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The East European Studies (EES) program provides a non-partisan forum for bringing historical and contemporary understanding of the former communist states of Eastern Europe and the Baltics to the nation's capital. EES organizes seminars, conferences, workshops and briefings featuring prominent scholars and policymakers from the U.S. and Eastern Europe with experience in shaping U.S.-Eastern European policy.
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Upcoming Events
Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification
Tuesday, April 20 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Frederic Bozo, Professor of Contemporary History and International Relations, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Stephen Szabo, Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy
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Building Democracy and State Institutions in Post-War Kosovo
Monday, April 05 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Elton Skendaj, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Cornell University
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Getting Kosovo out of Limbo?
Monday, April 12 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
James Gow, Professor of International Peace and Security, Director of the International Peace and Security Programme, King’s College-London
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Serbia and the EU: Assessing the Economic Prospects
Wednesday, April 21 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
John Lampe, Professor of History, University of Maryland-College Park
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Extreme Politics: Nationalism, Violence, and the End of Eastern Europe
Wednesday, March 03 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Charles King, Professor of International Affairs and Government,
Georgetown University
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Challenges for Romania's Democratic Consolidation: Assessing the 2009 Presidential Elections
Wednesday, January 27 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Politics, University of Maryland-College Park
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Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary: Globalization, Democracy, and Gender Equality
Wednesday, February 17 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Katalin Fabian, Associate Professor of Government and Law, Lafayette College
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Banning Headscarves in Bulgaria: Reflections on the Debate over Religious Symbols in Public Schools
Thursday, January 14 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Kristen Ghodsee, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, Bowdoin College
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10th Annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
Wednesday, December 09 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
His Excellency Mirek Topolanek
Leader of the Civic Democratic Party and former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
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Support for Democracy From Poland to Serbia to Georgia: The Role of Supranational Identity, International Institutions, and Soft Power
Wednesday, December 09 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ryan Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Houston
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From Recipient to Donor: New Europe Promotes Democracy in the Neighborhood
Wednesday, November 18 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tsveta Petrova, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Government, Cornell University
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The Impact of Global Crisis on Transition Countries With Special Regard to the Western Balkans
Tuesday, November 17 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Franjo Štiblar, School of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Vesna Copic, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia.
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Reaching Out at a Time of Economic Crisis: External Anchors and Internal Dynamics in the Western Balkans
Wednesday, October 21 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Jens Bastian, Senior Economic Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece
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Serbian Foreign Policy and the Possibility of Cooperation within the Western Balkan Region
Friday, October 02 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Aleksandar Vucic, Deputy President, Serbian Progressive Party
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Director's Forum: The Enlargement of the European Union
Tuesday, September 22 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Michael Leigh, Director-General for Enlargement, European Commission
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Idealists Against Ideologues: A Case Study in the Political History of the Romanian Intelligentsia
Wednesday, June 10 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Mihail Neamtu Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and Romanian Short-Term Scholar
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Hijacked Justice: Dealing With the Past in the Balkans
Wednesday, June 10 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University
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Central and Eastern Europe
and the Global Financial Crisis:
Heightened Risks and Rising Vulnerabilities
Wednesday, March 18 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sharon Fisher, Senior Economist, IHS Global Insight
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The Racist Paradox and the Failure of Minority Policies in Central and East Europe since 1989
Wednesday, January 28 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Michel Vasecka, assistant professor of social studies, Masaryk University-Brno, and director, Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture
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Challenges to EU and US Policy in the Western Balkans
Wednesday, January 14 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
James Lyon, senior associate, Democratization Policy Council
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Transnational Networks, Domestic Democratic Activists and Defeat of Dictators: Slovakia, Croatia and Serbia, from 1998 to 2000
Wednesday, November 05 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and Professor of Government, Cornell University; Sharon L. Wolchik, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University and Reagan-Fascell Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy
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High Crimes, High Drama: A Preview of the Karadzic Trial
Wednesday, October 29 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Michael P. Scharf, Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Talk of the Nation: Language and Conflict in Romania and Slovakia
Wednesday, October 08 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Zsuzsa Csergo, Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Queen's University
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Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo
Thursday, October 02 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Peter Andreas, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University
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Missile Defenses in Europe: Who Threatens Whom and How?
Wednesday, September 24 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Stephen Blank, Professor of National Security Studies, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
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East European Studies
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: ees@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4222
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