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Events Archive: 2009-10 05.05.10Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: CHRISTOPHER HUGHES, Professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies, Harvard University and Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, UK Topic: "The DPJ's New (but failing) Grand Security Strategy: Implications for the U.S.-Japan alliance, Sino-Japanese ties, and East Asian regionalism" Series: Co-sponsored by USC East Asian Studies Center, USC U.S.-China Institute, USC School of International Relations, and USC Korean Studies Institute Discussant: Saori Katada, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 04.28.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: SOUMITA BASU, CIS Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-10, USC Topic: "Who wrote the first Security Council Resolution on women and armed conflict? And, why it matters." Series: Culture, Gender and Global Society Series Discussant: Geoffrey Wiseman, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC 04.27.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: CECELIA LYNCH, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine Topic: "Charity and Casuistry in Faith-Based Humanitarianism" Series: Culture, Gender and Global Society Series 04.22.10 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: SOS B-44 Speaker: Topic: USC INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/PEACE & CONFLICT, and LOS ANGELES RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES: 10 Year Collaboration Celebration Series: Organized by Douglas Becker, Director, USC Peace and Conflict Studies Program, USC 04.21.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: BETH SIMMONS, Professor of Government, Harvard University Topic: Discussant: Brian Rathbun, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 04.13.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: PETER ROSENDORFF, Associate Professor of Politics, New York University and Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, USC Topic: "Why Do Authoritarian Regimes Sign the Convention Against Torture? Signaling, Domestic Politics and Non-Compliance" 04.12.10 Time: 2 - 5 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Nancy Lutkehaus, USC Anthropology; Louisa Schein, Rutgers University Topic: "TRANSPACIFIC CULTURE Series: Organize by Janet Hoskins, Professor of Anthropology, USC 2:00pm -- Nancy Lutkehaus, USC Anthropology: "Disney Visions of the Pacific: Cold War Tikis, Tourism and Tribal Art" 3:00pm -- Coffee Break 3:20pm -- Louisa Schein, Anthropology, Rutgers University: "After Gran Torino: Hmong Countervoices: A Roundtable" with Bee Vang, lead actor aka "Thao" in Gran Torino" Mark D. Lee, Production Assistant on "Gran Torino" set, and Director/Cinematographer, "Gran Torino: Next Door" Abel Vang, MFA Film Program, USC, and California Casting Assistant for "Gran Torino" Ly Chong Thong Jalao, UCSB English, author of review "Looking Gran Torino in the Eye" SPECIAL SCREENING of "Gran Torino: Next Door", a 15-minute behind-the-scenes short on Hmong in "Gran Torino" 04.09.10 Time: 12 - 2 pm Location: USC Davidson Conference Center, Vineyard Room Speaker: CYNTHIA ENLOE, Professor of International Development and Women's Studies, Clark University Topic: "When is a War Really Over? The Answer Lies in Taking Women's Lives Seriously" Series: Culture, Gender and Global Society Series 04.07.10 Time: 12 - 1 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: MICHAEL HAWES, Executive Director, Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States Topic: "Canada and the G8: What in the World is Going On? Series: Canadian Fulbright Lecture Series (co-sponsored by Center on Public Diplomacy) Discussant: Rook Campbell, Politics and International Relations Phd candidate, USC 03.31.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: REESE ERLICH, journalist and author Topic: "Iran's Popular Uprising - A first hand account by foreign correspondent Reese Erlich" 03.23.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: KATHLEEN STAUDT, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas-El Paso Topic: "Gendered Violence and Insecurity in the Borderlands" Series: 10th Anniversary of Culture, Gender and Global Society Studies at USC Series 03.11.10 Time: 3:30 - 5 pm Location: Doheny Memorial Library, Intellectual Commons Speaker: Jack F. Matlock, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-91) Topic: "Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray--And How to Return to Reality" 03.11.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Jack F. Matlock, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-91) Topic: "Leadership in the Cold War's End: An Insider's Account" 03.02.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Hilal Elver, Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of Law, UC Santa Barbara Topic: "(Mis)interpreting the Headscarf Controversy in Turkey and Europe" Series: 10th Anniversary of Culture, Gender and Global Society Studies at USC Series 02.23.