THE FABRIC OF DAILY LIFE IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE (THEN AND NOW) 1512 International Affairs Building** Columbia University in New York City October 4: 2:30–6:00 pm Amidst political and economic turmoil ordinary people in East Central Europe continue to live their daily lives, with difficulty or with pleasure. This panel is devoted to examining how people live their daily lives, in various locales and at different times. 2:30 Patrick Patterson (History, UC San Diego) 3:00 Malgorzata Mazurek (Heyman Center, Columbia ) Keeping it Close to Home: Resourcefulness and Scarcity in Late Socialist and Post-Socialist Poland 3:30 Attila Pók (Deák Professor, Columbia) Suspicion and Resentment: Interpretations of the 19891990 Transition in Hungary 4:00 Vangelis Calotychos (Hellenic Studies, Columbia) Mundane Reflections on Balkan Immigrant Experiences in Greece, 1990-2010 4:30 4:45 coffee break Adrian Majuru (Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism Ion Mincu) reception The Faces of Bucharest: Changing Cityscapes and Daily Life 6:00 Bought and Sold: Living and Losing the Good Life in Socialist Yugoslavia Presented by: East Central European Center, Columbia University in New York City Romanian Cultural Institute of New York Harriman Institute, Columbia University in New York City Organizational committee: Alan Timberlake (Director, East Central European Center, Columbia), Doina Uricariu (Director, Romanian Cultural Institute, New York), Mona Momescu (Nicolae Iorga Chair for Romanian Language and Culture, Columbia), Tsveta Petrova (Associate Research Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia) The program on will be preceded by a showing of Corneliu Porumboiu’s 12:08 East of Bucharest, introduced by Mona Momescu, in the East European Film Series (Hamilton 703, 8PM, October 3) ** Enter on 118th St., off Amsterdam Ave. (http://www.columbia.edu/home/about_columbia/map/index.html )