Univ Kansas Update conference

[Todd Foglesong]

ANNOUNCING:

4th Russian & East European UpDate Conference
"RUSSIA BEYOND 2000"

Jointly Sponsored by the
Center for Russian and East European Studies at the
University of Kansas, Johnson County Community College,
and International Relations Council of Kansas City

on Saturday 14 March 1998
at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas

For registration information, contact the Center for Russian and East
European Studies E-mail: CREES at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
or phone 785-864-4236

Regular registration fee: $20
Student registration fee: $15
includes:
 * educational program with nationally-known authorities in the field
 * materials and information packet
 * coffee, tea, soda, etc.
 * wine and hors d'oeuvres reception

 Lunch (with keynote speaker Dr. Shiriaev): $12
Choice of Chicken with Mushroom-Dijon Sauce or
Vegetarian Pasta Primavera

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
8:30 am
Sign in (coffee and rolls available) in 233 GEB, JCCC

9:00 am
Welcome and Introduction: Maria Carlson, Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Kansas
Marilyn Gaar, Professor of Political Science,
Johnson County Community College

9:15 am
Keynote: Marshall Goldman, Wellesley College
"Will Russia Join the West?"
Discussion and audience questions and answers

10:15 am
Coffee Break (Coffee, ice water, tea, assorted rolls)

10:30 am Panel:
Beyond 2000: State, Law, and Economy
State and Law: Todd Foglesong, REES, KU
Civil Society and State: John Ishiyama, Political Science,
Truman State University
State and Economy: Roger Pajak, National Security Advisor
for Russian, East European, and Middle East Affairs in the
Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
Questions and Answers: Goldman, Foglesong, Ishiyama, Pajak

Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch break

12:15 pm  Luncheon Speaker:
Boris Shiriaev, St. Petersburg University Institute for Foreign
Relations: "Russia Beyond 2000: An Insider's Assessment"

1:45 pm
Keynote: Tim McDaniel, Professor of Sociology, UC-San Diego:
"The Future of the Russian Idea"
Questions and Answers

2:45 pm
Break (Coffee, soft drinks, ice water)

3:00 pm Panel:
Beyond 2000: Culture and Society
The Society to Come: Eric Hanley, Sociology, KU
The Shifting Cultural Context: William Comer, Slavic
Languages and  Literatures, KU
Spiritual and Moral Values: Father Leonid Kishkovsky,
Orthodox Church in America

5:30 - 7:00 pm
Wine & Hors d'oeuvres Reception at the Doubletree
Inn, 10100 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS


Dr. Todd Foglesong
Assistant to the Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Kansas