Thursday, September 6, 2007
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Arab-Israeli Peace: Is it still possible?

William Quandt, James Clark Welling Visiting Professor

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Friday, September 7, 2007
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

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

Distinguished Women in International Affairs:
Women in the Arab World: Law and Practice

Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, President of the UN General Assembly

Reception to follow.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

The Elliott School of International Affairs is grateful to Jack and Pam Cumming for their generous sponsorship of the Distinguished Women in International Affairs series.

Monday, September 10, 2007
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

The Uses of the Past in Current Polish Policy

Andrzej Paczkowski, Professor at the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw)

Pawel Machewicz, Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, senior research fellow at the Institute of Polish Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw), and currently a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center

Jane Curry, Professor of Political Science, Santa Clara University

Hope M. Harrison, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs and the Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.edu or 202-994-6340 by September 9

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the National Security Archive

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Maurice East Conference Room, 5th Floor
1957 E Street, NW

International Economics Open House

The Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) welcomes incoming M.A. students interested in International Economic issues to attend our open house. IIEP Director Michael Moore and ITIP Director Steven Suranovic will attend to answer questions. This event is open to students only.
Light refreshments will be served.

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright, 2007 Lionel Gelber Book Prize Winner and Pulitzer Prize Winner for General Non-Fiction

Copies of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 will be available for purchase at this event.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

What is Putin's Economic Model? The Market versus the Service State

James R. Millar, Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs, The George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.edu or 202.994.6340 by September 11

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Friday, September 14, 2007
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

The Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Worldviews of Major and Aspiring Powers:
Exploring National Identities

9:30am - 10:00am -- Welcome
Henry Nau, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University; and
David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University

10:00am - 12:00pm -- Panel I - Major Powers
The United States - Henry Nau, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University
The European Union - Hanns Maull, Chair for Foreign Policy and International Relations, University of Trier
Japan - Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:00pm - 2:00pm -- Panel II - Major Powers, continued
Russia - Nikolas Gvosdev, senior fellow at The Nixon Center and editor of The National Interest
China - David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University

2:00pm - 4:00pm -- Panel III - Aspiring Powers
India - Deepa Ollapally, Associate Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Evelyn Goh, Lecturer in International Relations, St. Anne's College, Oxford University
Iran - Ali Ansari, Professor of History and Director of the Iranian Institute, University of St. Andrews
Brazil - Riordan Roett, Sarita and Dan Johnston Professor and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program

4:00pm - 5:00pm -- Concluding Commentary
What Does it Mean to be a Power in Today's World?
Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu.
Please indicate which panels you plan to attend.

Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Friday, September 14, 2007
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duques Hall, Suite 451
2201 G Street, NW

Assessing the Morales Administration in Bolivia: Indigenous Perspectives

Casimira Rodriguez Romero, Former Minister of Justice, Republic of Bolivia, 2006-2007

Maria Eugenia Choque, Co-founder, Center for Aymara Studies

Javier Hurtado Mercado, Founder, Irupana Andean Organic Food, Inc.

Mamerto Perez, Consultant, Oxfam Spain

Presentations to be in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation into English provided. Light refreshments will be served; feel free to bring your own lunch.

Please send RSVP to: jeby@wola.org by September 12.

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs and the Washington Office on Latin America

Monday, September 17, 2007
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Is the "War on Terror" like the Cold War?

Dr. Philip Gordon, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution

This event is part of the George Washington University Cold War group (GWCW) lecture series and the Project on History, Memory and the Politics of the Past lecture series.

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu or 202-994-6340 by September 16.

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Monday, September 17, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Duke, Dizzy & Diplomacy
Cultural Diplomacy in the Cold War and Beyond

Panelist:
Ambassador George Moose, Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, Distinguished Professor, The Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

John Hasse, Curator of American Music, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Paquito D'Rivera, Musician and Artistic Advisor, Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

Charles Fishman, Executive Producer, Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

Ambassador Kenton Keith, Senior Vice President, Meridan International Center

John Stevenson, Director, Central Programs Division, Voice of America

Moderator:
Nicholas Cull, Director, Public Diplomacy Masters Program, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California

Following this event will be a free concert, Jazz: Voices of Freedom at Voice of America, 330 Independence Ave, SW at 7:30 p.m. Additional information can be found at www.dejazzfest.org.

Please send RSVP to: katieo@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs, Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California, Georgetown University, Patton Boggs, LLP, the Public Diplomacy Council, and Voice of America

Monday, September 17, 2007
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

The Future of Democracy Initiative:
Democratization and Civil War

Jack Snyder, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

The Ambassadors Forum:
Eye of the Storm: A Conversation with Pakistan's Ambassador

His Excellency Mahmud Ali Durrani, Ambassador of The Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Light reception to follow.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs, the Ambassador's Forum and the Master's in International Affairs Program

Friday, September 21, 2007
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Violence and Clearance in Modern Colombia: The Contradictions of Development

Eric Ross, Senior Lecturer in Population and Development, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and CIGA Scholar-in-Residence and Professional Lecturer in Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University

CIGA Seminars are free and open to the public. The focus of this year's seminars is on culture and policy in relation to population displacement and resettlement.

Please send RSVP to: ciga@gwu.edu

Sponsored by the Culture in Global Affairs Research and Policy Program

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Faculty Lecture Series
In the Ruins of Empire

Ronald Spector, Professor of History and International Affairs, The George Washington University

Copies of In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia will be available for purchase at this event. Light refreshments will be served.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Multilateral Organizations: Can Small States Play a Role in Addressing Global Issues?

Her Excellency Rita Kieber-Beck, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu or 202-994-6340 by September 25.

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Thursday, September 27, 2007
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM

The Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Shaping Taiwan's Politics: Democracy, Identity and Security
20 Years After the Lift of Martial Law

Please send RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu by September 25.
Please include your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail with your RSVP.

Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Thursday, September 27, 2007
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Room 113
1957 E Street, NW

The European Union at Fifty: An American Perspective

Roy Ginsberg, GWU Alumnus and Professor of Government at Skidmore College

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.edu or 202-994-6340 by September 25

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Institute for International and Global Studies, and the Department of Political Science

Friday, September 28, 2007
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

Margaret Mead Film Festival: China Blue

China Blue takes us inside a blue jeans factory in Southern China. The film is by Micha X and is 88 minutes long.

The GW Margaret Mead Film Festival is sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and its Institute for Ethnographic Research, the Culture in Global Affairs Program of the Elliott School, and the School of Media and Public Affairs.

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. For further information, please contact ciga@gwu.edu.

Friday, September 28, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Room B16
1957 E Street, NW

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award: Education that Pays for Itself: Transforming Schools into Social Enterprises

Martin Burt, Founder and CEO of Fundacion Paraguaya and Elliott School Alumnus, MA '83

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Saturday, September 29, 2007
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Marvin Center, Room 309
800 21st Street, NW

Imigrants and Washington: The Making of an International City

Elizabeth Chacko, Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs, The George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs