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Events Archive: 2010-11 04.29.11Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: Tyler Environmental Prize Pavilion (1st floor VKC building) Speaker: G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University Topic: Discussion of his new book "Liberal Leviathan: the Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order" Discussant: Brian Rathbun, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 04.28.11 Time: 4 - 6 pm Location: Tyler Environmental Prize Pavilion (1st floor VKC building) Speaker: JAMES TANG, Singapore Management University; JOHN IKENBERRY, Princeton University; DANIEL LYNCH, University of Southern California; DAVE KANG, University of Southern California Topic: Roundtable Discussion on “The Rise of China and the East Asian Regional Order” Series: Co-Sponsored by US-China Institute, Korean Studies Institute, School of International Relations and East Asian Studies Center 04.25.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: William Potter, Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute for International Studies Topic: "Principles vs. Pragmatism: The Non-Aligned Movement and Nuclear Politics" Discussant: Jacques Hymans, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 04.20.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Michael Haas, former Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Topic: "The Obama Puzzle" 04.19.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Nita Rudra, Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Topic: "Good for the Goose, Bad for the Flock? FDI in Developing Countries (with special focus on INDIA) Discussant: Saori Katada, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 04.13.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Mauricio Benitez, CIS Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-11, USC Topic: "Transitions from Discretion to Rules: Lessons from Mexico" Series: LATIN AMERICA SERIES Discussant: Carol Wise, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 04.12.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Mark Kasoff, Professor Emeritus, Canadian Studies and Economics, Bowling Green State University Topic: "NAFTA and the North American Economy" Series: CANADIAN STUDIES SERIES 04.07.11 Time: 4 - 6 pm Location: TBA Speaker: KEVIN GALLAGHER, Boston University; ENRIQUE DUSSEL PETERS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Topic: Gallagher: "The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization" Peters: "Toward a Dialogue between Mexico and China" Series: LATIN AMERICA SERIES Discussant: Carol Wise, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 04.04.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: JOHN ZYSMAN, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley; and DANNY BREZNITZ, Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech University Topic: "Innovation and Growth: Rethinking the Role of the State" Discussant: Jonathon Aronson, Professor of International Relations and Professor of Communication, USC 03.30.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Lisa Baldez, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College Topic: "The Impact of the Women’s Rights Treaty in Latin America" Series: LATIN AMERICA SERIES Discussant: Gerardo Munck, Professor of International Relations, USC 03.23.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Cornelius Remie, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Nijmegen and President, Association for Canadian Studies in the Netherlands Topic: "Challenges for Nunavut: Political, Economic, Socio-Cultural and Environmental Perspectives" Series: CANADIAN STUDIES SERIES Discussant: Patrick James, Professor of International Relations and Director, Center for International Studies, USC 03.22.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Scott Mainwaring, Director, Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame University Topic: "The Emergence and Fall of Democracies and Dictatorships: Latin America since 1900" Series: LATIN AMERICA SERIES Discussant: Gerardo Munck, Professor of International Relations, USC 03.09.11 Time: 12 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: KATHERINE CHU, YESIM INCE, and HONG PANG, Political Science and International Relations PhD candidates, USC Topic: Students present their papers for the International Studies Association Conference: Topics TBA 03.08.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Andrew Lakoff, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Sociology and Communication, USC Topic: "Vaccine Provision and the Normative Orders of Global Health" 03.07.11 Time: 12 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: DENIZ CAKIRER, KATE SVYATETS, MATT GRATIAS, and ZEYNEP SAHIN, Political Science and International Relations PhD candidates, USC Topic: Students present their papers for the International Studies Association Conference: Topics TBA 03.04.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Sabrina Ramet, Professor, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) Topic: "The Catholic Church in Post-Communist Poland: Polarization, Privatization, and Decline in Influence" Discussant: Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 03.02.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Guy LaForest, Professor of Political Science, University of Laval Topic: "Being Canadian: the Supreme Court, Philosophy and the State" Series: CANADIAN STUDIES SERIES Discussant: Patrick James, Professor of International Relations and Director, Center for International Studies, USC 03.01.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Rieko Kage, Toyota Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tokyo, Japan Topic: "Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan: The Revival of a Defeated Society" Discussant: Saori Katada, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 02.23.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Michael Behiels, Professor of History, University of Ottawa Topic: “The Rise of Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party to Power, 1988- 2010: Has Republicanism-lite Come to Canada?” Series: CANADIAN STUDIES SERIES 02.15.11 Time: 4 - 6 pm Location: Doheny Memorial Library Lecture Hall (Room 240) Speaker: AMY ECKERT, Dept of Political Science, Metropolitan State College of Denver; DAVID KAYE, UCLA School of Law; and EDWIN SMITH, USC Gould School of Law Topic: "Humans, Robots and War: Digitizing the Laws of War" Series: USC College Commons series 02.15.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Andreas Woergoetter, economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD Topic: "Structural Reforms and the Benefits of the Enlarged EU Internal Market: Much Achieved and Much to Do" Series: OECD series Discussant: Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 02.02.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Ann Tickner, Professor of International Relations, USC Topic: "Retelling IR's Foundational Stories: Some Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectives" Discussant: Sandra Harding, Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA 02.01.11 Time: 4 - 5:30 pm Location: URC Fishbowl Chapel Speaker: Carl Wilkins, founder of World Outside My Shoes and former head of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Rwanda Topic: "World Outside My Shoes: One Witness Remembers the Genocide in Rwanda" Series: Sponsored by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, the Louchheim School of Judaic Studies, Center for International Studies and the Office of Religious Life 02.01.