World View Seminar on Russia

March 17-18, 1999

Friday Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Cosponsors
Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
International Social Studies Project (School of Education)
Office of International Affairs (School of Medicine)

Wednesday, March 17

	12:00	Lunch for the participants in the Hispanic Seminar
	12:30	Registration (Seminar Room)
	1:00	Welcome
		Robert Phay, Director, World View
	1:05	Review of Packets
		Kathy Roberts Forde, Seminar Director World View
	1:10	Slide Presentation: Russia from 1963 to Present
		Joel Schwartz, Professor, Department of Political Science UNC-CH
	2:15	Greetings from Russia; the Russian Language
		Zhenya Arutyunyan, Davidson College student and Russian citizen
	2:45	Break (beverages and food)
	3:00	Russia's History
		Donald Raleigh, Pardue Professor, Department of History, UNC-CH
	3:45	Materials from "Russia and the Other Former Soviet Republics in Transition"
		Daniel Papp, Fellow, Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta
	4:30	International Social Studies Project
		Suzanne Gulledge, Director, International Social Studies Project, School of Education, UNC-CH
	4:45	Break
	5:00	Russian Schools and Life in Russia
		Zhenya Arutyunyan
	6:00	Adjourn
	6:15	Buffet at the Phays' (optional)
		(123 Morgan Bend Court)
		Thursday, March 18
	8:00	Foreign Travel Tips
		(Russia/Finland Trip Participants) Robert Phay
	7:30	Coffee and Tea
	8:00	Russia's Financial Problems
		Patrick Conway, Professor, Department of Economics, UNC-CH
	9:15	Break (beverages and food)
	9:30	Architecture and Art of Russia
		Christopher Putney, Asst. Professor, Department of Slavic Languages, UNC-CH
	10:45	Move to separate rooms
	10:50	Concurrent Sessions
		· Teams Work on Action Plans · Travelers to Russia/Finland: Itinerary, Visas, School Projects Robert Phay, Moderator Doc Hamm, President, InterBank Leasing & Investments, Inc., Durham Judy Morris, World View Mariatta Talbot, Getaway Travel, Chapel Hill
	12:15	Lunch
	1:15	Reports from School/College Teams and Trip Participants
		Moderators: Laura Janda and Robert Phay
	2:00	Russia in Transition from an Entrepreneur's Point of View
		Doc Hamm
	2:45	Break (beverages)
	3:00	What Expertise Will the United States Need in Future Interactions with Russia?
		Laura Janda
	3:45	Adjournment for non-travelers
	3:45	Final meeting of travel group
		(panel on Russia trip) Doc Hamm, Laura Janda, Judy Morris, Robert Phay, Pavel Romonov, Elena Smirnova, Mariatta Talbot
	4:45	Final adjournment