Call for Papers AUDEM Conference in Romania

crossposted from Dennis McConnell's CEEMAN L List

I have today received the Call for Papers for the 13th Annual AUDEM
Conference, to be held in Timisoara in November. The announcement is
presented below. Faculty, students, and administrators from institutions of
higher education throughout the world are kindly invited to attend.

Thirteenth Annual Conference:
Higher Education in a Period of Social Change and Political Transformation
November 9  13, 2002, Timisoara, Romania

Founded in 1990, the Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) is a
consortium of American and Central and East European universities united
for the common purpose of supporting institutions of higher learning in
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in their transition from suppression in
centrally-planned economies to their democratic roles in market-driven
economies. Currently, AUDEM's members number over 110 institutions of
higher learning in CEE and the United States. (For more information about
the Alliance and its Members, please go to www.aubg.bg/audem)

The Annual Conference is hosted by the Politehnica University of Timisoara.
We will be meeting in Timisoara, Romania, a city that occupies a very
special place in the history of the 1989 Revolution in Romania.  We think
it would be valuable to have a general session on the topic "Timisoara and
the Romanian Revolution of 1989", and therefore invite our Romanian
colleagues to submit proposals for presentations. This year, the overall
theme is reflected in the following tracks:

I.      Assessing Democracy and Social Life in Contemporary Societies
II.     The Transformation of Universities in the 21st Century
III.    Assuring Quality in Higher Education
IV.     Student Perspectives: Student Papers & Presentations
V.      Open Track: Papers and Presentations Are Invited

The following are suggested topics and titles for panels, roundtables and
workshops. They will be grouped by Track. Colleagues are also invited to
propose additional topics. Colleagues proposing a paper or presentation
should indicate which topic or which track the proposal will fit under.

·       Approaches to Teaching & Learning
·       The Bologna Process: Convergence of European Academic Systems
·       The Challenge of Accrediting Universities
·       University Administration in the New Conditions
·       Private & State Universities: Conflict or Collaboration
·       The Faculty of Tomorrow: Junior Faculty Development
·       NATO: Impediment to or Stimulant for Democracy?
·       Literature and Art in Post-Communist Societies
·       Values and Higher Education: Teaching for an Ethical Society
·       Multicultural and Ethnic Diversity and Higher Education
·       Universities and the Labor Market
·       The contribution of Universities to Local Communities  and
Vice-Versa
·       Evaluating and Assessing Educational Quality
·       How well do University Libraries serve the University?
·       Thinking About Terrorism
·       Political Extremism: Danger to Democracy in the Short-Run or
Long-Run?
·       Social Pathologies in Contemporary European Societies
·       If McDonald's is Good for American, is it good for Post-Communist
Societies?
·       Models of Social Change: Revolution or Incremental/Evolutionary
Change?
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

We welcome discussions and contributions that relate to the general theme
of the Conference, and in particular want to encourage young scholars and
junior faculty to participate.

Time allotted will be about 20 - 25 minutes for each paper plus a limited
time for questions.

The deadline for receipt of papers, including titles, authors' names,
institutional affiliation and addresses, and an abstract of 100-200 words
is October 1. Papers received after October 1 are not likely to be included
in the program.

These contributions should be sent to the Program Chair for this
Conference, Dr. Julia M. Watkins, President, American University in
Bulgaria at:

AUDEM
American University in Bulgaria
Blagoevgrad 2700
Bulgaria.

For additional information, please contact by e-mail Lazarina Topuzova at:
[email protected]