World View Seminar on Eastern Europe
March 10-11, 2004

The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Co-Sponsored by the UNC
 Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Sudies

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		Wednesday, March 10
	12:30	Check In and Registration
	1:30	Welcome Representative Pryor Gibson NC General Assembly Robert Jenkins, Director Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies UNC-Chapel Hill
	1:45	What is Eastern Europe and Why Should it be Taught? Chad Bryant, Department of History UNC-Chapel Hill
	2:45	Break
	3:00	The Enlargement of the European Union Thomas Oatley, Department of Political Science UNC-Chapel Hill
	4:00	Crisis and Change in a Post-Communist Eastern Europe Robert Jenkins, Director CSEEES, UNC-Chapel Hill
	5:00	Reception
	6:30	Trip Orientation Dinner and Meeting (Eastern Europe Study Visit Participants Only)
		EVENING OPTIONS Dinner in Area Ethnic Restaurant (List to be provided) 8:00 The Subject was Roses, by Frank D. Gilroy* This 1964 prize-winning Broadway smash depicts a family reunited and adjusting to a changing war in the aftermath of war. PlayMakers Repertory Company Paul Green Theater , UNC-Campus Call (919) 962-PLAY or visit www.playmakersrep.org for more information.
		Thursday, March 11
	8:00	Coffee, Tea, and Pastries
	8:30	Slavic Identities: Peoples, Languages, and Religions Laura Janda, Director Slavic and East European Language Resource Center UNC-Chapel Hill
	9:45	Break
	10:00	Concurrent Sessions I 1.  Latino The Holocaust Michael Meng, Department of History, UNC-Chapel Hill 2. Ethnic Conflict and Minority Rights Robert Jenkins, CSEEES, UNC-Chapel Hill 3. Velvet Revolution: The End of Czechoslovakia Miroslav Vanek, Center for Oral History, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic 4. Hungary: Past and Present Thomas Cooper, Department of Slavic Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill
	11:15	Concurrent Sessions II 1. Three Baltic States: Independent, Soviet, and Independent David Olson, Department of Political Science, UNC-Greensboro 2. The Balkans: Conflict, Breakup, and Reconstruction Ken Palmer, Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill 3. Contemporary Challenges for Central Europe Aneta Spendzharova Department of Political Science, John Surface, CSEES, UNC-Chapel Hill
	12:30	Lunch (Buffet provided in the Trillium Dining Room)
	1:15	Classroom Application Sessions 1. Teaching World Culture Through Art [Elementary and Middle School Educators] Rebecca Bailey, Dean School of the Arts, Meredith College 2. Teaching About Eastern Europe [Middle and High School Educators] Suzanne Gulledge, Director International Social Studies Program, School of Education, UNC-Chapel Hill 3. Using Oral History in the Classroom [High School and College Educators] Joseph Mosnier, Associate Director Beth Millwood, Outreach Coordinator Southern Oral History Program
	2:30	Break
	2:45	Websightings: Using the Internet to Teach About Eastern Europe Jacqueline M. Olich, Fellow CSEES, UNC-Chapel Hill
	3:30	Next Steps for Educators Robert Jenkins, Director CSEES, UNC-Chapel Hill
	4:00	Adjourn
	Lunch ideas to be provided for participants of both seminars
	**Continuing Education Units 1½ CEU credits will be awarded for successful completion of the program.