FORUM "SHARING"


7th International Forum of the Universal Academy of Cultures

Under the High Patronage of
Jacques Chirac
President of the French Republic

with the support of the French Ministries of
Education, Culture and Foreign Affairs
and of the Maison des Sciences de l'homme


SHARING

25 & 26 November 2003

Grand Auditorium de l'UNESCO
125, avenue de Suffren - 75007 Paris - FRANCE
Métro : Ségur or Ecole militaire

Scientific Committee :
Elie Wiesel, Roger-Pol Droit, Franz-Olivier Giesbert, Michelle Perrot,
Jorge Semprun Françoise Barret-Ducrocq, Jean-Paul Constantin

 

Draft programme (28 October 2003)

Tuesday 25 November 2003 - Morning


9.00 A.M.: OPENING SESSION

Welcome Address by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO


9.15 A.M.: INTRODUCTION

Elie Wiesel : The Spirit of Sharing
Roger-Pol Droit : The Idea and the Cake
Monique Canto-Sperber : Sharing, Redistribution and Solidarity


SESSION N°1 - 10.00 A.M.  12.30 P.M.
" EVERYONE HAS A SHARE... "

Chair : Elie Wiesel

Jacqueline de Romilly :
" Different Kinds of Sharing in Ancient Greece "

Alain Minc :
"
Sharing Wealth "

Christophe Aguiton :
" The External Debt "

Questions from the floor

Tuesday 25 November 2003 - Afternoon


SESSION N°2 - 2.00 P.M.  5.00  P.M.
AND EVERYONE'S GOT IT WHOLE

Chair : Michelle Perrot

Jérôme Bindé :
" Sharing Knowledge in Knowledge-based Societies "

K.R. Narayanan :
" Sharing and Democracy : Common Rules / Different Ideas "

Bernard Kouchner :
" Patients International "

Umberto Eco - Franz-Olivier Giesbert :
" Sharing Access to Information "

Questions from the floor

Wednesday 26 November 2003 - Morning


SESSION N°3  - 9.30 A.M.  12.30 P.M.   
SHARING MEMORIES ( SOME CONCRETE CASES )

Chair : Umberto Eco

SHARED MEMORIES ?

Jorge Semprun :
" Recalcitrant Memories "

COMMON OR DIVISIVE MEMORIES ?

Henry Louis Gates :
" Sharing Knowledge Between Civilizations : W.E.B. DuBois and the Encyclopaedia Africana "

Wole Soyinka :
" African Memories and Colonial Cultures "

Heinz Wismann :
" Two Different European Memories : Western and Eastern Europe "

Questions from the floor

Wednesday 26 November 2003 - Afternoon


SESSION N°4   2.00 P.M.   
ORGANIZING SHARING

Chair : Roger-Pol Droit

Michelle Perrot :
" The Sex Divide "

Baroness Helena Kennedy :
" Sharing Cultures "

Questions from the floor

SHARING AS HUMAN EXPERIENCE HUMAINE, IMAGINING SHARING

Round table, chaired by Franz-Olivier Giesbert

with :
Julia Kristeva
,
Furio Colombo
.


A VIEW TO THE FUTURE

Sister Emmanuelle

Father Ceyrac


CONCLUSION

Elie Wiesel


END OF THE FORUM   6.00 P.M.