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Events Archive: 2007-08 04.24.09Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Emanuel Adler, Editor of International Organization and Andrea and Charles Bronfam Chair of Israeli Studies, University of Toronto Topic: "The Future of International Relations: An International Organization Perspective" 05.21.08 Time: 10 - 11:15 am Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration Topic: "A Roundtable Discussion with NNSA Administrator D'Agostino" Series: Administrator D'Agostino will discuss the crossroads that the National Nuclear Security Administration currently faces, and the two major objectives that now occupy NNSA's current work: transforming the U.S. nuclear weapons complex and preventing nuclear terrorism. 04.30.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC Topic: “Russia and Kosovo: The Nationalist Background to Realpolitik” Series: Director's Workshop Discussant: Nukhet Sandal, Politics and International Relations PhD candidate, USC 04.28.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Armen Liloyan, Consul General of the Republic of Armenia in Los Angeles Topic: "Armenia's Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities" Discussant: Richard Dekmejian, Director of the Institute for Armenian Studies and Professor of Political Science, USC 04.23.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Hendrik Spruyt, Chair of Political Science and Professor of International Relations, Northwestern University Topic: "Incomplete Contracting and Modalities of Regional Integration" Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Gerardo Munck, Professor of International Relations, USC 04.22.08 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Richard Herrmann, Director of the Mershon Center and Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University Topic: "National Identities and International Relations in an Age of Multiculturalism" Series: Research workshop 04.11.08 Time: 2 - 4 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Frank Upham, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, New York University and Sabine Fruhstuck, Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies, UCSB Topic: "Re-thinking Postwar Japan: Article 9, the Courts, and the Self-Defense Forces" Series: An Open Discussion co-sponsored by USC East Asian Studies Center, USC East Asian Languages and Culture Department, and USC Comparative Literature Department Discussant: Saori Katada, Professor of International Relations, Apichai Shipper, Professor of Political Science, and Anne McKnight, Professor of East Asian Languages and Culture, USC 04.09.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Daniel Lynch, Associate Professor of International Relations and Director of the Politics and International Relations PhD program, USC Topic: "Chinese Thinking on the Future of International Relations" Series: Director's Workshop Discussant: Eric Blanchard, School of International Relations PhD candidate, USC 04.02.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Joel Quirk, RCUK Fellow, Department of Law, University of Hull, and Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Topic: "Ending Slavery in All its Forms: A Comparative Analysis of Historical Practices and Contemporary Problems" Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Mary Sarotte, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 03.24.08 Time: 12 - 2:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: POIR Doctoral Students Topic: Pre-ISA Student Panel Presentations: Kate Svyatets, Dudu Yesim Ince, Cintia Quiliconi, Christina Wagner Faegri, Eric Blanchard, Jenifer Whitten-Woodring and Amy Below 03.12.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Evan Potter, U.S. Canada Fulbright Chair in Public Diplomacy and Visiting Professor, USC Topic: "Nation Branding: Canada" Series: This event is co-sponsored by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. Discussant: Geoffrey Wiseman, Acting Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Professor of International Relations, USC 03.11.08 Time: 2 - 3:30 pm Location: Doheny Intellectual Commons Speaker: Honorable Jean Ping, President-Elect of the African Commission Union Topic: "International Relations and Economic Development in Africa" 03.06.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: VKC 300a Speaker: POIR Doctoral Students Topic: Pre-ISA Student Panel Presentations: Guilherme de Araujo Silva, Angela McCracken, Sinan Birdal Discussant: Deniz Kuru 02.27.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Cintia Quiliconi, Politics and International Relations PhD candidate, and Carols Wise, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC Topic: "China's Surge in Latin American Markets: Policy Challenges and Responses" Series: Director's Workshop Discussant: Jeffrey Nugent, Professor of Economics, USC 02.13.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Douglas A. Borer, Associate Chair for Instruction, Dept. of Defense Analysis, CORE Lab Project Manager, Naval Post-Graduate School Topic: "Thinking Strategy Beyond the Surge: The Challenge of Iraq for the Next American President" Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Jason Enia, Politics and International Relations Ph.D. candidate, USC 02.05.08 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Anders Lindstrom, Professor of Political Science, Umea University, Sweden Topic: "Local Government Reform in Europe" Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Jeffrey Sellers, Associate Professor of Political Science, USC 02.04.