2003 EVENTS

DECEMBER 12, 2003
ACUNS Executive Meeting

DECEMBER 11, 2003
Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920
Akram Khater, Professor of History, North Carolina State University
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

DECEMBER 11, 2003
Moving Mountains and Changing Seas: Fomenting Reform for Democratic Policing in Brazil
Elizabeth Leeds, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2003
“Prospects and Challenges in Humanitarianism” Human Rights Lecture Series
David Rieff, author, A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis
Sponsored by Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center

DECEMBER 3, 2003
Superpower…Super Responsibility
John Brademas, President Emeritus, New York University and former US Congressman
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

DECEMBER 2, 2003
A Constitution for Europe? Reflections from the US
Elizabeth F. Defeis, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University, School of Law
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

DECEMBER 2003 - January 2004
Exhibit on Ralph Bunche
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, New York

NOVEMBER 24, 2003
The Mirage of Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Market Countries
Frederic Mishkin, Professor of Finance and Economics, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

NOVEMBER 24, 2003
Presentation of Research by 2003 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

NOVEMBER 20, 2003
Then and Now, From Ralph Bunche to Lakhdar Brahimi: The future of Peacekeeping and Mediation
Keynote Speaker: David Malone
Sponsored by United Nations & Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

NOVEMBER 19, 2003
The New Transitional Government in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Prospects and Challenges for Peace
Tatiana Carayannis, Ralph Bunche Institute, UN Intellectual History Project
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

NOVEMBER 18, 2003
Meet the Author Program: Sashi Tharoor
“Nehru: The Invention of India”
Sponsored by Asia Society, South Asian Journalists Association, & Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2003
From Import Substitution Industrialization to Free Trade: Latin American Policy Approaches from the Great Depression to the FTAA
Sue Cronin, Office for the Western Hemisphere of the US Trade Representative
Graciana del Catillo, Macroeconomic Advisory Group
Paulo Leme, Goldman Sachs
Alfred Montero, Carleton College
Arturo Porzecanski, ING Capital Holdings
Gert Rosenthal, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Vincent Truglia, Moody’s Investment Services
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

NOVEMBER 13, 2003
The UK and the Euro
The Honorable Sir Thomas G. Harris, Director General, British Trade & Investment USA
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2003
Indigenous Peoples and States: A UN Authored Partnership
Maivân Clech Lam, Associate Director, Ralph Bunche Institute
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

NOVEMBER 5, 2003
Retrospective on the Roles of Ralph Bunche and the UN in the Palestine Conflict
Benjamin Rivlin, Director Emeritus, Ralph Bunche Institute
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

NOVEMBER 5, 2003
“The Just War Idea and its Use in Recent Debates”
Human Rights Lecture Series
James Turner Johnson, Professor of Religion, Rutgers University
Sponsored by Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center

OCTOBER 30, 2003
The Israeli Diaspora
Steve Gold, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

OCTOBER 29, 2003
Insurgent Communities: Changing Forms of Social Antagonism in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Franco Barchiesi, University of Bolognia and the CUNY Graduate Center
New “Social Movements,” Pressure Groups, and Media in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Sean Jacobs, International Center for Advanced Studies, New York University
DISCUSSANT: Thomas G. Karis, CUNY
Sponsored by The Africa ResearchGroup of The CUNY-Graduate Center

OCTOBER 29, 2003
New Economic Partnerships for African Development and the Africa Union
Kiki Edozie, Columbia University
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

OCTOBER 24, 2003
UN Day Lecture
Sponsored by United Nations University

OCTOBER 24, 2003
UN Day Lecture
Sponsored by United Nations Association of the DC area

OCTOBER 24, 2003
UN Day Celebration

OCTOBER 24, 2003
Implications of the War in Iraq
Prof. Thomas G. Weiss, Director, Ralph Bunche Institute
Sponsored by Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, City University of New York, Graduate Center

OCTOBER 22, 2003
The Destiny of Freedom – Cycles of War and Peace in the 21st Century
Ralph Buultjens, New York University
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

OCTOBER 21, 2003
Missed Opportunities? Nonprofit Leadership, Trust, and Public Perception
Emmett D. Carson, President and CEO, The Minneapolis Foundation
Sponsored by Center for the Study of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 20, 2003
York University Ralph Bunche Symposium
Guest Speaker: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations.

