Event calendar file
8-10 October 2021
Europe/Sofia timezone
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Zoom meeting addresses for panels are located under the moderator’s name. All meetings will use waiting rooms, so please wait while the moderator or assistant admits you into the room. This program will be updated regularly. Greetings & Opening of the AUBG30 Multidisciplinary Academic Conference FRIDAY, 08 OCTOBER, 15:30-15:45 https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83611674751 PANEL 3 FRIDAY 16:00-17:20 Current EU Affairs Moderator: Jean F. Crombois (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/86789847914 Petar Georgiev The interplay between the EU Green Deal and EU's Recovery Plans Zhikica Pagovski (German Marshall Fund of the United States) Strengthening Transatlantic Civil Society: The Key to Reinvigorating the U.S.-EU Bond Alena Permyakova In need of EU's re-engagement in the EaP Nikola Tomic (University College Dublin) Between Border Dispute and Ethnic Conflict: The EU as a Just Mediator in the Serbia-Kosovo Stalemate PANEL 4 FRIDAY 16:00-17:20 Investigations in Agent-based Economics Moderator: Jeff Nilsen (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83841466134 Giorgi Chavchanidze (Boston College) Cognitive Limitations and Behavioral Biases In The Asset Pricing Context Ina Hajdini TBA Virgiliu Midrigan (New York University) Markups and Inequality PANEL 5 FRIDAY 17:45-19:05 Narrating the Balkans Moderator: Lubomir Terziev (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/86467565454?pwd=QUlsL3RIVDJXNzFndW1mUDkxR0QvZz09 Sean Homer (AUBG) History, Narrative and Trauma in Balkan Cinema Stoyan Tchaprazov (Iowa State University) Where the Bridge Crumbles: The Othering of the “Gypsies” in Ivo Andrić’s The Bridge on the Drina PANEL 6 FRIDAY 17:45-19:05 Central-Eastern Europe: Democracy in retreat? A Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Ilya Levine (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/88270793270 Magdalena Bernaciak (AUBG) Nikolay Marinov (University of Houston) Robert Sata (Central European University) Maria Spirova (Leiden University) PANEL 23 FRIDAY 17:45-19:05 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – STEM 1 Moderator: Orlin Stoytchev (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/81338848438 Eugen Bronasco (University of Geneva) Hopf and pre-Lie algebras in numerical analysis Kalina Mincheva (Tulane University) Tropical Algebra Vesna Stojanoska (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) Homotopy and duality for solving polynomial equations PANEL 7 FRIDAY 19:15-21.00 Screening of documentary film: "Welcome to Chechnya" Q&A with co-producer Igor Myakotin https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83739041945?pwd=RW5OTjEzUUl5OUkzaWtLYWhHRVpjdz09 PANEL 8 FRIDAY 19:15-21.00 Roundtable on Ottoman Studies through the lens of AUBG-ers (A Roundtable Discussion) Moderator: Rossitsa Gradeva (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/85099697791 Fred Anscombe (Birkbeck University) Nikolay Antov (University of Arkansas) Tijana Krstic (Central European University) Milena Methodieva (University of Toronto) SATURDAY 09 OCTOBER PANEL 9 SATURDAY 14:15-15:35 Artistic Expression and Intercultural Communication Moderator: Lucía López-Vázquez (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83121409423 Georgi Dzhambazov. Computational method for aligning lyrics to audio across different music traditions Yelyzaveta Glybchenko (Tampere University). Making Peace: Image-Based Intercultural Communication in Trauma-Informed Education Dessislava Stoeva-Holm. (Uppsala University) Language, Ritual, Relationship. On the Birthday Song as a Verbal Gift Krastanka Bozhinova (AUBG) & Senem Konedareva (AUBG) & Stoyna Yordanova (AUBG). Building Intercultural Competence through an Artistic Extracurricular Activity in the Context of Liberal Arts Education PANEL 10 SATURDAY 14:15-15:35 Literature in the Liberal Arts Curriculum Moderator: Sean Homer (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/86993266969?pwd=WkNkUk5vSXpUNTVaZWdMNlU1RUR6QT09 Lubomir Terziev (AUBG) Literature as a vehicle of freedom in liberal arts education Asen Lazarov (AUBG) The role of literature in the study of political science Kalina Hristova (AUBG) Literature and the development of soft skills Vassiliy Kharlamov (AUBG) Literature as part of a liberal arts system Georgi Staykov (AUBG) The LIT ship ready to embark? Stoyna Yordanova and Trayana Karamihaleva (AUBG) The place of literature in the liberal arts Simona Petrova (AUBG) Literature - a unique infusion of complexity creativity and thought PANEL 11 SATURDAY 14:15-15:35 Policies, Politics, and Communication in Times of COVID Moderator: Robert Phillips Jr. (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/85754153380 Aneta Spendzharova (University of Maastricht) Why Ranting about the COVID-19 Economy as a Woman Sounds Different in Copenhagen and in Cincinnati Petya Ecklar (University of Strathclyde) and Mr. Ozan Mantar (University of Strathclyde) Ethics for health journalists: Reporting a pandemic PANEL 12 SATURDAY 14:15-15:35 Bulgaria and Eastern Europe in Time Moderator: Markus Wien (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/88985576283 Martin Trenkov (Central European University) Reasons for the Success of American Education in late Ottoman Bulgaria Milen Jissov (BNU-HKBU United International College) A Wretched Subjectivity: Eastern Europe in Czesław Miłosz’s Captive Mind Davor Pavicic (Charles University) Between “Ours” and “the Other”: Balkans in Czech Travel Writing (1848-1918) Markus Wien (AUBG) Between Peasant Dictatorship and Royal Republic: Constitutional Issues in Bulgaria after 1918 PANEL 13 SATURDAY 16:00-17:20 Language, Identity, and Telecollaborations Moderator: Lucía López-Vázquez (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/81917615608 Senem Konedareva (AUBG) Language and Identity – a sociocultural analysis on two examples of Banat literary tradition Joshua N W Gray & Krastanka Bozhinova (AUBG) Self-regulation and Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: Case Study on a Bilingual Intercultural Telecollaboration between Students in Blagoevgrad and Bordeaux Diana Stantcheva (AUBG) & Gabriele Dillmann & Cheryl Johnson Expanding Oral Second-Language Skills with Digital Technologies PANEL 14 SATURDAY 16:00-17:20 Community, Governance, and Democracy Moderator: Ivelin Sardamov (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/87079017422 Tereza Monkova (McGill University) Policing in Britain and America: Between Consent and Force Tamta Gelashvili (University of Oslo) Opportunities Matter: The Evolution of Far-Right Protest in Georgia Yelyzaveta Glybchenko (Tampere University) Coloring Outside the Lines: Imaginary Reconstitution of Security in Yemen through Visual Artistic Images PANEL 15 SATURDAY 16:00-17:20 Economic Effects of the Pandemic and the Policy Responses: What have we learned? (A Roundtable Discussion) Moderator: Didar Erdinç (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/3570471934 Eldar Aghayev (Energy, Resources and Infrastructure Financing and Advisory. BNP Paribas) Ceyhun Elgin (AUBG) Silvia Prokopieva (Bulgarian National Bank) Anton Tonev (AQR Capital Management) PANEL 16 SATURDAY 16:00-17:20 Sustainable Business and Marketing Roundtable Moderators: Rossen Petkov (AUBG) and Carter Mandrik (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/87167952837 Elitza Ivanova (Heineken) Slav Iliev (Renault/Dacia) Maria Petrova (Georgetown University) PANEL 17 SATURDAY 16:00-17:20 Roundtable: How to Manage the New Reality of Work Moderator: Asli Goksoy (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/88412622186 Lucia Miree (AUBG) Silvia Dello Russo (Toulouse Business School) Arthur Pantelides (Virginia Wesleyan University) Radostina K. Purvanova (Drake University) Dr Sandra Romenska (University of St. Andrews) PANEL 23 SATURDAY 16:00-17:20 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – STEM 2 Moderator: Hristo Iliev (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/81338848438 Mario Krali (EPFL) Estimating an Extreme Bayesian Network via Scalings Mariami Gachechiladze (University of Cologne) Quantifying causal influences in the presence of a quantum common cause Gheorghe Pupazan (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin) Perfectoid fields and (phi, Gamma)-modules PANEL 18 SATURDAY 17:45-19:05 Philosophical and Moral Issues Moderator: Diego Lucci (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/82412935865 Daniel Adsett (AUBG) Ethics and the Phenomenology of Incentives Khafiz Kerimov (St. John’s College) Kant on Providence and Rational Agency in the World Mr. Yuliy Yuliev (Sofia University) Aristotle, Confucius, and Bulgarian Democracy after 1991 PANEL 19 SATURDAY 17:45-19:05 Roundtable on Capitalism and Democracy Moderator: Ivelin Sardamov (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83555688668 Palina Kolvani (University of Oslo) Yana Mommadova (Northeastern University) Dinara Urazova (Northwestern University) PANEL 20 SATURDAY 17:45-19:05 Analyses in Diversity, Success, and Growth Moderator: Tamara Todorova (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83150791585 Bledi Celiku (The World Bank) Breaking Out of Fragility: A Country Economic Memorandum for Diversification and Growth in Iraq Stefani Milovanska-Farrington (University of Tampa) Reasons to Attend College, Academic Success, and Post-College Plans Hieu Nguyen (Illinois Wesleyan University) Public provision of higher education and its implications for college diversity Tamara Todorova (AUBG) Diminishing marginal utility and the teaching of economics. PANEL 21 SATURDAY 17:45-19:05 Green Energy, Inequality and the Future of Sustainable Finance Moderator: Andrey Gurov (AUBG) and Ali Termos (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/83720027890 Momtchil Karpouzanov (AUBG) Gergana Jostova (George Washington University) Alexander Philipov (George Mason University) Ralitza Nikolaeva (Organisations and Society Research Group, University of St. Andrews) Irena Macheva (ROITI Return on IT Investment) Ventsislav Topuzov (ROITI Return on IT Investment) PANEL 24 SATURDAY 17:45-19:05 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – STEM 3 Moderator: Alexander Ganchev (AUBG) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/81338848438 Zlatko Joveski (Vanderbilt University) Interval-Permutation Segment Graphs Euxhen Hasanaj (Carnegy-Mellon University) Assigning cell types in single cell genomics data via Machine Learning Elena Dimitrova (California Polytechnic State University) Vanishing ideals of points for algebraic design of experiments Mihaela Dimovska (University of Minnesota) Learning networks of dynamic systems via non-invasive observations PANEL 25 SATURDAY 17:45-19:05 Life after PhD (Making your PhD work) Moderator: Yelena Osipova-Stocker (U.S. Agency for Global Media) https://aubg-edu.zoom.us/j/89085922346 Valentina Snetkova (Genentech) Bogdan Bonca (Capital One Financial) Bledi Celiku (The World Bank) |
