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Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce
cordially invites you to attend
After Communism: Achievement and Disillusionment Since 1989
on
2/26/2010
at
Columbia University
Faculty House, President’s Room, 64 Morningside Drive New York, New York 

After Communism:
Achievement and Disillusionment since 1989


February 26-27
, 2010 | Columbia University
This multi-day symposium that will bring together leading public intellectuals, scholars, politicians, dissidents and writers from both sides of the Atlantic to assess the global meaning of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the world.

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

FRIDAY, February 26


2:00 What Was Communism and Why Did It End?
Adam Michnik, Archie Brown, Vlad Muresan
Moderator: Mircea Mihaies

3:45 What is Post-Communism and When Does It End?
Katherine Verdery, Paul Dragos Aligica, Slawomir Sierakowski
Moderator: Monika Fabijanska

5:30 The End of History?
Alfred Gusenbauer, Michael Scammell, Stephen Sestanovich
Moderator: Andreas Stadler

7:15 Film: 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST
(Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania 2006)
Introduced by A.O. Scott


SATURDAY, February 27

2:00 The Legacy of Dissent
Erhard Busek, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Ira Katznelson
Moderator: Catharine Nepomnyashchy

3:45 Unfulfilled Promises? Democracy & Disillusionment
Angelo Mitchievici, Elzbieta Matynia, Timothy Frye
Moderator: Corina Suteu

5:30 Creating a Narrative About the Communist Past
Benjamin Barber, Stephen Kotkin, Vladimir Tismaneanu
Moderator: Timothy Frye

The detailed symposium agenda is available at www.icrny.org.


FRI-SAT, February 26-27. Panels: 2-7 pm
FRI, February 26, 7:15: Screening of "12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST"
HARRIMAN INSTITUTE at Columbia University

Faculty House, President’s Room, 64 Morningside Drive, Columbia University
FREE ADMISSION. Registration required ONLINE REQUIRED or at rsvp@harrimaninstitute.org.



The event runs from 2/26/2010 until 2/27/2010.
Member Fee: 0.00$
Non-member Fee: 0.00$

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