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Opening Ceremony
9:00 am - 9:45 am, WPU, Lower Lounge
With remarks by Professor Burkart Holzner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and former Director of the University Center for International Studies.
Coffee and continental breakfast.
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Political History Panel
10:00 am - 11:00 am, WPU, Dining Room A
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Angela Braun - “Jorg Haider and the Rise of the Freedom Party in Austria”
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Eroica Poulakos - “'The Pity of War' Reconsidered”
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Michael Tooshi - “The Effects of Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism on the Transition to Democracy: Spain and Russia”
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Transatlantic Trade Panel
10:00 am - 11:00 am, WPU, Dining Room B
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Lisa George - “Bananas: Why Did the EU Lose its Battle to the WTO?”
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James Martin - “GATT and the Uruguay Round”
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Adam Webber - “Europe and Helms-Burton: A Challenge to American Hubris”
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Humanities Panel
11:30 am -12:30 pm, WPU, Dining Room B
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Melissa Haas - “Therapeutic Uses of Music: Europe and the US”
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Pete Musser - “Submerged Priests and Writers: James Joyce, Frank O’Connor, and the Generation Gap”
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Zora Rush - “Maintenance, Shift, and Language Policy in Eastern Europe: The Difficult Case of Latvia”
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Foreign Policy Panel
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, WPU, Dining Room A
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Scott Bohn - “Russian Foreign Policy Since September 11”
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Josef Naiditch - “Analysis of Transatlantic Cooperation to Combat Money Laundering”
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Katie Stanich - “Foreign Investment in Russia Since 1991: Are Any Companies Making a Profit?”
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Igor Voloshen - “The European Union Enlargement: Adverse Effects on United States Business Interests”
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Award Ceremony
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, WPU, Lower Lounge
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The closing reception and awards ceremony was open to the public. The awards were announced as soon as the judges had selected the first prizes and grand prize.
Remarks by Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Director of the Center for West European Studies and Professor of Political Science, and Dr. Robert Hayden, Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Anthropology, Law and Public and International Affairs.
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