Saturday, March 1, 2008
8:30 AM - 9:00 PM

1957 E Street, NW

University Hunger Summit

8:30 - 9:00: Breakfast

9:00 - 11:00: Nutrition Science, Policy and Advocacy

11:00 - 12:30: Break-out Sessions on topics including: Food Security and Food Aid, Nutrition Policy, Supporting the Achievement of the MDGs through Student Activism, and Hunger and Nutrition Policy Advocacy for Institutions

12:30 - 1:45: Lunch

2:00 - 3:45: Creating an Urgent Response

4:15 - 5:45: Break-out Sessions on topics including: Agriculture and Health Sector Collaboration, Keeping Peace with Nutrition Technology, Building Capacity through Curriculum Development

7:00: Dinner

Please register online for this conference at: www.universityhungersummit.org/register

For additional information, please contact: hungersummit@gmail.com

Saturday, March 1, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Comparing the Movers and Shakers of Political Media in the U.S. and Norway

Torgeir Fylkesnes, Ambassador Stuart Fellow, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, GWU; Press Secretary, Norway's Socialist Left Party

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

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Ambassador Stuart Program on Northern Europe

Sunday, March 2, 2008
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

1957 E Street, NW

University Hunger Summit

9:00 - 9:30: Breakfast

9:30 - 10:00: International Networks Addressing Health and Hunger

10:30 - 12:00: Break-out Sessions on topics including: Building Effective Public-Private Partnerships, Academic Models for Partnering Overseas, Student Partnerships for Action at Home

12:10 - 1:00: Connecting Hunger at Home and Abroad

1:00: Lunch

Please register online for this conference at: www.universityhungersummit.org/register For additional information, please contact: hungersummit@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

An Incomplete-Contracting Theory of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Procedure

Giovanni Maggi, Professor of Economics, Princeton University

This event has been cancelled.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Poverty and Inequality in the Global Economy Series: Increasing Inequity in Transition Economies: Is There More to Come?

Ruslan Yemtsov, Senior Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit (Europe and Central Asia Region), World Bank

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Institute for International Economic Policy

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Elliott School of International Affairs, Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

Kuwait Chair Lecture - Saudi Arabia: Legacy, Stability, and Destiny

Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Kuwait Professor for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs


For over forty years the United States and Saudi Arabia have had a relationship based on mutual interest: oil and security. The Gulf region will remain critical to U.S. interests globally and no relationship in that region is more important than the one with Saudi Arabia. This relationship remains essential to both. Yet, multiple issues challenge both countries. Amb. Gnehm will discuss the emergence of the Saudi state and explore the historical ties between our two countries and the new challenges both face.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by the Elliott School of International Affairs

Thursday, March 6, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street NW

Master of International Policy and Practice Alumni Panel Discussion: Notes for the New U.S. President: Understanding Global Challenges

Panelists:
Jeremy Clift, MIPP 2002, International Monetary Fund

Robert Winthrop, MIPP 2002, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Serif Turgut, MIPP 2003, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government

Nader Nadery, MIPP 2008, Merriman Fellow

Moderator:
Kristin M. Lord, Associate Dean for Strategy, Research and External Relations, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs and the Master of International Policy and Practice Program

Thursday, March 6, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda

Jerrold Post, Director of the Political Psychology Program; Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs, George Washington University; author of The Mind of the Terrorist

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Security Policy Studies program and The Elliott School of International Affairs

Sunday, March 9, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Macro and International Finance Seminar

Stephen Brown, Director of Energy Economics and Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy and the GW Economics Department

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321, Department of Economics
2115 G Street, NW

Bilateralism, Pure Multilateralism, and the Quest for Global Free Trade

Kamal Saggi, Dedman Distinguished Collegiate Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economics Department, Southern Methodist University

This event is part of the University Seminar Series on Regionalism and the Trade and Development Workshop of the GW Economics Department.

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy, the GW Economics Department and the University Seminar on Regionalism

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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

The New Agrarian Revolution in Bolivia

Alejandro Almaraz Osio, Bolivian Vice Minister of Lands in the Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural, Agropecuario y Medio Ambiente

This event is free and open to the public. The speaker will use Spanish and simultaneous translation will be provided. Guests are welcome to bring their own lunch.

