Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Dr. Steve Stern and Dr. Franziska Seraphim presented "War Criminals and the Memory Question: The Politics of Trials". Dr. Stern discussed the Chilean army general Augusto Pinochet and his regime, its aftermath and public memory. A follow up seminar on the lecture was presented on Friday, April 15th, 12pm in Gambrell 201. This event was co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and the Department of History.

Friday, April 1st, 2011
Joel Samuels, Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina Law School, hosted “Rebuilding Sierra Leone: Changing Institutions and Culture”. This event was the first interdisciplinary academic conference in the United States to focus solely on the unique challenges of redeveloping Sierra Leone, a country located in West Africa with important ties to the Gullah community in South Carolina. 

For more information on upcoming conferences, visit the Sierra Leone Conference Website.

Friday, April 1st, 2011
Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, presented "Health and Violence in Stalin's Gulag". Professor Alexopoulos discussed the use of doctors by Gulag officials to divide people into categories of physical labor capability and what the officials have done to restore the health of invalids. This event was co-sponsored by the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program and the Walker Institute. 

Thursday-Sunday, March 24-27th, 2011
Addressing the theme of homecoming after a long and devastating war in its ancient, modern, and contemporary contexts, the Nostos Conference on "War, the Odyssey, and Narratives of Return" featured art, theatre, and documentary pieces, as well as academic papers and distinguished speakers.

Friday, March 25th, 2011
Natalia Manzurova and Dr. Natalia Mironova will present "25 years after Chernobyl: What Can We Learn?" Ms. Manzurova is one of the few survivors involved directly in the liquidation process for five years while Dr. Mironova is one of the most prominent leaders in the anti-nuclear movement in Russia. They will discuss the lessons learned from Chernobyl and how we can apply them to environmental, human rights, and peace advocacy today. The McKissick Museum features the USC Chernobyl Research Initiative, which examines the Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster and the University of South Carolina's involvement with subsequent research and aid. This event will be a brown bag luncheon and is co-sponsored by Friends of the Earth, the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, and the Walker Institute.

Friday, March 25th, 2011
The Office of International and Comparative Education presented a full day conference on "The Politics of the Holocaust and Holocaust Education In Contemporary Europe." This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute, The European Studies Program, the Russian-Eurasian Studies Program, the Linguistics Program, and the Jewish Studies Program.

Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Dr. Dovid Katz, one of the most preeminent scholars of Yiddish in the world, presented "Between Apocalypse and Homeland Extinction: Post-Holocaust Yiddish Dialectology in Eastern Europe." A former Guggenheim fellow and Visiting Professor at Yale University, Dr. Katz founded and directed Yiddish Studies at Oxford University and the Vilnius Yiddish Institute at Vilnius University, Lithuania. He has won both the Manger Prize and the Zhitlovsky Prize in Yiddish Literature. This event was sponsored by the Walker Institute, the European Studies Program, the Russian-Eurasian Studies Program, the Linguistics Program, and the Jewish Studies Program.

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
USC scholars familiar with Middle East politics, economies and culture, and with democratic movements and revolutions, held "Revolution in the Middle East? A Public Conversation" to discuss current developments in the nations of North Africa and the Middle East. This program was sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Walker Institute, and the Department of International Business.

Thursday, March 17th, 2011
HOME, an eco-documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, was presented and discussed by one of its co-authors, Isabelle Delannoy. The screening was part of the 39th annual French Literature Conference and was co-sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures and the European Studies Program.

Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, retired four-star general in the United States Army, presented "American Leadership in a Complex World." Prior to his retirement General McChrystal was the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and of the US forces in Afghanistan.This lecture was part of the Walker Institute 50th Anniversary Lecture Series.

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Verónica Cruz Sánchez, Executive Director of Centro Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, presented "Reproductive Rights and Justice in Mexico." In 2006, Human Rights Watch honored Sánchez for her tireless work in promoting and protecting women's reproductive rights in the state of Guanajuato. Only three activists worldwide are presented with this award each year. This event celebrated Women's History Month and was co-sponsored by Women's and Gender Studies and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1997), presented "Women, Peace and Human Security." Professor Williams received the award for her work through the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), on which she served as the founding coordinator. Today she is the Chair of the Nobel Women's Initiative and continues to be recognized for her contributions to human rights and global security. This lecture was part of the Walker Institute 50th Anniversary Lecture Series. It was cosponsored by Women’s & Gender Studies  and the Dr. Mary Baskin Waters Lectureship Fund for Women’s Human Rights,Global Issues and Grant Writing.

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Lt. General Robert Gard, Chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, gave a lecture on "Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Future of Global Security." Lt. General Gard has served as Executive Assistant to two secretaries of defense and was the President of the National Defense University. This lecture was part of the Walker Institute 50th Anniversary Lecture Series.

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation also offers an array of internships that are available to students and recent graduates.

Friday, February 11th, 2011
Professor Sigrid Schmalzer, Department of History at the University of Massachusetts, presented "Red Revolution, Green Revolution: Encounters with Scientific Farming in Socialist China." This event was co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and Science Studies.

Thursday, January 27, 2011
Dr. Alan Allport, lecturer of the Writing Program at Princeton University, and Dr. Lori Watt, Department of History at Washington University in St.Louis, presented "The End of the War and the Empire: British and Japanese Soldiers and Civilians." This event was presented by the USC History Center and was co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Dr. Peter W. Singer is Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institute and a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy. He is also the author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century. Dr. Singer presented "Millennial World: The Future of Geopolitics and America in the Age of Generation Y." This lecture was part of the Walker Institute 50th Anniversary Lecture Series.

Friday, November 12, 2010
Professor Andrew Spicer, Associate Professor of International Business in the Sonoco International Business Department in the Moore School of Business at USC, presented, "Comparing US and Russian Business Ethics" for a brown bag luncheon. This event was co-sponsored by the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, November 11, 2010
Dr. Said Bouftass, a professor and founder of the Human Morphology Department at the National School of Architecture in Rabat, Morocco visited USC for a lecture entitled: "The Human Figure Unveiled: A Figurative Artist in the Islamic World."This event was co-sponsored by the Islamic World Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Dr. Michaelle Browers, Associate Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University, presented, "What Happened to the End of Ideology and the Triumph of Liberalism in the Arab Region?" This event was co-sponsored by the Islamic World Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Author Olga Grushin visited USC's campus to present, "Transforming Soviet History into a Literary Dreamscape." This event was co-sponsored by the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

November 8 - 30, 2010
The 2010 Tournées Film Festival was presented in collaboration with the Columbia Museum of Art; the University of South Carolina's Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the Programs of Jewish Studies and European Studies; the Columbia College Office of Multicultural Affairs, Diversity Committee, Program for the Study of Gender and Women and Division of Languages and Literatures.

Monday, November 8, 2010
The Tournées Film Festival presented Being Jewish in France by Yces Jeuland, with speaker Dr. Federica K. Clementi, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, USC.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Tournées Film Festival presented Welcome by Philippe Lioret, with speaker Dr. Jeff Persels, Associate Professor of French, USC.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Tournées Film Festival presented Persepolis by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, with speaker Dr. Jeanne Garane, Associate Professor of French, USC.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
LiNK presented a screening of the documentary "Hiding," a 30-minute look at what life is like for North Korean refugees hiding in China and what LiNK is doing to help rescue them.

