29th European Studies Conference Preliminary Program Welcome We extend a cordial welcome to all participants of this year’s European Studies Conference. This interdisciplinary gathering of scholars has facilitated an active exchange of ideas, insights and reflections for 28 years. We are now looking forward to another stimulating and productive series of sessions that will focus upon multifaceted perspectives on the present, past and future of the European continent. The concurrent meeting of the European Studies Conference and the Third World Studies Conference at the same location will provide attendees several advantages. Among these are the uniquely extensive opportunities for scholarly contacts and professional relationships. We wish you a pleasant and rewarding stay in Omaha! Tatyana Novikov Conference Coordinator Conference Steering Committee Walter Bacon, Political Science Moshe Gershowich, History Anthony Jung, Foreign Languages Rebecca Morris, Marketing and Management Sufi Nazem, Marketing and Management Jody Neathery-Castro, Political Science Tatyana Novikov, Foreign Languages Juliette Parnell-Smith, Foreign Languages Gregory Sadlek, English Paul Williams, Philosophy-Religion European Studies Conference 2004 General Information Location of the Conference The 29th annual European Studies Conference will take place at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. You will be able to sign in, receive informational materials, and the final version of this year’s program in the designated registration area there. Members of the ESC Steering Committee and our interns shall welcome you and gladly answer any questions you may have. Shuttle Service Complementary shuttle service will be available on a regular schedule between the conference hotel, the Courtyard Marriott-Downtown Omaha, and the campus. Please note the schedule in the Accommodations Section of the ESC website. Parking In case you wish to drive to the conference, we suggest that you please park in the parking lot adjacent to the Alumni Center or at the South campus. Every 15 minutes, shuttle buses circulate from there to the North campus where the Alumni Center is located. Alternately, you can also park in the parking structure at the nearby Crossroads shopping center at 72nd Street and Dodge; a university shuttle bus will transport individuals free to the campus. Thursday Reception Participants in the European Studies Conference and the Third World Studies Conference are most cordially invited to an informal reception with complementary food and refreshments at the W.H. Thompson Alumni House. Third World Studies Conference As mentioned before, the European Studies Conference and the Third World Studies Conference will be meeting at the same time and location on campus. Participants in one conference may attend the other conference at no additional cost. The preliminary programs of both will be available to you on the internet at www.unomaha.edu/esc and at www.unomaha.edu/~twsc. Program Overview Thursday, 14 October 2004 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM……………….Registration….…W.H. Thompson Alumni Center 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM……………………………………………………….Session One Panel 1: Issues in the Former Soviet Space………………………………………….West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 2: 18th and 19th Century French Literature……………………………………..East Bootstrapper Hall Panel 3: Will the European Project Work for Central and East European Women?..........Wardle Club Room Panel 4: New Partners and New Divergences in the European Union……………………..Conference Room Panel 5: Perspectives on Media and Education………………………………………………..Rhoden Room Panel 6: Views on the Formation of the Individual…………………………………………… Severa Room 3:30PM – 4:45 PM………………………………………………………….Session Two Panel 7: Poems, Memoirs and Reflections on the European Experience…………….West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 8: Aspects of European History…………………………………………………East Bootstrapper Hall Panel 9: Irish History and Irish National Identity in the 19th Century……………………Wardle Club Room Panel 10: Issues of European Union Security……………………………………………Conference