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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
The conference will include five sessions, all at the
Marcum Conference Center, Room 180:
RUSSIAN JOURNALISM UNDER FIRE
Marcum Conference Center
Miami University
April 2-3, 2007
MONDAY, APRIL 2
12:30 p.m. – Opening reception
Place: Marcum Center 180
12:45 p.m. – Conference opening and introductions
Place: Marcum Center 180
1 to 2:15 p.m. – Session One: Russian Journalism Under
Fire
Review of dangers facing journalism and journalists in Russia, with
a focus on the 13 killed in Putin years.
Place: Marcum Center 180
Speakers: All guests
Moderator: Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, assistant professor, Political Science
and International Studies, Miami University.
2:30 to 3:45 p.m. – Session Two: A History of Struggle
Discussion of changes in media practices, media rights, media ownership,
etc., over time.
Place: Marcum Center 180
Speakers: Alexey Simonov, Igor Zevelev
Moderator: Cheryl Heckler, assistant professor, Journalism, Miami University
4 to 5:15 p.m. – Session Three: Russian Media Today
Discussion of current media structure, ownership, etc., and how that
relates to oppression, restriction, etc.
Place: Marcum Center 180
Speakers: Oleg Panfilov, Alexey Simonov, Igor Zevelev
Moderator: Alexander Agadjanian, associate, Havighurst Center for Russian
and Post-Soviet Studies; and visiting assistant professor, Comparative
Religion, Miami University
6 to 8 p.m. – Dinner
Place: Shriver Center Multipurpose Rooms A&B
Speaker: Igor Zevelev presents "Putin's Russia: Stability versus
Democracy"
Note: Dinner is by invitation. Some seats still available. Contact Conference
Chair Patricia Gallagher Newberry at newberpg@muohio.edu to check on
availability.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
8:30: Morning reception
Place: Marcum Center 180
9 to 10:15 a.m.: Session Four: Putin, Power and Other Russian
Headlines
Focus on challenges of covering the Putin administration, politics
and other in-play stories.
Place: Marcum Center 180
Speakers: Igor Zevelev, Nina Ognianova, Andrei Zolotov, Fred Weir
Moderator: Karen Dawisha, director, Havighurst Center for Russian and
Post-Soviet Studies, professor, Political Science, Miami University.
10:30 -11:45 a.m. – Session Five: Cooling the Fire
Discussion of what’s being done at present to preserve and enhance
press freedoms, how those efforts are being received and what’s
in the near-term future for journalism and journalists in Russia.
Place: Marcum Center 180
Speakers: All guests
Moderator: Venelin Ganev, assistant professor, Political Science; and
associate, Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, Miami
University.
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Presentation of student work
12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Closing lunch
Place: Marcum Center 154
Speaker: Alexey Simonov and Gulnaz Sharafutdinova present Anna Politkovskaya
essay, “What Is Wrong In What I Do?”
Note: Lunch is by invitation. Some seats still available. Contact Conference
Chair Patricia Gallagher Newberry at newberpg@muohio.edu to check on
availability.
