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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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 Date
& Time |
 Sponsoring
Institutions / Title of Event |
January - December 2002 All events are held at the Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, unless specified otherwise
| December 16, 2002 1:30-3:30 pm |
Ralph
Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee Closed meeting |
Internal Management Group and Legacy Cities Representatives Meeting |
| December
13, 2002 6:30-8:30 p.m. Room 9204-9205 |
Middle
East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Open to the public |
The Ups and Downs of Field Research in Iran Prof. Kian Tajbakhsh, Senior Research Fellow in the Milano Graduate School, New School University and Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Tehran University. |
| December 13, 2002 6:00-7:15 pm Rooms C-202/203 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY Human Rights Lecture Series Open to the public |
Direct Diplomacy,
Human Rights & Peace Negotiations: Conflict Management in Sri Lanka Dr. Purnaka L. DeSilva, Conflict Negotiation Section, Office of the U.N. Secretary General |
| December
11, 2002 9:00 am-3:00 pm Room 9204/05 |
Humanitarianism
and War Project (RBIIS) By invitation only |
The Political Economy of Humanitarian Assistance NGO Forum, Policy Dialogue XII |
| December 11, 2002 6:30-8:30 pm Room C-201 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY CUNY Seminar on Contemporary Africa Open to the public |
Comparing
Africa's Democracy Movement: the case of Nigeria Dr. Kiki Edozie, Deputy Director, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University |
| December
11, 2002 6:00-8:00 pm |
Middle
East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Open to the public |
Literature of Middle Eastern Diaspora A Panel Discussion Moderator: Andre Aciman, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY Discussant: Aram Veeser, Associate Professor of English, City College |
| December 4, 2002 12:00-2:30 |
Ralph
Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee Closed meeting |
New York Area Planning Committee Meeting |
| December
4, 2002 6:00-9:00 |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation Closed meeting |
UN on the Ground |
| December
2, 2002 4:00-6:00 Room 5200.07 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY The City University Seminars in Public Policy Open to the Public |
Foreign Policymaking
as Policymaking: Bridging the Foreign/Domestic Dichotomy in Policy Studies Howard Lentner, Professor of Political Science at Baruch College and Graduate Center, CUNY |
| November
21, 2002 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Room C-201 |
UN
Intellectual History Project Mid-term Peer Review Session By invitation only |
The Unfinished Revolution: UN Human Rights Ideas Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi |
| November 20, 2002 5:30-7:00 pm Room 9100 |
European
Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2051 |
The Futures
of European Capitalism Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Scholar of European Integration, Department of International Relations, Boston University |
| November
20, 2002 6:30-8:00 pm Elebash Recital Hall |
Sawyer
Seminar Series Program Open to the public |
Panel Discussion: The War on Terrorism - Impact on Human Rights in
the U.S. and Internationally Speakers: Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations), Ann Beeson, Co-Chair, International Civil Liberties Task Force, American Civil Liberties Union, Jack Donnelly (Andrew Mellon Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver), David Forsythe (Charles J. Mach Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln), Tracy Higgins (Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Joseph Crowley Program in International Human Rights, Fordham Law School, Fordham University), James O.C. Jonah (Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, former Finance Minister of Sierra Leone ) Moderator: Margaret E. Crahan, Dorothy Epstein Professor, History Department, Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate School |
| November 20, 2002 4:00-6:00 pm President's Conference 8201.01 |
Sawyer
Seminar Series Program By invitation only |
Seminar:
The Impact of the War on Terrorism on Human Rights Internationally Speakers: Jack Donnely, Andrew Mellon Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver; David Forsythe, Charles J. Mach Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln Discussants: Domna Stanton, Distinguished Professor, French Department, The CUNY Graduate Center, Board of Directors, Human Rights Watch; Yvonne Terlingen, Representative at the United Nations, Amnesty International Moderator: Margaret E. Crahan, Dorothy Epstein Professor, History Department, Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate School |
| November
20, 2002 6:00-7:15 Room 5409 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY Human Rights Lecture Series Open to the public |
Globalization and Human Rights Adamanita Pollis, Professor, The New Scholl Unviersity |
| November 20, 2002 12:00-2:00 Room 9204/05 |
UN
Seminar Series Luncheon By registration only |
The UN Scene:
A Reporter's Perspective Linda Fasulo, NBC UN Correspondent |
| November
18, 2002 12:30-5:30 Skylight Conference Room |
UN
