Transregional Center for Democratic Studies
Transregional Center for Democratic Studies
October 2
Dmitry Strovsky, Professor of Journalism, Ural State University,
will speak on "The World Through the Russian Media," 6 p.m., Machinist
Conference Room.
October 14
Zora and Martin Butora, sociologists from Bratislava, Slovakia,
will speak on "Democracy and Media in Slovakia" 6 p.m., Room 242.
October 15
"Russia Today: Contradictions of Democracy," Roundtable with the visiting
Russian
scholars, 5:30 p.m, Orozco Room, 66 W. 12 St.
NOVEMBER
November 13
Daniel Calingaertand Robert Jenkins of Civic Education
Project will present the outcome of a report on "Educating for the Transition:
A Needs Assesment of Social Science Higher Education in Central and Eastern
Europe," 6 p.m., Room 242
November 21
Adam Michnik, Fall 1996 Visiting Professor in Democracy, will
speak on "Central Europe After Communism," 6 p.m., Room 242.
November 26
Gail Kligman will speak on the present position of women in
East and Central Europe, 2 p.m., room tba.
DECEMBER
December 4
Dr. Gramoz Pashko, economist and former Deputy Prime Minister
of Albania, will speak of "Six Years After the Revolution: The Case of
Albania," 4 p.m., Machinist Room.
March 10
Rumyana Kolarova, Professor of Political Science at Sofia University,
Dimitr
Dimitrov, Member of the Central Electoral Committee and Professor of
Political Science at Sofia University, and Ivan Krastev, Director
of the Center for Liberal Strategies and Professor of Political Science
at New Bulgarian University, will speak on "Bulgaria: Collapse in the Age
of Transition" 6:00 p.m., Wolff Conference Room (Room 242).
March 27
Ivan Vejvoda, Social Historian and Visiting Professor, Macalester
College, will speak on The Politics of Post-Communism in the Balkans, 6
p.m.,Wolff Conference Room (Room 242).
Fall 1997
October
October 29
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Author of Shah of Shahs, The Soccer War, and Imperium"A Conversation with Ryszard Kapuscinski" with panelists Jonathan Schell, Walter Russell Mead, and Elzbieta Matynia
November
November 4
Fatos Lubonja, Writer, Former Political Prisoner, and 1997 Human Rights Watch Honoree from Albania"Tolerance and Political Culture in Post-Communist Albania"
December
December 1
Miklos Haraszti, Fall 1997 G-Tech Visiting Professor in Democracy at the GF, Writer and Political Commentator, Lecturer at the CEU in Budapest, and Former Editor of Beszelo, the main samizdat journal of the Hungarian Democratic Opposition during the 1980s"The NATO Question, or Why Eastern Europe Still Likes the U.S."
December 3
Galina Starovoitova, 1996 Candidate for Russian Presidency, Co-Chair of political party "Democratic Russia," Member of State Duma of the Russian Federation since 1995"The Position of Russian Liberals toward Nato Eastward Expansion"
December 8
Antoni Kaminski, Professor of Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences "Patterns of Corruption in Post-Communist Poland"
Winter - Spring 1998
January
January 26
President of the Slovak Republic, recipient of awards from the Institute for EastWest Studies (1994) and the American Bar Association (1995) for his distinguished contributions to the development of democracy and civil society in Slovakia."Building a Civil Society in the Slovak Republic: Five Years of Independence and the Challenges Ahead"
February
February 20
Kazimierz Poznanski, Professor of Economics at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, "From Communism to Recession: Political Economy of Transition"
March
March 12
Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, "Post-Iliescu Romania: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation"
April
April 6
Father Michael Lapsley SSM, the Spring G-Tech Visiting Professor of Democracy at the GF "Confronting the Past and Creating the Future: The Road to Truth, Healing, and Forgiveness"
April 22
Panel Discussion with Michael Lapsley, Gesine Schwann (Freie University Berlin, Visiting Professor, GF), Jose Casanova (Dept. of Sociology, GF), and Ruti Teitel (New York Law School) "The Politics of Memory and Justice in Democratic Transitions: Eastern Europe, Germany, Latin America, and South Africa in Comparative Perspective"
May
May 19
Dr. Feliks Tych, Director, Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland
"Preserving Jewish Cultural Heritage in Poland"
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