Preliminary Schedule
| Thursday—October
7, 1999
Arrival of the participants; Registration; Tour in Blagoevgrad |
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| Friday—October 8, 1999 | |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | Breakfast |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Opening Ceremony |
| 10:15 - 11:30 | Opening Lecture by Mrs. Nadezhda Mihailova, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Coffee break |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Workshops
- Political Implications of Nationalism in the Balkans, workshop conducted by Prof. Robert Phillips, Political Science Faculty at AUBG - Social and Cultural Aspects of Nationalism, workshop conducted by Prof. Mark Stephanovich, Anthropology Professor at AUBG - Case Study — Turkey, workshop conducted by Prof. Anscombe, History Faculty at AUBG |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch |
| 15:30 - 16:45 | Lecture by Dilek Barlas, History Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey - "Cooperation and Globalization on the Balkans in 1930s and 1990s" |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Simulation (introduction and part I) Youth for Peace—presentation of their activity in the Balkan countries (part I) |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Break |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Reception by the AUBG President |
| 22:30 | Party in Underground Club (European Night) |
| Saturday—October 9, 1999 | |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | Breakfast |
| 10:00 - 11:15 | Lecture by Valeri Rusanov, President of the Access Foundation in Sofia "Hate speech" in the Balkan countries or nationlalism reflected in the media |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Coffee break |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Workshops
- Nationalism in Arts -workshop conducted by Prof. McCaughrin, Former Political Science Faculty at AUBG - Nationalism in the Media, workshop conducted by Prof. Tony Osborne, Journalism Faculty at AUBG - Bulgarian-Macedonian Relations - workshop conducted by prof. Kelbetcheva, History Department at AUBG |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch |
| 15:30 - 16:45 | Lecture by Mr. Andrei Plesu, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Simulation (part II)
Youth for Peace (part II) |
| 20:30 | Party in the Alen Mak Mehana |
| Sunday—October 10, 1999 | |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | Breakfast |
| 10:00 - 11:15 | Lecture by Ivan Krastev,Chairman of the Board and Research Director at the Center for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Public Policy Research Institute |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Final Workshop - Conclusions of the previous workshops and discussion |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Coffee break |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Simulation - Presentation of the simulation results and conclusions |
| 13:30 - 13:45 | Closing Ceremony |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch |
| 15:30 | Trip to the Rila Monastery |
| 22:00 | Party in Blagoevgrad Club |
| Monday—October
11, 1999
Departure of the participants |
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