Friday, October 29, 2010
Professor Marina Lomazov, a Russian-trained concert pianist, and her students, 
Ksenya Ilinykh, Dani Wuthrich, and Susan Zhang, explored the legacy of the Russian Piano School as one of the most vital and powerful in the world of classical piano in a concert featuring music by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Shchedrin, and Kapustin. This event was co-sponsored by the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, October 28, 2010
Dr. Humberto Luis Miranda, Ph.D., the University of Havana and the director of the College of Charleston’s semester study-abroad program in Havana, presented “Contemporary US-Cuba Relations: A Cuban’s Perspective.” This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the Latin American Studies Program.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Dr. Payal Shah from Indiana University presented, "Catalysts for Change: Photovoice & the Reimagination of Girls' Education in India." This event was co-sponsored by the Department of Educational Studies, Center for Asian Studies, Office of International & Comparative Education, and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ms. Jihyun Kim, a doctoral candidate (ABD) in the Department of Political Science at USC, presented, "Bargaining with Nuclear North Korea: The Six-Parties in Complex Interdependence." This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the Center for Asian Studies.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Mr. Edie Garwood from Amnesty International presented a report following the screening of Jerusalem: East Side Story. This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute, the Islamic World Studies Program and the Carolina Peace Resource Center.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Dr. Douglas Northrop, Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies and Director for the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan, presented, "Islamic Dress as Religious Radicalism? Secular States and Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Central Asia." This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute, the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, the Islamic World Studies Program and Women's Studies.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Eboo Patel, a member of President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, presented "Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership at a Time of Global Religious Crisis," followed by a book signing. Patel is the author of the award-winning book Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, and frequently contributes to The Washington Post, National Public Radio, and CNN. This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the Islamic World Studies Program.

Monday, October 11, 2010 
Former Foreign Minister, Prime Minister of Ireland, Dr. Garret FitzGerald visited USC to discuss, "The Celtic Tiger and the Subsequent Crisis of the Irish Economy."This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute, the European Studies Program, the Office of the Dean (CAS) and the Office of the Provost.

Wednesday & Thursday, October 6 & 7, 2010 -- CANCELLED
Fatih Turkmenoglu, a leading Turkish journalist and public figure, and a producer and host of CNN Turk, was to visit USC for two events. His first lecture was to be, "Bridging Time, Space, and Nation: The Culture of Modern Turkey," and his second, "The Future of Europe: A Turkish View." This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the European Studies Program. Mr. Turkmenoglu was unable to obtain a Visa to travel to the U.S., so the two events were cancelled.

October 1-3, 2010
Leading scholars from the US and Taiwan discussed the 2010 Annual Taiwan Conference, "Taiwan at the Center," which was inspired by a speech given by President Ma Ying-jeou in April 2009. This conference will focused on Taiwan's domestic, regional and global social, economic, and political networks.

Friday, September 24, 2010
Dr. Elena Osokina, Department of History, presented, “Rembrandts for Tractors: Soviet Art Export under Stalin,” a lecture about some of the most famous art pieces and how they got to the prestigious museums they are in now.  This event was co-sponsored by the Russian and Eurasian Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, September 23, 2010
Professor Gunnar Trumbull, Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School, presented, "Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Politics of Consumer Credit in France and America." This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the International Business Program (Moore School of Business) and the Department of Political Science.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Anna Baltzer, an activist and the author of "Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories," visited USC's campus to speak on, "A Jewish Witness in Palestine Speaks: What Aren't We Hearing & How is Peace Possible?" This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the Islamic World Studies Program.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Dr. Sudha Ratan, a former USC graduate in International Studies and now a professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics at Augusta State University presented, "Pakistan: The Crisis Within." Dr. Ratan's research interests focus on ethnic identity, nationalism and the impact of these on women.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) presented a National Geographic documentary called “Inside North Korea,” with a follow-up discussion on human rights.  

Monday-Friday, May 10-14, 2010
Walker Institute hosted a workshop on "Rule of Law in Transitional and Post-Conflict Zones". This conference drew upon the expertise of faculty at the University of South Carolina, leading authorities from other institutions in the US and abroad, and officials working for the US Government in a number of capacities within transitional and post-conflict settings. To view the Workshop Program, please click here.

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Dr. Ranjana Mishra, professor from the Department of History at Bombay University, presented "Buddhist Bridges along the Silk Route: A Pictorial History." This event was co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and the Walker Institute.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Gao Chunchang of Ludong University, China, presented "Slave Religion in Colonial North America from an Atlantic Perspective.” He is currently a professor on the Faculty of History and Society and Director of the Center for American Studies at Ludong University in Yantai, Shangdong Province. He specializes in African American history, and his publications include The Disenchantment of the World: The Religious Spirit of the West. This event was sponsored by the Department of HIstory, the Institute for African American Research and the Walker Institute.

Monday, April 26, 2010
Luis Argueta, Academy Award Nominee for El Silencio de Neto in the category of Best Foreign Language Film of 1994, screened his film abUSed: The Postville Raid and shared his personal journey as filmmaker turned citizen activist. This journey was catalyzed by the one of the largest single work-site raids performed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on May 12, 2008 in Postville, Iowa. This event was sponsored by the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Film and Media Studies Program, the Latin American Studies Program, and the Walker Institute.

Monday, April 19, 2010
Dr. Andrius Sprindziunas, professor at Mykolis Romeris University in Lithuania, presented "Two Decades of Education Reform after Liberation from the Soviet Union: The Lithuanian Case." He is a wide-ranging scholar whose research spans religious, political and social tolerance and schools' roles in each. This event was sponsored by the Office of International and Comparative Education, the European Studies program, the Russian and Eurasian Studies program, the Religious Studies department, Educology Research Associates/USA, and the Walker Institute.

Monday, April 19, 2010
Professor David Simon presented "The Challenge of Global Environmental Change for Urban Africa: Working between Academia and Policymakers." He is the Head of the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London and is one of the most prominent development geographers in the world. He has authored or co-authored 4 books, edited an additional 10 volumes, authored 60 book chapters and 48 journal articles. This event was sponsored by the Development Studies Working Group, the Department of Geography, the African Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Friday, April 2, 2010
Dr. Vandana Shiva, an international activist, scientist, author and "environmental hero" (Time), presented "Soil Not Oil: Food Security in Times of Climate Change." This event was sponsored by the Green Quad Learning Center, the USC Honors College, the Darla Moore School of Business, the College of Arts and Sciences and its School of the Environment, Dept. of Philosophy, Women's and Gender Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Friday, March 19, 2010
Dr. Caleb Wall, principal consultant for ERM, presented "Making the Business Case for Managing Environmental and Social Impacts in the Major Extractive Industry Projects." Dr. Wall advises companies on ways to enhance their social and environmental performance through improved management and public engagement. He has worked with a diverse range of companies in Mongolia and Angola and as a policy advisor to the UN Environment Program, as well as with the New Zealand government in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tonga and Vanuatu. This lecture was sponsored by the Development Studies Working Group, the Moore School of Business and the Walker Institute.

