The Post-Communist Era: Challenges and Opportunities
Two-Day Conference cosponsored by the Association for the Study of Free Institutions, University of Nebraska at Omaha; The Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Princeton University
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison/calendar/spring09.html
Monday, May 11
10:30 a.m. to Noon
Presentation of Award of the Association for the Study of Free Institutions
Richard Pipes, Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University
Keynote Address: Reflections on Communism
Richard Pipes
1:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Lessons Learned from the 1989 Revolution in Central Europe
Panelists: Istvan Deák, Columbia University
Janine R. Wedel, George Mason University
Jonathan R. Zatlin, Boston University
Chair: Harold James, Princeton University
3:45 to 5:30 p.m.
American Political Thought and the Restoration of Democracy in Central Europe
Panelists: Aurelian Craiutu, Institute for Advanced Studies
and Indiana University
Marzenna James, Princeton University
Martin Palouš, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Czech Republic
Marc Plattner, National Endowment for Democracy
Chair: James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University
Tuesday, May 12
9:15 to 1:00 a.m.
The Clash of Civilizations Revisited
Panelists: Aaron L. Friedberg, Princeton University
James R. Kurth, Swarthmore College
Abram N. Shulsky, Former Official of the U. S. Department of Defense
Chair: Gabriel Schoenfeld, Witherspoon Institute
11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60: Beacon of Hope or Dead End?
Panelists: Paul Marshall, Hudson Institute
John O. McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law
Jeremy A. Rabkin, George Mason University School of Law
Chair: George W. Dent, Jr., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
2:45 to 4:30 p.m.
The Response of Western Intellectuals to Communism and Its Collapse
Panelists: John Earl Haynes, Library of Congress
Paul Hollander, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Harvey Klehr, Emory University
Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Michael Reynolds, Princeton University
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