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International Studies Public Forums (ISPF) in 2008 - 2009


Date Event Speaker
10/9/2008 The Coming Oil Wars Michael Ross, University of California, Los Angeles
10/30/2008 Students Making Peace? Report from UCI's Olive Tree Initiative Student participants of the Olive Tree Initiative
11/4/2008 Historical Roots of Islamic Fundamentalism in Southeast Asia William Clarence-Smith, University of London
11/13/2008 U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 James Goldgeier, George Washington University and Council on Foreign Relations
11/20/2008 Global Leadership: Careers in International Development and Humanitarian NGOs Thomas Tighe, President and CEO, Direct Relief International Cecelia Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (GPACS), UCI
1/29/2009 Primed to Hate? Local Political Milieux & Jewish Persecution in Occupied Poland Jeffrey Kopstein, University of Toronto
2/5/2009 Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq Steve Fainaru, Washington Post
2/19/2009 Conflict Experiences of UCI Students Johnny Yang (US Army), served in Iraq; Dave Curry (US Marines) served in Iraq; Chris Raheb (US Marines) served in East Africa; Ilana Zelener (civilian); and Noah Saeedy (civilian)
3/5/2009 The Human Faces of the War on Terrorism Peter Andreas, Brown University, "Policing the Globe"; Carol Burke, UCI, "Combat Ethnography"; Michael Musheno, San Francisco State University, "How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq"; Ray Novaco, UCI, "PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan"
3/12/2009 Mediation, Conflict Resolution, and Consensus Voting Procedures Peter Emerson, Director of The de Borda Institute
4/9/2009 Deterring "Rogue States": Do the Old Rules Apply? James Lebovic, George Washington University
4/23/2009 Risky Business: Providing Humanitarian Aid in Dangerous Contexts Larissa Fast, University of Notre Dame
5/7/2009 The Politics of Sustainable Coffee in the Americas Christopher Bacon, University of California, Berkeley
5/12/2009 Margolis Lecture: The International Criminal Court and the Darfur Crisis Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Emory Law School
5/14/2009 From Communists to Foreign Capitalists Nina Bandelj, UCI
5/21/2009 Why Did the French Revolution (and others) Turn to Terror: How is Why! Sidney Tarrow, Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Sociology, Cornell University
5/28/2009 Negotiating from Weakness in International Trade Relations John Odell, University of Southern California


Event Years


2009-2010

2008-2009

2007-2008


 

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