OCTOBER 20, 2003
Land Occupations, Violence, and the Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil
Jack Hammond, City University of New York
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 17, 2003
From Jango to Lula: Balancing National and International Pressures Undertaking Socioeconomic Change
Albert Fishlow, Columbia University
Gelson Fonseca, Jr., Former Permanent of Brazil to the United Nations & Brazilian ambassador to Chile
Mauricio Font, Director, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
James Green, California State University, Long Beach
Alfred Stepan, Columbia University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 16, 2003
The Chile-US Free Trade Agreement and Economic Relations in the Western Hemisphere (FTAA)
Ambassador Osvaldo Rosales, Institute of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Relations
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 16, 2003
2004: A Challenging Year for the European Union
H.E. Ambassador Stefane De Loecker, Consul General of Belgium in New York
European Union Studies Center

OCTOBER 15, 2003
Evolution of the Security Council: Grandstanding or Groundbreaking?
Michèle Griffin, Office of the Under-Secretary-General of Political Affairs, United Nations
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

OCTOBER 14, 2003
“The Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Drafting Process”
Human Rights Lecture Series
Maivân Clech Lam, Professor of Law, CUNY Law School, and Associate Director RBI
Sponsored by Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center

OCTOBER 9, 2003
Cuba-Europe Relations Today
Joaquin Roy, University of Miami
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 9, 2003
Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Naming Ceremony

OCTOBER 7, 2003
Earth Dialogues New York with President Mikhail Gorbachev
“How can we foster a global ethic of environmental responsibility?”
Mikhail Gorbachev, President, Green Cross International
Steve Curwood, Executive Producer and Host, Living on Earth
Christiana Figueres, Negotiator, UN Framework on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol
Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr., Chairman, Middle East Institute
Nathan Gardels, Editor, New Perspectives Quarterly
David Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation
Terry Root, Professor, Stanford University, Editor, Wildlife Responses to Climate Change
Jonathan Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies
Stephen Schneider, Professor, Stanford University, Author, Laboratory Earth
Scott Seydel, President, Eco Research LLC
Timothy Weiskel, Director, Harvard Seminar on Environmental Values
Robert Wilkinson, Chair, Earth Island Institute and others TBA
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies with Global Green USA & Green Cross International

OCTOBER 7, 2003
The Politics of Mourning
Marc Nichanian, Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
David Kazanjian, English Department, Queens College and City University of New York,Graduate Center
Patricia Clough, City University of New York, Graduate Center
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

OCTOBER 3, 2003
Economic Crises Then and Now: A Comparison of Responses to the Mexican Crisis of 1994 and the Argentine Crisis of 2001
Joyce Change, JP Morgan
Lacey Gallagher, Credit Suisse First Boston
Richard Newfarmer, World Bank
Robert Rubin, Citigroup
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 3, 2003
Release of “UN on the Ground” Report
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and the Stanley Foundation

OCTOBER 1, 2003
H.E. Sergey V. Lavrov, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

OCTOBER 1, 2003
“The Aid Marketplace” - NGO Policy Forum XIV
Sponsored by Humanitarianism & War Project, and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 2003
School wide UN Day celebration dedicated to Ralph Bunche
Sponsored by United Nations International School (UNIS)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
“Turkey’s Relations with itsNeighbors and the U.S. after the War in Iraq”
Dankwart A. Rustow Memorial Lecture
The Honorable Suleyman Sami Demirel, Former President and Prime Minister of Turkey
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

