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The decade-long crisis in the Balkans will be examined by leading scholars and writers on the region during a day-long conference on Saturday, Nov. 13 at Columbia.
Sponsored by Columbia's Harriman Institute and East Central European Center and the Association for the Study of Nationalities, the conference will include a keynote address by Ambassador Hanns Schumacher, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations and former Deputy High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, during a noon luncheon. His topic will be "From Dayton to Kosovo: The State of Implementation and the Lessons Learned."
The conference, titled "From Dayton to Kosovo: The Domestic and International Aspects of the Balkans' Crises," will focus on the causes and consequences of strife in the region as well as strategies for achieving stability. It will take place at the School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street in New York City.
The conference schedule follows:
| 9:30 A.M. | -Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| Mark von Hagen, History Professor and Director, Harriman Institute |
| David Crowe, President, Association for the Study of Nationalities |
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| 9:45 A.M. | - Panel I: Ten Years of Tragedy: Causes and Consequences |
| Chair: William Luers, President, United Nations Association of the U.S., and Chairman, National Advisory Council of the Harriman Institute |
| Panelists: Robert Hayden, Director, Russian and East European Research Center, University of Pittsburgh |
| Paul Shoup, University of Virginia; author of Communism and the Yugoslav National Question, co-author of The War in Bosnia- Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention |
| Laura Silber, journalist and author of The Death of Yugoslavia |
| Maria Todorova, University of Florida; author of Imagining the Balkans |
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| 2:00 P.M. | - Panel II: Southeastern Europe After Dayton |
| Chair: Svetozar Stojanovic, University of Belgrade; author of The Fall of Yugoslavia: Why Communism Failed. |
| Panelists: Nadine Akhund, Independent Researcher, New York City Elez Biberaj, Voice of America correspondent and author of Albania in Transition: The Rocky Road to Democracy |
| Sumantra Bose, London School of Economics |
| Bogdan Denitch, Director, Institute for Transitions to Democracy; author of Ethnic Nationalism: The Tragic Death of Yugoslavia |
| Veljko Vujacic, Oberlin College. |
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| 4:00 P.M. | - Panel III: Fostering Balkan Stability in the 21st Century |
| Chair: Dennison Rusinow, University of Pittsburgh; author of The Yugoslav Experiment, 1948-1974 |
| Panelists: Steven Burg, Brandeis University, co-author of The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention |
| Sophia Clement, French Ministry of Defense |
| James Gow, King's College, London; author of Triumph of the Lack of Will: International Diplomacy and the Yugoslav War |
| Steven Meyer, National Defense University, Washington, DC |
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