
“The Future of the West”
Friiberghs Herrgård, Örsundsboro, Sweden
June 19 – 22, 2003
2003 Program
Participants
Amy Bach, lawyer, freelance journalist
Alexandra Barahona de Brito, Professor, Moderna University
Erica J. Barks-Ruggles, Deputy Head, Political-Economic Section, U.S. Embassy, Oslo
Kim Barry, Special Advisor, Chief of Staff and Deputy to President of NYU
Jiří Bárta, Executive Director, VIA Foundation for Local Initiatives
Marcus Bleinroth, German Foreign Office, Berlin
Christoph Brand, Executive Vice President, Fixnet Wholesale Services
Zoltán Budai, Director, Budai & Barta Consulting Company
Tina Choi, White House Fellow, Special Advisor, U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Chote, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Richard Danbury, author, television journalist, BBC
Constance C. Ellis, consultant
Bruno Erhard-Steiner, Chief of Staff to Chairman of Supervisory Board of Group AXA, Paris
Robert Fry, Chief of Staff, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Pieter Hilhorst, essayist, playwright
Karen I. Horn, economic policy editor, Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Christopher B. Howard, U.S. Air Force Academy
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Aleksander Kaczorowski, deputy editor in chief, Newsweek (Polish)
Tomáš P. Klavňa, Spokesman, President of Czech Republic
Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Center for Liberal Strategies
Marina Mogilner, Editor, Ab Imperio
Rich Morales, Major, U.S. Army
Cécile Moulard, consultant
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Clinical Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lisette Nieves, Chief of Staff, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Wendy L. Patten, U.S. Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
Ihor Popov, Chairman, Committee of Voters of Ukraine
Guy Raz, correspondent, National Public Radio
Thomas A. Saenz, Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Renata Salecl, Senior Researcher, Institute of Criminology, University of Ljubljana
Mikael Schultz, Swedish Institute
Carl Söderbergh, Director, Amnesty International (Sweden)
Virpi Suutari, documentary filmmaker
Reynaldo Anaya Valencia, Director, Center for Latino Legal Studies
Kenneth R. Weinstein, Vice President & Director, Hudson Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Nicholas Whyte, Balkans Program Director, International Crisis Group
Phoebe L. Yang, former Vice-President of International Strategy & Policy, AOL Time Warner
Ulla Zumente-Steele, Director of Continuing Legal Education, Riga Graduate School of Law
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2002
“Responsibility and its Discontents”
Wye Woods, MD, USA
March 15 – 17, 2002
2002 Program
Participants
Erica J. Barks-Ruggles, Deputy Head, Political-Economic Section, U.S. Embassy
Jiří Bárta, Executive Director, VIA Foundation for Local Initiatives
Stefano Bartezzaghi, puzzle expert, author
Gary Jonathan Bass, Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Miroslav Beblavý, Advisor, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia
Esther T. Benjamin, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, International Youth Foundation
Alexandra Barahona de Brito, Professor, Senior Associate Researcher, Moderna University
Ali J. Buzurukov, Country Director for Russia, Doctors of the World
Gillian B. Caldwell, filmmaker, attorney
Constance C. Ellis, consultant
Cécile Fabre, Lecturer, London School of Economics
Caroline Fourest-Guillemot, President, ProChoix-France
Carla A. Harris, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Peter Jukes, playwright and director
Chris Keulemans, Director, De Balie
Cyril F. Kormos, Senior Director, Program Management, Conservation International
Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies
Teresa Leger de Fernandez, Partner, Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye, LLP
Michael J. Mazarr, President, Henry L. Stimson Center
Malini Mehra, Founder-Director, Centre for Social Markets in London
Albert Musliu, Executive Director, Association for Democratic Initiatives
Cem Özdemir, political activist
Nadia Y. Rendak, Legal Department, IMF
Antonio R. Riley, State Representative, Wisconsin
Cünet M. Sezgin, President, Turkish Managers Association
Carl Söderbergh, Director, Amnesty International (Sweden)
Łukasz Sommer, writer, translator
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Editor , Die Zeit (Politics)
Reynaldo Anaya Valencia, Director, Center for Latino Legal Studies
Romana Vlahutin, Department for Political Analysis & Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Croatia
Gesine Weinmiller, architect
Lance Everett Wyatt, co-founder, Health Relief International
THE REMARQUE FORUM 2000
“Boundaries, Frontiers and Identity: present dilemmas, future prospects”
Eze, France
May 4-7, 2000
2000 Program
Participants
Neven Andjelic, freelance journalist
Peter Beinart, Senior Editor, The New Republic
Nadir Bekirov, Secretary to Council of Representatives of the Crimean Tartar People
Mark Brzezinski, Director, Russian Ukranian and Eurasian section, National Security Council
Astrid von Busekist, Professor, Université de Nice, Institut d'Etudes Politiques
Martin Cauchon, Canadian Minister of National Revenue
Michał Cichy, Editor, Gazeta Wyborcza
Krzysztof Cyzewski, President, Borderland Foundation in Warsaw
Constance C. Ellis, Director, La Maison Française, NYU
Amy Falls, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Ellene A. Felder, International Program Director, Greater Philadelphia First
Kimberly Hamilton, Alcoa Foundation
Gordana Igric, Senior Balkan Editor, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Jennifer Jackson Preece, Lecturer, European Institute, London School of Economics
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Peter Jukes, playwright and director
Andre Kamenshikov, Human Rights Activist, Non-Violence International
Chris Keulemans, Director, De Balie
Noémi Korányi, Staff Director, Foreign Affairs Committee of Hungarian Parliament
Teresa Leger de Fernandez, Partner, Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye, LLP
Philippe Manière, Editor-in-Chief, Le Point
Peter Miller, Professor, University of Maryland
Albert Musliu, President, Association for Democratic Initiatives in Macedonia
Martin O’Brien, Executive Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice
Felicitas von Peter, Administrator, Bertelsmann Foundation
Samantha Power, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Garrett A. H. Price, Partner, Fluid Ventures LLC
Jeffrey M. Prieto, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division
Nadia Rendak, Legal Associate, IMF
Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Professor, Complutense University of Madrid
Domenico Scarpa, freelance essayist, translator
Mikael Schultz, Consultant, Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs
Laura Silber, freelance journalist
Charles E. Tauber, Associate, Citigroup
Valentyna Telychenko, Executive Director, Ukranian Foundation in Support of Reform
Cecilia Thompson, Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
Mihai-Rãzvan Ungureanu, Secretary of State, Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry
Romana Vlahutin, First Secretary, Croatian Embassy to the United States
Kevin Werbach, Managing Editor, Release 1.0