2004 EVENTS

DECEMBER 10, 2004
"Ahmadou Kourouma: A Conversation About His Work and Human Rights Legacy in Africa"
Keynote lecture: Boniface Mongo-Mboussa, Professor of Francophone Literature, Columbia University (Paris)
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Ph.D. Program in French, Africa Research Group

DECEMBER 2, 2004
"Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Julie Mertus, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs Program, American University
Sponsored by Human Rights Seminar Series

DECEMBER 2, 2004
Presentations by 2004 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

DECEMBER 1-3, 2004
UNIHP book presentations at UNIHP/NUPI meeting in Oslo
Louis Emmerij et al. (Ahead of the Curve), Olav Stokke (The UN and Development Cooperation), Richard Jolly et al. (UN Contributions to Development), John and Richard Toye (The UN and Global Political Economy), Michael Ward (Quantifying the World)
Sponsored by UN Intellectual History Project (UNIHP), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

NOVEMBER 22, 2004
"Switzerland and the European Union"
Raymond Loretan, Ambassador, Consul General of Switzerland in New York
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2004
"A U.S.-based NGO in a Changing Human Rights Environment: The Case of Human Rights First"
Neil Hicks, Director of International Programs, Human Rights First
Sponsored by Human Rights Seminar Series

NOVEMBER 3, 2004
UN Seminar Series - "Assessing International Politics Theory After 9/11"
Howard H. Lentner, Professor Emeritus, CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 29, 2004
"Public Relations and the Media in the Aftermath of 9/11"
Mahdis Keshavarz, Vice President, Riptide Communications
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

OCTOBER 28, 2004
Expert Consultation on UN Security Council Reform
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

OCTOBER 27, 2004
UN Seminar Series - "Making Global Trade Work for People"
Kamal Malhotra, Senior Adviser on Inclusive Globalization, UNDP
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2004
UN Seminar Series - "Re-positioning the South in the United Nation"
H.E. Fermin Toro Jimenez, Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 19, 2004
Launching of the publication of "The Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel , Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: A Manual for Prevention"
Sponsored by Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), Amnesty International, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, and the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 15, 2004
"Writing Toward Home: Exile and Identity in Palestinian-American Women's Writing"
Lisa Suhair Majaj
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

OCTOBER 14-16, 2004
"Alexander von Humboldt: From the Americas to the Cosmos"
Humboldt Bicentennial: An Interdisciplinary Conference
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2004
"Rethinking the Agenda for Protection: The Case of Children and Armed Conflict"
Massimo Toschi, Associate Adviser, Division for Sustainable Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Sponsored by Human Rights Seminar Series

OCTOBER 13, 2004
UN Seminar Series - "Economic and Social Rights: Problems of Implementation"
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor, Director, Center for Human Rights, M.I.T.
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 12, 2004
Brazil: How and Why It is a Semi-Democracy
Jorge Zaverucha, Magistrate Superior School of Pernambuco
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

OCTOBER 9, 2004
"A Century of Armenians in America: Voices from New Scholarship"
Robert Mirak, Arpena Mesrobian, Susan Pattie, and others
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

OCTOBER 6, 2004
UN Seminar Series - "The Security Council: Whither Non-Proliferation and Disarmament?"
Peter Weiss , Founder, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

OCTOBER 4-5, 2004
"Cuba Today: Continuity and Change since the 'Periodo Especial'"
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
"The Palestinian Women's Movement, 1920-1948: Negotiating National and International Identities"
Ellen Fleischmann, University of Dayton
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
UN Seminar Series - "Deconstructing International Studies: a Tale of Two Worlds"
L.H.M. Ling, Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs, New School University
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

SEPTEMBER 28, 2004
"The State of the European Union"
Christina McElwaine Press Officer, Consulate General of Ireland in New York
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2004
"Women and National Development in the United Arab Emirates"
Samira Atallah, Research Fellow, MEMEAC; Visiting Scholar, Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU
Sponsored by Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2004
"Renewing the Commitment to Rule of Law and Human Rights: The Way Forward" Mary Robinson, Executive Director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Ph.D. Program in Political Science

