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January 2005 - December 2005 All events are held at the Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, unless specified otherwise
 

December 13, 2005

4:00 - 6:00 pm
Room C201

Howard Samuels Center, The Center for Urban Research, and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Carnegie Local Dimensions of Global Change Project:

CUNY Faculty Roundtable

December 1, 2005

1:15pm
UN Bookshop, Conference Room 6

The United Nations Bookshop and United Nations Intellectual History Project

Presentation and Book Signing of Women, Development, and the UN

Speakers include Devaki Jain, development economist and activist, author of Women, Development, and the UN; Gloria Steinem, feminist author and founder of Ms. Magazine; and K.S. Jomo, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The moderator will be Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

December 1, 2005

6:00 - 8:00pm
Segal Theater

The United Nations Association of New York and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public, free to UNA members, Non-member $10, Students can join UNA for $10 at door and attend for free

Please call (212) 907-1353 by 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29th to reserve your seat

"The Legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Involvement with the UN: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations"

Documentary and Discussion with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and David B. Woolner, Executive Director of the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

November 22, 2005

6:00 - 8:00 pm
Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public
Please call: (212) 817-1936

“The Paradox of National Liberation”
Dankwart A. Rustow Memorial Lecture

Michael Walzer, Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University

November 22, 2005

Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action (IUCSHA)

By invitation only

Presentations by 2005 Mellon Fellows in Security and Humanitarian Action

November 9, 2005

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Skylight Conference Room

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , United Nations Department of Public Information, and The Academic Council on the United Nations

Open to the public by registration only
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series: "The General Assembly: Past Hopes and Future Prospects"

H.E. Paul Heinbecker, Director, Laurier Centre for Global Relations, Governance and Policy, Waterloo, Canada; Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada; former Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations

November 2, 2005

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Room C201

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , United Nations Department of Public Information, and The Academic Council on the United Nations

Open to the public by registration only
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series: "The Role of the ICJ in Strengthening the International Legal Order"

H.E. Tyge Lehmann, Ambassador, The Royal Danish Foreign Ministry

November 1, 2005

Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action (IUCSHA)

 

Fellowships awarded for IUCSHA dissertation-writing fellows

October 26, 2005

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Room C201

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, United Nations Department of Public Information, and The Academic Council on the United Nations

Open to the public by registration only
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series: "The ICJ: Elders in the Global Village?"

Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus, Princeton University; Visiting Professor, Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara

October 19, 2005

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Room 9204

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , United Nations Department of Public Information, and The Academic Council on the United Nations

Open to the public by registration only
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series: "The Contribution of Civil Society to the United Nations"

Ms. Esmeralda Brown, United Methodist Office for the UN

October 14, 2005

Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action (IUCSHA)

 

Application materials due for IUCSHA dissertation-writing fellows

October 5, 2005

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Room C202

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , United Nations Department of Public Information, and The Academic Council on the United Nations

Open to the public by registration only
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series: "The Security Council: Hegemonic Law-making?"

Professor Jose Alvarez, Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, School of Law, Columbia University

September 28, 2005

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Room C202

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , United Nations Department of Public Information, and The Academic Council on the United Nations

Open to the public by registration only
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series: "Assessing the Reform Effort"

Thomas A. Schweich, Minister Counselor, Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations
Commentary by Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science, Graduate Center, CUNY and Director, The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

September 22, 2005

United Nations Intellectual History Project (UNIHP) and the United Nations Association of New York (UNA-NY)

For more information please contact KKlineCo@aol.com.

Presentation and booksigning of UN Voices: The Struggle for Development and Social Justice

UNIHP director and author, Thomas G. Weiss and UNIHP Research Manager and author, Tatiana Carayannis

September 13, 2005

6:00-8:00 pm
Segal Theater

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Chagos Refugees Group

Film screening: "Stealing A Nation," Award-winning documentary on forced displacement of indigenous people from Diego Garcia.

Followed by Q&A with Olivier Bancoult, President of Chagos Refugees Group

September 8, 2005

United Nations Intellectual History Project (UNIHP) and the UN Bookshop

For more information please contact the UN Bookshop at 1-800-553-3210, 1-212-963-7680 or bookshop@un.org.

Presentation and booksigning of UN Voices: The Struggle for Development and Social Justice

UNIHP director and author, Thomas G. Weiss and UNIHP Research Manager and author, Tatiana Carayannis

July 25, 2005

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Social Science Research Council

closed meeting

Planning meeting for "Transforming Humanitarianisms" Project

June 23, 2005

11:30am - 2pm
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, United Nations Headquarters, New York

United Nations Department of Public Information, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only: sura@un.org

“INREACH / OUTREACH” SERIES: The Charter: A Framework for States, A Promise to Peoples

Panelists include: Lawrence S. Finkelstein, professor and former assistant to Ralph Bunche in San Francisco in 1945; Tonya Gonella Frichner, President, American Indian Law Alliance; Giuseppe Nesi, professor and legal advisor, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations; Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for Peace; Guri Lie Zeckendorf, member, New York UN Association Advisory Board.