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Dr. James J. Sheehan, Dickason Professor in Humanities, Emeritus, at Stanford University, presented "The Future of the European Union". Among Dr. Sheehan's many publications on modern and European history is his latest book Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe (2008). This event was co-sponsored by the European Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Members of the Eisenhower Program provided a panel discussion on “U.S. National Security Challenges and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.” The Eisenhower Program is an academic outreach program of the U. S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The Director of National Security Studies at the College,Captain William Davis, led the panel discussion with several of his students, most of whom are active military officers. The event was hosted by the Department of Political Science and the College of Arts and Sciences as well as co-sponsored by the Walker Institute.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Walker Institute was proud to welcome Dr. Cathy A. Frierson, Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Frierson presented "Children of the Gulag: Child Survivors Tell Their Stories." Dr. Frierson is a leading Soviet Union expert and has published several books on the topic including All Russia is Burning: A Cultural History of Fire and Arson in the Late Imperial Russia and Peasant Icons: Representations of Rural People in Late Nineteenth-Century Russia.

Monday, March 1, 2010
Dr. Hilda Sabato, Professor of History at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, presented "The Republican Experiment in Nineteenth Century Latin America." She has been a fellow at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study as well as a Tinker Visiting Professor at Stanford University. This public lecture was sponsored by ARENA, the Department of History, the Latin American Studies Program, and the Walker Institute, honoring the 200th anniversary of the Latin American Independence movements.

Friday-Sunday, February 26-28, 2010
Leading scholars from Taiwan and the US discussed the culture dialogue between Taiwan and Japan with topics ranging from Taiwanese coffee shops to Japanese portrait photography in "East Asian Dialogues: The Cultural Flow between Taiwan and Japan." This conference was sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and the Walker Institute.

Thursday-Saturday, February 25-27, 2010
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures hosted the 12th Annual Comparative Literature Conference titled "Bodies." The interdisciplinary conference discussed the many different forms of bodies. This event was co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies.

Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dr. Nadine Naber, Assistant Professor in the program in American Culture and the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, presented "Gendering Arab Diasporas: Between Race, Empire, and Resistance." Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies and the Journal of Cultural Dynamics. This event was co-sponsored by the Islamic World Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Dr. Elzbieta Sklodowska, Randolph Family Professor of Spanish at the Washington University in St. Louis, presented "Views from the Windward Passage: Haiti in Cuban Imagery." Dr. Sklodowska is an expert on Cuban narrative and culture. This event was sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and the Latin American Studies Program.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Walker Institute and Center for Asian Studies were glad to host a Brown Bag Luncheon with Taiwanese Visiting Scholar Dr. Chin-shou Wang. Dr. Wang presented, "A President on Trial: The Judiciary in Action in Contemporary Taiwan." Dr. Wang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Walker Institute was glad to host Dr. Ken Menkhaus, Associate Professor of Political Science at Davidson College. He presented, "Governance without Government: Fragile States, Informal Authorities, and the Challenge of Statebuilding." Dr. Menkhaus is one of the country's foremost experts on the politics and society of Somalia and has served with United Nations on numerous occasions.

Friday, January 22, 2010
The Walker Institute and the International Business program hosted a Brown Bag Luncheon with Professor Layna Mosley, Department of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill.  Professor Mosley presented, "Working Globally? Multinational Production and Labor Rights in Developing Nations."

Monday, December 7, 2009
Brigadier General John H. Johns and Colonel William Hauser from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation presented two lectures on campus concerning military conduct in the Middle East. Brigadier General Johns spoke on "The Military Situations in Iraq and Afghanistan," and Colonel Hauser spoke on "Sustaining the Military Profession through a Long War." This event was co-sponsored by the Columbia World Affairs Council.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Robert Ondere left Kenya in 2006 to teach mathematics at Lugoff-Elgin High School here in South Carolina. Four years later, he received a National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation. He discussed his transition in a lecture called "Learning in Carolina: Lessons from Kenya, A Master Teacher Shares His Stories." This event was co-sponsored by the African Studies Program and the Office of International and Comparative Education.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
A panel of faculty members from across the University of South Carolina discussed "Climate Change, Adaptation and Global Development: Searching for Connections." Current faculty research was also discussed. This event was co-sponsored by the Developing Studies Working Group, the Walker Institute, and the Green Quad Learning Center for Sustainable Futures.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Darla Moore School of Business proudly welcomed Tom McDermott, who presented "International Financial Services for the Underbanked: Launching A Company in the US and the Developing World." McDermott, CEO of Money Access Financial and Managing Vice-President at Capital One Financial, shared his unique experience to aspiring entrepreneurs in retail finance and remittances in the global markets.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Tournées Film Festival presented, Indigènes (Days of Glory) (Rachid Bouchareb, 2006), with USC's Dr. Jeanne Garane (Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures). This event was co-sponsored by the European Studies Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Bishop Alexis Bilindabagabo, Anglican Bishop of Gahini, Rwanda, presented a lecture on "Genocide and Reconciliation in Rwanda: A Survivor's Perspective of Hope." His personal stories of remarkable rescues during the 1994 genocide are told in his book Rescued by Angels. His story has been featured on BBC worldwide radio, and he is recognized as a leading international spokesman on peace and reconciliation. This event was free and open to the public and was co-sponsored by the African Studies Program and the SC State Museum.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Bishop Alexis Bilindabagabo of Rwanda and Dr. Anu Chakravarty, Department of Political Science, hosted a panel discussion on reconciliation in Rwanda following a special screening of the award winning documentary As We Forgive. This event was sponsored by the African Studies Program, Church of Apostles, GRACE Student Fellowship, and SAFARI.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
A panel of faculty and international students engaged in a discussion titled "Putting A Face on Global Sustainability." The event focused on experiences in specific countries, their ways of living, and their vision for the future and was moderated by Ed Carr, Department of Geography. This event was co-sponsored by the School of the Environment, the Development Studies Working Group of the Walker Institute, and International Student Services.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Three human rights defenders from Colombia presented "Somos de Esta Tierra: Afro-Colombian and Campesino Resistance to Violence and Land Exploitation." Bernando Vivas, Álvaro Manzano, and Fabián Laverde Garcíashared their experiences organizing their respective communities against violence, persecution, the effects of the international food crisis, and the destruction of their ancestral lands. This event was co-sponsored by the International Law Society, PBI, the Walker Institute, and the World Affairs Council of Columbia.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Walker Institute and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation presented a film screening of, Life for a Child, in recognition of World Diabetes Day. The film tells the stories of several children who suffer from type 1 diabetes in Nepal, and was followed by a panel discussion to raise awareness of diabetes as a world-wide epidemic.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Tournées Film Festival presented, Un Secret (A Secret) (Claude Miller, 2007), with USC's Dr. Saskia Coenen-Snyder (Department of History). This event was co-sponsored by the European Studies Program and the Jewish Studies Program

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Colleen Costello, Human Rights and Anti-Terrorism Project Associate Attorney with Human Rights USA, discussed efforts of the NGO community to ensure that U.S. national security policies comply with internationally recognized human rights standards. Costello presented "U.S. National Security and International Human Rights Standards."

