Activities September - December 2009

The programme below lists all the activities of the Max Weber Programme.

Please refer to the different EUI Departments' websites for an overview of their activities.

Italian courses are not announced in the programme below, but will be communicated by the Language Centre.

September 2009

1 September, Tuesday 9.30-12.00 (Badia) 14.00-15.30 (VF, CR) 18.00 BBQ (VF)	Registration, Badia Fiesolana Welcome and Introduction to Villa la Fonte, allocation of offices & Evening BBQ
2 September, Wednesday 13.00-16.00 VF, CR	Lunch & Introduction to the Max Weber Programme Activities
7 September, Monday 09.15-12.00 VF, Seminar Room	Start Italian Course (First group) for MW Fellows and Partners, two lessons per week (Monday and Thursday), last lesson Thursday 1th October
8 September, Monday 09.15-12.00 VF, Seminar Room	Second group Italian Course for MW Fellows and Partners, two lessons per week (Tuesday and Friday), last lesson Friday 2nd October
9 September, Wednesday 11.00-12.30 VF, CR	Introduction to EUI Computing Services
9-16 September Wednesday-Wednesday 14.00-18.00 VF, CR	September Presentations Please see TIME TABLE
16 September, Wednesday 9.30-11.00 (LAW+ECO) 11.00-12.30 (HEC+SPS) VF, CR & SR	Library Introduction With the info specialists of the 4 disciplines
23 September, Wednesday 14.00-16.00 APW, Seminar Room	Biosketch, CV and Coverletter Mat Plews, Humboldt University/ Fiesole Group
23 September, Wednesday 17.00 MWL, VF, CR	Max Weber Lecture MICRO-FOUNDATIONS FOR THE SCIENCE(S) OF POLITICS Philippe C. Schmitter Emeritus Professor, SPS Department, EUI
24 September, Thursday 11.00-13.00 APW, VF	Individual Tutorials (15 Min.) With feedback on CV and Biosketch Mat Plews , Humboldt University
24 September, Thursday 14.00-16.00 APW, VF, CR	E-Learning & Moodle Introduction David Bowskill, Humboldt University
25 September, Friday VF, CR	Preparatory meetings for the Humboldt, UPF and LSE teaching exchanges David Bowskill, Humboldt University, Berlin Mireia Trenchs, UPF, Barcelona Neil McLean & Nick Byrne, LSE, London
29 - 30 September, Tuesday & Wednesday 09.15-13.00 VF, Sala A & Sala B	Individual Feedback on September Presentations (15 min. - Time table to be circulated) (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )

