Just thought I would give all of you out there a taste of what is going on at SIPA the next few weeks. With 20 different institutes and centers our building is always a hive of activity.
Monday, February 22
February 22, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Brown Bag Lecture: Indonesia’s Oligarchy in Comparative Perspective, with Jeffrey Winters, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.
International Affairs Building, Room 918
February 22, 2010 from 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm
SIPA, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Lecture: The Domestic Challenges and Regional Implications of the Iranian Revolution with Professor David Menashri, Director of the Center for Iranian Studies, Dean of Special Programs and Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University
International Affairs Building, Room 707
February 22, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Harriman Institute
Talk: Temur Yakobashvili, Minister of State for Reintegration of Georgia; Introduction: Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University; Discussant: Alexander Cooley, Barnard College, Columbia University
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
February 22, 2010 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Institute of Latin American Studies
Information Session: For undergraduate students interested in a major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Speaker: Dr. Natasha Lightfoot. Co-sponsored by the Study of Ethnicity and Race
International Affairs Building; Room 802
Tuesday, February 23
February 23, 2010 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
SIPA, Economic and Political Development Concentration
EPD Speaker Series: ICTs and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with a focus on agricultural development
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
February 23, 2010 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Middle East Institute
Conference: Reconstructions of Fiqh Among Indonesian Traditionalist Muslims, with Martin van Bruinessen, Utrecht University
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
February 23, 2010 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
SIPA Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion
Discussion: Fatma Gocek, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan and author of Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East (2002) and Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change (1996). Part of the “Religion, Ethnicity and Politics Lecture Series.”
International Affairs Building, Room 801
February 23, 2010 from 4:20 pm to 6:10 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Lecture: Citizen Complaints and Popular Accountability under Authoritarianism: Evidence from Pre-1989 Eastern Europe and Post-1978 China, with Martin K. Dimitrov.
Jerome Greene Hall, Case Lounge (Room 701)
February 23, 2010 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
SIPA, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Lecture::Global Capabilities of the U.S. Army Special Forces.with Major Gen. Michael S. Repass. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Military Veterans of Columbia University.
International Affairs Building, Room 707
Wednesday, February 24
February 24, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
SIPA Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion
Discussion: “Who Belongs? Religion, National Identity and Immigrant Integration in Denmark and Sweden” – Part of the “PhD Thesis Series on Religion and Politics” co-sponsored with Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion (CDTR)
International Affairs Building, Room 801
February 24, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Institute of African Studies
Discussion: The Paradox of Post-Abortion Care (PAC): Health Professionals and the Medicalization of a Quasi-Legal Practice in Senegal with Siri Suh, MPH Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University.
Knox Hall, Room 208
February 24, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Harriman Institute
Panel Discussion with: Ambassador Valery Kuchinsky,Former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Alexander Motyl, Political Science, Rutgers, Adrian Karatnycky, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
International Affairs Building, Room 1219
Thursday, February 25
February 25, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Brown Bag Lecture: Thailand’s Crisis: Who Cares About the Economy? with Duncan McCargo Professor of Southeast Asian Politics, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, part of the series “The Global Financial Crisis: Responses from East and Southeast Asia.” .
International Affairs Building, Room 918
February 25, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Harriman Institute
Talk: Ljiljana Smajlovic, President, Journalists Association of Serbia
International Affairs Building, Room 1510
February 25, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
SIPA International Conflict Resolution Program
Conversation: Alvaro de Soto in conversation with Sir Brian Urquhart
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
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February 25, 2010 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Special Lecture: Debating the History of the People’s Republic of China – A 60-Year History or 30-Year History? with Wang Hui, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
The Judith Lee Stronach Center, 820 Schemerhorn Hall
Friday, February 26
From February 26, 2010 through February 27, 2010, All Day Event
Harriman Institute
Conference: Please join the Harriman Institute in association with the Polish Cultural Institute, Romanian Cultural Institute, and Austrian Cultural Forum for a conference marking the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe.
Faculty House
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February 26, 2010 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Institute of Latin American Studies
Discussion: ‘“Mashing Ants’: Black Resistance and Survival in Antigua’s Post-1846 Sugar Crisis” with Dr. Natasha Lightfoot; part of the New York City Workshop of Latin American History at the NYC Workshop of Latin American History at NYU.
New York University 53 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
February 26, 2010 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Institute of Latin American Studies
Lecture: Obama in Latin America with Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Professor of International Relations in the School of International Service at American University and Co-Director of the Center for North American Studies (CNAS) and the Center for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM)
International Affairs Building, Room 1510
February 26, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
SIPA, UN Studies Program
Discussion: UNSP Working Lunch “Rebuilding Haiti” with Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the Ambassador of Brazil to the UN
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN
Saturday, February 27
Harriman Institute
Conference: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe.