SEPTEMBER 17, 2004
"Chile in Haiti: The Changing Face of Latin American Involvement in Regional Peacekeeping Operations"
Oscar Fuentes, Consul General of Chile in New York; Marcos López, Military Attaché, Mission of Chile to the United Nations; Martin Poblete, Latin American Seminar, Columbia University; Francois Pierre-Louis, Queens College, The City University of New York
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 16, 2004
"Social Development and Change in Brazil"
Prof. Desmond Arias, John Jay College for Criminal Justice; Prof. John Collins, Queens College and The Graduate Center; Prof. Mauricio Font, Queens College and The Graduate Center
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
"En Route to Baghdad - A Documentary about Segio Duarte"
Simon Duarte, Director, "En Route to Baghdad"
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
"New Approaches to Development in Brazil's Northeast: The Case of Pernambuco"
Dr. Cláudio Marinho, Secretary, Secretariat for Science, Technology and the Environment State of Pernambuco
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

JULY 19, 2004
"The State of the EU" Sighle Dohert, Press Counselor, Embassy of Ireland in the United States
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

JUNE 1, 2004
"Challenges Facing the New Europe"
Lord Paul of Marylebone, Chairman of the Caparo Group Ltd., Ambassador for British Business
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MAY 24, 2004
Terrorism, Elections and New Foreign Policy in Spain: "The Club of Madrid"
Diego Hidalgo, President of FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior), Member of the Executive Committee of the Club of Madrid
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MAY 20, 2004
“Women in Philanthropy Today:  (Re)setting the Agenda”
Kimberly Otis, President and CEO of Women and Philanthropy in Washington, DC
Sponsored by Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Center for the Study of Women and Society, The Feminist Press, and Continuing Education and Public Programs at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York

MAY 20, 2004
"Russia - Playing Bismarck's Balancing Game Par Excellence"
Edward Goldberg, President of F.J. Elsner North America, Ltd., Chairperson and Lecturer at "The Silent Embargo Seminar" at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MAY 19, 2004
"The European Union"
Panelists: H.E. Mr. Roman Kirn, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the UN H.E. Mr. Laszlo Molnar, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN H.E. Mrs. Merle Pajula, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN Moderator: Dr. Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission to the UN
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center and The United Nations Association of New York

MAY 6, 2004
"Safety Standards: A Race to the Bottom of EU Regulatory Policy?"
Christa Altenstetter, Professor of Political Science, The Graduate Center and Queens College, CUNY.
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MAY 3, 2004
“Civil Society in Egypt:  The Human Rights Component”
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo and founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa at the Population Council in Cairo
Sponsored by The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Middle East & Middle East American Center, Continuing Education and Public Programs

APRIL 29, 2004
South Africa 10 Years Later: The Struggle In Retrospect, The Struggles Ahead
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Ten Years of Freedom: Films From the New South Africa

APRIL 28, 2004
Orientation Workshop for 2004 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

APRIL 28, 2004
"Revitalizing the Humanitarian Community: Key Trends and Proposals" - NGO Policy Forum XV
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Humanitarianism & War Project

APRIL 26, 2004
"Genocide: Protection, Reconstructions, and the Convention 10 Years After Rwanda"
Ambassador Stanislas Kamanzi, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Thomas G. Weiss, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute Susan L. Woodward, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York George Andreopoulos, The Graduate Center and John Jay College for Criminal Justice of The City University of New York
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Africa Research Group

APRIL 26, 2004
"European France/French Europe: Deconstructing EU Identities"
Irene Finel-Honigman, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

APRIL 21, 2004
"Then and Now: US Commitments to the United Nations, 2004"
Edward C. Luck, Columbia University Brian Urquhart, UN Under-Secretary-General (ret.) Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, Mission of South Africa to the UN Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, Mission of Singapore to the UN Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, Mission of Guatemalo to the UN Professor Thomas Weiss, The Graduate Center, Moderator
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Center for Hummanities

APRIL 13, 2004
"Then and Now: US Commitments to the United Nations, 1954"
Stephen Schlesinger, author, Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Center for Hummanities

APRIL 8, 2004
Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance To Apartheid
Fran Buntman
Introduction by Gail Gerhart, Columbia University Presentation and book signing by author Fran Buntman, George Washington University
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Africa Research Group, Cambridge University Press

APRIL 1, 2004
2004 Mellon Fellowships in Security and Humanitarian Action Awarded
Sponsored by Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

