Events for week of April 22, 2012

Week of April 22, 2012 to April 28, 2012

1. Monday, April 23, 2012

   1. 5:15 pmEuropean Movie Night: Welcome to the Sticks
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)

2. Wednesday, April 25, 2012

   1. 4:00 pm

      Her Excellency, Marina Kaljurand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Estonia to the United States

      
      Estonia's Experiences Prior to and Since Integration into the EU
      

      Levis Faculty Center, Room 407, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana, IL (map)
   2. 7:30 pm

      Jim Tusty, Producer of The Singing Revolution
      Carol Leff, Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

      
      The Singing Revolution
      

      Bevier Hall, Room 180, 905 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL (map)

3. Thursday, April 26, 2012

   1. All Day

      Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

      Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

      Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

      Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

      Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

      Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

      Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

      
      The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years
      

      750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)

4. Friday, April 27, 2012

   1. All Day

      Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

      Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

      Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

      Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

      Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

      Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

      Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

      
      The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years
      

      750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)
   2. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

      Omar Al-Ghazzi, University of Pennsylvania
      Beyazit Akman, Illinois State University – Dept. of English
      Myria Georgiou, London School of Economics — Communications Dept.
      Dima Issa, University of Balamand
      
      

      
      Turkish Studies Symposium: Turkish Transnational Television - Reshaping of Diaspora Identities in Europe and the Rise of a Regional Cultural Hegemon
      

      Music Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (map)

5. Saturday, April 28, 2012

   1. All Day

      Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

      Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

      Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

      Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

      Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

      Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

      Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

      
      The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years
      

      750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)
   2. 7:30 pmBalkanalia Concert: Songs of Heartbreak and Longing from Albania to Armenia
      

      Smith Recital Hall, 805 S. Matthews, Urbana, IL (map)