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"Fostering Youth's Civic Engagement and Participation
in Free and Democratic Societies"
June 15-17, 2000

Schedule

Thursday, June 15

Chair, Cynthia Garcia Coll (Brown University), LOWER SALOMON

11:30 - 1:30
        Lunch: FACULTY CLUB

        Welcome
        Cynthia Garcia Coll (Brown University)

        Opening Remarks
        Lewis Lipsitt (Brown University)

2:00 - 4:00
       Panel I: Political Socialization and Engagement
        Presenters
            Nicholas Emler (Oxford University, U.K.)
            Diana Owen (Georgetown Univeristy, U.S.A.)
            Suzanne Soule (Center for Civic Education, U.S.A.)
        Discussant
            Fayneese Miller (Brown University)

4:00 - 4:30
        Coffee Break

4:30 - 6:30
        Panel II: Towards a Civil Society
        Presenters
            Hartley Hobson (4-H Council, U.S.A.)
            François Strydom (Oxford University, U.K.)
            Shashkin Alexander Vladimirovich (Kazan State Technological University, Russia)
        Discussant
            Nancy Rosenblum (Brown University)

6:45 - 7:30
        Cocktails: Faculty Club

7:30
        Dinner: Faculty Club

Friday, June 16

Chair, William Damonl (Stanford University), LOWER SALOMON

9:30 - 11:30
        Panel III: Role of Schools
        Presenters
            Orit Ichilov (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
            Robert Reich (Stanford University, U.S.A)
        Discussants
            Susan Graseck (Brown University)
            Jin Li (Brown University)

12:00 - 1:30
        Lunch: FACULTY CLUB

2:00 - 4:00
        Panel IV: Impact of Service-Learning
        Presenters
            Shelley Billig (RMC Research Corporation, U.S.A.)
            Alan Melchior (Brandeis University, U.S.A.)
        Discussants
            Peter Hocking (Brown University)
            Elizabeth Hollander (Brown University)

4:00 - 4:30
        Coffee Break

4:30 - 6:30
        Working Session

FREE EVENING

Saturday, June 17

Chair, Marida Hollos (Brown University), LOWER SALOMON

9:00 - 11:00
        Panel V: Political and Civic Participation
        Presenters
            Amy Weisenbach (4-H Council, U.S.A.)
            Karen Eden (Trust for the Study of Adolescence, U.K.)
            Meredith Keiser (Foundation for Individual Responsibility and Social Trust, U.S.A.)

        Discussant
            Gregory Elliott (Brown University)

11:30 - 12:30
        Lunch: BLUE ROOM, Faunce House

1:00 - 3:00
        Panel VI: Transition to Citizenship
        Presenters
            Noel Smith (Center for Research in Social Policy, U.K.)
            Judith Torney-Purta (University of Maryland, U.S.A.)
        Discussants
            William Damon (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
            Dan Hart (Rutgers University, U.S.A.)
            Ed Cairns (University of Ulster at Coleraine, N. Ireland)

3:00 - 3:00
        Break

3:30 - 5:30
        Summary
            Led by John Modell (Brown University)