October 2009


6 October, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
7 October, Wednesday 10.00-12.00 MRW, VF, CR	Multidisciplinary Research Workshop "Lorenzo The Magnificent as Art Patron: a Costs –Benefits Analysis " Jonathan Nelson, Syracuse University The presentation of Jonathan Nelson is followed by brief interventions of Max Weber Fellows Pablo Vazquez-Gestal (HEC), Naomi Beck (HEC), Raphael Levy (ECO) and concluded by Tony Mohlo , Professor at the Department of History and Civilisation of the EUI. Chair Laura Magi, LAW Max Weber Fellow.
12 October, Monday APW, VF, Sala A	Building a Personal Website (2 groups, each one hour) See some examples of Fellows' Personal Websites Jens Hoffmeister, MWP Web collaborator
13 October, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Pronunciation and Public Speaking (1)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
13 October, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle)
14 October, Wednesday 12.00-13.00 APG, VF, CR	Meeting to establish tasks for Academic Practice Groups and set the agenda for the year; introduction to Writers Groups
14 October, Wednesday APW, VF, Sala A	Building a personal website CMS Course Group meetings of 1.5 hour, each group 5 to 8 participants Jens Hoffmeister, MWP Web collaborator
14 October, Wednesday 17.15-18.30 VF, Seminar Room	ECO 'Macro Reading Group' contact Guido.Ruta@eui.eu if interested
15 October, Thursday APW, VF, Sala A	Building a personal website CMS Course Group meetings of 1.5 hour, each group 5 to 8 participants Jens Hoffmeister, MWP Web collaborator
16 October, Friday APW, VF, SR	Building a personal website CMS Course Group meetings of 1.5 hour, each group 5 to 8 participants Jens Hoffmeister, MWP Web collaborator
16 October, Friday Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (email)
20 October, Tuesday 9.30-12.30 VF, Saletta	Mock-Interviews for HEC Max Weber Fellows conducted by Antonella Romano and Stephen Smith
20 October, Tuesday 09.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writers Groups start (Schedule TBA) (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
20 October, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Pronunciation and Public Speaking (2)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
20 October, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle)
20 October, Tuesday 14.00-17.00 VF, Saletta	Mock-Interviews for SPS Max Weber Fellows conducted by Alexander Trechsel and Friedrich Kratochwil
21 October, Wednesday 13.15 -14.00 VF, CR	Q&As beyond research with …Thomas Cooley chaired by Max Weber Fellow Guido Ruta The general theme of the debate will be: *Business Education and Social Sciences and Humanities: Current trends and personal experiences.*
21 October, Wednesday 17.00 MWL, VF, CR	Max Weber Lecture "The Spirit of Capitalism: The Role of Executive Compensation in the Financial Crisis " Thomas F. Cooley , New York University
22 October, Thursday 9.30-12.30 VF, Saletta	Mock-Interviews for LAW Max Weber Fellows conducted by Dennis Patterson and Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz

23 October, Friday Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle)
27 October, Tuesday 09.00-12.00 VF, Saletta	Mock-Interviews for ECO Max Weber Fellows conducted by Russell Cooper
27 October, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle)
27 October, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Pronunciation and Public Speaking (3)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
28 October, Wednesday 11.00-13.00 APW, Conference room	Research and Grant Application - How to write a Research Proposal with Ingo Linsenmann (RSCAS) and Giovanni Federico (HEC)
28 October, Wednesday 17.15-18.30 VF, Seminar Room	ECO 'Macro Reading Group' contact Guido.Ruta@eui.eu if interested
30 October, Friday Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes

November 2009

2-6 November , Mon-Fri	MWP First-Term Activity free Week
3 November, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle )
6 November, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )
9 November, Monday 11.00-13.00 VF, Sala A	Search Engine Optimization w. Web Collaborator Jens Hoffmeister
10 November, Tuesday 9.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writer's Groups (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
10 November, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Academic Writing in English (1)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
10 November, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle )
11 November, Wednesday 09.15-18.00 VF, Conference Room	4th MWP-ACO Conference 'Openness and Competition in European Research Funding: Grants for International Researchers'
12-13 November Thurs 11.00-13.00 Fri 09.00-15.00 APW, VF, CR & Sala A	Curriculum and Course Development Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford
13 November, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )
16 November, Monday 09.00-13.00 ACW, VF, CR & Sala A	Learning outcomes and strategies Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford
17 November, Tuesday 9.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writer's Groups (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
17 November, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Academic Writing in English (2)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
17 November, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle )
18 November, Wednesday 11.30-12.30 APG, VF	Academic Practice Groups
18 November, Wednesday 14.00-15.30 VF, Sala A	Reading Group on Inequality "Political theory: (Different kinds of) inequality as a normative concern" Organized by Christian Schemmel and Holger Döring , MWP Fellows
18 November, Wednesday 17.00 MWL, VF, CR	Max Weber Lecture "Ordering Pluralism: In the Land of Orderly Clouds" Mireille Delmas-Marty, Collège de France, Paris
20 November, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )
24 November, Tuesday 9.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writer's Groups (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
24 November, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Academic Writing in English (3)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
24 November, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle)
24 November, Tuesday 13.15-14.00 Q&A, VF, CR	Q&As beyond Research ... with Yves Mény, President, EUI Chair, Miriam Ronzoni , Visiting MW Fellow
24 November, Tuesday 14.15-16.00 Discipline Bound APW, VF, Sala A	Publishing Strategies, Refereeing Peers Work - for Law Fellows Profs Francesco Francioni and Miguel Maduro , EUI
25 November, Wednesday 10.00-12.00 Discipline Bound APW, VF, Sala A & B, SR	Publishing Strategies, Refereeing Peers Work SPS with Prof. Peter Mair (Sala A) ECO with Profs. Piero Gottardi and Jerome Adda (SR) HEC with Prof. Steve Smith and Anthony Molho (Sala B)
25 November, Wednesday 12.00-13.00 Common Session APW, VF, CR	Publishing Strategies, Refereeing Peers Work "Bibliometrics and Trends in Scholarly Communication" Thomas Bourke and Michiel Tegelaars (EUI Library)
25 November, Wednesday 17.15-18.30 VF, Seminar Room	ECO 'Macro Reading Group' contact Guido.Ruta@eui.eu if interested
27 November, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )

