| 8:30 AM--9:00 AM | Check-In - Lerner Hall Box Office |
| 9:00 AM--9:30 AM | Continental Breakfast - C555 |
| 9:30 AM--10:30 AM | Opening Remarks - C555
John Hentiu Soleanicov - President Columbia Romanian Society
Dr. Mihaela Albu - The Nicolae Iorga Chair
Dr. John S. Micgiel - East-Central European Institute
Dr. Gheorghe Dimitrescu - Romanian General Consulate
H.E. Sorin Ducaru - Romanian Ambassador to the U.S. |
| 11:00 AM--12:00 PM | Humanities - Part 1 Satow Conference Room (E567)
Prof. Constantin C. Giurescu - Dr. Marina Giurescu
The Silent Desert - Dr. Theodor Damian |
| 11:00 AM--12:00 PM | Economics Panel - C555
H.E. Sorin Ducaru & Andrei Postelnicu |
| 12:00 PM--1:30 PM | Lunch - Satow Conference Room (E567) & E569 |
| 1:30 PM--3:00 PM | Book Signings - Satow Conference Room (E567)
Citind la New York Scriitori Romani, by Dr. Mihaela Albu - Mircea Diaconu
Un Poet la New York, by Gellu Dorian - Dr. Theodor Damian
Toward a Cyberlegal Culture, by Mirela Roznoveanu - Dr. Constantin Negoita
La Revolutia Romana, by Dumitru Radu Popa - Dr. Mihaela Albu
The following writers will be present: Gellu Dorian, Mircea Diaconu, Ilie Traian,
Th. Damian, Mirela Roznoveanu, Constantin Negoita, Doina Uricariu,
Mircea Sandulescu, Liviu Georgescu, Dumitru Radu Popa, Saviana Stanescu |
| 1:30 PM--3:00 PM | Current Issues -- Part 2 - C555
Romania's inferiority complex - A 2,000-year-old chip on the shoulder - Andrei Postelnicu
The Specificity of the Romanian Communist Regime - The Specificity of the Transition - Elisabeta Zelinka
Better Business Bureau - Romania - Razz Serbanescu (Tracy Cosgriff)
Is Algocalmin Worth the Money? - Dr. Liviu Niculescu |
| 3:00 PM--4:30 PM | Humanities -- Part 2 - C555
Eugene Ionesco - Dr. Aurelia Roman
Another Opinion about Old Romanian History - Dr. Napoleon Savescu |
| 3:00 PM--4:30 PM | Forming a Young Romanian Community - Satow Conference Room (E567)
Scoala Normala Superiora Bucharest - Irina Marinov
Forumului Tinerilor Romani cu Studii in Strainatate - Cosette Chichirau
Romanian Student Groups - Teambuilding Exercise - Alex Maiorescu |
| 4:30 PM--6:00 PM | Romanian Film - C555
Reconstituirea: Political and Historical Remarks - Dr. Doru Tsaganea
Film Viewing: Reconstituirea |
| 8:00 PM | Dinner - Romanian Garden (46-04 Skillman Ave., Queens)
Directions:
Take the #1 subway from Columbia (116th St. and Broadway) to Times Square (42nd St.)
Take the #7 train to 46 St. in Queens. Walk two blocks left. |