Please send RSVP to: lahsp@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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

Reflections on U.S.-India Relations

His Excellency Ronen Sen, Ambassador of India to the United States

With Commentary from Democratic and Republican Perspectives featuring:

Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth, Former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia

Ashley Tellis, Foreign Policy Advisor for Senator John McCain

Buffet Lunch will be from 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m., followed by the discussion. Please RSVP by Monday, March 10

Please send RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Kendrick Conference Room, Department of Economics, Monroe 321
2115 G St. NW

Macro & International Finance Workshop

Carlos Vegh, University of Maryland

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy and the GW Economics Department

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Lindner Commons, Suite 602
1957 E St., NW

Poverty & Inequality in the Global Economy Lecture Series
Fair Growth: Economic Policies for Latin America's Poor and Middle Income Majority

Augustor de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs and the Institute for International Economic Policy

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Republic of Korea: Confronting Massacres During the Korean War

Kim Dong-Choon, Standing Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea

Please send RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu with your name, organization/ GW affiliation, and email by March 17

Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Project on Memory and Reconciliation in Asia Pacific

Monday, March 24, 2008
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Suite 501 Conference Room
1957 E Street, NW

IMES Faculty Brownbag Series
Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad

Marnia Lazreg, Professor of Sociology, Hunter College-CUNY

Thie event is open to GW Grad Students and Faculty. A light lunch will be served.

Please send RSVP to: imes@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for Middle East Studies

Monday, March 24, 2008
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

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

Distinguished Women in International Affairs: The Art of Conflict Mediation

Betty Bigombe, Ugandan Peace Activist; Distinguished Africa Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies

The Distinguished Women in International Affairs series is presented with the generous support of Jack and Pam Cumming.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

The Political Construction of Caste in South India

Vijayendra Rao, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy and the GW Economics Department

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Suite 602
1957 E Street, NW

U.S. Policy toward Latin America in the post-Bush Era:
Recommendations from Greg Craig, Nora Lustig, Mark Schneider, and Mark Weisbrot

Greg Craig is a foreign policy advisor to Senator Barack Obama. He previously worked for President Bill Clinton as Assistant to the President and Special Counsel, and he was the Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State during 1997-1998.

Nora Lustig is J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Visiting Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs. Dr. Lustig was President of the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, and Professor in its Department of Economics.

Mark Schneider is Senior Vice President and Special Advisor on Latin America at the International Crisis Group. During the Clinton administration, he was Director of the Peace Corps (1999-2001) and Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID (1993-1999).

Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He is co-author, with Dean Baker, of Social Security: The Phony Crisis (University of Chicago Press, 2000).

This event is free and open to the public. Guests are welcome to bring their own lunch. Please RSVP by Monday, March 24.

Please send RSVP to: lahsp@gwu.edu

Sponsored by Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

NATO's Bucharest Summit, April 2008: Enlarging Prospects for Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia

Medlir Mema, Graduate Research Fellow, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies; Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, GWU

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

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

The Taiwan Presidential Election: Domestic, Regional and International Implications

Panel I: Regional and International Perspectives 10:30am - 12:00pm

Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Robert Sutter, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University & Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Chair: Edward McCord, Associate Professor of History & International Affairs, The George Washington University

Luncheon 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Panel II: Domestic and Cross-Straits Implications 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics, Davidson College
Hans Stockton, Associate Professor in the Center for International Studies, University of St. Thomas
Chair: Kirk Larsen, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies and Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History and International Affairs

RSVP: Please RSVP with your name, affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Monday, March 24, 2008. ***Please also include which session(s) you plan to attend (Panel I, Luncheon, and/or Panel II).***

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

The Human Face of Climate Change

His Excellency Edward J. Cameron, Ambassador and Special Envoy on Climate Change, The Republic of Maldives

Please send RSVP to: oid@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Organization for International Development

Thursday, March 27, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Will Democracies Choose Free Trade?

Steve Suranovic, Director, International Trade and Investment Policy Program, GWU

Please send RSVP to: itip@gwu.edu

Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy

Thursday, March 27, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Sri Lanka and Nepal: Conflicts and Transitions

Susan Hangen, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and International Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahendra Lawoti, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University

Saubhagya Shah, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuva University

Neil DeVotta, Associate Professor, Hartwick College

Paikiasothy Saravanamutta, Executive Director, Center for Policy Alternatives

3:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. -- Nepal: Is the Transition Floundering?
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. -- Sri Lanka: Can Military Victory Resolve Ethnic Conflict?

Please RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu with your name, affiliation, and e-mail by March 25.

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the East-West Center

Friday, March 28, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Testing Between Competing Theories of Reverse Share Tenancy

Marc F. Bellemare, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Duke University

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy and the GW Economics Department

Friday, March 28, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Hortense Amsterdam House, Room 202
2110 G Street, NW

Family Reunification Ideals and the Practice of Transnational Family Life Among Africans in Spain

Caroline Bledsoe, Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University

No RSVP needed. If you have questions about this event, please contact: ciga@gwu.edu.

Sponsored by Culture in Global Affairs Research and Policy Program and the Office of the Associate Vice President for Special Academic Initiatives