 |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|
 Date
& Time |
 Sponsoring
Institutions / Title of Event |
December 10, 2004 2:30-8:00 pm |
Ph.D. Program in French, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Africa Research Group
|
"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) |
December 2, 2004 6:00-8:00 pm |
For more information or to RSVP, please contact: paulettes@aol.com |
"Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy" Julie Mertus, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs Program, American University |
December 2, 2004 1:00 - 4:00 pm |
Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action By invitation only |
Presentations by 2004 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action
|
|
Oslo, Norway |
UN Intellectual History Project (UNIHP), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) | 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) |
November 22, 2004 5:30-7:00 pm |
Open to the public by registration only. |
"Switzerland and the European Union" Raymond Loretan, Ambassador, Consul General of Switzerland in New York |
November 4, 2004 6:00-8:00 pm |
For more information or to RSVP, please contact: paulettes@aol.com |
"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 |
November 3, 2004 12:00-2:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
UN Seminar Series - "Assessing International Politics Theory After 9/11" Howard H. Lentner, Professor Emeritus, CUNY Graduate Center |
October 29, 2004 6:30-8:30 pm |
Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center Open to the public |
"Public Relations and the Media in the Aftermath of 9/11" Mahdis Keshavarz, Vice President, Riptide Communications |
October 28, 2004 1:00 - 5:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Friedrich Ebert Foundation Closed Meeting |
Expert Consultation on UN Security Council Reform
|
October 27, 2004 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
UN Seminar Series - "Making Global Trade Work for People" Kamal Malhotra, Senior Adviser on Inclusive Globalization, UNDP |
October 20, 2004 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
UN Seminar Series - "Re-positioning the South in the United Nation" H.E. Fermin Toro Jimenez, Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations |
October 19, 2004 1:15 - 2:45 pm |
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 Open to the public |
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"
|
October 15, 2004 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center Open to the public |
"Writing Toward Home: Exile and Identity in Palestinian-American Women's Writing" Lisa Suhair Majaj |
October 14-16, 2004
|
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only: $50, click here to download registration form |
"Alexander von Humboldt: From the Americas to the Cosmos" Humboldt Bicentennial: An Interdisciplinary Conference |
October 14, 2004 4:30 - 6:30 pm |
For more information or to RSVP, please contact: paulettes@aol.com |
"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 |
October 13, 2004 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
UN Seminar Series - "Economic and Social Rights: Problems of Implementation" Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor, Director, Center for Human Rights, M.I.T. |
October 12, 2004 4:30 pm |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only, |
Brazil: How and Why It is a Semi-Democracy Jorge Zaverucha, Magistrate Superior School of Pernambuco |
October 9, 2004 10:00am-5:30 pm |
Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center Open to the public |
"A Century of Armenians in America: Voices from New Scholarship" Robert Mirak, Arpena Mesrobian, Susan Pattie, and others |
October 6, 2004 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
UN Seminar Series - "The Security Council: Whither Non-Proliferation and Disarmament?" Peter Weiss , Founder, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy |
October 4-5, 2004 |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only: $40, $20 for students, click
here to download registration form |
"Cuba Today: Continuity and Change since the 'Periodo Especial'" |
September 30, 2004 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center Open to the public |
"The Palestinian Women's Movement, 1920-1948: Negotiating National and International Identities" Ellen Fleischmann, University of Dayton |
September 29, 2004 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
UN Seminar Series - "Deconstructing International Studies: a Tale of Two Worlds" L.H.M. Ling, Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs,
|
September 28, 2004 5:30 - 7:00 pm |
Open to the public by registration only. |
"The State of the European Union" Christina McElwaine |
September 23, 2004 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center Open to the public |
"Women and National Development in the United Arab Emirates" Samira Atallah, Research Fellow, MEMEAC; Visiting Scholar, Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU |
September 21, 2004 6:00 - 8:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Ph.D. Program in Political Science |
"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 |
September 17, 2004 5:00 pm |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only, |
"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 |
September 16, 2004 5:00 pm |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only, |
"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 |
September 9, 2004 6:00 - 7:30 pm |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only, |
"En Route to Baghdad - A Documentary about Segio Duarte" Simon Duarte, Director, "En Route to Baghdad" |
September 9, 2004 12:30 pm |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration only, |
"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 |
July 19, 2004 4:00 - 6:00 pm |
European Union Studies Center Open to the public Call 212-817-2053 |
"The State of the EU" Sighle Dohert, Press Counselor, Embassy of Ireland in the United States |
June 1, 2004 10 - 12:00pm |
RSVP, Tel: 212-907-1354 |
"Challenges Facing the New Europe" Lord Paul of Marylebone, Chairman of the Caparo Group Ltd., Ambassador
for British Business |
May 24, 2004 5:30 - 7:00pm |
RSVP, Tel: 212-907-1354 |
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 |
May 20, 2004 12:00 - 2 pm |
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 |
“Women in Philanthropy Today: (Re)setting the Agenda” Kimberly Otis, President and CEO of Women and Philanthropy in Washington, DC |
May 20, 2004 5:30-7:00 pm |
RSVP, Tel: 212-907-1354 |
"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 |
May 19, 2004 6:00 - 8:00 pm Permanent Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the UN,
227 E. 52nd Street |
European Union Studies Center and The United Nations Association of New York RSVP,
Tel: 212-907-1354 |
"The European Union" Panelists: |
May 6, 2004 5:30 - 7:00 pm |
RSVP by May 5, 2004 (acceptances only) |