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Department of Religious Studies, the Islamic World Studies Program, and the Walker Institute featured "A Night with Rumi." This event included dramatic reading from The Kulliyat and The Mathnawi performed by Peter Rogen with musical accompaniment by Arsalaan.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Andrew Rice, author of The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory In Uganda, presented his lecture on USC's campus. This event was free and open to the public and was co-sponsored by the African Studies Program and the Department of English.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Nir Rosen, Fellow at New York University Center of Law and Security and freelance writer, photographer and film-maker who has worked in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, among other countries, presented, "Resistance and Counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan." For more information on Rosen, please visit his website at www.nirrosen.com. This event was co-sponsored by the Islamic World Studies Program.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Andrew Gross, John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University Berlin, presented: "Lyricism and Liberalism: Post-War Poetic Responses to Modernist Anti-Semitism." This event was co-sponsored by the Department of English Language & Literature, Jewish Studies, and the Department of Religious Studies.

Thursday, October 22, 2009
José Sobral, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, presented “Race and Region in the Construction of Portuguese National Identity.” This event was co-sponsored by ARENA.

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Photojournalist Skip Schiel gave a multimedia presentation, “Gaza Steadfast,” on USC’s campus as part of his Fall 2009 Southeast Speaking Tour. This event was co-sponsored by the International Law Society, Carolina Peace Resource Center, the Department of Geography, the Islamic World Studies Program and the Walker Institute.

October 14 - 15, 2009
Dr. David Ellwood, Università di Bologna presented two lectures, both events were co-sponsored by the European Studies Program.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Dr. David Ellwood presented “America and the Politics of Modernization in Europe: an Overview.”

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Dr. David Ellwood presented “The Message of the Marshall Plan.” 

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The International Law Society showed a viewing of "The Reckoning," followed by a discussion with Professor Ron Atkinson, who has a unique knowledge of the situation with the LRA in Uganda.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Professor Edward Olsen, Professor of National Security Affairs and Director of Asian Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, discussed recent developments in North Korea and U.S.-Northeast Asian security at a brown bag luncheon.

September 25-27, 2009
Leading scholars from the US and Taiwan analyzed the origins of the TRA, its current status and the future of US-Taiwan relations in the 2009 Annual Taiwan Conference, "Thirty Years After the Taiwan Relations Act."

Friday, September 18, 2009
The Walker Institute and the Sonoco International Business Department announced the first lecture for the Fall Series with Professor Bennet Zelner of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.  Professor Zelner presented his paper,Political Capabilities, Policy Risk and International Investment Strategy: Evidence from the Global Electric Power Industry.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Dr. Ulrich Deller, Vice-Rector, Catholic University for Applied Sciences, North-Rhine -Westfalia presented, "The Future of Education in Europe: The Bologna Process and its Implications." This event was co-sponsored by the College of Education and the European Studies Program.

May 1-2, 2009
Alumni Reunion and Conference, "The United States and the World in the Early 21st Century."

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 
Peter Wickenden, the Deputy Consul General and British Consulate General, Atlanta, spoke on UK/EU relations and perspectives.

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Dr. Raphael Israeli gave a public address, “Palestinians between Nationalism and Islam.” This event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program.

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 
Dr. Raphael Israeli, presented “The Odd Couple: Turkey and Israel.” This event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program.

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 
Hartmut Keil of University of Leipzig, Germany presented, "The Americanization of Francis Lieber." This event was co-sponsored by the Association for Research on Ethnicity & Nationalism of the Americas.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 
Dr. Esther Frank, Professor of Yiddish Studies at McGill University presented, "Yiddish Writing after the Holocaust: An Act of Survival." This event was co-sponsored by the European Studies Program and the Jewish Studies Program.

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 
Professor Richard Deeg of Temple University presented, "Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Europe." This event was co-sponsored by the European Studies Program.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 
Professor Waleed Al-Ansary of the Department of Religious Studies at USC discussed the Pilgrimage (Hajj) in Islam.  Professor  Al-Ansary participated in the most recent Pilgrimage and shared his experiences in this presentation. This event was co-sponsored by the Islamic Studies Program.

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 
NetImpact sponsored a screening of the Turkish film "Journey of Faith" and director Victoria Barrett, who partnered with the Turkish Cultural Foundation to produce the film, was on hand to speak about her work and answer questions after the viewing.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
The Joint International Business – Sustainable Enterprise & Development Seminar Series, Walker Institute, and the Department of Political Science, sponsored Professor Richard Doner's seminar, "Upgrading In Middle-Income Developing Countries: Institutional and Political Challenges," which draws on his forthcoming book about recent efforts by SE Asian countries to improve their innovative capacities and growth rates. 

March 22-26, 2009
The 53rd Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society was held in Charleston, SC and sponsored by USC’s Office of International and Comparative Education in the College of Education and the Walker Institute collaborating with the College of Charleston and Teachers College of Columbia University.

March 26-27 in the Law School at USC
The Walker Institute and the Islamic Studies Program co-sponsored the 2009 Barnes Symposium. For more information, please visit: http://www.lfip.org/barnes/2009/welcomepage.htm.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 
General Colby M. Broadwater presented “Realpolitik and US/NATO/EU Relations.” General Boatwater is a graduate of the Citadel (1972) and the Naval War College; Lt. General Broadwater III (Ret.) is currently serving as President of the American College of the Building Arts in Charleston. He is also a former Chief of Staff of the European Command (2004-2006) and Commanding General, US 1st Army. This event was co-sponsored by the European Studies Program.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 
Indonesia's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and now Presidential Advisor and Special Envoy to the Middle East, Dr. Alwi Shihab presented "Islamic Fundamentalism: The Indonesian Perspective." This event was co-sponsored by the Islamic Studies Program.

Monday, March 23, 2009 
Professor Julia Phillips Cohen, of Vanderbilt University, presented "Imperial Allegiance and Jewish Citizenship in the Modern Middle East." This presentation was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute, the Islamic Studies Program, the Department of History and the Program in Jewish Studies. 

Friday, March 20, 2009
Dr. Akim Okuni from the Aga Khan Foundation, Uganda presented, "Education, Decentralization and Development in East Africa: The Aga Khan Experience." This event was co-sponsored by The Walker Institute, the African Studies Program, and the Office of International and Comparative Education.

Friday, March 20th, 2009 
Professor John Lipski of Pennsylvania State University presented, "The Emergence of US Spanish:  Language Mixing as Hybrid Vigor." An informal reception sponsored by GSLING followed; this event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the Latin American Studies Program.

Friday, March 20th, 2009 
Dr. Hélène Maurel-Indart from the Université François Rabelais, Tours, Francepresented “Literary Plagiarism.” This event was sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, the Program in Comparative Literature, the European Studies Program and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 
Dr. Akim Okuni from the Aga Khan Foundation, Uganda presented, "Linking International Clustering Knowledge with Development in East Africa: What Works?" This event was co-sponsored by The Walker Institute, the African Studies Program, and the Office of International and Comparative Education.

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 
Professor John Lipski of Pennsylvania State University presented, "Nojotro habla así: Recovering Afro-Bolivian Speech." This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and the Latin American Studies Program.

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Christoph Ribbat presented "Ben Stiller’s Body: In the Shadow of American Masculinity," exploring contemporary narratives of American masculinity from the perspective of a European reader.

Friday, March 6th, 2009 
Gerald McDermott of the Moore School of Business presented “Transnational Integration Regimes as Development Programs” for the PSRW. Dr. McDermott received his Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT in 1998, and his 2002 book Embedded Politics: Industrial Networks and Institutional Change in Post-Communism was a finalist for the APSA’s Woodrow Wilson Award for Best Book in Government, Politics, or International Affairs. 