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: A special talk by author Jacob Heilbrunn Topic: "They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons" Discussant: Ronald Steel, Professor of International Relations, USC 01.30.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Brandon Valeriano, Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: “The Tragedy of Offensive Realism: Testing Aggressive Power Politics Models” Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Kate Svyatets, Politics and International Relations PhD candidate, USC 01.23.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Gabriella Montinola, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Davis Topic: “Does Foreign Aid Prop Up Autocrats, Democrats, Or Both?” Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Mathew D. McCubbins, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Chancellor's Associates Chair, UCSD and Adjunct Professor of Law, USC 01.16.08 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: John Robert Kelley and Sarah Graham Topic: "US Engagement in East Asia: A Case for Track Two Diplomacy" Series: Co-sponsored by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy Discussant: Nicholas Cull, Director of Public Diplomacy Master's Program, USC 12.12.07 Time: 3 - 4 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Jean Francois Lisee, Executive Director of CERIUM at the University of Montreal Topic: "The UNESCO Instrument on Cultural Diversity, and the Role of Canada, Quebec and France" Series: Co-sponsored by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy 12.05.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Kyriakos Revelas, European Union Fellow Visiting Scholar, USC Topic: "European Security and Defense Policy" Series: Scholar's Workshop Discussant: Geoffrey Wiseman, Professor of International Relations, USC 11.28.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Nelly Stromquist, Professor of Education, Rossier School of Education, USC Topic: "Theorizing Global Citizenship" Series: Director's Workshop Discussant: Steven Lamy, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Professor of International Relations, USC 11.15.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: A special talk by author Reese Erlich Topic: "The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis" Series: Co-sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program and USC Chemical Engineering Department 11.07.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Sumit Ganguly, Director of Research, Center on American and Global Security, Indiana University Topic: "The Sources and Prospects for the Transformation of US-Indo Relations" Series: Research Workshop Discussant: Apichai Shipper, Professor of Political Science, USC 10.31.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Donald Abelson, Professor and Chair of Political Science, and Director of the Centre for American Studies, University of Western Ontario Topic: "A Capitol Idea: Think Tanks and U.S. Foreign Policy" Series: Research Workshop - This seminar is co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Program. Discussant: Pamela Starr, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, USC 10.24.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Robert Thacker, Professor of Canadian Studies, St. Lawrence University Topic: "Writing Alice Munro's Biography" Series: Research Workshop - This seminar is co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Program. Discussant: Beatrice Mousli Bennett, Director of Francophone Resource Center, USC 10.10.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Dr. Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of Anthropology and International Relations, Boston University Topic: "Lebanon's Political Impasses: Causes, Players and Consequences" Series: Research Workshop - This seminar is co-sonsored by the Program for Middle East Studies and the School of International Relations Discussant: Laurie Brand, Professor and Director of International Relations, USC 10.03.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: John Helliwell, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of British Columbia Topic: "Globalization and Well-Being: Evidence and Policy Implications for Canada" Series: Research Workshop - This seminar is co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Program and the USC Department of Economics Discussant: Robert Dekle, Professor of Economics, USC 09.26.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Ilan Alon, Executive Director of Rollins-China Center, Petters Chair of International Business Topic: "One China, Two Systems: Hong Kong vs. Taiwan" Series: Research Workshop - This seminar is co-sponsored by the USC US-China Institute Discussant: Stanley Rosen, Director of USC College East Asian Studies Center, and Professor of Political Science, USC 09.19.07 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: POIR Graduate Students Topic: "What I Did This Summer: POIR Students Discuss Their Ph.D. Research" Series: Scholar's Workshop
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