Thursday, January 18, 2007
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

5th Floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Tel: 202-691-4020

Globalization, Migration, and the State: East Asia's Evolving Landscape of Labor

Speakers:
Marie Price, Professor of Geography and International Affairs, Department of Geography, George Washington University, "Urban Immigrant Gateways in a Globalizing World"
Shawn McHale, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, "The Southeast Asian Diaspora: Histories and Relevance to East Asia"
Yeong Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio University, "Illegal Migrant Workers and the South Korean State: State Control Over Labor Migration"
Joon Kim, Professor, Sociology Department and the Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, "Insurgency and Advocacy: Unauthorized Foreign Workers and Civil Society in South Korea"
Rhacel Parrenas, Associate Professor of Asian-American Studies, University of California at Davis, "Gender Moralist Protection Laws and its Aggravation of Trafficking: The Case of Migrant Filipina Hostesses in Tokyo's Nightlife Industry"
Pei-Chia Lan, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, and Fulbright Scholar, New York University, "Legal Servitude and Free Illegality: Migrant Guest Workers in Taiwan"

Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Tuesday, January 16. For a more detailed agenda please visit www.gwu.edu/~sigur

Sponsored by The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and The Sigur Center

Monday, January 22, 2007
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Lindner Family Commons
The 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW

The Yomiuri Project on War Responsibility in Japan

Takahiko Tennichi, Editorial Writer, Yomiuri Shimbun

Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Thursday, January 18.

Sponsored by Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Monday, January 22, 2007
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Dorothy Betts Theater
Marvin Center, 800 21st Street, NW

The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Saudi Arabia in the 21st Century

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Please send RSVP to: To request tickets for the event, please contact use@gwu.edu.

Sponsored by The Geoge Washington University

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Lindner Family Commons
6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW

China's Global Activism: Strategy, Drivers, and Tools

Phil Saunders, Senior Research Fellow at National Defense University 's Institute for National Strategic Studies

Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Monday, January 22.

Sponsored by Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Thursday, January 25, 2007
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

7th Floor, City View Room
1957 E Street, NW

Distinguished Women in International Affairs Series: Promoting Economic Growth in the Arab World

Her Excellency Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al-Mughairy, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman

RSVP by Tuesday, January 22 to RSVPESIA@gwu.edu.
Lunch will be served.

Sponsored by the ESIA Office of Public Affairs

Thursday, January 25, 2007
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

1957 E Street, N.W. , Room 213

Iraq: Which Way Forward?

Speakers: Christopher Kojm, Senior Advisor of the Iraq Study Group
Professor Dina Khoury, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Professor Joanna Spear, Director of the MA Security Policy Studies Program
Moderated by: Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs

Sponsored by MA program in International Affairs and the Middle East Program

Thursday, January 25, 2007
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The Jack Morton Auditorium, GW Media and Public Affairs Building
805 21st Street, NW

Inside the Bush White House: A Conversation with Press Secretary Tony Snow

Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary
Moderated by: Frank Sesno, GW Professor and CNN Special Correspondent

For free tickets: uevents@gwu.edu.Tickets are limited to 2 per request. Doors open at 6:45pm; audience must be seated by 7:15pm.

Sponsored by GW Media and Public Affairs and the Elliott School of International Affairs

Tuesday, January 30, 2007
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

1957 E Street, NW, Room 213

Genocide in Darfur: What International Action and When?

Speaker: John Prendergast, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group
Moderated by: Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, Director of the MA International Affairs Program, Elliott School of International Affairs
Discussant: Professor Paul Williams, Visiting Associate Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs

Sponsored by MA program in International Affairs.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

The Chung-wen Shih Conference Room, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Suite 503
1957 E Street, NW

Election Politics in Bangladesh & the Crisis of Democracy

A. Tariq Karim, Former Bangladesh Ambassador to the U.S.

Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Monday, January 29.

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Third Floor Grand Ballroom, The Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW

Espionage at Guantanamo?

Fr. Chaplain James Yee

Questions? Please contact msa@gwu.edu.

Sponsored by The GW Muslim Students Association, College Democrats, Asian Student Alliance and The Sigur Center