June 2, 2005

UN Intellectual History Project (UNIHP), UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library, the UN University (UNU), the Academic Council on UN Studies (ACUNS), and the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Closed meeting.

Workshop on Documenting UN History: Comparing Methods, Findings, and Lessons

June 1, 2005

New York, NY

UN Intellectual History Project (UNIHP)

Open to the public by registration only.

The Power of People and Ideas

A book launch and discussion of the United Nations Intellectual History Project, marking the 60th Anniversary of the UN and the Centenary of Dag Hammarskjöld, with opening remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

May 19, 2005

6:00 pm
Room 5200.07

The CUNY Graduate Center Africa Research Group

The DR Congo: The Threat we Choose to Ignore

Batabiha BUSHOKI, Civil Society Fellow, The International Peace Academy, and co-founder of the Goma-based NGO, Campagne pour la Paix (Rally for Peace), in North Kivu province.

May 9-10, 2005

9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Skylight Room, C-197

Program on States and Security

Closed Meeting

Expert Workshop on the Concept of "State Failure"

 

May 5, 2005

New York, NY

Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action (IUCSHA)

IUCSHA Orientation workshop


April 25, 2005

2:00-4:00pm
Room 9206

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Africa Research Group, Faith in Africa

Hotel Rwanda, Hotel Darfur: When Will We Stop the Killings in Sudan?

Fr. Michael Perry, Foreign Policy Advisor for Africa, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops and Suliman Baldo, Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group

April 6, 2005

12:00-2:00pm
Room 9206-9207

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series - "Terrorism or Terrorisms?"

Giandomenico Picco, Founder, GDP Associates

March 30, 2005

12:00-2:00pm
Room 9207

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series - "Religion, Civil Society and the UN System"

Josef Boehle, Coordinator, UNESCO Chair for Interfaith Studies and Research Fellow in Globalisation, Religion, and Politics, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham

March 23, 2005

12:00-2:00pm
Room 9207

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series - "2005 - 'The Year of Reform'?"

A. Gopinathan, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations

March 16, 2005

12:00-2:00pm
Room 9207

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series - "UN Institutional Reforms in 2005 - a South African perspective"

Xolisa Mabhongo, Minister Counsellor and Acting Deputy Permanent Representative to the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations

March 14, 2005

New York, NY

Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action (IUCSHA)

IUCSHA Fellowship awards announced


March 9, 2005

12:00-2:00pm
Room 9207

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series - "UN Reform: Some Basic Questions"

Danilo Turk, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, United Nations Secretariat

March 2, 2005

12:00-2:00pm
President's Conference Room

Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-1936

UN Seminar Series - "Security Council Reform: Germany's National and International Perspectives"

Dirk J.A. Rotenberg, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations

February 23, 2005

5:30pm - 7:00pm
C203/C204

European Union Studies Center

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-2053

"The State of the European Union"

Wim Geerts, Minister, Deputy Chief of Mission, The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC

February 16, 2005

5:30pm - 7:00pm
C201/C202

European Union Studies Center

Open to the public by registration only.
Please call: (212) 817-2053

"The Draft Constitution: A great leap forward or a bridge too far?"

Roger J. Goebel, Director, Center for European Union Law, Professor of Law, Fordham University Law School

January 14, 2005

New York, NY

Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action (IUCSHA)

IUCSHA Applications and supporting materials due


January 2005

Geneva, Switzerland

UN Intellectual History Project (UNIHP), Reseau Universitaire International de Geneve and UN Office in Geneva

UNIHP book presentations in Geneva

Louis Emmerij et al. (Ahead of the Curve), Richard Jolly, Dharam Ghai et al. (UN Contributions to Development), John and Richard Toye (The UN and Global Political Economy), Michael Ward (Quantifying the World), Yves Berthelot et al. (Unity and Diversity), Thomas Weiss et al. (UN Voices)

January 2005

Brussels, Belgium

UN Intellectual History Project (UNIHP), Catholic University of Louvain

UNIHP book presentations at Catholic University of Louvain

Louis Emmerij, Thomas Weiss, et al. (Ahead of the Curve); Louis Emmerij, Frédéric Lapeyre, et al. (UN Contributions to Development); Yves Berthelot, Blandine Destremeau et al. (Unity and Diversity)


 
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