Friday, March 6th, 2009 
Professor Ranan Kuperman, Haifa University, presented "How Norms of International Relations Influence Policy Adjustments: An Experimental Study with the Aid of an Interactive Dynamic Simulator of a Protracted International Conflict." This event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program.

March 5-6, 2009
The 2nd Annual Southeast German Studies Workshop's panels focused on “Cityscapes/Landscapes”, “Ethnicity,” and “The Senses.”  The keynote lecture, "What Do Images Say? The Hijab in German Visual Culture?" was presented byDr. Claudia Koonz, Professor of History at Duke University.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 
Professor Ranan Kuperman, Haifa University, presented “Israeli Experience with Asymmetric Warfare: What Have We Learned after 60 Years?” This event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program.

February 26-28, 2009
The 11th Annual Comparative Literature Conference, in collaboration with the Walker Institute presented, “The Futures of Human Rights:  Moral, Legal, and Political Cultures.” 

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 
Derreck Kayongo, Senior Advocacy Director of CARE World Headquarters in Atlanta, presented “The Role of US Policy in Fighting Global Poverty.” This event was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute and NetImpact.

Thursday, January 29, 2009 
Gerald Robbins, Associate Scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, will address Turkey’s quest to join the European Union in his speech, "Turkey's EU Endeavor - Cooperation or Conflict?"

Saturday, December 27, 2008
This month the Global Film Series presented: Luxury Car (China). For more information on the Global Film Series, please click here.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 
“Foreign Affairs Priorities for the Future,” with Ambassador George Staples, former Ambassador to Rwanda and career diplomat, in which the Ambassador addressed the crisis facing US diplomacy in light of the numerous global challenges including the issues of failed states, globalization, and the War on Terrorism.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 
Professor Gordon B. Smith, presented, “Rethinking Russia: US-Russian Relations at a Turning Point,” analyzing the past eight years of deterioration in US-Russian relations and offering suggestions for steps the Obama Administration could undertake leading to positive changes in the future. 

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 
This month the Global Film Series presented: Let The Wind Blow (India). For more information on the Global Film Series, please click here.

Monday, November 24, 2008 
The Tournées Film Festival presented: Le Grand voyage, with USC's Dr. Jeff Persels as speaker. 

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Tournées Film Festival presented: Lève-toi et marche, with USC's Dr. Jeanne Garane as speaker.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 
“The United States, Pivotal Powers, and the New Global Reality, ” with Nina Hachigian, Senior Vice President of the Center for American Progress and former Senior Political analyst at the RAND Corp.

Monday, November 17, 2008 
Dr. Laurent Dubois, professor of History and Romance Studies at Duke University, presented, "The Banjo in an Atlantic Context."

Thursday, November 13, 2008
"A Portrait of Turkey: An Insider's Look at the Crossroads between East and West," with panel members Perry McLeod, George Scouten, Margarita Martin, and Jay Byars.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Walker Institute co-sponsored, "Camouflaged by & Camouflaging Murder: The Many Identities of an "Ethnic German" Holocaust Perpetrator." Using American, German, and Soviet sources, Eric Steinhart of the University of North Carolina and the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, examined the crimes and perennial self-inventions of Jack (a.k.a. Jakob) Reimer, a heavily implicated Volksdeutsche Holocaust perpetrator.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The USC School of Law presented "Rebuilding the Iraqi Legal System," with the Dean and Assistant Dean of Baghdad University School of Law, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. They shared their perspectives of attempts in Iraq to develop rule of law. This talk was co-sponsored by the Walker Institute, and the Columbia World Affairs Council.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
This month the Global Film Series presented: Bunny Chow (South Africa). For more information on the Global Film Series, please click here.

Monday, October 13, 2008 
Dr. Stephen Krasner, Professor of International Relations at Stanford and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, presented, "Responsible Sovereignty: A Strategic Goal for American Foreign Policy," as a part of the Walker Institute's Forum on National Security and U.S. Foreign Policy, "Future Directions in U.S. Foreign Policy."

Friday, October 3, 2008
Dr. Seela Aladuwaka and Dr. Ram Alagan from the Geography Department at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, discussed "Challenges of Post-Tsunami Reconstruction in Sri Lanka."

Saturday - Sunday, 2008
Annual Conference on Taiwan Issues: "Charismatic Modernity: Popular Culture in Taiwan."

Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Latin American Studies Program and the Spanish House sponsored, "Forgotten in the Jungle: Victims of Colombia's War," a speaking tour with Consuelo González de Perdomo and Gustavo Moncayo.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 
Dr. Shelley Rigger, Brown Associate Professor of Political Science at Davidson College presented, "Convergence or Conversion? Taiwanese Political Parties Battle the Learning Curve."

Thursday, September 25, 2008 
"U.S. Foreign Policy and the Next Administration,” with Mr. Mike Scheuer, career CIA analyst, former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit and author of Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam after Iraq (2008).

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 
This month the Global Film Series presented: Kept & Dreamless (Argentina). For more information on the Global Film Series, please click here.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 
The Russian and Eurasian Studies Program sponsored a roundtable discussion, "Crisis in the Caucasus: How Does the Russia-Georgia Conflict Affect the Region, the World, and U.S. Policy?" on the conflict between Russia and Georgia, considering the contexts and history of the current crisis, viewpoints from both Russia and Georgia, and implications for U.S. policy and politics. "Crisis in the Caucasus" panelists included: Charles Bierbauer (Mass Communications and Information Studies), Kara Brown (Educational Studies), Matthew Cox (USC undergraduate), Mariam Dekanozishvili (Political Science), Elena Osokina (History), Doyle Stevick(Educational Leadership and Policies), and Alexander Ogden (Director of Russian and Eurasian Studies) as moderator.

Monday, September 15, 2008 
“21st Century Slavery: Living Proof” with Micheline Slattery, a Haitian woman and victim of human trafficking, discussed her experiences and the scope of trafficking today.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 
Dr. Kathy Ewing, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University, presented, "Stigmatized Masculinity: Muslim Gender Relations and Cultural Citizenship in Germany." This lecture was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

Thursday, September 4, 2008 
Dr. Karl Gerth, Lecturer in Modern History and Fellow, Merton College, Oxford University, presented a paper, “Made in Taiwan?: The Political Implications of Taiwanese Influences on Contemporary China.”

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 
This month's Global Film Series presented: The Kite (Lebanon). For more information on the Global Film Series, click here.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 
“The Crisis in Georgia: Eyewitness Accounts.” Two USC graduate students, Mariam Dekanozishivili and Irakli Machitidze, recounted their experiences in Georgia before and during the recent crisis with Russia.

Monday, May 19, 2008
Lyala Tungatarova, Professor of Political Science from Caspian Social University, presented, "Political Leadership Style in the Post Soviet Areas of Kazakhstan and Russia: Issues in the Process of Democratization." Dr. Tungatarova is a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Walker Institute, studying the process of democratization in countries of the former USSR.

Thursday, May 1, 2008 
Dr. Karl G. Heider, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, presented a screening and discussion of films about Indonesia with comments by anthropologists about Dr. Heider's contribution to Asian Arts: Jim Hoesterey (University of Wisconsin, Madison, doctoral Candidate), Dr. Karen Nakamura (Yale), and Dr. James Peacock (UNC Chapel Hill).

