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September 06, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
ISE-ECEC: Political Transition in East Central Europe and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The Institute for the Study of Europe (ISE) and the East Central European Center (ECEC) present a seminar entitled, "Political Transition in East Central Europe and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991," with Professor Csaba Bekes (Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Columbia University).





September 13, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
ECEC: Thawing a Frozen Conflict—Legal Aspects of the Separatist Crisis in Moldova

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Thawing a Frozen Conflict--Legal Aspects of the Separatist Crisis in Moldova," with Mark Meyer (Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C.).





September 13, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm EDT
ECEC: “Solidarność, Solidarność”

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1512

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a film showing of “Solidarność, Solidarność,” commemorating the events of August 1980.





September 17, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm EDT
ECEC: Energy Diversification in Poland

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Energy Diversification in Poland", with Piotr Naimski (Vice Minister for Economics, Warsaw).





September 20, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
ECEC: Past and Present in East Central European Business Cultures

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Past and Present in East Central European Business Cultures," with Maria Findrik (Central European University, Budapest, and Columbia University).





September 24, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT
ECEC: "No Simple Victory. Europe at War, 1939-1945"

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents Professor Norman Davies, Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, discussing his latest book, "No Simple Victory. Europe at War, 1939-1945" (Viking/Penguin, 2007).





October 02, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
ECEC: Love and Revolution—The Intellectual History of Marxism in Poland as Lived Experience

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Love and Revolution—The Intellectual History of Marxism in Poland as Lived Experience," with Professor Marci Shore (Yale University).





October 05, 2007 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm EDT
ECEC: Bosnia and Sandzak—In The Shadow of Islam?

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) and the Njegos Endowment for Serbia Language and Culture present a talk entitled, "Bosnia and Sandzak—In The Shadow of Islam?" with LTC Steve Oluic, PhD (United States Military Academy, West Point).





October 15, 2007 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm EDT
ECEC: Polonia—Columbia Wants You

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents an information session on college admissions for members of the Polish-American community, co-sponsored by the Polish Slavic Federal Credit Union.





October 23, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
ECEC: East European Cold War Show Trials—Towards a Typology of Political Justice

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) and the Harriman Institute present a seminar entitled, "East European Cold War Show Trials—Towards a Typology of Political Justice," with Barbara Falk (Director of Academics & Head of the Department of Defense Studies at the Canadian Forces College, Toronto).





October 31, 2007 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm EDT
ECEC: Institutional Change After Communism

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Institutional Change After Communism," with Leszek Balcerowicz, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Poland; Visiting fellow of the Watson Institute, Brown University.





November 01, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
ECEC: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and World Politics

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and World Politics," with Professor Csaba Bekes (Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Columbia University).





November 04, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
ECEC: Polish Language Regents Exams

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Rooms 411 & 413

The East Central European Center (ECEC) will hold Polish Language Regents Exams. For more information please contact Ms. Jolanta Szulc at jszulc@aol.com





November 15, 2007 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST
ECEC: Book Release Party for “Astonishments”

Labyrinth Books 536 West 112th Street New York City

The East Central European Center (ECEC) hosts a book release party for “Astonishments” (Paraclete Press, 2007), edited by Grazyna Drabik and David Curzon.





December 04, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST
ECEC: Hungarian-Jewish Responses to the Persecution, 1944-1945

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Hungarian-Jewish Responses to the Persecution, 1944-1945," with Professor Gabor Kadar (ELTE University, Budapest).





January 23, 2008 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST
ECEC: The New Political Dynamics of Southeastern Europe

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "The New Political Dynamics of Southeastern Europe," with Gordon N. Bardos (Assistant Director, Harriman Institute) and Alex N. Grigor'ev (Executive Director, Project on Ethnic Relations, Princeton University, New Jersey).





January 28, 2008 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST
ECEC: Independent Kosovo—Regional Implications

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Independent Kosovo—Regional Implications," with Elez Biberaj (Director, Voice of America Eurasia Division).





February 12, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm EST
ECEC: Rethinking Poles and Jews—Troubled Past, Brighter Future

Columbia University Barnard College Milbank Hall, Room 223 (Ella Weed Room)

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Rethinking Poles and Jews—Troubled Past, Brighter Future," with Robert Cherry (Koppelman Professor of Economics, Brooklyn College).





February 18, 2008 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST
ECEC: Peacebuilding in the Balkans—The View from the Ground Floor

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Peacebuilding in the Balkans—The View from the Ground Floor," with Paula M. Pickering (Assistant Professor of Government, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia).





