The order of the ceremony and speeches which were given on the occasion of the foundation of the Centre for British Studies by former rector of the University of Bamberg Professor Alfred Hierold, the State Minister for the Sciences, Research and the Arts Hans Zehetmair and the former Ambassador for Great Britain in Bonn, Sir Nigel Bloomfield, can be read in the following publication:
Feier der Gründung des Zentrums für Studien zur Geschichte, Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft Großbritanniens (Centre for British Studies) am 2. März 2000 (Bamberger Universitätsreden, Bd. 5) Bamberg, 2000.
The programme and the individual speeches can be accessed under the following links:
First Page of Brochure
Programme of Foundation Ceremony on 2nd March 2002
Opening words by Professor Godehard Ruppert
Address by former rector, Professor Alfred Hierold
Speech by the Bavarian State Minister for the Sciences, Research and the Arts, Hans Zehetmair
Speech by Nigel Broomfield
Evaluation by Dr. Walter Lessing
UK-Berlin 2000 Campaign