Gorbachev

1989: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Conference Schedule

Pre-conference

Film Series for campus community

Conference

March 24

8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Gorbachev speaks at the Center for the Arts

March 25

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Roundtable with Gorbachev, Sergey Kislyak, Robert Kuttner, and William Webster - Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center [speaker bios]

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break out sessions

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Break out summary discussion - Bistro, Johnson Center

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Filmmaker panel with Carma Hinton and Elvira Dones - Cinema, Johnson Center

Break out sessions: The breakout sessions in the afternoon are designed to be interactive discussions pairing a visiting scholar with a Mason faculty member with a focus on audience participation. Each of the scholars will speak on what the legacies of the end of the Cold War mean for the future of the regions they know best and will respond to the points raised by Gorbachev on the night of the 24th and by the participants in the round table on the morning of the 25th.

Eastern Europe
Johnson Center, Room B

Visiting Scholar: Katherine Verdery (CUNY Graduate Center)

Mason Scholar: Johanna Bockman (Sociology & Anthropology)

Soviet Union
Dewberry Hall, South

Visiting Scholar: Stephen Kotkin (Princeton)

Mason Scholar: Eric McGlintchey (Public & International Affairs)

China
Dewberry Hall, North

Visiting Scholar: Prasenjit Duara (National University of Singapore)

Mason Scholar: Ming Wan (Global Affairs)

Middle East
Johnson Center, Room A

Visiting Scholar: Stephen Grand (Brookings Institution)