Intellectual History Project Mid-term Peer Review Session By invitation only |
Women Enrich the United Nations and Development Devaki Jain |
| November 15, 2002 6:00-8:00 pm Room 9205 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY CUNY Seminar on Contemporary Africa Open to the public |
Seeking the
Peace in Congo: local-global interactions Tatiana Carayannis, PhD Candidate, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center, and Research Manager, UN Intellectual History Project |
| November
13, 2002 12:00-2:00 Room C-201 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
Women's Health in Africa: A Circle of Burdens Elaine M. Wolfson, President, Global Alliance for Women's Health |
| November 11, 2002 5:30-7:00 pm Room 9100 |
European
Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2051 |
From Jean
Monnet to Romano Prodi: An Inside View Renée Haferkamp, Emile Noël Distinguished Fellow, NYU School of Law, Former Director General, European Commission |
| November
8, 2002 8:00 pm Harold Proshansky Auditorium |
Women
Studies Certificate Program and Continuing Education and Public Programs Open to the public, RSVP (212) 817-8215 |
Theatre of the Reflecting Pool: A multimedia Theatrical Production Written and Directed by Maryam Habibian, PH.D. An evening of acting, dance, spoken word and video-projection of live footage of places and people in Iran which are relevant to the poet and her work, in a tribute to Persian poetry's most influential and controversial woman Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-67). |
| November 6, 2002 12:00-2:00 Room 9204 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
The Global
Compact: Generating Investment in LDCs Purnaka L. de Silva, Executive Office of the U.N. Secretary-General |
| November
4, 2002 6:00-8:00 pm Room 9204 |
Middle
East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Open to the public |
Will Iraq Disintegrate? Yitzhak Nakash, Brandeis University |
| October 30, 2002 12:00-2:00 pm Room C-201 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
The Middle
East Conundrum Richard W. Murphy, Council on Foreign Relations; US Ambassador (ret.) |
| October
28, 2002 5:30 pm Room 9204/05 |
European
Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2051 |
Towards a Greater Europe: Franco-German Partnership Building the Union Dr. Robert Picht, Director of the Franco-German Institute in Ludwigsburg, Professor of Sociology at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, Dean of Europa Kolleg |
| October 25-26, 2002
|
The
Center for the Humanities Continuing Education and Public Programs Ph.D. Program in English Ph.D. Program in History Ph.D. Program in Philosophy To register and buy tickets call: 212-817-8215 |
Sidney Hook
Reconsidered: A Centennial Celebration Visit conference's website here |
| October
25, 2002 6:00-8:30 pm Room 9207 |
Middle
East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Open to the public |
"This is My Home" - Documentary about different religious
groups that make up the Iranian community in the US Tanas Eshaghian, Filmmaker |
| October 24, 2002 12:00-8:30 pm The Proshansky Auditorium, Concourse Level |
Graduate
Center Community Open to the Public |
Prospects
of War Teach-Out Full schedule of activities Scholars and activists, including Tony Kushner, Eric Foner, Clark Kissinger, David Levering Lewis, Nydia Velazquez, Talal Assad, Blance Wiesen Cook, Robert Jay Lifton, and many others. |
| October
24, 2002 6:00-9:00 |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation Closed meeting |
UN on the Ground |
| October 23 12:00-4:00 Room 9204 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
Prioritizing
and Financing General Assembly Mandates and Programs Patrick F. Kennedy, Ambassador to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform |
| October
23, 2002 4:00-6:00 pm President's Conference 8201.01 |
Sawyer
Seminar Series Program By invitation only |
Seminar: The Impact of the War on Terrorism on Human Rights in the U.S. |
| October 23, 2002 Room 9100 |
European
Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2051 |
EU Enlargement
and Cyprus: Make or Break? Nikos Agathocleous, Former Ambassador of Cyprus to Brussels and George Cunningham, Head of Press and Public Affairs, European Commission, New York Delegation |
| October
21, 2002 6:00-7:15 Room 5409 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY Human Rights Lecture Series Open to the public |
The International Criminal Court: The US Attack and Gender Justice Rhonda Copeland, Professor, CUNY Law School |
| October 16, 2002 6:00-8:00 Room C-202 |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY CUNY Seminar on Contemporary Africa Open to the public |
Feasibility
of Monetary Union in the Southern African Development Community Dr. Tenisan Agbeyegbe, Doctoral Faculty (Economics), CUNY Graduate Center |
| October
16, 2002 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
Religion and Public Policy at the United Nations Azza Karam, World Conference on Religion and Peace |
| October 10, 2002 6:00 pm Elebash Recital Hall |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public Call 212-817-1920 |
Human Rights
and Terror Dankwart A. Rustow Memorial Lecture Michael Ignatieff, Carr Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| October
10, 2002 9:00 am - 7:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall |
Political
Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY Open to the public Call 212-817-8670 |
Security, Politics, and Violence: Placing Terrorism in Context Conference Panel I: Security (10:00 am-12:00 pm) Panel II: Violence (1:15 pm-3:15 pm) Panel III: Politics (3:30 pm-5:30 pm) |
| October 9, 2002 12:00-2:00 pm Room C-201 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
Nuclear Weapons,
the Rule of Law and Global Security John Burroughs, Executive Director, the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy |
| October
8, 2002 5:30-7:00 pm Room 9204/05 |
European
Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2051 |
The Significance of the German Elections for Germany, the EU and Transatlantic
Relations Dr. Dieter K. Roth, Professor of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, and Chairman, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen |
| October 4, 2002 10:00am-6:00 pm President's Conference Room 8201.01 |
Ralph
Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee By invitation only |
The Contemporary Relevance of the Ralph Bunche Legacy |
| October 2, 2002 12:00-2:00 Room C-201 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
The Hard
Road of Peace in the Congo: Local Reactions to International Initiatives Suliman Ali Baldo, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch |
| October 1, 2002 | Center for the Humanities | Conference: 40th Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis |
| September 27, 2002 4:00-6:00 pm Room 9204 |
Middle
East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Open to the public |
The Loudest
Muttering is Over: Documents from the Atlas Group Archive Art Project Walid Raad, media artist and Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Queens College |
| September 25, 2002 4:00-6:00 pm President's Conference 8201.01 |
Sawyer
Seminar Series Program By invitation only |
Seminar: Framing the Debate: The Interplay of U.S. Domestic Issues, Human Rights, & U.S. Foreign Policy |
| September 25, 2002 12:00-2:00 Room C-201 |
UN
Seminar Series Open to the public By registration only |
International
Action in Self-Determination Conflicts Tom J. Farer, Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver |
| September 24, 2002 4:00 pm Room C 204-205 |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public (RSVP) |
Countdown
for Brazil's October 6th Elections Prof. David Fleischer, University of Brasilia |
| September 23, 2002 Room 9204-05 |
European
Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2051 |
Europe and US: A Community of Values? |
| September 20-21, 2002 Room 9204-05 |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies and The Center for International Studies at Oxford University By invitation only |
Dealing with
Terrorism via the UN Special Conference |
| September 18 6:00-8:00 pm Room 9204 |
Middle
East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Open to the public |
Afghanistan:
The Road to Kabul Talk, Slide Presentation and Book Signing Authors: Ron Haviv and Ilana Ozenroy |
| September 18, 2002 12:30-2:30 pm |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies and Inter-University Consortium on Security and Migration Closed meeting |
RBIIS and IUCSM Steering Committee Closed Meeting |
| September 9, 2002 6:00-9:00 pm |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies and Stanely Foundation Closed meeting |
UN on the Ground |
| September
4, 2002 12:00-2:00 pm |
Ralph
Bunche Centenary Closed meeting |
New York City Planning Committee, Ralph Bunche Centenary |
| June
27 5:30 pm Room TBA RSVP: (212) 817-2051 or email: eusc@gc.cuny.edu |
The State of the European Union H.E. Emilio Casinello, the Consul General of Spain in New York European Union Studies Center Lecture |
|
| June
18 5:00-7:00 pm Skylight Room 9100 RSVP: 212-817-2010, or email: csp@gc.cuny.edu |
Employees
in the Community: A Global Force for Good Speakers include: David Logan, Executive Director, The Corporate Citizenship Company; Kathleen D. McCarthy, Director, Center for the Study of Philanthropy Center for the Study of Philanthropy (GC, CUNY) with the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies (GC, CUNY) and the National Executive Service Corps |
|
| June 13 - 14 Closed session |
UN Intellectual History
Project meeting in Uppsala, Sweden |
|
| June
2 2:00-3:30 pm Call: (212) 817-7570 |
Middle Eastern
Organizational Responses to the 9/11 Backlash (talk about the NSF-funded
project) Mehdi Bozorgmehr and Anny Bakalian, MEMEAC Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) |
|
| May
23 6:00-8:00 pm Room 197, Concourse Level Free and open to the public |
The Impact of Armed Conflict
on Children in Africa Third meeting of the CUNY Seminar on Contemporary Africa Dr. Funmi Olonisakin, Assistant, Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
|
| May
17 4:00 pm Room C-204 |
Union City,
New Jersey: Cuba's Northern-most Province Yolando Prieto, Professor of Sociology at Ramapo College of New Jersey Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
|
| May 16 4:00-6:00 pm Room 5409 |
A Panel discussion: Apartheid
and post-apartheid South Africa - Israel and Palestine: the End of an Analogy,
the Beginning of Peace Speakers: Andrew Lawrence, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, GC CUNY Menachem Ben-menachem, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Haifa Ghassan Shabaneh, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, GC, CUNY The Social and Political Theory Students' Association (SPTSA) and The Africa Research Group (ARG) |