SEPTEMBER 29, 2003
Old or New? Some Thoughts on Transatlantic Relations
Ernst Walch, the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2003
US-Brazil Relations
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2003
Distinguished Lecture
Keynote Speaker: Sir Brian Urquhart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
Desperately Seeking Europe
PANELISTS: Hans-Ulrich Klose, Member of the German Bundestag, SPD
Ambassador Avi Primor, Vice President University of Tel Aviv
Ilija Trojanow, Journalist and Author
Lord William Wallace, London School of Economics
Moderated by Susan Stern, University of Frankfurt
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center, Alfred Herrhausen Society for International Dialogue, and the American Council on Germany

SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
Fashion Shows and Broadway Plays: Performing Opposition to the Military Dictatorships in the United States, 1971-1978
James Green, California State University and BRASA
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
Centenary Distinguished Lecture Series

SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
Political and Economic Reform in Brazil: From Sarney to Lula
Zelia Cardoso, Former Finance Minister of Brazil
Mauricio Font, Director, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
Legacies of Authoritarianism: The Case of Chile in Comparative Perspective
PANELISTS: Peter Winn, Tufts University
Katherine Hite, Vassar College
John Dinges, Columbia University
Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archives
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
The Road to Home: My Life and Times; and, Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith
Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
Then and Now: Ralph Bunche and the Question of Palestine
Keynote Speaker: Dennis Ross
Sponsored by United Nations& Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

SEPTEMBER 3, 2003
Lula in Office for Eight Months: Winning Elections vs. Governing
David Fleischer, University of Brasìlia
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 2003
Exhibit on Ralph Bunche
Sponsored by United Nations, Department of Public Information

AUGUST 29, 2003
Ralph Bunche Centennial Lecture
Sponsored by American Political Science Association

AUGUST 7, 2003
Launch of year - long celebration of the legacy of Dr. Bunche
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Centenary Committee

AUGUST 7, 2003 through Spring 2004
Exhibits by UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library of Bunche holdings

AUGUST 7, 2003
UCLA’s Kick-off Centenary event in LA at Thomas Jefferson High School

AUGUST 7, 2003
Issuing of UN Ralph Bunche Commemorative Stamps
Sponsored by United Nations Postal Administration, Ralph Bunche Institute

MID JULY - SEPTEMBER, 2003
Exhibit on Ralph Bunche
Sponsored by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

JULY 21, 2003
UN on the Ground
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation

JUNE 25, 2003
Discussion based on Dr. Font's recently published book Transforming Brazil: A Reform Era in Perspective
Paulo de Almeida, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Brazil
Mauricio Font, Bildner Center, City University of New York
O Estado de Sao Paulo, correspondent Paulo Sotero
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

JUNE 19, 2003
The State of the European Union
Dimitris Platis, Consul General of Greece in New York
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

JUNE 11, 2003
UN on the Ground
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation

JUNE 10, 2003
Cuban National Reconciliation: Memory, Truth, and Justice
Marifeli Perez-Stable, Florida International University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

MAY 13, 2003
The Spirit of Development: Santería and Social Welfare in Havana
Adrian Hearn, L Trobe University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

MAY 9, 2003
The Role of Social Democracy in War-Torn Societies: Where is Bosnia Going?
Discussion with Zlatko Lagumdzija, Leader of the Bosnian Social Democratic Party and of the electoral coalition, Alliance for Change; Former Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000-2002)
Moderator: Dr. Susan L. Woodward, Ph.D. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

MAY 9, 2003
Cuban Energy Policy: Backcasting a Sustainable Energy Future
Dr. Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

MAY 7, 2003
UN on the Ground
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation

MAY 5, 2003
Humanitarian Action: Current Critique, Future Prospects - NGO Policy Forum XIII
Sponsored by Humanitarianism and War Project and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

MAY 5, 2003
Orientation Workshop for 2003 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

