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Weekly Politic's Luncheon

Sponsored by:
Political Science
Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matt Dickinson. Held every Tuesday from 12:30 - 1:20 in RAJ CON. Bagels provided – bring your own lunch. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Weekly Politic's Luncheon

Sponsored by:
Political Science
Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matt Dickinson. Held every Tuesday from 12:30 - 1:20 in RAJ CON. Bagels provided – bring your own lunch. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Weekly Politic's Luncheon

Sponsored by:
Political Science
Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matt Dickinson. Held every Tuesday from 12:30 - 1:20 in RAJ CON. Bagels provided – bring your own lunch. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Weekly Politic's Luncheon

Sponsored by:
Political Science
Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matt Dickinson. Held every Tuesday from 12:30 - 1:20 in RAJ CON. Bagels provided – bring your own lunch. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Understanding Arab Comics: A View from Cairo

Sponsored by:
Studio Art, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Arabic, Film & Media Culture, Political Science, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, and Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies
In his lecture “Understanding Arab Comics: A View from Cairo” Jonathan Guyer will discuss the power of political cartoons in the current Arab world. Jonathan Guyer is a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs and contributing editor of the Cairo Review of Global Affairs. From 2012 to 2013, he was a Fulbright fellow researching political cartoons in Egypt. He previously served as a program associate for the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, and as assistant editor of Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Thucydides Goes to Washington

Sponsored by:
Political Science
A lecture by Charles Hill, Yale University Charles Hill is a diplomat in residence and lecturer in International Studies at Yale University. He is a career minister in the U.S. Foreign Service, serving in a variety of roles such as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle East at the State Department, Chief of Staff of the same, and executive aid to former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Dr. Hill has been a fellow at the Harvard University East Asia Research Center, a Clark fellow at Cornell University, and is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Free
Open to the Public

The United States and NATO in the Trump Administration

Sponsored by:
Political Science
President-elect Donald Trump was highly critical of the transatlantic alliance — NATO — during the 2016 election campaign. This program will ask how NATO might fare during the Trump presidency, and why it matters. The featured speakers are visiting lecturer Lawrence Chalmer, one of America’s top experts on NATO and Professor-emeritus of International Relations at National Defense University, Washington, D.C. , and Jeffrey Lunstead, a career diplomat, and Diplomat in Residence and member of the Political Science Department at Middlebury College.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public

The Myth of French Republican Universalism

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, French and Francophone Studies, Political Science, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, and European Studies
Officially, France does not recognize ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities. Yet, France is the European country with the most varied origins among its population. How can we explain the disjuncture between a political discourse that claims to be difference-blind and the reality of day-to-day life of French citizens? What is the future for minority citizens in France?

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Closed to the Public

The Middle East: How To Think About It; What To Do About It

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Political Science
Dr. Richard Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2013, he served as the chair of the multi-party negotiations in Northern Ireland that provided the foundation for the 2014 Stormont House Agreement. For his efforts to promote peace and conflict resolution, he received the 2013 Tipperary International Peace Award. From January 2001 to June 2003, Dr. Haass was director of policy planning for the Department of State, where he was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell. From 1989 to 1993, he was special assistant to President George H.W.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Closed to the Public