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| May
15 12:00 pm Presidents Conference Room 1700, East Bldg., Hunter College RSVP: (212) 650-3860 |
Presidential Roundtable The Future of the European Welfare State. Case Study: The Swedish Experience Anders Lindbom, Visiting Professor, Institute of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark Hunter College, CUNY |
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| May 14 4:00 pm Skylight Conference Room RSVP: 212-817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
Defending Human Rights and
Democracy in Latin America (panel discussion) Panelists: H.E. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexico's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations H.E. Juan Gabriel Valdés, Chile's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Discussant: Professor Rosario Espinal, Director of the Latin American Studies Center, Temple University Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| May
10 4:00 pm Room 9206/07 RSVP: 212-817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
Globalization
and the Labor Movement Peter Evans Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| May 9 7:00 pm Room 9206/07 RSVP: 212-817-2096 or email: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu |
Cuban Environmental Policy:
The Havana Metropolitan Park Project Yociel Marrero Baez, Project Manager, Almendares River Clean-up/Metropolitan Park of Havana and General Editor, Siempre Verde Bulletin (published by Havana Metropolitan Park) Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| May
8 4:00 pm Room C197 RSVP: 212-817-2096 or email: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu |
Sexismo
en la Lengua Española (the talk will be delivered in Spanish) Dr. Nuria Gregori Torada, Director, Instituto de Literaturo y Lingüística and Vice President, Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| May 7 12:30-2:00 pm Room 9204/05 RSVP: (212) 817-2051 or email: eusc@gc.cuny.edu |
European Competition Law as
Seen from the United States Prof. Hans Decker, Executive in Residence at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia Universtiy European Union Studies Center Lecture |
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| May
6 4:00-6:00 pm Room C-203 RSVP: (212) 817-2096 Email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
Human Rights
in Transitions to Democracy: Reflections on Post-Pinochet Chile J. Samuel Valenzuela, Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| May 3 4:00-6:00 pm Room 9204/05 Tel: 212-817-7570 email: Memeac@gc.cuny.edu |
Why the Middle East is Underdeveloped:
The Historical Role of Islamic Law Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Law, and King Faisal Professor of Islamic Thought and Culture at the University of Southern California Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Co-sponsored with the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, City College of New York |
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| May
1 5:00-6:30 pm Shepard Hall 95 The Colin Powell Center, The City College of New York Phone: 212-650-8551 Email: cpowellctr@ccny.cuny.edu |
Economic
Roots of Militant Islamism Timur Kuran, Yolanda T. Moses Visiting Scholar, Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Southern California The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies |
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| May 1 6:00-7:30 pm Segal Theater, Level C Tel: 212-817-7570 email: Memeac@gc.cuny.edu |
Turkish Arts Through the
Ages Talat Halma, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Istanbul, served as the first Minister of Culture if the Turkish Republic Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) Co-sponsored with American Turkish Society and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies |
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| May
1 8:00 pm New York University, Main Bldg, Room 703, 100 Washington Square Call: (718) 997-5586 or (212) 998-8877 |
States
of the Art: Arab, Hebrew and Spanish novelists read from their work ELIAS KHOURY, SHIMON BALLAS AND JUAN GOYTISOLO introduction by Ammiel Alcalay Sponsored by: The Ford Foundation / Crossing Borders: Rethinking Area Studies Program; Middle, Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures / Queens College; Center for Comparative Literature and Society / Columbia University; The Hagop Kevorkian Center / New York University; Comparative Literature / CUNY Graduate Center; Middle Eastern Studies / New York University; The Oded Halahmy Foundation for the Arts; The Community Bookstore / Brooklyn. |
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| April
30 9:00 am-3:00 pm Room 9204/05 By invitation only |
The Crisis in Afghanistan
Revisited Co-sponsored by: The Humanitarianism and War Project, Tufts University, and the Ralph Bunche Center for International Studies NGO Consultation Series |
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| April 29 7:00 pm Room C201 Call (212) 817-2005 or email: ch@gc.cuny.edu |
Ideas and Policy: Conversations
with Writers Who Inhabit Two Worlds Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., author of "A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-50," and Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at the Graduate Center The Center for the Humanities and Ralph Bunche Center for International Studies |