Room Panel 11: Minority, Ethnic, and Regional Literatures………………………………………….Rhoden Room Panel 12: British Literature……………………………………………………………………Severa Room 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Reception at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center The schedule above is part of the joint program for the European Studies Conference and the Third World Studies Conference. Friday, 15 October 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM……………………………Registration…………………………….Alumni Center 9:00 AM – 10:15AM……………………………………………………………………………Session One Panel 13: Ethnic Minorities in a Multicultural Europe……………………… West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 14: French and German Painters…….………………..………………………… ...Wardle Club Room Panel 15: Two Centuries of Music………………………………………………................Conference Room 10:30 – 11:45 AM……………………………………………………………………………….Session Two Panel 16: European Theater……………………………………………………..……….Wardle Club Room Panel 17: From Humanism to Posthumanism………………………………………… …. Conference Room 12:00 – 1:45 PM……………..Conference Lunch……………..Bootstrapper Hall at the Alumni Center Cost of conference lunch is included in presenter registration fee. 2:00 – 3:15PM………………………………………………………………………………..Session Three Panel 18: Constitutional Issues in an Expanded European Union……….……………….Wardle Club Room Panel 19: Feminism and Inspiration……………………………………………………...Conference Room 3:30 – 4:45 PM…………………………………………………………………………………Session Four Panel 20: The European Union and Minorities……………………………………. West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 21: Issues in Linguistics………………………………………………………….Wardle Club Room Panel 22: The Inspirational Uses of Art………………………………………………….Conference Room Panel 23: Expanding Philosophical Thought………………………………………………….Severa Room Saturday, 16 October 8:00 AM – 9:00AM …………………………..Registration……………………………….Alumni Center 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM .…………………………………………………………………………..Session One Panel 24: New Perspectives on Kant………………………………………….……West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 25: Challenges to Transition in East Central Europe….…………………………..Wardle Club Room Panel 26: Russia During World War II and After………………………………………….Conference Room 10:30 – 11:45 AM ………………………………………………………………………………Session Two Panel 27: Topics in European Literatures…………………………………………..West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 28: Critical Examinations on Film…………………………………………………Wardle Club Room Panel 29: Contemporary Issues in European Political Economy…………………………..Conference Room 2:00 – 3:15PM…………………………………………………………………………………Session Three Panel 30: Facets of Spanish Literature……………………………………………...West Bootstrapper Hall Panel 31: Religion and Philosophy………………………………………………….East Bootstrapper Hall Panel 32: Modern European Politics and Culture….……………………………………Wardle Club Room Panel 33: East and Central European Economics…………………………………… Conference Room Preliminary Program European Studies Conference 2004 Thursday, 14 October 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM……………………Registration……………………………………Alumni Center 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM……………………………………………………………………………Session One Issues in the Former Soviet Space……………………………………………….West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“Party Evolution of Ukraine,” Ryan P. Lewis, University of Nebraska-Omaha. 2. “Explaining the Uzbek Tradition,” Matthew Falvey, Creighton University 3. “Azerbaijan Youth Organizations Development: Problems and Challenges,” Naiba Akhmedova, Western University, Azerbaijan. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century French Literature…………………………..East Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Juliette Parnell-Smith, University of Nebraska-Omaha Papers: 1.“Another Response to Pamela: Sade’s Early Subversion of Virtue,” Natalie S. Roxburgh, Creighton University. 