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Moscow office: 44 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow, Russia Tel. (095) 290-3459, Fax (095) 291-1595; E-mail: [log in to unmask] June 18, 2002 American University in Moscow Seeks Phd Advisors for Russian graduate students For additional information please send e-mail to: Edward Lozansky: [log in to unmask] American and Russian educators interested in becoming PhD advisors for the graduate students at the American University in Moscow (AUM) are encouraged to submit their resumes and to attend an organizational meeting on September 16 – 17 at our headquarters in Moscow, Russia. AUM was founded 12 years ago with the endorsement of Mikhail Gorbachev, George H. Bush, and Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov, and with financial support from several American companies and private businessmen, most generously from the late Robert Krieble. At that time it was the first private business school in Russia. This year the university is expanding its activities by establishing a graduate program in US-Russian relations in economics, political science, sociology, science and technology, military, and other areas. Each student will be assigned to one American and one Russian professor who will be their thesis advisors and who will be able to utilize the Internet to conduct supervision activities. Presently AUM is working to develop a consortium of US and Russian universities that will participate in this project by providing teaching or research experts. To date, several institutions have expressed strong interest in joining the consortium. Among them Moscow State University, Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Russian Academy of Sciences affiliates (e.g., Institute of Sociology, Institute of the United States and Canada, Institute of Europe, Institute of Social and Political Research), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, University of Pittsburgh, Waynesburg College, and others. The purpose of September 16 – 17 meeting in Moscow is to identify US University and college partners and PhD advisors, to meet potential graduate students, to discuss dissertation themes, to plan future videoconferencing events, and many other related subjects. The heart of this project is to educate a substantial number of young Russian foreign affairs experts who can think seriously about issues of Russian-American partnership and to be thoroughly knowledgeable about the subject and the cognates areas of expertise. We believe that there is a special role in the future of US-Russian relations to be played by these young people. Most of them are expected to join the Russian government or major think tanks and will be in a position to influence foreign and economic policies. It is very important, therefore, that during their college years and especially their graduate studies, the students gain access to the most reliable information and most advanced ideas on international affairs. The students should have close contacts with American experts who have a good historical perspective and understand the value and benefits of Russian partnership with the West. For additional information and registration for the September 16 – 17 seminar please fill in the form below, fax it to 1(202)667-4244 in USA or 7(095)290-3459 in Moscow, or e-mail it to [log in to unmask], Or call 1(202)202-986-6010 ____Yes, I am interested in the American University in Moscow project ____Yes, I plan to attend September 16 – 17, 2002 seminar in Moscow, please send additional information. Name_____________________________________________________________ Organization________________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________ City__________________________________State_____________Zip___________ Phone_______________________Fax_______________________________________ E-mail (please print)_______________________________________________________ Sonya Tchernogortseva General Manager American University in Moscow & Media Group Kontinent, USA 1800 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009 Tel. 202-986-6010, Fax 202-667-4244; E-mail: [log in to unmask] www.RussiaHouse.org Moscow office: 44 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow, Russia Tel. (095) 290-3459, Fax (095) 291-1595; E-mail: [log in to unmask]