A Conversation on U.S. Foreign Policy with Senator Jeanne Shaheen
This week, a bipartisan congressional delegation will visit Denmark to meet with Greenlandic and Danish leaders, aiming to strengthen their alliance. During the visit, the Democratic senator from New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen and the Republican Senator from Alaska, Senator Lisa Murkowski will introduce bipartisan legislation to prohibit the Administration from using U.S. Government funds to take control of Greenland.
We invite you to join us in a conversation with Senator Jeanne Shaheen at the University of Copenhagen on Friday 16 January, 11:30-12:30. Here the senator will speak about U.S. foreign policy in dialogue with Sara Hagemann, Professor of European Politics and Public Policy at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
Event information
This event is free to attend however registration is required, and you will need to show your photo ID upon entrance.
Please arrive at the venue between 11:00 and 11:20. Entry will be prohibited after 11:25.
Speaker bios
Jeanne Shaheen, Senator from New Hampshire (D)
The first woman in U.S. history to be elected both a Governor and a United States Senator, New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen is a trailblazer with a reputation for working across the aisle to get things done. Shaheen is recognized as a leader with regard working with allies to improve trade and security cooperation. Shaheen has served in the Senate since 2009 and is the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committees on Armed Services, Appropriations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, as well as the Select Committee on Ethics.
Professor Sara Hagemann
Sara Hagemann is Professor of European Politics and Public Policy at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Professor Hagemann has over 20 years of experience in academia and policy-making, and has held senior positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of Copenhagen (UCPH), and in think tanks in Brussels. She was the Vice Dean at the UCPH Faculty of Social Science from 2021-2025 and the inaugural Academic Director at the LSE School of Public Policy from 2018-2021. She has published extensively on political systems and political institutions, particularly with regards to democratic processes, transparency and accountability, legislative politics, international negotiations, EU affairs, EU treaty matters, and national parliaments.
Event information
This event is free to attend however registration is required, and you will need to show your photo ID upon entrance.
Please arrive at the venue between 11:00 and 11:20. Entry will be prohibited after 11:25.