MAY 1, 2003
Enlargement and the EU Periphery
Frank Barry, Professor of Economics, University College Dublin in Ireland
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MAY 1, 2003
Transforming Brazil: An Era of Reform in Perspective
Book presentation and discussion
Dr. Mauricio Font, Director, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere, Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center and Queens College
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MAY 1, 2003
Creating Freedom Behind Bars (everyday and creative actions of female political prisoners in Argentina)
Dr. Margaret E. Crahan, Dorothy Epstein Professor of Latin American History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

APRIL 11, 2003
Lest We Forget: The Legacies of El Proceso, 1976-83
Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College & The Graduate Center, CUNY
Judith Filc, New York University
Leon Klenicki, Bnai Brith
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

APRIL 10, 2003
The Future of Direct Democracy in the U.S. and Switzerland
Panel Discussion with: Dr. Arnold Koller, Former President and Minister of Justice of the Swiss Confederation; Dr. Alfredo Defago, Visiting Professor of International Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former Swiss Ambassador to the United States; Gregory Fossedal, Author of "Direct Democracy in Switzerland"; John Fund, Author, Journalist and TV Political Commentator
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

APRIL 10, 2003
Cuban Miami: Changing Culture and Politics
Uva de Aragón, Associate Director, Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University; Associate Editor of the academic journal Cuban Studies
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

APRIL 9, 2003
Panel Discussion: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Unilateralism & Multilateralism
SPEAKERS: Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University; Beth Baron, Professor, History Department, Co-Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The CUNY Graduate Center; Giandomenico Picco, Chairman and CEO of GDP Associates, Inc., Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations acting as the Personal Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, former UN Assistant Secretary-General, Paul Heinbecker, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, William L. Nash, Retired Major General, Senior Fellow and Director, Center For Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations, Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University, Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Information, United Nations
MODERATOR: Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC), The Center for the Humanities

APRIL 9, 2003
Has Unilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy Helped or Hindered Conflict Resolution Internationally? What are the Implications for the Middle East?
SPEAKERS: Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University; Bruce Jones, Deputy Director and Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Discussants: Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University; Beth Baron, Professor, History Department, Co-Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The CUNY Graduate Center
MODERATOR: Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Sponsored by Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School

APRIL 9, 2003
UN Seminar Series

APRIL 9, 2003
Sustainable Development in Cuba: A Model for Community Action
Dr. Gilberto Javier Cabrera Trimino
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

APRIL 8, 2003
The Brazilian Economy and the Second Washington Consensus
Prof. Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Former Minister of Finance, State Reform, and Science and Technology
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

APRIL 7, 2003
The History and Context of US Policy Toward Cuba
John Coatswoth, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs at Harvard University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

APRIL 4, 2003
Post-Election Analysis: What's Next for Argentina?
Hector Schamis, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center; Victoria Murillo, Columbia University
Javier Corrales, Amherst College; Roberto Leo Butinof, Universidad de Buenos Aiires
Moderator: Margaret Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

APRIL 3, 2003
Ugly Stories from the Peruvian Agrarian Reform
Enrique Mayer, Yale University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

APRIL 2, 2003
UN on the Ground
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation

APRIL 2, 2003
Forgotten Emergencies
Phyllis Lee, Chief, Advocacy & External Relations Unit, Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

APRIL 2, 2003
Toward a More Egalitarian Third World City
Prof. Enrique Peñalosa, New York University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Cuba Seminar Series

MARCH 31, 2003
U.S. - Latin America Relations Today
PANELISTS: Peter Hakim, President, Inter-Americal Dialogue; Amb. Myles Frechette, President and CEO of Americas Society and Council of the Americas; Amb. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexico's Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Amb. Juan Gabriel Valdés, Chile's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Former Foreign Minister
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MARCH 27, 2003
Human Rights as an Academic Project
Invited Speakers:
Jane Collier, Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
Veena Das, Professor of Anthropology, The Johns Hopkins University
Maryam Elahi, Esq., Director of Human Rights Program, Trinity College (Hartford)
Julie Stone Peters, Professor of English & Comparative Literature and Founding Director
of the Columbia College Human Rights Program, Columbia University
Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Richard A. Wilson, Visiting Professor of Anthropology, The New School University and Reader in Social Anthropology, University of Sussex
Organizers and Moderators:
Talal Asad, Professor Anthropology, The Graduate School-CUNY
John R. Wallach, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hunter College &
The Graduate School-CUNY
Sponsored by Hunter College Human Rights Organizing Committee, Ph.D. Programs in Anthropology and Political Science, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