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Victoria Schofield, journalist and author of Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia (2003) Topic: "Are We Right to Talk about AF-PAK?" Series: Co-sponsored by the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy Discussant: Rob Asghar, Office of the Provost and CPD University Fellow, USC 02.22.10 Time: 1:30 - 3 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Colin Wight, Editor of the European Journal of International Relations Topic: "Publishing in International Relations: An EJIR perspective" Series: Co-sponsored by the USC College Deans' Office -- Graduate Professionalization Initiative, and Organized by Eric Hamilton and Mariano Bertucci, Politics and International Relations PhD candidates, USC 02.10.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: JANE JAQUETTE, Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College Topic: "Indigenous Women's Rights, Feminism, and Democracy in Latin America" Series: 10th Anniversary of Culture, Gender and Global Society Studies at USC Series Discussant: Angela McCracken, Lecturer of International Relations, USC 02.09.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: JACEK KUGLER, Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor of World Politics, Claremont Graduate University and editor of International Interactions Topic: "Deterrence Stability in an Unstable World" 02.03.10 Time: 3 - 4:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: TIEJUN YU, Associate Professor of International Studies, Peking University Topic: "The Evolution of Strategic Studies in China" Discussant: Jacques Hymans, Professor of International Relations, USC 01.29.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: YUSAKU HORIUCHI, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University Topic: "Charting the Collision Course: Municipal Mergers and the End of the LDP Dominance in Japan" Discussant: Saori Katada, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 01.25.10 Time: 12 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: PATRICK THADDEUS JACKSON, Associate Professor of International Politics, American University Topic: "Imagining IR as a Pluralistic Social Science" Series: 10th Anniversary of Culture, Gender and Global Society Studies at USC Series Discussant: Nicholas Onuf, Visiting Professor of International Relations, USC 01.21.10 Time: 4 - 5:30 pm Location: Davidson Conference Center, Board Room Speaker: DEBORAH BRAUTIGAM, Associate Professor of International Development, American University Topic: "The Dragon's Gift: the Real Story of China in Africa" Series: Co-sponsored by the USC U.S.-China Institute Discussant: Carol Wise, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 01.20.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: DAVE ANDREWS, Professor of International Relations at Scripps College and Director of the European Union Center of California Topic: "Monetary Leadership and the Formation of Currency Zones" Discussant: Hong Pang, Politics and International Relations PhD candidate, USC 01.12.10 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: BRANDY AU, EUNICE KANG, JEANINE YUTANI, Politics and International Relations Phd Candidates, USC Topic: "Presentations on Summer Research in Taiwan" Discussant: Discussant: Ivan Chen, representative from Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles (TECO) 12.02.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: James Caporaso, Professor of Political Science, University of Washington Topic: “Polanyi in Brussels: Disembedding and Embedding Transnational Labor Markets” Discussant: Jeffrey Sellers, Associate Professor of Political Science, USC 12.01.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B40 Speaker: Maya Eichler, CIS Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-10, USC Topic: "State Leadership and Militarized Masculinity in the Russian-Chechen Wars" Series: 10th Anniversary of Culture, Gender and Global Society Studies at USC Series Discussant: Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 11.11.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Erik Gartzke, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego Topic: “The Relevance of Power in International Relations” Discussant: Brian Rathbun, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 11.04.