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| April 26 Time and Room TBA RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
The Cuban National
Assembly: A Case Study of a Socialist Parliament Peter Roman Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| April 25 6:00-8:00 pm Room C202, Concourse Level |
New Approaches toward the
Management of Peace and Security in Africa This is the second meeting of CUNY Seminar on Contemporary Africa Margaret A. Vogt, Senior Officer, Office of the United Nations Secretary General Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| April 24 6:30-8:30 pm Room 5409 |
The Failure of Camp David
and the Current Cycle of Violence in the Middle East: A Roundtable Discussion Introductory Remarks by Ghassan Shabaneh, PhD Candidate, Political Science Department The Africa Research Group (ARG) and the Social and Political Theory Students Association (SPTSA) |
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| April 22 [Lunch] 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204-05 |
The State of the
United Nations and Multilateralism H.E. Ambassador Paul Heinbecker |
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| April 19 4:00 pm Room 9204 RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
The Argentine Crisis Prof. Peter Ranis, York College, City University of New York Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| April 18 |
Closed session Faculty Brainstorming Session on issues related to the Mellon Sawyer Project Mellon W. Sawyer Seminar Series |
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| April 18 7:00 pm Martin Segal Theater Call (212) 817-2005 or email: ch@gc.cuny.edu |
Ideas and Policy: Conversations
with Writers Who Inhabit Two Worlds Kishore Mahbubani, author of "Can Asians Think? Understanding the Divide Between East and West," and Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations Moderators: Prof. Thomas Weiss and David Nasaw The Center for the Humanities and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies |
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| April 18 6:00-8:00 pm Room 9207 RSVP: (212) 817-8684 |
Human Rights in China Andrew Nathan, Director of the East Asian Institute of Columbia Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| April 17 6:00-8:30 pm Segal Theater |
Recent Work on Latin American,
Caribbean, and Latino Studies A Discussion with Ph.D. Candidates at the Graduate Center The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies |
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| April 17 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Strategic Planning for the
Secretary-General's 2nd Term Priorities Abiodun Williams Director Strategic Planning Unit, Executive Officer of the Secretary General Gitelson Seminar |
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| April 16 5:00 pm Room 9206/07 RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
The UN and Development
Thinking in Latin America Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| April 16
12:30 pm |
Protecting Rights in the EU: the Court of Justice, European Citizenship and the Charter of Rights Prof. Roger Goebel, Law School, Fordham University |
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| April 12 2:00-4:00 pm Room 5414, the Graduate Student Lounge |
Nietzsche and the Politics
of Time Tracy Strong, Professor, Unversity of California, San Diego Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| April 12 5:00-8:30 pm Segal Theater |
Franklin Pease G.Y. Memorial Prize
Lecture Colonia y nación en la obra de los historiadores hispano-cubanos
del siglo XIX José Gregorio Cayuela Fernández, Professor of Contemporary History in the University of Castilla in La Mancha, Spain and Mariano Esteban de Vega, Professor of Contemporary History in the University of Salamanca, Spain The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Co-sponsored with the Colonial Latin American Historical Review |
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| April 10 6:00pm Segal Theatre RSVP: (212) 817-2096 |
Voices from the Forest: A Yanomami
Perspective Ana Valéria Araújo, Jô Oliviera of the Comissão Pró Yanomami, and Mauricio Font of the Bildner Center host a reception to honor respected Indigenous leaders, Davi Kopenawa and Totó Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| April 10 7:30 pm For tickets contact: 1-877-whitney |
The Loudest Muttering is Over:
Documents from the Atlas Group Archive Walid Raad, media artist and an Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studeis at Queens College of CUNY. Raad will discuss his recent project titled The Atlas Group, present its mission, and will show several documents from the archive. Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| April 10 6:00-8:00 pm Room 4102 |
Sultans of Spin: Syrian Sacred
Music on the World Stage Jonathan Shannon, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) |
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| April 10 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Economic Reform in Brazil and
Argentina Mauricio Font Director, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY Graduate Center Gitelson Seminar |
