CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE
20—22 OCTOBER 2004
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Tuesday, 19 October
Throughout the day: Arrival to the CEU Conference and Residence Center
12:00—19:00 Registration Desk at the CEU Conference and Residence Center
Wednesday, 20 October
Venue: Auditorium, CEU, Nador utca 9
6:30—8:00 CEU Residence Center cafeteria is open for breakfast
8:00 Organized bus transfer to CEU
8:30—13:00 Registration Desk at CEU
9:00— 9:30 Conference Opening and Introductions: Rositsa Bateson, VP for Student Services
9:30—10:00 Welcome Address: Istvan Teplan, Executive Vice-President
10:00—10:30 CEU Accreditation: Liviu Matei, Academic Secretary
10:30—11:00 Coffee Break (in front of the Auditorium)
11:00—12:00 The Notion of Central Europe: Istvan Rev, Professor, Department of History
12:00—13:00 The Bologna Process in Eastern Europe—Challenges and Opportunities: Sophia Howlett, Dean, Special and Extension Programs
13:00—14:30 Lunch at Mokka Restaurant (Sas utca 4, near the Bazilika)
14:30—15:00 Student Involvement in University Life—A View from Central and Eastern Europe (Part I): Rositsa Bateson
15:00—15:30 The Role of the Institutional Website: Brandon Krueger, External Relations Office
15:30—16:00 Student Involvement in University Life—A View from Central and Eastern Europe (Part II): Rositsa Bateson
16:00—16:30 Coffee Break (in front of the Auditorium)
16:30—17:00 Recent History in Images and Documents—the Open Society Archives at Central European University: Anna Svenson, Chief Archivist
17:00—18:00 Tour of CEU and the Open Society Archives
In the afternoon hours CEU Press, CEU Alumni Affairs Office, the Human Rights Student Initiative, and other programs exhibit their activities
18:30—20:30 Reception and Buffet Dinner at Retorta Restaurant (Szechenyi utca 3, a crossing of Nador utca, two blocks from CEU in the direction of the Parliament building)
20:30 Organized Bus transfer to CEU Residence and Conference Center
Thursday, 21 October
Venue: Warsaw Room, CEU Conference and Residence Center, Kerepesi ut 87
6:30—8:45 CEU Residence Center cafeteria is open for breakfast
9:00— 9:30 Student Profile, Admissions and Financial Aid: Rositsa Bateson
9:30—10:00 Department of Economics: Ugo Pagano, Head of Department
10:00—10:30 Department of Political Science: Gabor Toka, Head of Department
10:30—11:00 Coffee Break
11:00—11:30 Department of International Relations and European Studies: Julius Horvath, Head of Department, and Julia Paraizs, Department Coordinator
11:30—12:00 Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology: Ayse Caglar, Head of Department, and Krisztina Bradeanu, Department Coordinator
12:00—12:30 Department of Philosophy: Howard Robinson, Head of Department
12:30—13:00 Department of Medieval Studies: Jozsef Laszlovszky, Head of Department, and Csilla Dobos, Department Coordinator
13:00—14:30 Lunch
14:30—16:00 Special and Extension Programs: Sophia Howlett
Question and Answer Period
‘Troubleshooting Clinic’
16:00—16:30 Coffee Break
16:30—18:00 New Developments at Special Projects Office, the Curriculum Resource Center and Summer University: Matyas Szabo, CRC Director, and Eva Gedeon, SUN Director
Evening Free Time
Friday, 22 October
Venue: Warsaw Room, CEU Conference and Residence Center, Kerepesi ut 87
9:00— 9:30 Department of Mathematics: Gheorghe Morosanu, Head of Department, and Agnes Makary, Department Coordinator
9:30—10:00 Master in Public Policy and Center for Policy Studies: Diane Lesley Stone, Program Director, and Henriett Griecs, Program Coordinator
10:00—10:30 Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy: Ruben Mnatsakanian, Head of Department
10:30—11:00 Coffee Break
11:00—11:30 Department of Gender Studies: Eva Fodor, Head of Department
11:30—12:00 Department of History: Karl Hall, Assistant Professor
12:00—12:30 Nationalism Studies Program: Michael Miller, Assistant Professor
12:30—13:00 Department of Legal Studies: Stefan Messmann, Head of Department
13:00—14:30 Lunch
14:30—15:30 CEU Graduate School of Business
15:30—16:00 Training in Marketing Strategies
16:00—16:30 Coffee Break
16:30—18:00 CEU Recruitment and Admissions: CEU Admissions Office and John Harbord (Academic
Writing Center)
Evening Free Time
Saturday—Sunday, 23-24 October: Departure