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Events for Fall 2008:


Wednesday, September 10, 3:00pm in Callcott 201
Dr. Kathy Ewing, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University, will present, "Stigmatized Masculinity: Muslim Gender Relations and Cultural Citizenship in Germany." This lecture is part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.” This event is co-sponsored with the Islamic Studies Program, the European Studies Program and Women's Studies.

Monday, September 15, 3:00pm in the Lumpkin Auditorium (8th floor, Moore School of Business)
“21st Century Slavery: Living Proof” with Micheline Slattery, a Haitian woman and victim of human trafficking, will discuss her experiences and the scope of trafficking today. This event is also sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and Women's Studies.

Wednesday, September 17, 7:00pm in Gambrell 151
The Russian and Eurasian Studies Program will sponsor a roundtable discussion on the current 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. Panelists include: 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.

Thursday, September 25, 3:00pm in the Lumpkin Auditorium (8th floor, Moore School of Business)
"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).

Saturday - Sunday, October 4 - 5, 2008
Annual Conference on Taiwan Issues: "Charismatic Modernity: Popular Culture in Taiwan."

Wednesday, November 12, 2:30pm in the Lumpkin Auditorium (8th floor, Moore School of Business)
“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, and Mona Sutphen, Managing Director of Stonebridge International, a Washington-based international business strategy firm, and former Special Assistant to US National Security Adviser Samuel R. Berger.

Tuesday, December 9, 3:00pm, Location TBA
“Foreign Affairs Priorities for the Future,” with Ambassador George Staples, former Ambassador to Rwanda and career diplomat.


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