December 2009

1 December, Tuesday 9.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writer's Groups (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group )
1 December , Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Academic Writing in English (4)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group)
1 December, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle )
2 December, Wednesday 11.00-13.00 MRW, VF, CR	Multidisciplinary Research Workshop "Economic Traps, human rights and violence in fragile societies: the case of Africa" EUI presentation of the European Report on Development Introduction: Stefano Bartolini , RSCAS Presentation of the ERD: Giorgia Giovannetti , RSCAS On Fragility and Security: Pascal Venesson , RSCAS/SPS On Fragility and Aid Governance: Ramon Marimon , MWP Chair: Quinton Mayne , MW Fellow Discussants: Gonul Sengul , Colin Fleming , M'hamed Oualdi , Idil Aybars and Jernej Letnar Černič , MW Fellows
4 December, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )
8 December, Tuesday 9.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writer's Groups (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group)
8 December, Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Academic Writing in English (5)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group)
8 December, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle )
9 December, Wednesday 12.00-13.00 (common sesssion) APW, VF, CR	Feedback on Mock-interviews Careers Group
9-10 December, 14.00-18.00 Wednesday 09.00-13.00 Thursday APW, VF, Sala A & B	Individual Feedback on Mock-Interviews, (25 min. individual feedback) Time table Careers Group
9 December, Wednesday 14.00-15.30 ACS, VF, Sala B	Writer's Groups - LAW (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group)
9 December, Wednesday 17.15-18.30 VF, Seminar Room	ECO 'Macro Reading Group' contact Guido.Ruta@eui.eu if interested
11 December, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )
15 December , Tuesday 09.15-10.45 ACS, VF, Sala A & B	Writers' Groups (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group)
15 December , Tuesday 11.00-12.30 ACS, VF, SR	Module: "Academic Writing in English (6)" (EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group)
15 October, Tuesday 12.30-14.00 ACS, VF, SR	Individual Tutorials EUI Language Centre/ Fiesole Group (signup on Moodle )
16 December, Wednesday 11.00-11.10 11.10-13.00 APW, VF, CR	Academic Practice Workshop Brief update on the Development of the Programme by the Director, Ramon Marimon "Comparing different Ph.D. formats and experiences" Organized by Claudia Gazzini and Antonio Miralles , MW Fellows
16 December, Wednesday 14.00-15.30 VF, SR	Reading Group on Inequality "Law: Inequality as a judicial concern" Organized by Christian Schemmel and Holger Döring , MWP Fellows
16 December, Wednesday 17.00 MWL, VF, CR	Max Weber Lecture "Simulacra and re-enactments: the experience of Pompeii in the 19th century" Mary Beard, Cambridge University Introduction: Anthony Molho , HEC, EUI Chair: Richard Kirwan , MWP Fellow
18 December, Friday 10.00-13.00 Tutorials, VF	Individual Tutorials Tutorials with David Barnes (signup on Moodle )
Dec. 24th - Jan 6th	EUI is closed for Christmas Break (both dates inclusive)