Central and Eastern Europe: Ten Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall

October 14-15, 1999

School of Social Work
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Cosponsors
Center for European Studies
Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies
International Social Studies Project
School of Social Work

		Wednesday, October 13             (for participants of Russia/Finland Trip)
	6:00	Reception and Sharing of Pictures (Home of Jean and Robert Phay, 123 Morgan Bend Court, Chapel Hill)
		Thursday, October 14
	8:15	Registration and continental breakfast (Foyer)
	9:00	Welcome Robert Phay, Director, World View
	9:05	Review of Packet Evelin Brinich, Assistant Director, World View
	9:15	Europe: Ten Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall Gerhard Weinberg, Kenan Professor of History, UNC-CH
	10:15	Break (Beverages)
	10:30	Panel: Education, Health, and Market Economies: After the Breakup of the Soviet Union
		Moderator: Ruth Mitchell-Pitts, The Euro, Center for European Studies, UNC-CH Bobbie Lubker, Education in East Germany, Before and After Unification, School of Education, UNC-CH Garland Hershey, Health Care in Central and Eastern Europe, School of Dentistry UNC-CH Leigh Shamblin, Effects on the Private Sector Economy in Central and Eastern Europe, NIS, and the United States, MBA Enterprise Corps, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-CH
	12:15	Lunch (Box lunch served in the lobby and eaten at picnic tables or 5th floor lounge)
	1:15	Islam in Central and Eastern Europe
		Charles Kurzman, Sociology Department, UNC-CH
	2:25	Break (Beverages and Cookies)
	2:45	Strategies for Teaching About Central and Eastern Europe Moderator: Suzanne Gulledge, Director, International Social Studies Project, School of Education, UNC-CH
		Concurrent Session for Community College Educators
	4:00	Report on the Russia and Finland Study Abroad Trip: "What American Educators Can Learn" Moderator: Robert Phay Angie Brady-Andrew, Chatham Co. Schools Chris Jones, Dept. of Public Instruction Linda McMasters, Wake Co. Schools Stephanie Miller, Currituck Co. Schools June Mullen, New Hanover Co. Schools Bill Shipp, Cumberland Co. Schools
	5:00	Adjourn
		Friday, October 15
	8:15	Crisis in the Balkans Jiri Dienstbier, Visiting Frye Foundation Distinguished Professor Robert Greenberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, UNC-CH
	9:15	Break (Beverages and cookies)
	9:35	Concurrent Sessions School Teams Work on Action Plans
		Participants in the Russia study tour meet with their teams to discuss their action plans
	11:00	World View's New Website Kathy Roberts Forde, Associate Director
	11:15	Panel: Challenges Facing the Immigrant Child Moderator: Zhenya Arutyunyan, Davidson College
	12:15	Final adjournment