Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007
From: "Kennan Email" <Kennan@wilsoncenter.org>
Subject: Kennan Institute November Calendar
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EVENTS
Unless otherwise noted, Kennan Institute meetings are held in the Flom Auditorium on the 6th floor of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Please note that seating at all events is available on a first come, first served basis-no reservations required. Please call on the day of the event to confirm. Please bring an identification card with a photograph (e.g. driver's license, work i.d., or university i.d.) as part of the Wilson Center's security procedures.
Some events are broadcast live on the Wilson Center website. Please see www.wilsoncenter.org for details or to view live and archived webcasts.
Thursday, November 1 Seminar 3:30-5:30 p.m. Kennan Institute U.S. Alumni Series "Robust Revolution to Retiring Revolution: The Life Cycle of the Soviet Revolution" Amir Weiner, Associate Professor of History and Co-director, Center for European Studies, Stanford University, and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
Monday, November 5 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. "Russia and the United States in Eurasia: Conflict or Cooperation?" Nikolai Zlobin, Director of Russian and Asian Programs, World Security Institute, Washington, D.C.; Co-Chairman, International Board, Russia Profile; and former Short-Term Scholar, Kennan Institute
Tuesday, November 13 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. Note: This event will be held in the 5th floor conference room. "In the Beginning There was the Word: Glasnost at Twenty" Leon Aron, Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Thursday, November 15 Seminar 4:30-6:00 p.m. Cosponsored by the History and Public Policy Project, Woodrow Wilson Center "The 2007 Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture: Democracy as a Challenge" Anatoli Mikhailov, Rector, European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania, and former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center. To attend, please RSVP to ionratiu-lecture@wilsoncenter.org
Monday, November 19 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. "Russia and the West--What's Next?" Angela Stent, Professor of Government and Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University
Monday, November 26 Noon Discussion 12-1 p.m. "Roots of Perestroika" Sidney Ploss, former Historian, U.S. Department of State
INCOMING SCHOLARS
Short-Term Scholars
Aurelie Biard, Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Political Science, Paris. "The Religious Occurrence in Post-Soviet Recompositions: Tatarstan, Altay, and Kyrgyzstan." November 2007.
Kenneth Bossong, Co-Director, Ukrainian-American Environmental Association, MD. "Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology Options for Ukraine." November-December 2007.
Richard Sakwa, Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, U.K. "The Yukos Affair and the Development of Russian Energy Policy." November 2007.
CURRENT SCHOLARS
To view our current scholars, please visit http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.scholars
CONTRIBUTIONS
The Kennan Institute would like to thank The Philanthropic Collaborative for its donation in support of Kennan Institute programming on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. George D. O'Neill.
MEETING REPORTS
The latest Kennan Institute meeting reports, "U.S./NATO-Russia and Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism: Toward Building a Comprehensive Strategy" and "A Tragic Feud: Alienation Between the Russian State and the Liberal Intelligentsia, Past and Present," are now available on our website at the following address: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.publications&group_id=7718
ANNOUNCEMENTS
KI and IREX Announce 2008 Regional Policy Symposium: Frozen Conflicts and Unrecognized States in Southeast Europe and Eurasia Deadline: December 3, 2007
The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)-in collaboration with the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC)-will be hosting a research symposium to bring together junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community to examine and discuss timely topics related to the frozen conflicts and unrecognized states in Southeast Europe and Eurasia from multi-disciplinary approaches. Topics include: security and military cooperation; economic trends; environment and safety; human rights; cross-border ethnic issues; trade development; legal reform; and foreign relations. Research focus areas may include: Abkhazia; Kosovo; Nagorno-Karabakh; Republika Srpska; South Ossetia; and Transnistria.
Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research on the region. Grants will be awarded to approximately 10 junior scholars. The Regional Symposium is scheduled to take place in mid-April 2008 in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the development of policy recommendations.
For more information, eligibility requirements, and application materials, please visit the IREX website at: www.irex.org/programs/symp/index.asp
Staff News
The Kennan Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of William Eric Pomeranz as Deputy Director as of August 2007. Prior to joining the Kennan Institute, Will practiced international law at Reed Smith LLP in Washington, D.C. He previously worked as an attorney in the Moscow Office of Baker & McKenzie, and served as a program officer for Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus at the National Endowment for Democracy. He served as editor at the Kennan Institute during the early 1990s.
The Kennan Institute is also pleased to announce that Rachel Madenyika joined the Kennan Institute staff in June 2007. Rachel replaces Summer Brown as Program Specialist for finance. Summer, who is moving to Nigeria, left the Center in June. We thank her for her stellar performance at the Center over the past three years.
Rachel comes to the Center from WITNESS, a nonprofit human rights and media advocacy organization based in Brooklyn, New York. She previously worked at the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York, the Quaker United Nations Office in New York, as well as at European Union Mico-Projects in Zimbabwe, Intercolonias in Mexico, and Save the Children in Kentucky.
Margaret Paxson has announced that she will be leaving the Kennan Institute to pursue research opportunities in the region in December 2007. Margaret will continue with the Kennan Institute in part-time status for the next few months. We thank her for her dedicated service over the past five years and wish her well in her new endeavors.
Deadline Approaching
The deadline for the Kennan Institute's Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar and Short-Term Scholar grant competitions is December 1, 2007. Please visit the Kennan Institute's website at www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan or send an e-mail to kennan@wilsoncenter.org for more information.
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