SVU |
CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES |
TENTATIVE PROGRAM |
I. Emigration and Immigration
II. Cultural Contributions
III. Institutions, Organizations
IV. Accent on Youth
V. Genealogy
VI. Cooperation with the Czech and Slovak Republics
VII.
Historical Papers or Special Topics on Czech and Slovak Issues
History of the Czechs and Slovaks in
North America
Chair: Clinton Machann, Texas A & M University
Lawrence
and Elaine Cerny, Huber Hts., Ohio
A Walk Through Newburgh Heights and Slavic Village
Milan
Fryscak, New York University
Frantisek Korbel - A Czech Pioneer in California
Jan
Klinka, Vancouver, British Columbia
Czech & Slovak Immigration to Canada With a Focus On Western Canada, Especially
British Columbia
E. A.
Kral, Wilber, Nebraska
A Brief History of Cultural Preservation Accomplishments at Wilber, Nebraska, A
Czech-American Town
Stepanka
Magstadt, Plzen, Czech Republic
Czech Immigrants and Emigres Re-Visited
Pat
Novak, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Grandpa's Stories
Michael
Rokos, Baltimore, Maryland
The Early Immigrants - Why? A Salute to Augustine Herman, First Permanent Czech
Settler in North America and Those Who Came After Him in the Late 1800's
Ludmilla
Saskova, Moscow, Idaho
The Struggle to Find a Place: Bohemian Homestead Communities in Idaho and Montana at
the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century
Budimir
Zvolanek, St. Louis, Missouri
History of Czech and Slovak Immigrants in St. Louis and Personal Recollection on
Immigration
Preserving Heritage and Culture through Music
Chair: Joel Blahnik, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Co-Chair: Sister
Anita Smisek, New Praha, Minnesota
Joel
Blahnik, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Alliance Publications, Inc. (API) - A Czechoslovak Musical Voice Bridging the World
Sister
Anita Smisek, New Praha, Minnesota
Alliance Publications, Inc. (API) - A Czechoslovak Musical Voice Bridging the World
Don
Trouba, Elkhorn, Nebraska
The Czech Heligon Accordion: Its History and Applications
Sue
Underwood and Maureen Beck, Crete, Nebraska
Traditional Czech Folk Music and Instrumentation Including Musical Demonstration of
the Dudy
Preserving
Heritage and Culture through Literature
Chair: Ann Billesbach, Head of Reference, Nebraska State Historical Society
Lorraine J. Duggin, Omaha,
Nebraska
Personal Poetry Reflections
Margaret Hermanek Peaslee,
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
Bozena Nemcova Remembered
Tim Prchal, Oklahoma State
University
The Bohemian Paradox: My Antonia and Popular Images of Czech Immigrants in the Early
Twentieth Century
Preserving Heritage and
Culture in the Home
Chair:
R. Thomas Zumpfe, Lincoln, Nebraska
Anne Callahan, Nebraska Czechs of
Lincoln, Nebraska
Velma Kotas, Nebraska Czechs of
Lincoln, Nebraska
Ostry Family: Mike, Karen, Matthew (12), Louis (10), Cecilia and Angelica (8),
Maria (7), Helena (4), and Anthony (2),
Nebraska Czechs of Butler County, Bruno, Nebraska
Jarmila Vogel, Masaryk Club of
Boston
Czech and Slovak Cultural Heritage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Full audience participation
Czech Architectural
Experiences
Chair:
Al Hamersky, Lincoln, Nebraska
Al Hamersky, Lincoln, Nebraska
Czech Architectural Heritage
David Murphy, Lincoln, Nebraska
The Passing of Old Czech Carpentry in the North American Central Plains
William H. Tishler, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Bohemian Folk Architecture in Wisconsin
Czech and Slovak Contributions
to Medicine
Chair: Jitka
Stiles,Prague, Czech Republic
Co-Chair: Louis
Gogela, Lincoln, Nebraska
Lawrence F. Jindra, Columbia
University, New York
New Advances in Glaucoma Surgery
Patrick Kudlacek, and Steven C.
