Public Forum

May 30, 2013 The Fight for Free Trade: The Embattled History of the GATT, 1948-1994
Francine McKenzie, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, University of Western Ontario
May 16, 2013 Global Pentecostalism: The Growth of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity
Donald E. Miller, Firestone Professor of Religion and Executive Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California
May 9, 2013 The Global Rise of Religious Rebellion
Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara
May 2, 2013 Islamism, Humiliation and the Mobilization of Masculinity
Roxanne L. Euben, Wellesley College
April 25, 2013 The UK in USA: GREAT Britain’s Public Diplomacy in the United States
Katharine Keith-Azar, Deputy Head of Press, Policy, Public Affairs | British Consulate-General, Los Angeles
April 18, 2013 Professional and Academic Travels between Cuba and the United States
Lourdes Cisneros, University of Havana
March 7, 2013 From International Studies to International Security
Ha N. Nguyen, Aviation Security, Executive Office of the President
February 28, 2013 Religion, Politics, and Secular Society
Roberto Blancarte, El Colegio de Mexico
February 21, 2013 China's Bride Shortage and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men
Monica Das Gupta, Research Professor, University of Maryland, College Park and Visiting Scholar, Population Reference Bureau
February 14, 2013 Representative Charles Porter and the Latin American Crusade for Democracy during the Cold War
Allen Wells, Bowdoin College
February 4, 2013 20 Years After the Oslo Peace Accords: What Happened to Peace in the Middle East?
Gershon Baskin, Ph.D., Former Israeli Co-Director and Founder of Israel/Palestinian Center for Research and Information
January 31, 2013 Film Screening: "Exchanging Language - from the Orange to the Gold Coast"
with commentary by Sheron Wray, UCI and Jessica Millward, UCI
January 24, 2013 The Journey to Global Nonviolence and Peace
Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., Distinguished Senior Scholar-in-Residence, Emory University, Candler School of Theology
December 6, 2012 Fighting Words!: Protest and Popular Culture in Africa
Kris Peterson, UCI; Sophia Azeb USC; Victoria Bernal, UCI; Jean Tompihe, Chapman/UCI; Simangaliso Raymond Kumalo, University of KwaZulu-Natal
October 31, 2012 Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case For Liberty
Mustafa Akyol, News Columnist
October 18, 2012 Party Time in Beijing: Prospect for Change after China's Leadership Transition
Minxin Pei, Professor of Government and the Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College
October 11, 2012 Who is Joseph Kony…and Does Kony 2012 Matter?
Ayesha Nibbe, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Hawaii Pacific University
October 4, 2012 The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior Correspondent, Washington Post
May 17, 2012 Religious Intelligence
Ron E. Hassner, Assistant Professor, Political Science, UC Berkeley
May 10, 2012 The Rise and Fall of Militias in Iraq
Ariel Ahram, University of Oklahoma