"Safety Standards: A Race to the Bottom of EU Regulatory Policy?" Christa Altenstetter, Professor of Political Science, The Graduate Center and Queens College, CUNY. |
May 3, 2004 12:00 - 2 pm |
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society RSVP required and seating is limited. Please RSVP at 212-817-2010 or cpcs@gc.cuny.edu |
“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 |
April 29, 2004 6:00-8:00pm |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies |
South Africa 10 Years Later: The Struggle In Retrospect, The Struggles Ahead |
| April
28, 2004 9:00am–3:00pm Room 5200.7 |
Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action Closed meeting |
Orientation Workshop for 2004 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action |
April 28, 2004 9 am - 3 pm |
Humanitarianism
& War Project Closed meeting |
"Revitalizing
the Humanitarian Community: Key Trends and Proposals" - NGO
Policy Forum XV |
April 26, 2004 5:30 -7:00 pm |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies The Africa Research Group Open to public |
"Genocide: Protection, Reconstructions, and the Convention 10 Years After Rwanda" Ambassador Stanislas Kamanzi, Permanent Representative of Rwanda
to the United Nations |
| April 26, 2004 5:30 to 7:00 pm |
RSVP by April 25, 2004 (acceptances only) |
"European France/French Europe: Deconstructing EU Identities" Irene Finel-Honigman, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs |
| April 21, 2004 |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public |
"Then and Now: US Commitments to the United Nations, 2004" Edward C. Luck, Columbia University |
| April 13, 2004 6:30-8:30 pm |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies |
"Then and Now: US Commitments to the United Nations, 1954" Stephen Schlesinger, author, Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations |
April 8, 2004 5:30-6:30 |
Africa Research Group Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Cambridge University Press |
Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance To Apartheid Fran Buntman Introduction by Gail Gerhart, Columbia University |
| Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action | 2004 Mellon Fellowships in Security and Humanitarian Action Awarded |
|
|
Open to the public by registration only |
“The First Ten Years of South Africa 's Constitutional Court ” Richard
Goldstone, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa |
|
| March 26, 2004 4:30 – 6:30 pm Room 9206 |
Bildner
Center for Western Hemisphere Studies |
Is Justice Delayed
Justice Denied? |
| March 24, 2004 12:00-2:00 pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
“UN Reforms and UN Policy” Hugh Dugan, advisor United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
March 22, 2004 5:30-7:00 pm |
RSVP by March 18, 2004 (acceptances only) Tel: 212-817-2051/53; E-mail: eusc@gc.cuny.edu |
"The Strategic Significance of Europe's Demographic Deficit" Ronald Tiersky, Eastman Professor of Politics, Amherst College |
| March 17, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
“UNRWA and the Palestine Refugees” Ghassan Shabeneh |
| March 12, 2004 12:30-2:00 pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
A conversation with Sir Marrack Goulding on his book, Peacemonger |
| March 10, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
“Combating Terrorism: The Role of the UN” Harris O. Schoenberg |
| March
5, 2004 4:30 – 6:30 pm Room 9206 |
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public by registration, |
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 |
March 4, 2004 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 1501 International Affairs Building 420 W. 118th Street. |
Columbia University 's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Humanitarian Affairs Program RSVP REQUIRED |
Human Rights, Human Security and Human Development: Precepts and Principles for Humanitarian Action list of speakers and times of talks available at: |
March 4, 2004 |
United Nations Foundation Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies New York liason office of the Academic Council on the United Nations System |
Curbing Terrorism: Ingredients of Effective International Action |
| March 4, 2004 12:45-4:30 pm President's Conference Area, Room 8201.06 |
United Nations Foundation Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies New York liason office of the Academic Council on the United Nations System |
Threats from Non-State Actors: How Grave, How Remedied? |
| March 3, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
“Challenges After Preemption” Nancy Soderberg |
|
6:00 pm 1501 International Affairs Building 420 W. 118th Street |
Columbia University , School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) |
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. |
| February 25, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
“Insights and Lessons from the First Nuclear Age” Abraham Bargman |
| February 20, 2004 4:30 – 6:30 pm Room 9206 |
Bildner
Center for Western Hemisphere Studies Open to the public
by registration, |
Corruption in
High Places: How to Combat It |
| February 19, 2004 6:00 p.m. |
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 present: |
Common
Aims, Clashing Frameworks |
| February 18, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
"The Secretary-General's Mandate to the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change". Danilo Türk |
|
February 17, 2004 3:00-5:00pm |
European
Union Studies Center & Consulate General of Italy,
NY Seating is limited. RSVP by February 16 212-817-2051/53; Email: eusc@gc.cuny.edu |
"The State of the European Union" Ferdinando Nelli Feroci |
|
February 11, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Open to the public by registration only |
“Afghanistan: Consolidating the Peace Process” Barnett R. Rubin |
|
February 5, 2004 |
United
Nations & Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UNHQ By invitation only |
Ralph Bunche
Seminar Series |
|
February 4, 2004 12:00-2:00pm |
Ralph
Bunche Institute for International Studies Organized and directed by Director Emeritus Benjamin Rivlin and Associate Director Maivân Clech Lâm Registration Required |
“The
U.S. and Europe: Partners, Rivals or Enemies?” Bernard E. Brown Professor Emeritus of Political Science, CUNY Graduate School |
|
6:00 pm |
Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs' Program in Humanitarian Affairs, Economic and Political Development Concentration and African Institute 420 W. 118th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue) |
"Poverty, War, and Internationally Displaced People and Refugees" Francis Deng |
|
January 16, 2004 |
Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action |
Application Deadline for 2004 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action |
 |
| 2005 |
| 2003 |
| 2002 |
| 2001 |
For additional information on these and other events, please contact the Ralph Bunche Institute.