2. “Textual Codes in Stendhal’s The Salzburg Bough,” Peter Mathews, Creighton University 3. “The Artist and the Subject: Framing in Balzac’s Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu and Sarrrasine,” Raina Uhden, Columbia University. Will The European Project Work for Central and East European Women?..............Wardle Club Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“Ukrainian Women’s Participation in Politics,” Tatiana Chernetska, Kharkiv Polytechnic University, Ukraine. 2. “On Stories, Snowballs, and Synergy: Retraining Women in Science and Technology in Ukraine,” Constance J. Post, Iowa State University 3. “Women and the ‘New Europe’: Inside and Outside Perspectives,” Ardith Maney, Iowa State University. Discussant: Elena Ivanova, Karazin National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. New Partners and New Divergences in the European Union…………………………….Conference Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“Hungary: A New Partner for the European Union,” Allen Shepherd, Chadron State College 2. “The Potential for Policy, Divergence in the ‘New’ Europe,” David Ellison, Grinnell College Perspectives on Media and Education………………………………………………………..Rhoden Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1. “A Comparison of Current Topics in the Spanish and German Media,” Olaf Bφhlke, Creighton University 2. “It WILL Work Here!” The Evolution of Market-Based Journalism in Post-Soviet Russia,” Thomas W. Volek, University of Kansas. 3. “German and American Students’ Perceptions of Social Values as Depicted in Magazine Advertisements: A Copy Testing Approach,” Frauke Hachtmann, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4. “The Barcelona Process and Its Effects on US Graduate Education: The View from the Heartland,” Michael W. Mosser, University of Kansas. Views on the Formation of the Individual……………………………………………………...Severa Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1. “An Early Modern Conception of Body and a Problem for Property Dualism,” David Cunning, University of Iowa. 2. “The Vocation of the University: The Legacy of Mediaeval Europe,” Jeffrey Hause, Creighton University 3. “John Locke and the Concept of Personhood,” David Freeman, Washburn University 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM…………………………………………………………………….………Session Two Poems, Memoirs and Reflections on the European Experience……………………...West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“The Lisbon Affair,” Ellen Fangman, University of Kansas. 2. “Toto, We’re not in Kansas Anymore!” Lindsey Feitz, University of Kansas 3. “Jet Lag: A Poetic Cook’s Tour of Europe,” Michael L. Johnson, University of Kansas. Aspects of European History………………………………………………………….East Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Erwin F.Erhardt, Thomas More College Papers: 1. “A Trial for Murder (Paris 1926) and the Art of Evidence,” Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas. 2. “The Battle for the Banlieue: Paris, the Red Scare, and Villejuif, 1924-32,” Christopher Pinet, Montana State University 3. “Henri Frenay: Resistance Hero and Champion of European Integration,” Thomas Conner, St. Norbert College 4. “Equestrian Warfare Technology and the Development of States in Northern Europe 500-1500 C.E.,” Philip Walsh, SUNY- Cortland and Nicola East, Wilson College. Irish History and Irish National Identity in the Nineteenth- Century Literature and Popular Culture…………………………………………………………………………………….Wardle Club Room Chair: Spencer Davis, Peru State College Papers: 1. “Thomas Moore and the Formation of Secular Irish Nationalism,” Sean Patrick Conaway, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2. “Anthony Trollope’s Castle Richmond and the Great Famine,” Antje S. Anderson, Hastings College 3. “Sport, Identity, and Space in Late Victorian Northern Ireland,” Robert S. Babcock, Hastings College Issues of European Union Security………………………………………………………Conference Room Chair: Richard Emery, Linfield College Papers: 1. “The EU Role in European Security Governance: Institutional Structures and Operational Capabilities,” Nicholas Rees, University of Limerick, Ireland. 