50th Anniversary   2003 saw the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre (formerly the Russian and East European Centre). To begin the year with a bang, a major conference on �Russia and Europe�, organised by the Centre, was an integral part of Antonians' Weekend 2003. Most of the presentations (whether in plenary sessions or in parallel sessions on politics and international relations; the economy; history; and culture) were by former members of the College. The conference is reported in full below. To coincide with this anniversary, the Centre has launched a major fundraising campaign to endow the Centre and to remodel the library. Full details of this can be seen by clicking here. Conference on Russia and EuropePROGRAMMEFriday 4 JulyKeynote address: Strobe Talbott,
President, Brookings Institution; Chair: Sir Marrack Goulding,
Warden Reception Dinner Saturday 5 JulyParallel sessions(i) Historical continuities and discontinuities Professor Robert Service (St Antony�s) �The Soviet Union in the European Mirror, 1917-1991�. Dr Polly Jones (St Antony�s) �From �Bolshevik� to �European�: evolving a model for the treatment of the Soviet past in post-Soviet Russia�. Professor Gabriel Gorodetsky (University of Tel-Aviv) �Persisting Factors in Russian Relations with the West�. Chair: Dr Harry Shukman (St Antony�s) (ii) Regional dimensions Dr Tomila Lankina (Humboldt University, Berlin) �The Influence of the European Union on Russia�s North-West�. Dr Martha Merritt (University of Notre Dame) �Russia and the Baltic States: together again in Europe?� Dr Alexander Lukin (MGIMO, Moscow) �Russia between China and Europe�. Chair: Dr Carol Leonard (St Antony�s) Coffee Parallel sessionsDavid Gowan (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) �Russia and the EU�. Dr Alexei Gromyko (Institute of Europe, Moscow) �Britain and Russia in the European Context�. Dr Julie Newton (Paris) �Russian-French Relations�. Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (University of Leeds) �Russia and Western Europe post 9/11�. Chair: Dr Alex Pravda (St Antony�s) (ii) East European connections Professor Leslie Holmes (University of Melbourne) �Party Financing Problems: East and West Europe Compared� Dr George Gomori (Darwin College, Cambridge) �Max Hayward and the Hungarian Revolution�. Dr Milan Hauner (University of Wisconsin) �Bene� and Stalin�. Chair: Professor Dennison Rusinow (University of Pittsburgh) Lunch Book sales by OUP and St Antony�s /Palgrave Series Parallel sessionsBridget Kendall (BBC) �Britain and Russia: changing attitudes to Chechnya�. Dr Jeffrey Kahn (New York) �Russia�s �Dictatorship of Law� and the European Court of Human Rights�. Dr Neil Melvin (Leeds University and OSCE) �Russia in the Changing European Security Architecture: the future of the OSCE�. Dr Tiffany Troxel (London)�Putin, the Constitutional Court and the Duma�. Chair: Dr Janne Taalas (Finnish OSCE Mission, Vienna) (ii) Cultural issues Dr Rosamund Bartlett (University of Durham) �The Ministry of Culture in Post-Soviet Russia and the �Europeanization� of Musical Life�. Dr Riitta Heino (St Antony�s) �Literature and Society in Russia Today�. Professor Marilyn Rueschemeyer (Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University) �Central European Visual Arts after the Fall of Communism�. Chair: Professor John Garrard (University of Arizona) Tea Russian political and security perspectives (Plenary discussion) Academician Nodari Simonia (Director, IMEMO, Moscow) �The EU and Energy Security: The Role of Russia�. Dr Lilia Shevtsova (Moscow Carnegie Center) �Russia between Europe and America�. Chair: Professor Archie Brown (St Antony�s) Reception Gaudy dinner. After-dinner speakers: Sir Marrack Goulding, Warden; Dr Alex Pravda, Director, Russian and East European Centre; John Lloyd, Editor of Financial Times Weekly Magazine (former Moscow correspondent of FT) Sunday 6 JulyRussian economic perspective (Plenary Roundtable) Dr Igor Kostikov (Chairman, Federal Commission for the Russian Securities Market) A fair and effective securities market - the key factor in economic growth�. Professor Vladimir Mau (Rector, Academy of the National Economy of the Russian Federation) �Russian Economic Reform: Results and Prospects�. Academician Nikolai Shmelev (Director, Institute of Europe, Moscow) �The Major Unanswered Questions in Russian Modern Economic Discussion�. Dr Rair Simonyan (President, Morgan Stanley, Russia) �The Investment Climate�. Chair: Professor Michael Kaser (St Antony�s) |
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