See Friday, February 26 for details.
February 27, 2010 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm EST
SIPA, The Morningside Post
Conference: Policy Making in the Digital Age
International Affairs Building, 15th floor
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Sunday, February 28
No Events Scheduled
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, February 29 – Sunday, March 28
Monday, March 1
From March 1, 2010 at 12:00 pm through March 31, 2010 at 12:00 pm EDT
East Central European Center
Exhibition: A retrospective of 45 years of the turbulent postwar history of a new democracy and U.S. ally. Co-sponsored by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance
International Affairs Building Atrium, Ground Floor
March 1, 2010 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Middle East Institute
Lecture: The U.S., Hamas, and Peace in the Middle East, with Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations at American University and is Founder and Co-Director of AU’s Center for Democracy and Election Management
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
March 1, 2010 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Lecture: U.S.-Japan Relations in East Asia and Beyond with Kouji Murata, Doshisha University; Christina Davis, Princeton University; Ryo Sahashi, Tokyo University; and Devin Stewart, Carnegie Council.
International Affairs Building, Room 918
Tuesday, March 2
March 2, 2010 from 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm
SIPA, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Book Talk: “Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that Led America into the Vietnam War.” Ted Morgan will discuss his recent book on the Vietnam War.
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
March 2, 2010 from 4:20 pm to 6:10 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Lecture: Speaking Law to Political-Economic Power: China’s Derivative Lawsuit Mechanism and the Limits of Private Law, with Nicholas C. Howson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School. from the series “Colloquium: Chinese Law and Society”
Jerome Greene Hall, Case Lounge (Room 701)
March 2, 2010 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Lecture: The Hugh Borton and Philip E. Mosely Distinguished Lecture on Eurasia: The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century – China, Russia, and the United States, with Morton H. Halperin, Senior Advisor, Open Society Institute
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Wednesday, March 3
March 3, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Institute of Latin American Studies
Lecture: The Politics of Japanese Identities in São Paulo with PhD candidate Stephanie Phillips
International Affairs Building; Room 802
Thursday, March 4
March 4, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Institute of Latin American Studies
Lecture: Growth, Technology, and External Constraints in Latin America with José Gabriel Porcile Meirelles, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Parana in the Department of Economics. Co-sponsored with SIPA’s Economic and Political Development concentration.
International Affairs Building; Room 802
March 4, 2010 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies
Grand Rounds: Family Homelessness: A Multi-System Dilemma with Cheryl Zlotnick, RN, DrPH.
Room 6602, All-Purpose Room Sixth Floor, Psychiatric Institute Entrance at Kolb Annex, 40 Haven Avenue, 168th Street and Haven Avenue (take inside bridge to sixth floor)
Tuesday, March 9
March 9, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Brown Bag Lecture: Resistance in Okinawa to a New U.S. Marine Air Base, and Japan’s “[Un]equal Partnership” with the United States, with Steve Rabson, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies, Brown University.
International Affairs Building, Room 918
March 9, 2010 from 4:20 pm to 6:10 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Lecture: The Opacity of Texts: Reading Qing Judicial Narratives, from the series “Colloquium: Chinese Law and Society.”
Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge, Room 701
March 9, 2010 from 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm
Committee on Global Thought
Discussion: A New (dis)Order: Questioning the Self-Regulating Market with Theo Lubke, Senior Vice-President in the Bank Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Perry Mehrling, Professor of Economics at Barnard College; Gillian Tett, assistant editor of the Financial Times; and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor of Economics.
International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center
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Wednesday, March 10
March 10, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Harriman Institute
Talk: A Theory of Elitocide and Its Impact on Contemporary Understandings of the Crime of Genocide with Dennis Gratz, Publicist (Sarajevo, BiH and Visiting Scholar at Columbia University)
International Affairs Building, Room 1219
Thursday, March 11
March 11, 2010 from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Harriman Institute
Performance: The Harriman Institute welcomes the award-winning Washington, DC-based Synetic Theater company to Columbia University’s Miller Theatre for a rare New York performance of its acclaimed production “Host and Guest.”
Miller Theater
Tuesday, March 23
March 23, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Brown Bag Lecture: History Never Dies: Northeast Asia’s Troubled Present, , with Alexis Dudden, Associate Professor, Department of History and Director, Foundations of Humanitarianism Program, University of Connecticut, from the series “North Korea and a Changing Northeast Asia”.
International Affairs Building, Room 918
