March 29, 1999
Middlebury College, University of
Vermont, and the Atlantic Council of the United States Launch
Consortium on International Studies
Inaugural Lectures to Take Place
on April 8 and April 23
The Atlantic Council of the United
States, a Washington, DC-based international affairs organization,
and faculty at Middlebury College and the University of Vermont
(UVM) have launched the Northern New England Regional Working
Group of the Atlantic Council (NNERG). The Middlebury College
Geonomics Center for International Studies will be the principal
hub of activity this spring for NNERG’s cooperative ventures.
The purpose of NNERG is to pool resources in international studies
and establish cooperation between institutions to benefit faculty,
students, and the community at large.
NNERG’s inaugural lectures will take
place on April 8 and April 23 in the Robert A. Jones Seminar
Room/Library of the Middlebury College Geonomics Center for International
Studies on Hillcrest Avenue (off Route 125). Both events are
free and open to the public.
On Thursday, April 8, at 4:30 p.m.,
Richard H. Immerman and Robert R. Bowie will speak on “Waging
Peace: Lessons for American Foreign Policy from the Eisenhower
Administration.” Richard H. Immerman is professor of history,
director of the Center for Force and Diplomacy, and chair of the
history department at Temple University. Immerman’s books include
“John Foster Dulles: Piety, Pragmatism, and Power in
U.S. Foreign Policy.” Robert R. Bowie is Dillon Professor
of International Affairs Emeritus, and founder/former director
of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
During the Eisenhower administration, Bowie was director of Policy
Planning and State Department member of the NSC Planning Board
(1953-57). He also served in the Truman, Johnson, and Carter
administrations. His books include “Studies in Federalism,”
“Shaping the Future,” and “Suez 1956.”
The Honorable Robert B. Oakley, whose
lecture “Force and Diplomacy in Post-Cold War Peacemaking”
will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, is a Fellow
at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and former special envoy to Somalia
for both President Bush and President Clinton. Oakley was formerly
the director of the State Department Office for Combating Terrorism,
and special assistant to President Bush for the Middle East and
South Asia. He has served as the U.S. ambassador to Zaire (appointed
in 1979), Somalia (appointed in 1982), and Pakistan (appointed
in 1988).
Allison Stanger, associate professor
of political science and the Atlantic Council academic associate
at Middlebury College, has worked closely with Gregory Gause,
associate professor of political science and academic associate
for the Atlantic Council at UVM, and Dr. Lori Gronich, director
of the Atlantic Council’s Office of Education, in organizing these
two spring events and laying the groundwork for further collaborative
activity.
For more information about the consortium,
contact Charlotte Tate of the Middlebury College Geonomics Center
for International Studies at 802-443-5795.
NNERG Calendar for Spring 1999
Thursday, April 8
Time: 4:30 p.m.
“Waging Peace: Lessons for American
Foreign Policy from the Eisenhower Administration”
Lecture by Richard H. Immerman and
Robert R. Bowie.
Location: Robert A. Jones Seminar
Room/Library of Middlebury College’s Geonomics Center, on Hillcrest
Road (off Route 125).
Friday, April 23
Time: 4:30 p.m.
“Force and Diplomacy in Post-Cold
War Peacemaking”
Lecture by Robert B. Oakley
Location: Robert A. Jones Seminar
Room/Library of Middlebury College’s Geonomics Center, on Hillcrest
Road (off Route 125).