94-04-01 Symposium on Former Soviet Union and East Europe to be Held at U.Va. April 8 and 9

SYMPOSIUM ON FORMER SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE
TO BE HELD AT U.VA. APRIL 8 AND 9

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 1 -- Thomas W. Simons Jr., the
coordinator of U.S. assistance to the newly independent states of
the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, will speak Friday,
April 8, at 1 p.m. at the University of Virginia.  He will deliver
the keynote address at the 10th annual graduate symposium on
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies in the Newcomb Hall
South Meeting Room.  Simons, a former ambassador to Poland, is
responsible for overseeing foreign aid to the former Soviet Union
for the U.S. State Department.
     The conference, which will continue Friday afternoon and go
through Saturday, April 9, will feature papers by graduate students
from U.Va. and other universities on a range of topics from
literature to politics, covering the past and present of the
region.
     Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies,
all the sessions are free and open to the public.
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                                                   March 31, 1994
     REPORTERS:  For more information on speaking with Simons, who
will be available Friday morning, or on the panel discussions, call
Jim Hart at the center, (804) 924-3033.

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Fri, 1 Apr 94 09:34:34 EST]