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Kevin Casas-Zamora, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy / Latin America Initiative, The Brookings Institution Topic: “The travails of democratic governance in Central America” Discussant: Gerardo Munck, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC 10.30.09 Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Susan Stokes, Yale University and Roberto Diaz, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, USC Topic: “The Real and the Surreal: Political Patronage and Literary Responses in Argentina” Series: Co-sponsored by the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences -- College Commons series Discussant: Sebastian Saiegh, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC San Diego 10.29.09 Time: 5 - 6:30 pm Location: TBA Speaker: Edith Lopez Ovalle, co-founder of "Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio" (HIJOS) Topic: "Memory, Culture, and Political Organizing in Mexico" Series: Co-sponsored by USC Peace and Conflict Studies Program, Unruh Institute of Politics, and Mexico Solidarity Network 10.27.09 Time: 3 - 4:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Irving Abella, Chair of Canadian Jewish History, York University Topic: "Closed Minds and Closed Doors: Canada, the Jews of Europe, and the Holocaust" Series: Co-sponsored by Louchheim School of Judaic Studies, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Discussant: Joshua Holo, Director, Louchheim School of Judaic Studies, Hebrew Union College 10.27.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: University Club, Banquet Room Speaker: Rosalie Silberman Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Topic: "Human Rights and History's Judgement" Series: Provost Distinguished Visitor Series 10.22.09 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Daniel Volman, Director, African Security Research Project, Washington DC Topic: “Africom, the Obama Administration and military activities in Africa” Series: Co-sponsored by USC Center on Public Diplomacy, Conversations in Public Diplomacy series Discussant: Phil Seib, Director, Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, USC 10.21.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Craig N. Murphy, M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations, Wellesley College Topic: “Re-Embedding Global Capitalism through Voluntary Standards: Can ISO 26000 Fulfilling the Historical Promise of Voluntary Consensus Standard Setting?” Discussant: Nina Rathbun, Lecturer of International Relations, USC 10.14.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Jack Donnelly, Andrew Mellon Professor of International Studies, University of Denver Topic: "Anarchy Is Not a Cause, Anarchy Has No Effects -- and It's Not an Ordering Principle Either: Taking System and Structure Seriously in International Theory" 10.06.09 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: University Club, Pub Room Speaker: ALISON RENTELN, USC; DAVID KANG, USC; DICK CASTNER, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; CHRISTIAN WHITON, former Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea; ADAM WEISSMAN, USC Topic: Do Human Rights Matter in a Recession? Series: Co-sponsored by USC Unruh Institute of Politics, USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics Discussant: Dan Schnur, Director, Unruh Institute of Politics, USC 09.24.09 Time: 2 - 4 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: David Lida, journalist and author Topic: “Mexico City: Capital of the 21st Century” Series: Co-Sponsored by US-Mexico Network Discussant: Pamela Starr, Associate Professor (teaching) of International Relations and Public Diplomacy, USC 09.23.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Jason Parker, Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University Topic: "Hearts and Minds, East and West, North and South: Public Diplomacy and the 'Soul of Mankind' in the Cold War Third World" Discussant: Nicholas Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy and Director of the Master’s in Public Diplomacy program, USC 09.21.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Moshe Gammer, Tel Aviv University Topic: “Sufis and Wahhabis in the NE Caucasus in the post-Soviet period” Series: Co-sponsored by the USC Department of History Guest Chair: Robert English, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC Discussant: Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Associate Professor of History, USC 09.17.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Tarik Yousef, Dean and Research Fellow, Dubai School of Government Topic: "Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East" Series: Co-sponsored by the USC Department of Economics and USC School of Policy, Planning & Development Discussant: Jeffrey Nugent, Professor of Economics, USC and Eric Heikkila, Professor of Policy, Planning & Development, USC 09.01.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Eva Gross, Research Fellow for European Foreign and Security Policy, The Institute for European Studies Topic: “European Security and Defense Policy at 10: Continuity and Change in European Crisis Management” Discussant: Mai’a Cross, Assistant Professor of International Relations, USC 01.13.09 Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Location: SOS B-40 Speaker: Carola Weil, Associate Dean of Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Annenberg School for Communication, USC Topic: "Scholars and Practitioners communicating across borders: The challenges of international engagement for higher education" Discussant: Steven Lamy, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor of International Relations, USC
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