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| April 9 5:00 pm Room 8301 |
Finance, Production and the
Making of the 21st Century Capitalism Dr. Leo Panitch, Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto |
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| April 8 and 9 Room 9208 RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
New Approaches to Social Reform
in Brazil (Brazil
Symposium) The list of participants includes: Jorge Arbache (UnB), Cristovam Buarque (UnB and former Governor of Brasilia), Simone Buechler (Columbia), Sonia Draibe (UNICAMP), John Garrison (World Bank), Eduardo Graeff (Adviser to the President), Thereza Lobo (Comunitas/Comunidade Solidaria), Denise Vitale Mendes (USP), Paulo Paiva (Inter-American Development Bank), Amb. Flávio Perri (former Minister of Environmental Affairs and Consul-General), José Maria da Silveira Unicamp), environmentalist Alexander Watson, and others. Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| April 4 2:00-4:00 pm Room 5200.07 |
In Search of Development: Creating
States and Industry in the Global Periphery Atul Kohli, Visiting Professor from Princeton University Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| April 3 6:00-8:30 Room C204 |
New Perspective on Slavery
in the Americas: Brazilian Slave Demographics in Comparative Perspective Laird W. Bergad, Professor in the Ph.D. Program in History at the GC/CUNY The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies |
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| April 2 4:00-6:00 pm Room 9204 |
Seminar on: "Education,
Race, and Citizenship in Contemporary Brazil" Luiz Claudio Barcelos, The Inter-American Dialogue: "Education and Racial Inequalities in Brazil" Diva Moreira, Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Austin, Texas: "The Brazilian State and Racism" Athayde Motta, African American Studies at the University of Austin, Texas: "Who's to Say Who is Black? I Say I Am!" Howard Samuels State Management and Policy Center |
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| April 2 6:30 pm |
Brown: The Last Discovery of
America Richard Rodriguez, author The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and Continuing Education and Public Programs |
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| March
27 7:30 pm For tickets contact: 1-877-whitney |
The Loudest Muttering is Over:
Documents from the Atlas Group Archive Walid Raad, media artist and an Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studeis at Queens College of CUNY. Raad will discuss his recent project titled The Atlas Group, present its mission, and will show several documents from the archive. Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| March 22 6:00-8:00 pm Room 9205 RSVP: (212) 817-8670 |
Re-thinking the African State:
Pan Africanism and the African Renaissance This is the first meeting of the CUNY Seminar on Contemporary Africa for Spring 2002 Guy Martin, Visiting Associate Professor of Africana Studies, New York University Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| March 22 (through September 1) 3:00-5:00 pm RSVP: (212) 817-7570 |
"Community of Many Worlds:
Arab Americans in New York" - private tour of exhibit Museum of City of New York [www.mcyn.org], 1220 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10029 Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) |
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| March 22 |
Closed session Faculty Brainstorming Session on issues related to the Mellon Sawyer Project Mellon W. Sawyer Seminar Series |
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| March 21 6:00-8:00 pm Room 5409 (GSC Lounge) RSVP: (212) 817-8684 |
Measurement of Human Rights
Violations Dr. Patrick Ball, American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| March 20 3:00-5:00 pm Room 6402 Call: (212) 817-7570 |
Old Recollections and New Impressions:
Musings on the Middle East Robert Fernea, social-cultural anthropologist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas, Austin Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) and Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, CUNY/GC |
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| March 19 6:00-8:30 pm Segal Theatre |
Congregations, Missions, and
Chaplaincies: Early Protestant Communities in the Nineteenth-Century Hispanic
Caribbean Luis Martinez Fernandez, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University Robert Fernea, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Past President of the Middle East Studies Association The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies |
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| March 18 12:00 Martin Segal Theatre RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
Human Rights and the Environment
in Mexico Rodolfo Montiel Flores, Environmental Activist Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| March 15 5:00 pm Martin Segal Theatre RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
The Cuban Abakuá Society: New
Evidence for the African Diaspora Ivor Miller, Fellow at the Institute for Research in the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC), City College of New York Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| March 13 12:00-2:00 pm Room 8201.01 |
China's Economic Reforms and
International Philanthropy: The Case of Tibet Arthur N. Holcombe Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund; UNDP (ret) Gitelson Seminar |
