Tentative Program
Titles and descriptions given below are for your information only. For list of courses that have received adequate enrollment and will be taught in 2010,
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Business, Economics, Finance
Course 1: International Investing: Opportunities and Risks
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Chenchu Bathala, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Course 2: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Lecturer: Prof. George Siedel, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Course 3: Investment and Portfolio Management
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Miroslav Mateev, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Course 4: How to Start a Small Business
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. William Heath, Graceland University, IA, USA
Course 5: Financial Modeling With Microsoft Excel
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Carmelo Giaccotto, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Course 6: Large Investments and International Project Finance
Lecturer: Dr. Philipp Uhlmann, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA
Political Science, History, Philosophy
Course 7: Perspectives on Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Charles Gliozzo, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Course 8: Decision-Making and Foreign Policy: Southeast Europe in the Trans-Atlantic Relations
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dinko Dinkov, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 9: Development Struggles in a Globalized World: The Political Economy of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East
Lecturer: Dr. Ivani Vassoler-Froelich, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY, USA
Course 10: South-Eastern Europe: Relations with the European Union and Beyond
Lecturer: Marco Ranieri, Dialogue Europe Centre, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 11: American Foreign Policy and the International System in the Era of Globalization
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mark Kramer, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Course 12: Freedom of Speech
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Paul Newman, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Course 13: The Times They are a-Changing: American Society from McCarthy to Nixon
Lecturer: Dr. Pierangelo Castagneto, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Course 14: Peace and Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century
Lecturer: Dr. Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Course 15: Logic in the Continental Tradition
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Gungov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 16: Seeing Films Philosophically
Lecturer: Dr. Costica Bradatan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
Course 17: American Pragmatism and Semiotics
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ivan Mladenov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 18: Technology of Imagination
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kristian Bankov, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 19: The Philosophical Issues of the XXI Century
Lecturers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lidia Denkova and Prof. Dr. Hristo Todorov, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Law
Course 20: D.A.R.E. --- Debate. Argue. Reason. Examine.
Lecturer: David M. Korn, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA
Course 21: Protection of Human Rights in the Council of Europe
Lecturer: Dr. Maria Zhurnalova-Juppunov, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Social Studies, Communications, Media
Course 22: International Development Assistance
Lecturer: Boyko Todorov, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Course 23: Managing Communal Conflict: Identity and Integrative Development
Lecturer: Dr. David Jones, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Course 24: International Career Planning in a Globalized Economy
Lecturer: Dr. Gary L. Schnellert, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Course 25: Environmental Sustainability for Society
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. James E. Hollenbeck, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, USA
Course 26: Gender in International Contexts: Competence Skills for Global Success
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noemi Marin, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Course 27: The Art of Family Life
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roumen Bostandjiev, Burgas Free University, Burgas, Bulgaria
Course 28: Public Relations: It Can Make or Break an Organization
Lecturer: Prof. Dan Fellner, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Course 29: Projects Writing and Projects Management
Lecturer: Danail Danov, Communications and Human Resources Development Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 30: The Art of Travel Writing: Journalism, Critique and Analysis
Lecturer: Dr. David Pickus, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Cultural Studies, Art
Course 31: The Art of Seeing: Honing an Artistic Vision; Capturing an Idea with a Click
Lecturer: Martha Grenon, Freelance Photographer and Graphic Designer, Austin, TX, USA
Course 32: What is Hip? The Digital Storytelling of Current Pop Art and Culture trends in New York City
Lecturer: Prof. Judith Michelle Hill, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, USA
Course 33: Words and Worlds of Thinking and Art
Lecturer: Prof. Milka Hadjikoteva, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Course 34: Surviving & Thriving in the Global Economy: Understanding & Using Cultural Symbols & Practices to Improve Communications, Products, Marketing, Sales, & Service
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phyllis Miller, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Course 35: Introduction to Christian Orthodoxy: History, Theology, Symbolism as “Orthodox” Way of Life
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serguey Ivanov, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Course 36: Byzantine Art and Architecture in South-Eastern Europe
Lecturer: Dr. Clemena Antonova-Crombois, Royal Academy of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Bulgarian Studies
Course 37: Bulgarian Folk Music
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristo Krotev, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Course 38: Introduction to Bulgarian Culture (history, politics, economy, folklore, art and culture)
Lecturers: Team