2. “Forging a Common Conception of European Security and Foreign Policy: European Public Opinion and the CFSP,” K.P. O’Reilly, University of South Carolina. Minority, Ethnic, and Regional Literatures……………………………………………………Rhoden Room Chair: Siegrun Wildner, University of Northern Iowa Papers: 1. “Confronting Traditions: Literature and the Aktionsgruppe Banat in Romania,” Reinhold Bubser, University of Northern Iowa. 2. “Redefining Ethnic Literature: The ‘New Generation’ of South Tyrolean Writers,” Siegrun Wildner, University of Northern Iowa 3. “Periphery, Place, and Perspective” The Culture of the Swedish North in Kerstin Ekman’s Crime Novels,” Karen L. Field and Bruce M. Zelkovitz, Washburn University British Literature………………………………………………………………………………..Severa Room Chair: Gregory Sadlek, University of Nebraska-Omaha Papers: 1. “The Stumble Before the Fall: Adam’s Imitation in Paradise Lost,” Amber Suhr, Hastings College 2. “Matrimonial Modernism in D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow,” John Haegert, University of Evansville 3. “Echoes of Bakhtin’s Carnival in Joyce Cary’s The Horse’s Mouth,” Preston Fambrough, Baker University 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Reception at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center Friday, 15 October 8:00AM – 5:00PM……………………..Registration…………………………………….Alumni Center 9:00AM – 10:15AM……………………………………………………………………………Session One Ethnic Minorities in a Multicultural Europe….……………….……………………West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Bernard Decker, University of Central Florida Papers: 1.“Ethnic Minorities and ‘Linguistic Islands’ in the Eastern Alps,” Karl Odwarka, University of Northern Iowa 2. “France’s Islamist Fifth Column,” Yvette A. Guillemin Young, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. 3. “The Distinct Dimensions of the Questions of Multiculturalism in Turkey,” Asli Gulec, METU-Ankara, Turkey 4. “A Model for the World to Follow: The Case of Ethnic Minorities in the Danish-German Border Region,” Jeffrey Hancks, Central Michigan University French and German Painters……………………………………………………………Wardle Club Room Chair: Barbara Fahy, Albright College Papers: 1.“Jean-Marc Nattier: Forgotten 18th Century Court Portraitist Extraordinaire,” Joyce M. Davis, Valdosta State University. 2.“Iconic and Discursive Modes in Emil Nolde’s First Religious Paintings,” William B. Sieger, Northeastern Illinois University. 3. “Dealing with the Nazi Past: Literary Figures in the Paintings of Anselm Kiefer,” Michael Myers, Montana State University -Bozeman. Two Centuries of Music……………………………………………………..................................Conference Room Chair: Nico Schόler, Texas State University Papers: 1. “Reconstructing (Portions of) the German Musical Life of the 1920s,” Nico Schόler, Texas State University. 2.“Dave Tarras and Ivo Papasov: A Comparison of Factors in the Transformation from Virtuoso to Icon,” Ryan McCormack, University of Texas at Austin. 3.“Were There Great Women Musicians of Nineteenth Century?,” Elizabeth Jones, Ohio University 10:15 – 10:30AM…………………………………………………………………………………….Break 10:30AM – 11:45AM…………………………………………………………………………..Session Two European Theater………………………………………………………………………..Wardle Club Room Chair: Dennis Christilles, University of Kansas Papers: 1. “Proceeding from the Icon,” Patrick Carriere, University of Kansas 2. “Sarah Bernhardt and Dr. Samuel Pozzi,” William G. Shaffer, Illinois College. 3. “The Next Wave in Contemporary Greek Playwriting,” Dennis Christilles, University of Kansas. From Humanism to Posthumanism………………………………………………………Conference Room Chair: Chris McCord, Kirkwood Community College Papers: 1. “On Lyotard and Posthumanism,” Richard White, Creighton University. 2. “Louis Althusser’s ‘Marxism and Humanism’ Revisited,” Patrick Murray, Creighton University. 3. “Heidegger’s ‘Letter on Humanism’,” Jeanne Schuler, Creighton University. 12:00 – 1:45 PM……………………..Conference Lunch…………..…………..West Bootstrapper Hall 2:00 – 3:15 PM………………………………………………………………………………Session Three Constitutional Issues in an Expanded European Union..……………………………………..Wardle Club Room Chair: Jody Neathery-Castro, University of Nebraska-Omaha. Papers: 1. “The Collapse of the EU Constitutional Debate: Recipe for Constitutional Reform,” William L. Barnes, Miami University of Ohio 2. “Now There Are 25: Where Does the EU Go from There?” Richard Emery, Linfield College 3. “Europeanizing EU-25,” Eleanor Zeff, Drake University and Ellen Pirro, Augustana College. Feminism and Inspiration……………………………………………………………….Conference Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“Simone de Beauvoir: Sartre’s Feminist Muse and Algren’s Little Woman,” Yvette A. Guillemin Young, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. 