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| March 12 3:00-5:00 pm Segal Theatre |
Rising Tide: Latino Voters
and Parity in New York Politics Co-sponsored with The Hispanic Federation The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies |
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| March 6 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
A Dialogue on "The New
Diplomacy" and the UN Benjamin Rivlin and Juergen Dedring City University of New York Gitelson Seminar |
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| March 5 12:30 pm |
The UK's Approach to Euro H.E. Thomas Harris, KBE, CMG, British Consul General in New York European Union Studies Center Lecture |
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| March 5 4:00 pm Room 9205/07 RSVP: (212) 817-2096 or email: bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
Land Reform and the Brazilian
Amazon (Part of Bildner Center Brazil Project) H.E. Raul Jungmann, Brazilian Minister of Agrarian Development Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| March 4 6:00-7:30 pm Martin Segal Theatre RSVP: (212) 817-8438 |
"Latin America at the
End of Politics," Princeton University Press. Book Party and Reception Author: Forrest D. Colburn, The Graduate Center and Lehman College The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies |
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| March 1 12:00-2:00 pm Room 5200.07 |
Thinking about Politics and
the Opera Mitchel Cohen, Baruch College and the Graduate Center Political Science Department, Graduate Center, CUNY |
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| February
28 6:00-8:.300 pm Room 9100 |
Reconstructing Afghanistan
II: Art and Culture This event is postponed to ensure the participation of Mr. Amanullah Haidersad Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) |
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| February 28 7:00-9:00 pm Room C-204 |
The State of Alwar: Nationalism
and Sexuality in the Exile of the Maharaja of Alwar Anne Norton, Political Science Theorist, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. Program in Political Science, SPTSA (The Social and Political Theory Students Association) and CLAGS (The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies), CUNY, GC |
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| February 27 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Balancing Peace and Justice:
International Criminal Tribunals vs Diplomacy? Helena Cobban Contributing Writer, The Christian Science Monitor and Al Hayat (London) Gitelson Seminar |
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| February 22 4:00 pm Skylight Room 9100 |
US-Cuba Relations: Recent Developments Jim Carragher, Director of Cuban Affairs at the State Department Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| February 21 6:00-8:00 pm Room C201 RSVP: Paulette Weiss, (212) 817-8584 |
Multinational Corporations,
Community Relations, and Human Rights in Developing Countries Dr. Paul Martin, Executive Director for the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY, GC |
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| February 21 6:00-8:30 pm Room 9206/07 |
Reconstructing Afghanistan
I: Society and Development Panel Discussion Erin Snider, Adopt-a-Mine Project, United Nations Association Ishaq Nadiri, Jay Gould Professor of Economics, NYU Mohammad Younus, United Nations Development Program Lida Ahmadi, School of Hope in Afghanistan Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) |
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| February 20 12:00-2:00 pm Room C-201 |
Dynamics of Identities and
Sudan's Conflicts: A Silver Lining Francis Deng Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center Gitelson Seminar |
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| February 19 Time and Room TBA |
Ethnicity, Politics, and Land
Rights: Collective Land Titling of Afro-Colombian Communities on the Pacific
Coast of Colombia Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| February 13 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
The Aftermath of Durban Anne Bayefsky Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia University Gitelson Seminar |
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| February 8 4:00 pm Room C-204 |
The Predicaments of Studying
Jewish Diaspora in Cuba Dr. Ruth Behar, Professor of Anthropology, the University of Michigan Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
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| February 7 12:00-3:00 Room 5200.07 |
Closed Session Inter University Consortium on Security and Migration (IUCSM), co-sponsored by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mellon W. Sawyer Seminar Series |
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| February 6 12:00-2:00 pm Room 9204 |
The UN and the Challenges of
the 21st Century (text) H.E. Ambassador Pierre Schori Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations Gitelson Seminar |
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| January 31 Closed session |
External Advisory Board Meeting Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies |
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Ralph Bunche Centenary
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