MARCH 26, 2003
America's New Allies: The Impacts of EU & NATO Enlargement on EU-US Relations - A Czech View
Pavel Cernoch, Ph.D., European Studies Specialist; Jeanne Monnet Center of Charles University; State University of New York Program in Prague
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MARCH 26, 2003
Children, Youth and Conflict in Africa
Alicinda Honwana, Social Science Research Council
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 19, 2003
Unilateralism vs Multilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy
Speakers: Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of Women in International Security and Adjunct Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Edward Luck, Director, Center on International Organization, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Discussants: José E. Alvarez, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, Columbia University; David Malone, President, International Peace Academy; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities Emeritus, The CUNY Graduate Center
Moderator: Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School
Sponsored by Sawyer Seminar Series Program

MARCH 19, 2003
A View from Teheran
Mehdi Bozogmehr, Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 18, 2003
EU Against US: A Superpower Rivalry?
Bernard E. Brown, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MARCH 18, 2003
Rethinking America in the Middle East
Rashid Khalidi, Prof. of History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

MARCH 17, 2003
La Evolución de la Izquierda y el Socialismo en Chile
This event will be entirely in Spanish.
Seminar and Discussion: Dr. Carlos Antonio Molina Bustos, political commentator, co-founder of the journal Encuentro XXI; Dr. Patricio Quiroga Zamora, professor of history at the University of Valpariso and ARSIS University (Santiago).
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MARCH 14, 2003
Argentina: Time for Change
Luis Moreno Ocampo, Transparency International for Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderator: Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MARCH 14-28, 2003
Vision of Cairo, Egypt - by Ayame Mizutome
Selected work of Metropolitan New York - by Amal Muhammad
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

MARCH 12, 2003
Switzerland's New Role as a Member of the United Nations
H.E. Jenö C.A. Staehelin, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 7, 2003
What Role Can Civil Society in Argentina Play in Resolving the Crisis?
Ariel Armony, Colby College & Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
Valeria Procupez, John Hoplins University
Peter Ranis, York College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MARCH 5, 2003
The Hegemon, Its Allies, the UN, and the World
Howard Lentner, Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate School & Baruch College
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 3, 2003
Globalizing the Brazilian Garment Industry: Korean and Bolivian Sweatshops in São Paulo
Simone Buechler, PhD, Faculty Fellow / Assistant Professor, Metropolitan Studies Program, New York University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Brazil Project

FEBRUARY 28, 2003
Traveling and Excavating in Syria: an illustrated lecture
Archeologist Barbara Porter
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

FEBRUARY 28, 2003
Political and Educational Reform in the Midst of Crisis
Documentary: Not a Single One by pablo Hadis. University of California in San Diego
'Argentina Resiste': Culture's Response to the Economic, Social, and Political Crisis 2001-2003
Dr. Marta Bermudez, Hunter College, CUNY
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

FEBRUARY 26, 2003
ECOMOG's and the UN's Peacekeeping Roles in Sierra Leone
H.E. Sylvester E. Rowe, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the UN
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 25, 2003
The EURO After Four Years: View From the Outside
Georg Rich, Honorary Professor, University of Bern; Former Chief Economist of the Swiss National Bank
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2003
Batista: From Revolutionary to Strongman
Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D. Candidate & Research Fellow, Rutgers University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Cuba Project