Sansom, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
The Importance of the Calcium Sensitive Potassium (BKCa) Channel in Hypertension
Jaroslava Moserova,
Vice-President, Czech Parliament
Title to be announced
Jitka Stiles, Prague, Czech
Republic
Positive and Negative Aspects of Molds in the Food Industry
III. Institutions, Organizations
Czech and Slovak Museums
Chair:
Layne Pierce, Lincoln, Nebraska
E. A. Kral, Wilber, Nebraska
Czech Culture Captured in Small Nebraska Museums
Don Martin, Winter Park, Florida
The Albin Polasek Museum
David Muhlena, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library
Richard Pavlasek, Austin, Texas
Woody Smith, La Grange, Texas
The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange, Texas
Czech
and Slovak Library Archives and Collection Development
Co-Chair:
Jean Dickinson, University of Nebraska
Co-Chair: Layne
Pierce, Lincoln, Nebraska
Jean Dickinson, University of
Nebraska
Some Researches into the Treasures of the University of Nebraska "Czech Heritage
Collections”
Sandra Levy, University of Chicago
Czech and Slovak Collections at the University of Chicago
David Muhlena, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
A Proposal to Create a Czecho-Slovak American Library, Czech and Slovak Museum
Daniel Necas, University of
Minnesota
Czech and Slovak American Collections Above the Bohemian Flats of Minneapolis: The
IHRC at the Elmer L. Andersen Library
Czech
Festivals and Celebrations - Roundtable
Chair:
John Fiala, Lincoln, Nebraska
Charles Keller, President,
Nebraska Czechs of Wilber, Nebraska
Doris Ourecky, Nebraska Czechs of
Wilber, Nebraska
Toni Birmingham, Chair, Czech
Festival in Phillips, Wisconsin
Elaine Benda, Board of Directors,
Oklahoma Czechs, Yukon, Oklahoma
Lorraine Lafler, Panhandle Czechs
of Nebraska, Sidney, Nebraska
Presidential
Symposium: Role of Ethnic Organizations
Vlasta Becvarova Barber, President, Czech and Slovak Society of Oregon, Tigard,
OR
Elaine Benda, Board of Directors,
representing the Oklahoma Czechs, Inc., Yukon, OK
Petr Bisek, President, Bohemian
Citizen's Benevolent Society of Astoria, Inc., Astoria, NY
Daniel Hrna, Chairman of the
Board, the Czech Heritage Society of Texas, TX
Charles Keller, President,
Nebraska Czechs of Wilber, NE
Larry Laznovsky, President,
American Sokol Organization
Judith Mabary, Executive
Secretary, the Czech and Slovak Music Society, St. Louis, IL
Jan Hird Pokorny, President,
Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Society Association, New York, NY
John M. Richard, President,
Czechoslovak National Council of America, Cicero, IL
Glen Riensche, President, Czech
Language Foundation, Fairbury, NE
Michael G. Rokos, President, Czech
and Slovak Heritage Association of Maryland, MD
Ron Stiles, President, Komensky
Club, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
Stanley Broz, Regional Director,
Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, TX
Jiri Karas, Delegate, House of
Representatives of the Czech Parliament, CR
Jaromir Slapota, President,
Czechoslovak Foreign Institute, Prague, CR
Milan Spacek, Senator, Senate of
the Czech Parliament, Olomouc, CR
The Assimilation and Acculturation of Youth
Chair: Ron Stiles, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
Sharon Holliday, Lincoln, Nebraska
International Student's Adjustment Process at a Midwestern University
Richard Kimbrough, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Outsiders: How People Adjust to Non-Native Cultures
Ron Stiles, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Language: The Prime Target to Assimilation
Mary Stretton, Fort Collins, Colorado
Assimilation Difficulties of Second Generation Americans
Veronika Zavrelova, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Dealing with New Communicative Situations in Czech Community(-ies) Living in the USA
Youth
Movement
Chair: John Fiala, Lincoln, Nebraska
Elaine Benda, Oklahoma Czechs, Inc., Yukon, Oklahoma
John Fiala, Lincoln, Nebraska
Czech-Slovak Youth Ambassadors
Mary E. Kasper, Miss Czech-Slovak USA first runner-up from
Kansas
Keepin' the Culture
Sylvia Laznovsky, Oakbrook, Illinois [lives in
Ennis, Texas]
Preserving Sokol for its Youth in the 21st Century, Membership
Chairman, American Sokol Organization,
Karina Molacek, Clarkson, Nebraska
Youth's Heritage Importance, 2000-01 Miss Czech-Slovak USA Queen
Doris Ourecky, Wilber, Nebraska
Youthful Ambassadors, National Czech-Slovak Pageant Co-Coordinator
Joan Sedlacek, Oakbrook, Illinois
Preserving Sokol for its Youth in the 21st Century, Educational Chairman, American
Sokol Organization
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Chair: Glen Riensche, Fairbury,
Nebraska
Joel Blahnik, Fish Creek Wisconsin
Renea Gernant, Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska
John Rocarek, The Czech Heritage Foundation Scholarship
Program
Jana Tuzar, Chicago, Illinois, Matise Vyssiho Vzdelani -
Czech American Institution Which Gives Scholarships to Students
Veronika Zavrelova, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Chair:_Katya Koubek, University of Nebraska
Teaching Czech Language in Context
Mila Saskova-Pierce, University of Nebraska
Intermediate Czech Language Classroom, The Teaching of Culture, and Heritage
Preservation
Lisa Wakamiya, Florida State University
Current State of On-Line Resources for the Study of Czech
MaryLu Stika, Lawrence, Kansas
The Realities of Teaching Czech to Multi-Generational and Multi-Level Groups
Chair: Holly Zumpfe, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Pam Dickey, Lincoln, Nebraska
Antibiotic Resistance in the New Millennium
Joseph Swoboda, Lincoln, Nebraska
Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health Treatment of Czech Youth
Mary Swoboda, Lincoln, Nebraska
Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health Treatment of Czech Youth
Holly Zumpfe, University of Nebraska-Omaha
What We Know About ADHD
Catching Up With the Past
Chair: Gordon
Pejsar, Lincoln, Nebraska
Eugene Aksamit, Edina, Minnesota
Researching Your Czech and Slovak Ancestors from the U.S., President of the
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International
Jiri Eichler, Prague, Czech
Republic
The Story of Cabelas: From Trebon to Brainard, Nebraska
Karen Hobbs, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
Using Austrian Military Records and the Story of a Bohemian Regiment in Two Wars,
1864-1866
[The workbook to help find the right film from among the 2665 military records
titles in the LDS catalog will be available at cost.]
Daniel Hrna, Czech Heritage
Society of Texas
Use of Library Facilities-Internet to Entice Youth to Appreciate Genealogy
Robert Janak, Beaumont, Texas
The Czech-Moravian Brethren Community in Texas Between the Wars. Notes on Funeral
Records Published by the Czech Heritage Society of Texas
Preservation
of Czech-American Culture: Online and Offline
Chair: Layne Pierce,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Layne Pierce, Lincoln, Nebraska
Digitalization of Nebraska Czech Artifacts and Intergenerational Cultural
Transmission, Lincoln, Nebraska
Louis Reith, Georgetown University
From the Coasts of Bohemia to the Banks of the Platte
Ludmilla Saskova, Moscow, Idaho
New Technologies. A brief demonstration of publishing text and images on the
internet.
Jarmila Vogel, Masaryk Club of
Boston
Czech and Slovak Cultural Heritage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
VI. Cooperation with the
Czech and Slovak Republics
Coming
Together: A Czech-U.S. Partnership
for Child Research and Democracy Building
Chair: Gary B. Melton, Clemson
University and President, Childwatch International
Robin J. Kimbrough-Melton, Clemson
University
Building Civil Societies Respectful of Children, Youth, and Families
Susan P. Limber, Clemson, University
Political and Legal Socialization in Emerging and Advanced Democracies
Gary B. Melton, Clemson University and
President, Childwatch International
uilding an Agenda for Child Research in Central and Eastern Europe
Economic
Cooperation in the Czech and Slovak Republics
Chair: Joe Chapuran, International
Development Manager,
Andrea Lupo, Czech Republic Specialist,
International Trade Administration
Frank J. Safertal, Bechtel
Telecommunications
Latest Developments in Czech and Slovak Republic Telecommunications
Jana Sevcikova, Chicago, Illinois
Helping the Trade -- CzechTrade
Speaker from Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture
or UNL Agricultural College
VII.
Historical Papers or Special Topics on Czech and Slovak Issues
What the World Wants to Know From
Slovakia: A White Paper
Jan Drabek, Vancouver, British
Columbia
Ivan Dubovicky, Cultural Attache,
Czech Embassy, Washington, DC
Contemporary Status of the Czech American Community
Petr Gandolovic, Consulate General
of the Czech Republic, New York
Future of the Bohemian National Building Project
Milan Hauner, University of
Wisconsin - Madison
Edvard Benes and the Significance of his Sojourn in the United States in 1939 and/or
Edvard Benes and his Memoirs: Published and Unpublished
Paul Lebloch, Downers Grove,
Illinois
History of Sokol and Its Contributions to Czech and Slovak Culture, 1st
Vice President, World Sokol Federation, Prague, Czech Republic
Michael Rokos, Baltimore, Maryland
Cults, Mind Control and the Threat to Freedom
Josef Rostinsky, University of
Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Miroslav Synek, San Antonio, Texas
Czechs and Slovaks: Supporters of Free Elections
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