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October - December 2001 All events are held at the Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, unless specified otherwise

December 19, 2001 3:30-5:00 p.m. Room C-201	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 Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and CUNY-Brookings Project on Internal Displacement
December 17    5:30 pm Room 9206/07	The State of the European Union H.E. Ingeborg Kristoffersen Consul General of Belgium in New York European Union Studies Center Lecture
December 13 - 14    Closed session	International Advisory Council   Meeting  UN Intellectual History Project
December 7	The Current State of Black Philanthropy: Looking Forward, Looking Back Rodney Jackson President and CEO of the National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. Center for the Study of Philanthropy Co-Sponsored by Continuing Education and Public Programs
December 7    Closed Session	Editorial Board Meeting Global Governance
December 6 Closed Session	Ralph Bunche Centenary Planning Committee Meeting Ralph Bunche Centenary
December 4	The Euro as an International Currency and Its Impact on the Dollar  Dr. Norbert Walter Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group European Union Studies Center Lecture
December 4	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 The Center for Place, Culture and Politics
December    dates to be announced	Call for Papers The Cuban Republic and José Martí: 1902 - 2002  A conference sponsored by the Bildner Center/Cuba Project Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
November 30   Free and open to the public	Egyptian Islamists: From the Muslim Brotherhood to Islamic Jihad Vickie Langohr Department of Political Science, College of Holy Cross Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC)
November 29    Closed session	Faculty Advisory Council Meeting Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
November 29	The UN, the EU and the Multilateral System George Cunningham Head of Press and Public Affairs, European Commission New York Delegation European Union Studies Center Lecture
November 28	The Human Development Report: Its Significance and Impact Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP Gitelson Seminar
November 15   By invitation only	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. NGO Consultation Series
November 14	Dealing with War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Lori Fisler Damrosch Henry L. Moses Professor of International Law & Organization, Columbia School of Law Gitelson Seminar
November 7	Peacekeeping Experience in the Eritrean-Ethiopian War Alem Habtu Professor of Sociology, Queens College, CUNY Gitelson Seminar
November 6    Free and Open to the Public Co-sponsored by Continuing  Education and Public Programs	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.  The Center for the Humanities and  The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
November 5	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 European Union Studies Center Lecture
November 2   Free and open to the public	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 The Graduate Center City University of New York and the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center
November 1     Free and open to the public	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	Challenges for Continuing Reform at the UN Sam Daws Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations Gitelson Seminar
October 24	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 Gitelson Seminar
October 23	Constructing and Defending the Swedish Welfare System: Paradoxes of Diversity and Integration Per Nordahl Professor, Umeå University, Sweden European Union Studies Center Lecture
October 19	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 Center for the Study of Philanthropy with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
October 17	The US, the UN and Perspectives on Multilateral Diplomacy William H. Luers President, United Nations Association-USA Gitelson Seminar
October 16	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 Dankwart A. Rustow Memorial Lecture
October 15 Closed Session	Ralph Bunche Centenary Planning Committee Meeting Ralph Bunche Centenary
October 10	International Protection for Internally Displaced Persons Francis Deng Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center Gitelson Seminar
October 3	International Small Arms Conference: An Evaluation H.E. Carlos Dos Santos Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN Gitelson Seminar

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