2.“Camille Claudel and Mona Neihardt: Two Women, Their Poets, and Rodin,” Janet M. Schmitz, Wayne State College 3:30 – 4:45 ………………………………………………………………………………….Session Four The European Union and Minorities…………………………………………….…West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Nicholas Rees, University of Limerick, Ireland Papers: 1. “From Minority to Equality: Austrian and Slovenian Citizens in the European Union,” Daniel Villanueva, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 2. “Hungarian Minorities Inside and Outside the EU: Prospects and Problems,” Jean-Pierre Lalande, Moravian College 3. “Sorbs in Germany: A Fight for Survival?” Bernard Decker, University of Central Florida 4. “Reconstructing Cultural Differences in the Baltic Nations of the European Union,” Richard Lima, Rollins College Issues in Linguistics………………..……………………………………………………...Wardle Club Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1. “Art of Translation,” Misty Popovich, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2. “Language and Language Science as Factor of National Identity,” Joerg Meindl, University of Kansas 3. “Attitude and Perception of Language and Identity in Nordfriesland,” Scott Seeger, University of Kansas 4. “Structural Change: The Case of Pater Familias,” Robert St. Clair, University of Louisville. The Inspirational Uses of Art…………………………………………………………….Conference Room Chair: Michale Myers, Montana State University Papers: 1. “Lithuania and Contemporary Art in the Time of Joining the EU,” Barbara Simcoe, University of Nebraska-Omaha. 2. “The Forth Dimension: A European Perspective on the Integration of Geometry and Art,” Heather Pinson, Ohio University 3. “Putting It Together: The Jesuit Church at Antwerp, Catholic Reformation Model of Orthodoxy Through Polemic,” Barbara Fahy, Albright College 4. “The Daly Scatology,” Patrick McCoy, Ohio University Southern Expanding Philosophical Thought……………………………………………………….. ….. Severa Room Chair: David Freeman, Washburn University Papers: 1. “Albert Camus and Descartes: The Absurd and the Methodic Doubt,” William O’Meara, James Madison University 2. “Giambattista Vico’s Political Philosophy in Light of his Cartesian Psychology,” Alexander Bertland, Hastings College 3. “Voltaire’s Views on Tolerance and Freedom of the Press Tested: A Reconsideration of the Philosopher’s Notion of Human Rights,” Justin Niati, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4.“The Influence of Leibniz on Lessing’s Dramas Minna von Barnhelm and Nathan the Wise,” Anthony Jung, University of Nebraska-Omaha Saturday, October 16 8:00 – 9:00……………………………….Registration……………………………………Alumni Center 9:00 – 10:15 ……………………………………………………………………………………..Session One New Perspectives on Kant………………………………………………..………………..West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Anthony Jung, University of Nebraska-Omaha Papers: 1. “Reason and Nature in the Political Philosophy of Kant,” Gordon Tolle, South Dacota State University 2. “Are Kant’s Categorical Imperatives A Priori Synthetic?” Halla Kim, University of Nebraska-Omaha 3. “Frankenstein Meets Kant,” Christopher McCord, Kirkwood Community College Challenges to Transition in East Central Europe…………………………………………….. Wardle Club Room Chair: Wally Bacon, University of Nebraska-Omaha Papers: 1. “Accounting in the New Member Countries of the European Union,” Kurt H. Buerger, Angelo State University and Linda M. Nichols, Texas Tech University 2.“The Ethnicization of Poverty in Post-Socialist Bulgaria,” Ali Aminov, Wayne State College 3. “The Balkans and the EU: Bulgaria and Romania’s Journey Toward European Integration in 2007,” Erwin F. Erhardt, III, Thomas More College Russia During World War II and After……………………………………………………Conference Room Chair: Tatyana Novikov, University of Nebraska-Omaha Papers: 1.