FEBRUARY 19, 2003
Transcending Durban - U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policies Concerning Race and Human Rights
SPEAKERS: Anne Bayefsky, Adjunct Professor and Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University School of Law, and NGO Delegate to the Durban Conference; Gay J. McDougall, Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Group, Representative to the World Conference Against Racism of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination; Andre M. Surena, Assistant Legal Advisor for Human Rights and Refugees, U.S. Department of State, Staff Delegate to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, Staff to the UN World Conference Against Racism; john a. powell, Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, The Ohio State University; J. Michael Turner, Associate Professor of History and Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Hunter College, NGO delegate to Durban Summit, USAID & UN Consultant on Africa
MODERATOR: John Goering, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and The CUNY Graduate School
Sponsored by Sawyer Seminar Series Program

FEBRUARY 19, 2003
What did Durban Accomplish
SPEAKERS: Anne Bayefsky, Adjunct Professor and Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University School of Law, and NGO Delelgate to the Durban Conference; john a. powell, Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, The Ohio State University
DISCUSSANTS: J. Michael Turner, Associate Professor of History and Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Hunter College, NGO delegate to Durban Summit, USAID & UN Consultant on Africa
MODERATOR: John Goering, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and The CUNY Graduate School
Sponsored by Sawyer Seminar Series Program

FEBRUARY 19, 2003
Romania's View on the Role of the UN and the Expansion of NATO
H.E. Alexandru Niculescu, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 14, 2003
A New Diaspora: Crisis Induced Immigration
Lia L. Friedman, Universidad de Rancagua
Javier, Neiman, HIAS Latin America Visa Program
Anahi Viladrich, Columbia University
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

FEBRUARY 14, 2003
The Iranian Influence on the Mughol Empire
George Bournoutian, Prof. of History and Political Science, Iona College
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

FEBRUARY 14, 2003
Deadline for applications for 2003-04 Mellon Fellowships in Security and Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

FEBRUARY 13, 2003
UN on the Ground
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation

FEBRUARY 11, 2003
Promoting Social Development in Cuba: What Works Best?
Miren Uriarte, Ph.D., Program on Social Policy, University of Massachusetts
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

FEBRUARY 9, 2003
Civil Society and Democratization in the Dominican Republic
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

FEBRUARY 7, 2003
The Costs of Crisis in Argentine: Violent Times in Argentine Bronx
Javier Auyero, Prof., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Commentator: Mónica Pinto, Prof., University of Buenos Aires Law School
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

FEBRUARY 6, 2003
The State of the European Union
H.E. Ulrik Federspiel, Denmark's Ambassador to the United States
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

FEBRUARY 5, 2003
Current Status of UN Peacekeeping
Jeane-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 5, 2003
Norm Development and the Responsibility to Protect
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Co-sponsored by Canadian Government

JANUARY 30, 2003
Filmmakerks Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard showing excerpts from their documentaries Sir Alfred and Shahrbanoo
Commentator: Dr. Roxanne Varzi, New York University
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

JANUARY 29, 2003
Reparations Post Durban: The Interplay of U.S. and International Issues
SPEAKERS: Marcellus Andrews, Professor and Director, Center for Equality, Justice, and Pluralism, Baruch College
DISCUSSANTS: Penelope Andrews, Professor, CUNY Law School; Julie Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst and Special Counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; James O.C. Jonah, Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, former Finance Minister of Sierra Leone
MODERATOR: John Goering, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and The CUNY Graduate School
Sponsored by Sawyer Seminar Series Program

JANUARY 28, 2003
Book Presentation: Islamist Mobilization in Turkey
Author: Jenny White, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

JANUARY 25, 2003
Genocide and Film: A Panel Discussion on Themes in Egoyan's 'Ararat'
Panelists include: David Baker, author of An American Physician in Turkey; Taner Akcam, Department of History, University of Minnesota; Anny Bakalian, MEMEAC; Lisa Siraganian, John Hopkins University; Louis Najarian, licensed psychiatrist, specialist in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Sponsored by Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)

JANUARY 10, 2003
A Critical History of the UN and Human Security
S. Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong-Khong
Sponsored by UN Intellectual History Project

JANUARY 8, 2003
Leaders Conference for Preliminary Planning and Collaboration
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee

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