Symposium Schedule 2017

Schedule of Events:

European Studies Symposium

April 10, 2017

Kennesaw State University Student Center Rooms A-C

• 8:30-9:00: Breakfast (Room A)
• 9:00-9:30: Welcome (Room B)
  • Dr. Robin Dorff, Dean of College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Dr. Thomas Doleys and Dr. Susanne Kelley, European Studies Program
• 9:30-10:45: Student Panel (Room B)
  • Cynthya Escutia, Gabriel Frascella, Aaron Fuchs, Warren McClure and Ivan Starvrev
  • Moderator: Dr. Federica Santini
• 11:00-12:15: The Freedom of Movement: the Consular Perspective (Room B)
  • Moderators: Mr. Hans Beitz, Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen and Dr. Susanne Kelley
  • Consul Panel
    • Mr. William Baets, General Consul of Belgium
    • Mr. Olaf Ladegast, Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany
    • Mr. Bob Muscat, Honorary Consul, Republic of Malta
    • Mr. John E. Parkerson, Jr., Honorary Consul General of Hungary
• 12:30-1:45: Lunch (Room A)
• 2:00-2:15: KSU Partnership Program (Room B)
  • Mr. Peter Beck, Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen
  • Introduction by Dr. Nina Morgan
• 2:15-3:15: Keynote Address (Room B)
  • Dr. Giovanna Summerfield, Auburn University
  • Introduction by Dr. Nina Morgan
• 3:30-3:35: Teaching the Holocaust at KSU
  • Dr. Ken White
• 3:35-4:45: Critical Perspectives within European Studies (Room B)
  • Moderator: Dr. Robert Simon
  • Dr. Charles Perrin, “Jonas Šliūpas, Memoirs, and the Holocaust: Did an Anti-Semitic Lithuanian Mayor Try to Save Jews?”
  • Dr. Noah McLaughlin, “False Idyll: Siri’s Intimate Enemies”
  • Dr. Rob Sherwood, "The 2016 European Championship of Football (Soccer)"
• 5:00-7:00: Reception (Room B)