Comparing the Impacts of September 11, 2001 and March 11, 2004

APRIL 8, 2005

9:30AM PRESENTATION AND INTRODUCTION:

Bob Kerrey, President, New School University. Michael Cohen, Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs, New School University. Josep Ramoneda, Director, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona.

10:00-12:30PM SESSION 1: THE MEANING OF TERRORISM

Chair: Arjun Appadurai, Provost, New School University.

Madrid: Baltasar Garzón, Magistrado Juez de la Audiencia Nacional, Madrid .
New York: Bob Kerrey, President, New School University.

Commentators:

Kepa Aulestia, Asesor Editorial, Grupo Vocento. Josep Ramoneda, Director, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. Paul Berman, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, author, Terror and Liberalism.

2:00-4:30PM SESSION 2: POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENTAL REACTIONS

Chair: Michael Cohen, Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs, New School University.

New York: William Hartung, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute.
Madrid: Fernando Vallespín, Professor of Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, current President of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS).

Commentators:

Andrew Nagorski, Newsweek. José Antonio Martín Pallín, Magistrado, Sala de lo Penal, Tribunal Supremo Rafael del Águila, Professor of Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

APRIL 9, 2005

10:00-12:30 AM SESSION 3: SOCIAL REACTIONS

Chair: Ben Lee, Dean, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Sciences.

New York: William Hirst, Professor of Psychology, New School University, and researcher on the psychological reactions to 9/11
Madrid: Juan Luis Cebrián, Consejero Delegado, El País.

Commentators:

Nikki Stern, Executive Director, Families of September 11. Cristina Salado, 11 M Victims Association, Madrid. Leslie Crawford, Correspondent in Madrid, Financial Times.

2:00-4:30PM SESSION 4: THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND URBAN PLANNING RESPONSES IN EACH CITY

Chair: Margarita Gutman, New School University and School of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning, University of Buenos Aires.

New York: Karen Philips, Member, New York City Planning Commission.
Madrid: Gema Martín Muñoz, Professor of Sociology of the Arab World, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Commentators:

David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. José Antonio Olmeda, Professor of Political Science, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.

Host/ess: Bob Kerrey, Michael Cohen, Josep Ramoneda

Participant/s: Arjun Appadurai, Baltasar Garzón, Bob Kerrey, Kepa Aulestia, Josep Ramoneda, Paul Berman, Michael Cohen, William Hartung, Fernando Vallespín, Andrew Nagorski, José Antonio Martín Pallín, Rafael del Águila, Ben Lee, William Hirst, Juan Luis Cebrián, Nikki Stern, Marisa Pacheco, Ana Isabel García, Leslie Crawford, Margarita Gutman, Karen Philips, Gema Martín Muñoz, David Harvey, José Antonio Olmeda