“The Purge Trials and Khrushchev’s De-Stalinization: A Case Study – Silingas vs. the State,” Svaja Vansauskas Worthington, University of Alaska 2.“The Sharp Corners of a Triangle: War Correspondence, 1941-1945,” Katya Vladimirov, Kennesaw State University 10:30 – 11:45 AM……………………………………………………………………………….Session Two Topics in European Literatures……..………………………………………………..West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Peter Mathews, Creighton University Papers: 1. “The Paradox of Silence: A Study of the Functions of Silence in the Renarrativizing of War in the Fictions of Polish Writer Tadeusz Borowski and Mexican Writer Juan Rulfo,” David A. Ellis, Mount Ida College. 2.“Myth and Metaphor in Two Early Irish Birth Tales,” Dan M. Wiley, Hastings College 3.“Contemporary German Literature of the Fantastic,” Andrew Seeger, Auburn University – Montgomery 4.“The Dog Days of Milan Kundera,” Jason M. Wirth, Oglethorpe University Critical Examinations of Film.…………………………………………………………..Wardle Club Room Chair: David R. Caldwell, University of Northern Colorado Papers: 1. “’One Furtive Tear’ – Mikhalkov’s Film Adaptation of Chekhov’s Platonov,” Robert Zahniser, Wayne State College 2.“Examining the Portrayal of Modern Spain in Film,” Maria Mena-Bφhlke, Creighton University Contemporary Issues in European Political Economy…………………………………….Conference Room Chair: David Ellison, Grinnell College Papers: 1.“The Political Economy of the Relations between the EU and India,” Anne Coulon, University of Limerick, Ireland. 2.“Coalition Formation and Models of Capitalism in Western Europe,” Michael Hall, University of Northern Iowa 3.“Economic Convergence in the EU: The CEE7, Turkey, and EMU,” David L. Cleeton, Oberlin College 4. “Foreign Direct Investment in India from European Countries – A Study in Trends and Portends,” V.V. Singh, University of Rajasthan, India. 2:00 – 3:15 PM……………….……………………………………………………………….Session Three Facets of Spanish Literature………………………………………………………….West Bootstrapper Hall Chair: Maria Mena-Bφhlke, Creighton University Papers: 1.“Time in The Book of True Love: An Inquiry into the Emergence of Modern Subjectivity,” Oscar Pereira, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2.“The Board of Flanders: Velαzquez’s Meninas as a Novelistic Chess Game,” Norman Luna, University of Nebraska-Omaha. 3.“The Metacultural Discourse of Juan Ramσn Jimιnez,” Steve Torres, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4.‘The Representation of the Catholic Church in Recent Spanish Novels,” Alicia Rico, University of Nevada- Las Vegas. Religion and Philosophy………………………………………………………………East Bootstrapper Hall Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“Hasidic Warsaw Meets New York: The Philosophical Theology of Abraham J. Heschel,” Salvatore N. Fratantaro, Providence College. 2.“’Religionless Christianity’: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Interpretation of European History,” Michael Dejonge, Emory University 3.“Tolstoy and Indian Philosophical Thought,” Radha Balasubramanian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Modern European Politics and Culture……………………………………………….Wardle Club Room Chair: TBA Papers: 1.“European Perspectives in the Work of David Sedaris,” David R. Caldwell, University of Northern Colorado 2. ”From Top Dog to Equal Partner: Illusions, Resignations, and Identity Struggles in the UK,” Josephine Squires, Fort Hays State University 3.“Last Election in Spain: Responses to Terrorism,” Hilda Lopez Laval, Chadron State College 4. “Why East German Plans to Keep the ‘Berlin Wall’ Closed Failed,” Michael J. Ziemann, Seattle Pacific University. East and Central European Economics………………………………………………………..Conference Room Chair: Sufi Nazem, University of Nebraska-Omaha Papers: 1.“The International Investment Bank and the Crisis of ‘Developed Socialism’ in the Soviet Bloc,” David Stone, Kansas State University 2.“Consumer Internationalization in the Transition Economy: Case of Russia,” Natalia Ovchinnikova, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4. “Big Bang Versus Gradualism: A Productivity Analysis,” Kanybek Nur-tegin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Hans Czap, University of Nebraska-Lincoln