This page is a selection of lectures organized by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, the Political Science Department, the Economics Department, and the International Politics and Economics Program. Those lectures are of special interest to the IP&E students, but are not exclusive. For last-minute changes, please check with the respective events coordinators. Sept. 2007 | Oct. 2007 | Nov. 2007 | Dec. 2007
Jan. 2008 | Feb. 2007 | Mar. 2008 | Apr. 2007
(last updated by Carolann Davis on 10/12/2007)
SEPTEMBER 2007
OCTOBER 2007
October 12, Friday
Religion and American Foreign Policy
12:15 p.m. - Dana Auditorium
An International Studies Colloquium lunchtime presentation on religion and foreign policy by Olin Robison, President Emeritus of Middlebury College and former president of Salzburg Seminar from 1992-2005. Lunch will be available throughout. RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL as space is limited--first come, first served up to our limit. STUDENTS RSVP WITH ID NUMBER. RSVP by Monday, 10/8, to Martha Baldwin by emailing baldwin@middlebury.edu, or by calling 443-5324.
October 12, Friday
Two Americas: Income Inequality in the United States
4:30 p.m. - Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
A lecture by Nolan McCarty, Associate Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs.
October 17, Wednesday
Film screening and discussion: Souls Without Borders: The Untold Story of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade 1936-2006
4:30 p.m. - McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
A screening of the film "Souls Without Borders: The Untold Story of the Abraham Lincoln Brigage 1936-2006, and discussion with Anthony Geist, professor and chair, Spanish and Portuguese Studies.
October 19, Friday
What is Anti-Americanism?
12:15 p.m. - Robert A. Jones '59 House Conference Room
An International Studies Colloquium lunchtime presentation by Sophie Meunier, research fellow in theWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She is author of Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations (Princeton University Press, August 2005), and co-author of The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization (with Philip Gordon, Brookings Institution Press, December 2001). Lunch will be available throughout. RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL as space is limited--first come, first served up to our limit. STUDENTS RSVP WITH ID NUMBER. RSVP by Monday, 10/15, to Martha Baldwin by emailing baldwin@middlebury.edu, or by calling 443-5324.
October 26, Friday
Sociality of Neoliberalism: Affect, Family and Japanese Youth
12:15 p.m. - Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
An International Studies Colloquium lunchtime presentation by Anne Allison, Chair, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University. Lunch will be available throughout. RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL as space is limited--first come, first served. RSVP by Monday, 10/24, to Martha Baldwin by emailing baldwin@middlebury,edu or by calling 443-5324. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, First Year Seminars, Women's and Gender Studies Program, and Wonnacott Commons.
October 30, Tuesday
Iraq's Elusive Peace: A Reporter's View from Inside the Green Zone
7:30 p.m. - McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
A Meet the Press Series presentation by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, National Editor of The Washington Post and the author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, an account of the American effort to reconstruct Iraq. The book, which provides a firsthand view of life inside Baghdad's Green Zone, wond the Overseas Press Club book award, the Ron Ridenhour Prize and Britain's Samuel John Prize. It was also a finalist for the National Book Award. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, Department of English, and Atwater Commons.
NOVEMBER 2007
November 14, Wednesday
The Immigrant Threat: The Integration of Old and New Migrants in Western Europe since 1850
4:30 p.m. - Robert A. Jones '59 House Conference Room
A lecture by Leo Lucassen, professor and chair of social history, University of Leiden; author of the book of the same title as the lecture. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, Office for Institutional Diversity, and the Departments of French, German, History and Political Science.
November 16, Friday
American Power: Use and Abuse
12:15 p.m. - Robert a. Jones '59 House Conference Room
An International Studies Colloquium lunchtime presentation by Stanley R. Sloan, founder and director of Atlantic Community Initiative; and visiting scholar, Rohatyn Center for International Affairs. Lunch will be available throughout. RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL as space is limited--first come, first served up to our limit. STUDENTS RSVP WITH ID NUMBERS. RSVP by Monday, 11/12, to Martha Baldwin by emailing baldwin@middlebury.edu, or by calling 443-5324.
DECEMBER 2007
JANUARY 2008