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Ph.D. candidate in Community Psychology from USC’s Department of Psychology, Eric Green, presented a colloquium entitled, "Communities in Transition: Recovering from War and Displacement in Northern Uganda." The presentation was based on fieldwork for his Ph.D. dissertation in an internally displaced persons' camp in Northern Uganda, where Eric lived for eight months, and where research assistants continue to gather data.

April 17-18, 2008
Presidents Lecture Series in Comparative Education
The Office of International and Comparative Education proudly presented the Second Annual Presidents Lecture Series in Comparative Education featuring Dr. Stephen Heyneman Professor of International Educational Policy at Vanderbilt University, CIES President 1992-1993.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 
"Problems of Making Education Policy at the World Bank" 
Friday, April 18, 2008 
"If there were a World Bank for American Education…"

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 
New faculty member Erik Doxtader, from the University of Wisconsin, in USC’s Department of English, presented a colloquium entitled “Nonsense without Stilts?: The Rhetorical Question of Reconciliation in the UN’s Discourse on Transitional Justice.”

Monday, April 14, 2008 
Dr. Fatma Muge Göcek, Associate Professor of Sociology and the Program of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, gave a lecture on, "Nationalism, Minority Rights, and the EU." This lecture was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

Monday, April 7, 2008 
The Walker Institute presented a forum on "Religion, Tolerance, and Politics: Reflections on the Life and Work of Salman Rushdie," in which participants (USC faculty representing Anthropology, English, Law, and Religious Studies) of the panel explored the life and work of Salman Rushdie. The distinguished writer, Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children, appeared in Professor Janette Turner Hospital's class, "Caught in the Creative Act," on Wednesday, April 9th.

Monday, April 7, 2008 
Peter Chapman, Financial Times journalist and Former Correspondent, BBC and The Guardian in Central America and Mexico, presented a lecture followed by a book signing and reception for, BANANAS! How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World.

April 3 - 5, 2008
The Garibaldi Conference, "Garibaldi Abroad" included a public lecture by Lucy Raill (University of London), "Garibaldi: the First Global Hero," an exhibit from the Anthony P. Campanella Collection, "Garibaldi In His Time," as well as an International Conference honoring Giuseppe Garibaldi. For more information, please see the program.

Thursday, April 3, 2008 
Visiting scholar, Sverker Finnström, from the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University in Sweden presented a colloquium entitled “Fieldwork Under Fire: Anthropological Research During War in Northern Uganda.”

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 
The 2008 Taiwan Studies Symposium, "Taiwan's Religions, Political Process, and Civil Society," focused on the ways in which Taiwan's religions create a civil society, compete with political institutions, and create a symbiotic relationship with the government to lead towards a healthier society. Please click here to view theprogram.

March 28 - 30, 2008
SERMEISS - Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar'sSpring 2008 meeting was held at the University of South Carolina.

March 24 - 30, 2008
Asian Arts Week celebrated the arts of Southeast Asia from ancient to contemporary in, "Asian Arts Week 2008: Southeast Asia."

Friday, March 21, 2008
Dr. Peter Singer, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, delivered a lecture on,"The New Face Of War: Child Soldiers, Corporate Warriors, and Automated Warfare."

Thursday, March 20, 2008 
Colleagues Rob Rolfe and Doug Woodward from the Moore School of Business presented a colloquium on “The Crisis in Kenya.” This event is co-sponsored by the African Studies Program, the Center for International Business, Education, and Research (CIBER) in the Moore School of Business, and the Development Studies Working Group.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 
The Development Studies Working Group of the Walker Institute welcomed Dr. Jude Fernando of Clark University (from the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment), where he presented, "Micro-Finance: Empowerment of Women vs. Empowerment of Capital."

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 
The British Consul-General in Atlanta, The Honorable Martin Rickerd, presented the lecture, "Key Priorities for Britain in the World."

Friday, March 7, 2008
The Arts Institute and The Center for Asian Studies presented, "Subtle Confluence: Master Poet Afaa Weaver, Sculpture, and Taiwanese Culture." The event presented, "Discovering Connections: Master Class with Poet Afaa Weaver" where Award-winning poet Afaa Weaver discussed his life and work, and "Discovering a Greater Secret: Taiwan and the Creative Process," a reading by Afaa Weaver, a sculpture exhibit with USC students, Matthew Berglund and Bradford Lee Davis, a symposium with the artists, and was moderated by artist Anna Redwine.

March 6 - 7, 2008 
The Southeast German Studies Workshop is an event dedicated to fostering creative, interdisciplinary dialogue among faculty members, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students interested in the history, society, and cultures of German-speaking Central Europe. The workshop held a keynote address by Prof. Sander Gilman.

Thursday, March 6, 2008 
Ch'ing-lung Huang, visiting fellow of CAAPS of the Brookings Institution and Vice President of China Times, presented, "Big Media, Alternative Media, and Democratic Politics in Taiwan." Huang is one of the most important figures in journalism in Taiwan today, as former editor-in-chief of the China Times, he is currently a fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Southeast German Studies Workshop presented “Whose Body is it Anyway? Sexual Transformation in Germany 1890-1933,” with Dr. Sander Gilman from Emory University. Dr. Gilman's lecture was the keynote address for the inaugural Southeast German Studies Workshop, an event dedicated to fostering creative and interdisciplinary dialogue.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 
The Walker Institute and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation presented, “Iraq, Iran, & U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” with General John Johns & Colonel William Hauser. Gen. Johns and Col. Hauser discussed the Iraq War, relations with Iran, and the future of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Friday, February 29, 2008 
Dr. Longin Pastusiak, former President of the Polish Senate, presented, "Is Poland America's "Trojan Horse" in the EU?"

Thursday, February 28, 2008 
Professor Quansheng Zhao, from American University presented, "North Korea and China: The Impact of Nationalism and Globalization."

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Dr. Banu Gökariksel, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented, "Neoliberalism, Islam and Gender: Neoliberal Muslim Subjects and Veiling Fashions in Instanbul." This lecture was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 
Abul Kalam Azad, Senior Research Fellow from the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies presented, "The Global War on Terrorism and the Bangladeshi Community in the US: In Search of an Islamic Identity or Not?"

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 
Dr. Sudha Ratan from the Department of Political Science of Augusta State University led a Walker Institute Colloquium and presented, "The Situation in Pakistan: Repercussions and Reverberations."

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
"Beyond the Classroom: China" screening with Professor Laura Kissel.

Monday, February 4, 2008 
The premier of Professor Laura Kissel's (Art Department) documentary, "Beyond the Classroom: China," highlighting the experiences of 23 Capstone Scholars on their cultural journey through China. Provost Mark P. Becker spoke, and a reception followed.

Thursday, January 24, 2008 
Dr. Joseph Lumbard, Assistant Professor of Classical Islam at Brandeis University and former adviser of interfaith affairs to King Abdullah II of Jordan presented, "New Horizons in Interreligious Dialogue: Finding Common Ground in the 21st Century." He is the editor of Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition(World Wisdom, 2004), a collection of essays that examines the religious, political and historical factors that have led to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

Thursday, January 24, 2008 
Dr. Christine Philliou, Department of History, Columbia University, presented, "The Paradox of Perceptions: Interpreting the Ottoman Past Through the National Present." This was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

January 18-20, 2008 
The Association for Asian Studies Southeast Region 47th Annual Meeting was held at the Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort at Hilton Head Island, SC.

