2001 EVENTS

DECEMBER 19, 2001
Roundtable Discussion How Hard is Soft Law? - The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Need for a Normative Framework"
Dr. Francis M. Deng, Distinguished Professor, Director of the CUNY-Brookings Project on Internal Displacement, and Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons
Dr. Walter Kälin, Professor of International and Constitutional Law at the University of Bern, and the author of the Annotations to the Guiding Principles
Dr. Thomas Weiss, Presidential Professor, and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies will moderate the discussion
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and CUNY-Brookings Project on Internal Displacement

DECEMBER 17, 2001
The State of the European Union
H.E. Ingeborg Kristoffersen Consul General of Belgium in New York
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center Lecture

DECEMBER 13 - 14, 2001
International Advisory Council Meeting
Sponsored by UN Intellectual History Project

DECEMBER 7, 2001
The Current State of Black Philanthropy: Looking Forward, Looking Back
Rodney Jackson President and CEO of the National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc.
Sponsored by Center for the Study of Philanthropy Co-Sponsored by Continuing Education and Public Programs

DECEMBER 7, 2001
Editorial Board Meeting Global Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2001
Ralph Bunche Centenary Planning Committee Meeting
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Centenary

DECEMBER 4, 2001
The Euro as an International Currency and Its Impact on the Dollar
Dr. Norbert Walter Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center Lecture

DECEMBER 4, 2001
Commemorating the Unthinkable: Rwanda, Afghanistan and the Role of International Law
Prof. Robert Barsky Professor of English and Comparative Literature University of Western Ontario and the University of Quebec
Sponsored by The Center for Place, Culture and Politics

DECEMBER, 2001
Call for Papers
The Cuban Republic and José Martí: 1902 - 2002 A conference sponsored by the Bildner Center/Cuba Project
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

NOVEMBER 30, 2001
Egyptian Islamists: From the Muslim Brotherhood to Islamic Jihad
Vickie Langohr Department of Political Science, College of Holy Cross
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

NOVEMBER 29, 2001
Faculty Advisory Council Meeting
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

NOVEMBER 29, 2001
The UN, the EU and the Multilateral System
George Cunningham Head of Press and Public Affairs, European Commission New York Delegation
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center Lecture

NOVEMBER 28, 2001
The Human Development Report: Its Significance and Impact
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

NOVEMBER 15, 2001
Policy and programming issues arising in connection with the Afghanistan situation will be discussed at this session, including the relevance of humanitarian principles to the provision of assistance and protection during the conflict, and the relation between humanitarian activities by NGOs and the policies of the United States and associated governments.
Sponsored by NGO Consultation Series

NOVEMBER 14, 2001
Dealing with War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Lori Fisler Damrosch Henry L. Moses Professor of International Law & Organization, Columbia School of Law
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

NOVEMBER 7, 2001
Peacekeeping Experience in the Eritrean-Ethiopian War
Alem Habtu Professor of Sociology, Queens College, CUNY
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

NOVEMBER 6, 2001
Discussion and Book Signing; Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century
Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight
Robert S. McNamara was president of the Ford Motor Company, secretary of defense to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and president of the World Bank. James G. Blight is professor of international relations at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
Sponsored by The Center for the Humanities and The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

NOVEMBER 5 , 2001
The IMF’s Origins as a Blueprint for Its Future
Anna Schwartz Professor, Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center Lecture

NOVEMBER 2, 2001
Panel on the Afghan Crisis Saudi Arabia and the Making of Bin Laden
Robert Vitalis Professor of Political Science and Director, Middle East Center University of Pennsylvania
and Afghanistan: A "Failed State"?
Nazif Shahrani Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington
Sponsored by The Graduate Center City University of New York and the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center

NOVEMBER 1, 2001
ROUNDTABLE September 11: Implications for the Balkans, Middle East, Western Asia, South Asia, Africa, and Multilateralism
Informal roundtable to analyze the host of implications for world politics of the attacks on the city and our psyche. The following faculty and students from The CUNY Graduate Center will make short remarks.

• Africa: Tatiana Carayannis, PhD Candidate, Political Science
• The Balkans: Susan Woodward, Professor, Political Science
• Middle East: Ghassan Shabaneh, PhD Candidate, Political Science
• South Asia: Atul Kohli, Visiting Fellow and Professor of Politics, Princeton University
• Western Asia: Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Professor, Sociology, and Director, Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center
• United Nations: James O.C. Jonah, Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute
• U.S. and Multilateralism: Thomas G. Weiss, Professor, Political Science and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 31, 2001
Challenges for Continuing Reform at the UN
Sam Daws Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

OCTOBER 24, 2001
New Thinking About the Role of the Security Council
Mark C. Minton Diplomat in Residence, Baruch College CUNY; former Minister Counsellor U.S. Mission to UN
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

OCTOBER 23, 2001
Constructing and Defending the Swedish Welfare System: Paradoxes of Diversity and Integration
Per Nordahl Professor, Umeå University, Sweden
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center Lecture

OCTOBER 19, 2001
Perspectives on Philanthropy in Times of Crisis Lecture Series
Latino Philanthropy: Disaster and Beyond
Elsa Vega-Pérez Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Hispanics in Philanthropy and Program Officer at the Otto Bremer Foundation
Sponsored by Center for the Study of Philanthropy with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies

OCTOBER 17, 2001
The US, the UN and Perspectives on Multilateral Diplomacy
William H. Luers President, United Nations Association-USA
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

OCTOBER 16, 2001
Richard J. Goldstone Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and Chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand; Visiting Professor at the New York University Law School
Sponsored by Dankwart A. Rustow Memorial Lecture

OCTOBER 15, 2001
Ralph Bunche Centenary Planning Committee Meeting
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Centenary

OCTOBER 10 , 2001
International Protection for Internally Displaced Persons Francis Deng Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

OCTOBER 3, 2001
International Small Arms Conference: An Evaluation
H.E. Carlos Dos Santos Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN
Sponsored by Gitelson Seminar

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