Global Partners Project - Center in Central Europe & Russia

9:00 Plenary: Central Europe and Russia Since the Fall of the Soviety Union--Irwin Weil, Professor Emeritus, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Northwestern University

10:00 Break

10:30 Panel: What are the issues for the study of the region?

Michael D. Kennedy, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
Barclay Ward, Professor of Political Science, University of the South
Yvonne Howell, Associate Professor of Russian, University of Richmond

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 Small group discussions of plenary

2:00 Break

2:30 Disciplinary discussions

Changes in economics and politics
Literature and languages
Innovative pedagogies and curricula

6:00 Reception

6:30 Dinner (with special tables for seminar alumni)

7:30 Concert: Two Centuries of Russian Music--Nancy Paddleford, Professor Piano, St. Olaf College, and Regina Mushabac, Professor of Cello, Baldwin-Wallace College

Sunday, April 10

8:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 Small group discussion: What has Global Partners accomplished?

10:00 Break

10:30 Panel: What are the next steps for our colleges to engage this region?

Andrew Riess, Senior Program Officer, Europe/Eurasia Unit, Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Gitta Hammarberg, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Russian, Macalester College
David Finley, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former Dean of the College, Colorado College
Valerie Nollan, Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities, Rhodes College

12:00 PM Lunch (box lunches available)

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	Russia, Central Europe, and the Liberal Arts: A Global Partners Symposium and Reunion April 8-10, 2005 University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia

	Friday, April 8 5:00 PM Reception 6:00 Dinner 7:00 Welcome & Introductions: June Aprille, Provost, University of Richmond 7:15 Movie: "Oligarch" ("Tycoon"), directed by Pavel Lungin, Introduced by Peter Pozefsky, Associate Professor of History, College of Wooster Saturday, April 9 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 Plenary: Central Europe and Russia Since the Fall of the Soviety Union--Irwin Weil, Professor Emeritus, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Northwestern University 10:00 Break 10:30 Panel: What are the issues for the study of the region? Michael D. Kennedy, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Barclay Ward, Professor of Political Science, University of the South Yvonne Howell, Associate Professor of Russian, University of Richmond 12:00 PM Lunch 1:00 Small group discussions of plenary 2:00 Break 2:30 Disciplinary discussions Changes in economics and politics Literature and languages Innovative pedagogies and curricula 6:00 Reception 6:30 Dinner (with special tables for seminar alumni) 7:30 Concert: Two Centuries of Russian Music--Nancy Paddleford, Professor Piano, St. Olaf College, and Regina Mushabac, Professor of Cello, Baldwin-Wallace College Sunday, April 10 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 Small group discussion: What has Global Partners accomplished? 10:00 Break 10:30 Panel: What are the next steps for our colleges to engage this region? Andrew Riess, Senior Program Officer, Europe/Eurasia Unit, Council for International Exchange of Scholars Gitta Hammarberg, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Russian, Macalester College David Finley, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former Dean of the College, Colorado College Valerie Nollan, Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities, Rhodes College 12:00 PM Lunch (box lunches available)

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