January 18, 2008 
General Michael W. Hagee, the 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, spoke on the future of U.S. Foreign Policy in his lecture, "America and the World: How Can We Restore America's Image?"

January 14, 2008 
The Walker Institute hosted a panel discussion titled, "Interrogation and Torture in US Policy: Former US Military Leaders Speak Out." Participants included: Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn (USN), Major General Fred E. Haynes (USMC), Brigadier General James Cullen (USA), Brigadier General David R. Irvine (USA),Brigadier General Richard O'Meara (USA), and Brigadier General Stephen N. Xenakis (USA). 

December 7,2007
Dr. Roberto M. Dainotto presented "Rhymes of Discord: Notes on the Question of the Arab Origin of Rhyme." For more information on Professor Dainotto, please visit: http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Romance/faculty/dainotto

December 6, 2007
Dr. Roberto M. Dainotto, from Duke University presented a lecture discussing Italy’s entry into the Euro-zone titled, “Europe in Theory: Italy and the Euro-zone”. His new book, Europe (in Theory), came out this year from Duke University Press and covers, among other things, the north / south divide in Europe.

December 6-8, 2007 
ARENA presented, "Secession as an International Phenomenon" at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Historic Charleston, SC. This event included eight separate sessions as well as a tour of Fort Sumter.

December 2007 
Aaron Hale (University of Florida) discussed his research in Africa in a talk titled: "In Seach of Peace: An Autopsy of Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

December 2007 
Ericka Albaugh (PhD, Duke University) presented a candidate presentation in comparative politics of Africa, titled "Dangerous Diversity: The Politics of Multilingual Education in Africa."

November 28, 2007
The Immigrant Ranger, Javier Pérez and Jesus Rivas, presented songs about immigration reform, human rights, the Latino population, and American politics. The Immigrant Ranger is an activist-singer-songwriter who performs his own corridos (narrative songs) about the experiences of Mexican immigrants - the songs focused on the pressing topic of immigration reform and human rights in the United States. To hear a piece on him from National Public Radio, go to: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14415291.

November 27, 2007
Professor Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest, presented "Sound and Fury: US-Taiwan Relations since 2000,” examining why the initially cozy relations between the US and Taiwan in the early 2000s gradually turned tense in recent years by concentrating on two primary issues, Taiwan's referendum proposals and arms purchases from the US.

November 26, 2007 
"Ceramic Art: from SC to Taiwan" was a joint presentation by Virginia Scotchie and her students Bradford Davis, a BFA Student, and Matthew Berglund, a MFA Candidate. Virginia Scotchie is a ceramic artist and area head of ceramics at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.

November 26, 2007
Esra Ozyurek, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California-San Diego, gave a lecture on “New Religious Minorities of the New Europe: Turkish Christians and German Muslims.” This was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

November 14, 2007 
Sean Chen, Associate Professor of Accounting at Furman University presented “Taiwan’s Convergence of Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards: Issues and Future Prospects." Dr. Sean Chen specializes in artificial intelligence, knowledge management, accounting information systems, continuous auditing, and international accounting.

November 6-7, 2007 
Professor Yuling Huang presented a lecture on, “Art Symbols of China and Taiwan.” Professor Huang served as Curator of Asian Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art and is a leading expert in the field of Asian Art and currently teaches Art History at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, GA.

November 5, 2007 
“What Will It Take to Meet the Energy Challenge?” with John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil Company.

November 2-7, 2007 
2007 Peace Science Society Meeting 
Forty-First Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society at the Columbia Marriott in Columbia, South Carolina.

November 1, 2007 
Paul Silverstein, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon presented, "Antisemitism and Islamophobia: Lessons from France" He is the author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race, and Nation (Indiana University Press, 2004), who specializes in the study of ethnicity, migration, and transnational flows, particularly involving France and the countries of North Africa.

October 26, 2007 
Dr. Resat Kasaba, professor at Jackson School of International Relations, University of Washington, lectured on, “Modern Turkey in Historical Context: National Identity and the Transition from Empire to Nation-State.” This was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

October 25, 2007 
Dr. Joel Samoff, Consulting Professor of African Studies at Stanford University (a Political Scientist (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison, 1972)), one of the leading figures in the study of comparative politics, development and education in Africa, presented two lectures: “Partnership and Dependence: The Dysfunctions of Foreign Aid," and “Education for All: Still a Distant Dream.”

October 24, 2007 
“U.S.-China Relations: The Domestic Political Game Behind the Strategy of Engagement” with Dr. Jean Anne Garrison of University of Wyoming. Dr. Garrison.

October 10, 2007 
The Office of International and Comparative Education proudly presented Dr. Lesley Bartlett, from the Teachers College of Columbia University, who lectured on "The Word and the World: The Cultural Politics of Literacy in Brazil."

October 9, 2007 
Sociologist Dr. Laurent Mucchielli presented, "Fall 2005 : A Review of the Most Important Riots in Contemporary French History".

October 5, 2007 
Latin American Studies invited distinguished Spanish scholar, Dr. Jorge Mari, who presented, "Re-Focusing the Trans-Atlantic Lens: U.S., Latin American and Spanish Cinemas & Film Criticism in the Era of Globalization," which discussed trans-Atlantic dialogues between U.S. and Hispanic films.

October 5, 2007 
Ms. Joan Mower, a US Public Affairs Officer, presented, “Darfur Today: U.S. Policy on Sudan.”

September 28, 2007 
Dr. Jacques Semelin, from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris presented a talk on European genocide titled “Understanding Massacre? Exploring the Genocidal Process: Holocaust, Rwanda, Bosnia.”

September 20-22, 2007 
"Science, Technology and National Identity" Conference. 
This event brought together sixteen humanities scholars whose research covers a broad chronological and geographical scale. To view the conference program, pleaseclick here. To view more information on the conference, click here.

September 10, 2007 
“Challenges of European Integration” with Dr. Desmond Dinan of George Mason University.

September 8, 2007 
Conference on Taiwan Issues, “The Politics of Taiwanese Businesspeople in China”
The Conference included 3 Panels; Panel 1: The Experiences of Tai-shang in Mainland China, Panel 2: Tai-Shang and Economic and Cultural Connections, and Panel 3: Hollowing Out or Helping?: Debating the Impact of Tai-shang on Economic Development. 

May 2007 
The Office of International and Comparative Education presented a colloquium by Neil Roos, from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Chicago, “From Didactics towards a Critical Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Reconstructing the Teacher-Education Curriculum at a South African University.”

May 2007 
Grupo Siquisiri: Music of Veracruz, Mexico.

April 26, 2007 
This event announced the creation of the Office of International and Comparative Education, and its inaugural event, a Colloquium with Columbia University's Dr. Gita Steiner-Khamsi. Dr. Steiner-Khamsi presented "International Standards and Education Policy in Developing Countries"; for more information about the new Office of International and Comparative Education, please visit:http://www.ed.sc.edu/ice/

April 25, 2007 
George Azar, Al-Jazeera English and NY Times Correspondent presented "Reporting from the Middle East: From the Ground Truth to the News," about how foreign news is gathered and disseminated is explored by veteran journalist George Azar (New York Times / Al-Jazeera English) with special emphasis on Israeli / Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Iraq. 

