WAIS 2015 Conference: Hegemony: Past, Present, Future
All times are PST
Saturday, October 10th, 2015
9:00. Welcome remarks from John Eipper, WAIS President. "Hegemony"
9:15. John Torok: Capitalist Hegemony, the Occupy Moment and the Livable Wage
9:45. Paul Pitlick, MD: The Affordable Care Act, Two Years Later
10:15. Edward Jajko: Translating Genesis
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11:00. Robert Gibbs: Energy Politics in Central Asia
11:30 Yusuf Kanli: Turkey Today
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1:15. Francisco Wong-Díaz: Developments in Cuba
1:45. Massoud Malek: Reflections on a Trip to Cuba
Cuba roundtable discussion
2:30. Timothy C Brown, Diplomarine
3:00. Anthony D'Agostino, World History in the Era of Globalization, 1968-2000
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4:00. David A. Westbrook, Beyond the State? Hegemony and Decadence
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7:00 Banquet Celebration, Portofino Room, Westin Palo Alto Hotel (675 El Camino Real)
Sunday, October 11th, Bechtel
8:30-9:00. Coffee and light breakfast
9:00. Roman Zhovtulya, Developments in Ukraine
9:45. Cameron Sawyer (WAIS Chair). Developments in Russia
10:15. Hall Gardner: Origins of WWI
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11:00. Bienvenido Macario: Developments in Philippines
11:30. Evelyn Aleman: Educational Reform
12:00-1:00. buffet lunch
1:15. Tamara Zúñiga-Brown, ESL Instruction Today
1:45. Francisco Ramírez, Hegemony of Elite Educational Institutions
2:15. Randy Black, Diplomas to Nowhere
2:45. John Eipper, WAIS: An Institutional History
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3:30. Conclusions