MARCH 31, 2004
“The First Ten Years of South Africa 's Constitutional Court ”
Richard Goldstone, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (ret.); Visiting Professor NYU Law School
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 26, 2004
Is Justice Delayed Justice Denied?
Debora Benchoam, Interamerican Commission of Human Rights Louis Bickford, International Center for Transitional Justice Claudio Grossman, American University Priscilla Hayner, International Center for Transitional Justice Diane Orentlicher, American University Anthony Pereira, Tulane University Samuel Valenzuela, University of North Dame
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MARCH 24, 2004
“UN Reforms and UN Policy”
Hugh Dugan, advisor United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 22, 2004
"The Strategic Significance of Europe's Demographic Deficit"
Ronald Tiersky, Eastman Professor of Politics, Amherst College
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center

MARCH 17, 2004
“UNRWA and the Palestine Refugees”
Ghassan Shabeneh, Assistant Professor, Marymount College; Ph.D. Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 12, 2004
A conversation with Sir Marrack Goulding on his book, Peacemonger
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 10, 2004
“Combating Terrorism: The Role of the UN”
Harris O. Schoenberg, Center for UN Reform Education; Adjunct Professor of Human Rights, NYU
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

MARCH 5, 2004
The Challenge of Personal Security
Desmond Arias, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Diane Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lesley Gill, American University Roy Godson, Georgetown University Rachel Neild, Washington Office on Latin America Fred Rosen, North American Congress on Latin America Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

MARCH 4, 2004
Human Rights, Human Security and Human Development: Precepts and Principles for Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Columbia University 's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Humanitarian Affairs Program

MARCH 4, 2004
Curbing Terrorism: Ingredients of Effective International Action
Sponsored by United Nations Foundation, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, New York liason office of the Academic Council on the United Nations System=

MARCH 4, 2004
Threats from Non-State Actors: How Grave, How Remedied?
Sponsored by United Nations Foundation, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, New York liason office of the Academic Council on the United Nations System

MARCH 3, 2004
“Challenges After Preemption”
Nancy Soderberg, Vice-President, International Crisis Group
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 26, 2004
The Prospects for International Governance
Speakers: Nicola Reindorp, Representative to the United Nations for Oxfam International, Dumisani Kumalo, South African Ambassador to the United Nations, and Wegger Strommen, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, will address governance issues from informal and inter-governmental perspectives and discuss challenges to existing governance arrangements presented by the human rights, human security, and human development agendas.
Sponsored by Columbia University , School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)

FEBRUARY 25, 2004
“Insights and Lessons from the First Nuclear Age”
Abraham Bargman, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 20, 2004
Corruption in High Places: How to Combat It
Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University Peter Andreas, Brown University Jo-Marie Burt, George Mason University John Gitlitz, State University of New York, Purchase Jorge Quiroga, St. Edward’s University, former President of Bolivia
Sponsored by Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

FEBRUARY 19, 2004
Common Aims, Clashing Frameworks
Speakers: I ain Levine , Program Director, Human Rights Watch,  Nan Buzard, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and  Rhonda Copelon , Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City.
Sponsored by Columbia University 's School of International and Public Affairs' Humanitarian Affairs Program, The Human Rights concentration , and The Program on Forced Migration at the Mailman School of Public Health

FEBRUARY 18, 2004
"The Secretary-General's Mandate to the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change".
Danilo Türk, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Political Affairs
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 17, 2004
"The State of the European Union"
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, Director General for European Integration Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
Sponsored by European Union Studies Center & Consulate General of Italy, NY

FEBRUARY 11, 2004
“Afghanistan: Consolidating the Peace Process”
Barnett R. Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Sponsored by UN Seminar Series

FEBRUARY 5, 2004
Ralph Bunche and the Integrity of the International Civil Service
Keynote Speaker: James O.C. Jonah
Sponsored by United Nations, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UNHQ

FEBRUARY 4, 2004
“The U.S. and Europe: Partners, Rivals or Enemies?”
Bernard E. Brown, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, CUNY Graduate School
Sponsored by Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Organized and directed by Director Emeritus Benjamin Rivlin and Associate Director Maivân Clech Lâm

JANUARY 29, 2004
"Poverty, War, and Internationally Displaced People and Refugees"
Francis Deng Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons
Sponsored by Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs' Program in Humanitarian Affairs, Economic and Political Development Concentration and African Institute

JANUARY 16, 2004
Application Deadline for 2004 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action
Sponsored by Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action

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