Subtitle:
Activity Type:
Seminar
Presenter:
Date:
Friday, October 24, 2014 (All day) to Sunday, October 26, 2014 (All day)
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
100 Porter Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
Contact Person:
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
dristas@pitt.edu
Event Web Site:
Cost:
Russia Today is a one-credit (Pitt)/ three-unit (CMU) mini course, consisting of 14 hours of classes over a weekend, with a major paper assignment to be completed for credit. This course is created for undergraduate and graduate students. However, K-12 educators, business and community members are welcome to attend all or sections of the course for free. The course will open with two keynote lectures on Friday evening on an overview of the issues. This will be followed by instructional lectures on Saturday on the various themes by experts in the fields. Sunday morning will be a discussion of two case studies and a panel discussion by the speakers on future challenges and some possible projections/ recommendations.
UCIS Unit:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Carnegie Mellon University
World Regions:
Russia/Eastern Europe