CID Spring 2013 Lecture Series
Lectures by Kalo Milkoff
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Time |
Lecture |
Location |
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11-11:50 a.m. |
What Business Conditions are Causing Bulgarians to Immigrate to Western Europe and how does this Impact the EU and Bulgaria? |
Mercer 139 |
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2-2:50 p.m. |
What Business Conditions are Causing Bulgarians to Immigrate to Western Europe and how does this Impact the EU and Bulgaria? |
Mercer 242 |
Tuesday, February 26
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8-9:15 a.m. |
What is the Media Like in Bulgaria, and in Particular how is it Related to Bulgarian Politics? |
Rankin 213 |
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9:30-10:45 a.m. |
What Business Conditions are Causing Bulgarians to Immigrate to Western Europe and how does this Impact the EU and Bulgaria? |
Mercer 132 |
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12-1:15 p.m. |
What is the Media Like in Bulgaria, and in Particular how is it Related to Bulgarian Politics? |
Mercer 242 |
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3-4:15 p.m. |
What does the Human Trafficking Problem Look Like in Bulgaria |
Rhea County Room |
Lectures by Dr. Obi Ebbe
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Time |
Lecture |
Location |
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12:00 p.m. |
The Attacks by Boko Haram on the Christian Community in Northern Nigeria |
Rhea County Room |
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1:30 p.m |
The Practice of Witchcraft in Nigeria to Control the Victims of Human Trafficking |
Latimer 302 |
Lectures by Dr. Mariano Croce
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Time |
Lecture |
Location |
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6:30-7:45 p.m. |
What does the Term Euro Zone Crisis Actually Mean? |
Rhea County Room |
Wednesday, March 20
|
11-11:50 a.m. |
What Potential Impact does the Economic Meltdown in Greece have on the United States? |
Mercer 139 |
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2-2:50 p.m. |
What Potential Impact does the Economic Meltdown in Greece have on the United States? |
Mercer 242 |
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6:15-7:30 p.m. |
What Potential Impact does the Economic Meltdown in Greece have on the United States? |
Krystal Building, Chattanooga |
Speaker Bios
Kalo Milkoff
Kalo Milkoff has spent over 12 years building knowledge and implementing business solutions for clients in North America, the Middle East and Europe. In 2010-2011 Mr. Milkoff led the technology operations of Polaris Project, one of the leading organizations in the global fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Kalo has a broad experience in project management, technology and senior management advisory. Most recently he has been involved with emerging markets entrepreneurship, establishing technology and educational start-ups in Eastern Europe, strengthening strategy and operations, business plan development, negotiations and project finance. Mr. Milkoff speaks Bulgarian, English and Russian and holds an undergraduate degree in Information Technology. He has completed an International Management program at the University of Oxford and has graduated with an MBA from Georgetown University. Kalo is an avid chess player and amateur astronomer.
Dr. Obi Ebbe
Dr. Obi Ebbe, a Nigerian criminologist and author of several books, including Broken Back Axle: Unspeakable Events in Biafra, will look at two major national issues facing the nation of Nigeria during his time at Bryan College. Dr. Ebbe will be talking about the muslim terriorist group Boko Haram which has waged a campaign of violence in northern Nigeria, killing 3,000 people since the beginning of 2009, according to Human Rights Watch. As recently as January 20, 2013 this violence spread to Kano where coordinated bombing and shooting attacks killed 185 people, making it Boko Haram’s deadliest attack to date. In addition, Dr. Ebbi will be speaking on the topic of Ju Ju which is a form of witchcraft used to help control the victims of girls and women trafficked out of Nigeria. Dr. Ebbe is a full professor at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga in the department of sociology, anthropology, and geography. He received his PhD in Sociology from Southern Illinois University, with emphases in criminology, criminal justice systems, penology and corrections, deviance, classical and contemporary theories, research methods, and statistics. He holds a master's degree in sociology from Western Michigan University, and a bachelor's degree in sociology and law, also from Western Michigan University.
Dr. Mariano Croce
Research of finance professor Mariano Massimiliano Croce focuses on asset pricing in general equilibrium models in which there is uncertainty about the long horizon perspectives of the economy. Projects include the study of international asset prices and exchange rates; the interaction between asset prices, investment decisions, and fiscal policy uncertainty in the United States; and links between investors’ information and asset prices. Dr. Croce teaches courses in macroeconomics at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC at Chapel Hill. He has been appointed visiting assistant professor at the Wharton School of Business and Indian School of Business. He served as a research intern at Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. He received his PhD in economics from New York University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics from L. Bocconi University, Milan.