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: Speaker: Jeff Nugent, Professor of Economics, USC Topic: Topic: "A Quiz on the QIZs of Jordan and Egypt: Have They Achieved Their Objectives?" Discussant: Laurie Brand, Professor of International Relations, USC 01.26.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: LAURIE BRAND, Professor of International Relations, USC and FAYEZ HAMMAD, Lecturer of International Relations, USC Topic: A Current Events Discussion -- "End of a Dictatorship: Causes and Implications of Tunisia's Revolution" 01.25.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: R. Evan Ellis, Assistant Professor of National Security Studies, Modeling, Gaming & Simulation, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies Topic: "China and Latin America: Economic Engagement, Soft Power, and the Coming Struggle to Defend National Interests" Series: LATIN AMERICA SERIES Discussant: Carol Wise, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 01.20.11 Time: 7 - 9 pm Location: Bovard Auditorium Speaker: Ukoo Flani : Pioneers of Kaya Hip-Hop (Kenya) Topic: CANCELLED! Series: VISIONS AND VOICES: USC ARTS AND HUMANITIES INITIATIVE 01.13.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Allison Stanger, Russell Leng '60 Professor of International Politics and Economics, Middlebury College Topic: "One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy" Discussant: Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 01.12.11 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: John Mueller, Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center, Ohio State University Topic: "Terror, Security and Money: Balancing Risks, Benefits and Costs of Homeland Security" Discussant: Jacques Hymans, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 11.30.10 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Culture, UCLA Topic: "Ethics and Aesthetics of Mediating the Necropolitical" Discussant: Viet Nguyen, Associate Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity, USC 11.17.10 Time: 4 - 6 pm Location: VKC 300A (Berkes Media Lounge) Speaker: Yoshiko Herrera, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison Topic: "Mirrors of the Economy: National Accounts and International Norms in Russia and Beyond" Discussant: Jacques Hymans, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 11.17.10 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: Tyler Environmental Prize Pavilion (1st floor VKC building) Speaker: Yesim Ince (POIR phd candidate), Mark Bernstein (USC Energy Institute), The Importance of Water and Electrification Projects in Developing Countries, Lorena Sanchez (OECD, Public Engagement Strategies) Topic: Coordinating Development: A Multi-Level Look at Water as a Human Development Right Series: OECD SERIES Organized by Lauren Goodwin, international relations undergraduate and USC student ambassador for the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) 11.15.10 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: Barry Carr, Professor of Latin American Studies, Australian National University Topic: Is Latin America Shifting to the Left? Some Reflections on the Pink Tide of the Past 12 Years Series: LATIN AMERICA SERIES Guest Chair: Nora Hamilton, Professor of Political Science, USC Co-sponsored by: Department of Political Science Discussant: Pamela Starr, Director of the US-Mexico Network @ USC, and Associate Professor (teaching) in Public Diplomacy and International Relations, USC 11.11.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: Zeev Maoz, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, UC Davis Topic: How Cooperation Emerges from Conflict: an Agent-Based Model of Network Formation 10.27.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: Michael Williams, Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottowa Topic: Security Beyond the State: Private Security in International Politics Series: CANADIAN STUDIES SERIES Discussant: Brian Rathbun, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 10.26.10 Time: 12 - 2 pm Location: Doheny Memorial Library, Intellectual Commons Speaker: Daniel Charnoff (IR), Jean-Pierre Bardet (Engineering), and Richard Little (SPPD), USC Topic: "Hosting the World Cup: A Panel on the Global Games and their Effect on the Development of their Host Country" Followed by a Discussion on How Developing Countries can Gain from Improving Infrastructure Series: OECD SERIES Organized by Lauren Goodwin, international relations undergraduate and USC student ambassador for the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) 10.18.10 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Tahir Andrabi, Professor of Economics, Pomona College Topic: "In Aid We Trust: Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005" Series: Guest Chair: Jeff Nugent, Professor of Economics, USC Discussant: Christina Faegri, Political Science and International Relations PhD candidate, USC 10.11.10 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: Tad Daley, author and Writing Fellow with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the 1985 Nobel Peace Laureate organization\ Topic: "Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear-Free World" Series: Co-sponsor: Office of Religious Life Organized by Rob Asghar, Director of Communications, Office of the President, USC 09.23.10 Time: 4 - 6 pm Location: Doheny Memorial Library Lecture Hall (Room 240) Speaker: Peter W. Singer, director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Topic: When “Johnny” is a Robot: The Efficacy, Ethics and Consequences of the New Technological War Series: Co-sponsored by USC College Commons series, International Studies Association (ISA) To secure your spot please RSVP to: tcc@college.usc.edu Discussant: Doug Becker, Assistant Professor (teaching) of International Relations, USC 09.20.10 Time: 4 - 6 pm Location: Ahn House Speaker: Bridget Coggins, Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College Topic: Misdiagnosing East Africa's Piracy Problem: Asian Strategies Can Work in Somalia Series: Co-sponsored by: USC Korean Studies Institute 09.15.10 Time: 11:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Richard Dekmejian, Professor of Political Science, USC and Kymberly MacNeal, Political and international Relations (POIR) PhD student, USC Topic: “Looking to the Middle East: A discussion on the development and stability of the region and its changes since 9/11” Dekmejian on “Stability and Development in the Middle East” MacNeal on “Chemical and Biological Weapons and their Impact on the Middle East” Series: OECD SERIES Organized by Lauren Goodwin, international relations undergraduate and USC student ambassador for the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) 09.10.10 Time: 3 - 5 pm Location: Ahn House Speaker: John S. Park, Senior Research Associate, Center for Conflict Analysis & Prevention, U.S. Institute for Peace Topic: China Bails out North Korea: Implications for Washington and Seoul Series: Co-sponsored by: USC Korean Studies Institute
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