February 18, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST
ECEC: Poland in America's Crooked Mirror--The Case of Fear

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Poland in America's Crooked Mirror—The Case of Fear," with Professor Marek Chodakiewicz (Institute of World Politics, Washington).





From February 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm through February 22, 2008 at 5:00 pm EST
ECEC: Energy Security Strategy for Central Europe

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a conference entitled, "Energy Security Strategy for Central Europe."





March 04, 2008 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST
ECEC: Post-War Perspectives of Youth Across the Former-Yugoslavia

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Post-war Perspectives of Youth across the Former-Yugoslavia," with Colette Daiute (The Graduate Center, City University of New York).





September 18, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EDT
ECEC: The Myth of the Golden Republic—Czechoslovak Myth and Propaganda, 1914-1948

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1118

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents Andrea Orzoff, New Mexico State University, discussing her forthcoming book, "Battle for the Castle: Czechoslovak Myth and Propaganda, 1914-1948" (Oxford University Press, 2009).





September 22, 2008 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm EDT
ECEC: President Valdis Zatlers of the Republic of Latvia

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents the President of the Republic of Latvia, Dr. Valdis Zatlers, discussing Latvia's view on world affairs, with an introduction by Dean John Coatsworth.





September 23, 2008 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT
ECEC: Study in Poland Information Session

Barnard College Elliot Hall Parlor

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents an information session on opportunities to study at the University of Wroclaw, Poland with Professor Krzysztof Nowotka from the University of Wroclaw.





September 23, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm EDT
ECEC: Educational Reform in Latvia since the Collapse of the Soviet Union & Integration within the European Union

Columbia University Teachers College Buildings Milbank Chapel

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents a seminar entitled, "Educational Reform in Latvia since the Collapse of the Soviet Union & Integration within the European Union," with Dr. Tatjana Koke, Minister of Education and Science of Latvia.





September 25, 2008 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT
ECEC: Poland 2009--10 Years in NATO, 5 Years in the EU, Lessons from Georgia

Columbia University Morningside Heights International Affairs Building, Room 1501

The East Central European Center (ECEC) presents the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, discussing Poland 2009--10 Years in NATO, 5 Years in the EU, Lessons from Georgia.





January 22, 2009 from 12:10 pm to 1:30 pm EST
SIWPS, Harriman, ECE: Black Sea Regional Security in a Turbulent World

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), the Harriman Institute, and the East Central European Center (ECE) present, "Black Sea Regional Security in a Turbulent World," with General Constantin Degeratu, National Security Advisor to President Traian Basescu of Romania.





June 03, 2009 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am EDT
SIPA: Southeast Europe's Future—A Perspective from a New NATO Ally

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501 420 West 118th Street (corner of Amsterdam Ave.)

The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), the Harriman Institute, the European Institute and the East Central European Center of Columbia University cordially invite you to attend an address by H.E. Dr. Ivo Sanader Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia titled, "A Perspective from a New NATO Ally."





June 09, 2009 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EDT
Harriman: Accession of the Republic of Macedonia to the European Union

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1512

The Harriman Institute, the European Institute and the East Central European Center of Columbia University cordially invite you to attend "Accession of the Republic of Macedonia to the European Union."





September 17, 2009 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
ECE: The EU’s Eastern Partnership

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECE) presents a seminar on "The EU's Eastern Partnership," with Marek Cichocki of the European Center, Natolin.





September 23, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EDT
ECE: Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai will speak on “Hungary and the Global Economic Crisis: Challenges and Inherent Opportunities”

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1501

Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai will speak on “Hungary and the Global Economic Crisis: Challenges and Inherent Opportunities”





October 07, 2009 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
ECE: The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECE) presents Alex Storozynski, President of the Kosciuszko Foundation, who will speak about his latest book, "The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution."





October 14, 2009 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
ECE: The Remarkable State of the Polish Economy

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219

The East Central European Center (ECE) presents Professor Grzelonska, who will analyze the Polish economy and discuss her views on why it has been less affected by the global crisis than other European economies.





October 25, 2009 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm EDT
ECE: New York State Polish Language Regents Exam

Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Rooms 403, 404, 411 & 414

The East Central European Center (ECE) invites you to take the New York State Polish Language Regents Exam, which provides comprehensive examination of high school students' competency in Polish. At Columbia the exam is being organized by the East European, Russian, and Eurasian National Resource Center, the Language Resource Center, the Polish Supplementary School Council, and the Polish American Congress' Education Commission.