April 24, 2007 
Dr. Kiki Skagen Munshi, a U.S. diplomat who recently returned from nine months in Iraq, discussed reconstruction efforts in Iraq in a public lecture entitled "Not in a Sound Bite: Reconstruction in the Iraq War."

April 20, 2007 
Dr. Natsu Saito, Professor of Law at Georgia State University and noted legal scholar on human and civil rights, presented a colloquium entitled "The Patriot Act and the Loss of Civil Liberties Since 9/11."

April 17, 2007 
Dr, Tim Lindsey, professor and foundation fellow, director of Asian Law Center, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary Islam at the University of Melbourn, presented a video confrence workshop, entitled "Islam in Post-Tsunami Aceh", which included the Islamic history and law of the region as well as the present government structure and comparative law as representative of increasing Islamization also outside the Middle East.

The African Studies Program and Amnesty International hosted a program titled"Uganda Rising," that explained the conflict that has ravaged Northern Uganda for over 20 years and impacted the lives of thousands.

April 2-5, 2007 
The Walker Institute hosted the Global Issues Forum: Responding to Global Hunger. 
"Alleviating Global Hunger: Are We Getting Anywhere?" by Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., Professor and Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior of the Arnold School of Public Health, Univerity of South Carolina.

"Putting a Human Face on Hunger", a photo presentation by Matthew Powell, professional photographer. 
"Using Food Aid to Achieve Sustainable Reductions in Food Insecurity and Malnutrition: Title II Food-Assisted Development Programs" by Anne Swindale, Directory, Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project of the Academy for Educational Development.

"U.S. Food Aid: What Has Changed and What Still Needs to Change" byChristopher B. Barrett, International Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management of Cornell University. 

"What Political Commitment Can Do: An Inspirational Response to Hunger in Guatemala" by José Andrés Botrán B., Secretary of Food and Nutrition Security of the Government of Guatemala.

"Hunger in America and What We Can Do About It" by Sonya J. Jones, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Research on Nutrition and Health Disparities, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health of the University of South Carolina.

"Tackling Hunger in Emergency and Development Settings: Trends, Successes and Challenges" by Patrick Webb, Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor, Former Chief of Nutrition for the UN World Food Programme, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy of Tufts University.

"Challenges to Reaching People in Need with Food Assistance: A View from the Ground" by Douglas Casson Coutts, Special Advisor to the Esecutive Director for Child Hunger, Office of U.S. Relations, World Food Programme.

The Department of Rare Book & Special Collections of the Library presented an exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in 1807.
A related earlier exhibition, on the European encounter with Africa 1500-1900, also drawn from the holdings in Rare Books & Special Collections, is available at: http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/sccoll/africa/africa.html. In connection with this exhibit,Prof. Patrick Scott, Department of English and Director, Rare Books and Special Collections, gave an illustrated talk, “Olaudah Equiano and the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Some Rare Books from Thomas Cooper Library and What They Might Tell Us." 

March 16 - April 6, 2007 
First Annual Asian Arts Festival: The Festival will be an interdisciplinary celebration of Asian arts, which focuses on a different Asian country each year - this year all events are related to Japan, including visiting artists and lecturers, film screenings, special exhibitions at the Columbia Museum of Art, poetry workshops and a dance performance.

March 23, 2007 
Alice Kaplan of Duke University lectured "On Violent Judgement: Louis Guilloux’s Novel about Race, Justice, and the Segregated Army that Liberated France."

March 23, 2007 
In the first Social Foundations’ Colloquium of 2007, Dr. Alan Wieder, Chair of the Educational Studies Department in the College of Education, discussed his soon-to-be published book, Teacher and Comrade (SUNY Press), focused on one educator’s fight for democracy in South Africa. The title of the colloquium was "Researching & Writing: Teacher and Comrade: A Narrative/Biographical Study of Apartheid Resistance."

March 6, 2007 
Dr. David Cuthell, Executive Director of the Institute of Turkish Studies, presented a colloquium: “Turkey and Turks: Pan Turkic and Irredentist Possibilities.”

February 21, 2007 
"Reality of the Holocaust - 21st Century Diplomatic Perspective" presented byAmbassador Edward O'Donnell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues at the U.S. Department of State from 2003-2006. O'Donnell discussed the denial of the Holocaust, and it's relevance for today's diplomatic relations.

February 20, 2007 
Sergey Sevastyanov, Professor of International Relations; Director of the International Studies Center; and Vice President for International Programs, Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (Vladivostok, Russia) presented the colloquium “The Security Situation in East Asia: The Russian Perspective.”

February 17, 2007 
At the 33rd Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology, Dr. DeCorsegave this year's keynote address, entitled, "Making Connections: West Africa, the Carolinas, and the African Diaspora."

February 10, 2007 
George Packer, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2006, presented the keynote lecture in the Walker Institute’s National Security and U.S. Foreign Policy Forum: “Reporters in Harm’s Way: The Media and the Iraq War."

February 9, 2007 
As part of the US Foreign Policy Forum, the Walker Institute hosted a panel disscussion on the Iraq War titled, “Iraq: Strategies for the Future.” Participants included:
George Packer, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq; 
Pauline H. Baker , President of The Fund for Peace and author of the new report,Lessons Learned From Iraq: Where Do We Go from Here? 
Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and noted defense analyst. Among his numerous books and articles is The Military We Need: The Defense Requirements of the Bush Doctrine.

February 1, 2007 
Dr. Ibro Chekaraou, Coordinator of African Languages at Michigan State University, gave a lecture titled "Education in Africa: Elementary School Teachers' interaction with a bilingual education reform policy in two Hausa-French schools in Niger".

The USC School of Law’s 2007 Randolph C. Barnes Symposium's panel, “Conflicted Societies and Legal Development,” focused on African affairs. . The two panelists were Professor (Colonel) Cindy Jebb, from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and Justice Albie Sachs, South African Constitutional Court, Johannesburg. USC African Studies faculty members Joel Samuels (Law) moderated the panel and Ronald Atkinson (History) was the commentator.

"Yes, but is it History? Reflections on Historical Archaeology."

January 24-26, 2007 
Han Bing , China's internationally recognized performance artist, was this seasonsCenter for Asian Studies visiting artist. Public events included a lecture on contemporary Chinese Art at the Center for Asian Studies, cabbage walking performance art events on Main Street and in the Vista, and a video-installation and reception at the Columbia Museum of Art.

January 24, 2007 
Han Bing's Walking the Cabbage performance art "happenings" have become urban legend in China and beyond. In streets across China, Japan and now the US, Han Bing has walked his cabbage (the quintessential Chinese comfort food of common folk) on a leash, inciting the emergence of the "Cabbage-Walking Tribe" of alternative youth who question the "normal" order of things and remind us how the practices of everyday life come to constitute that order.

January 25, 2007 
Lecture on "Contemporary Chinese art" by curator Maya Kòvskaya
Beijing-based art critic and curator Maya Kòvskaya discussed the contemporary 
climate of visual art in China, and introduced visiting artist Han Bing and other young forces who are leading the New Culture Movement.

January 26, 2007 
Han Bing video installation at the Columbia Museum of Art.