Center for German and European Studies

CGES@25: Beginning to End the Climate Crisis

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12:00 - 1:00 pm Festive Luncheon (vegan)
1:00 - 2:05 pm

Keynote: Professor Simon Richter, Chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania: “Plan D: Moving to Germany as the Final Dutch Climate Adaption Strategy”

2:20 - 3:40 pm Panel on Climate Justice:
  • Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and an Affiliated Faculty at the Heller School for Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University: “Ecological Justice in the Age of Climate Crisis”
  • Barbara Dombrowski, climate photographer: “A Lens on Climate Justice”
  • Tonny Nowshin (via Zoom), “Decolonizing Degrowth”
  • Facilitator: Toni Shapiro-Phim, Associate Professor of Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation and Co-Director of the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts & Liz Sandoval '25, Major: Business/Psycholgy
4:00 - 4:45 pm Book Launch: Beginning to End the Climate Crisis. A History of Our Future.

(Brandeis University Press, April 2023) 

  • Luisa Neubauer (via Zoom) 
  • Alexander Repenning
  • Bill McKibben
  • Sabine von Mering, CGES Director

Moderator: Miriam Wasser, WBUR

4:45 - 6:00 pm CHARRETTE “Let's Talk About Climate and What We Can Change”

Led by Phoebe Dolan, Co-Director, Maine Youth Power, alumna

Co-facilitators:
Rebecca Spinner '25, Majors: Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Leo Zhang '25, Major: Environmental Studies
Kate Danziger '23, Major: Environmental Studies and Biology, Minor: Climate Justice, Science and Policy.
Maggie Del Re '23, Major: Environmental Studies, Minors: Legal Studies, English, and Climate Justice, Science and Policy
Ellie Greene '25, Major: Biology, Minor: Climate Justice, Science and Policy
Ana Delfina Mejía Cerdas '25, Majors: Economics, International and Global Studies with a concentration in Global Health and Development, Minors: Latin American Studies, Social Justice and Social Policy
6:00 - 6:10 pm Greeting by Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz
6:10 - 6:40 pm Keynote by Bill McKibben  
6:40 - 7:00 pm Q&A with Bill McKibben 

Facilitators: 

  • Zev Carlyle '23, Major: Business, Minor: History
  • Andie (Miranda) Sheinbaum '24, Major: Environmental Studies, Minors: Legal Studies and English
  • Ana Delfina Mejía Cerdas '25, Majors: Economics, International and Global Studies with a concentration in Global Health and Development, Minors: Latin American Studies, Social Justice and Social Policy

CGES Donors

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to our supporters for their generosity in donating to CGES. As a part of our 25th anniversary, we would like to recognize donors who contributed to our celebration this year as well as helped us to continue our important work.

  • Heidi Keller Moon
  • Margaret E. Ward
  • Margie & Tony Lee
  • Gail Finney
  • Luise F. Pusch and Joey Horsley
  • Nicholas Alexander Brown
  • Maike Byrd
  • Dante Diwan
  • Robin Feuer Miller
  • Sandy Resnick & John Field
  • We express our gratitude to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for supporting our work.

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