Tuesday, April 1, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Estimating the Effects of Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows Using Matching Econometrics

Scott Baier, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Clemson University; Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisors

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Macro and International Finance Seminar

Vivian Yue, Assistant Professor of Economics, New York University

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Middle East Policy Forum: The Elections in Iran

Afshin Molavi, Fellow, New America Foundation; author of Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran

Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; author of Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Middle East Policy Forum

Thursday, April 3, 2008
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Kuwait's Government in Crisis: Implications for Democracy

Ambassador Edward W. "Skip" Gnehm, Jr. Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs; former Ambassador to Kuwait

On March 19, the amir of Kuwait responded to the country's internal political deadlock by dissolving the country's parliament. Kuwaitis will go to the polls on May 17 to elect a new body. While the elections will be held in accordance with a new electoral law designed to create a more cohesive parliament, few expect the underlying tensions in the country - between the parliament and the cabinet, liberals and Islamists, Sunnis and Shi'a, and even branches of the ruling family to be resolved. Please join us for a lunch with Ambassador Gnehm, who has just returned from Kuwait. He will present his assessment of the country's political crisis.

Please send RSVP to: imes@gwu.edu

Sponsored by the Institute for Middle East Studies

Thursday, April 3, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Resisting Hollywood: The Politics of Cultural Diplomacy

Harvey B. Feigenbaum, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU

Please send RSVP to: lyarr@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The DC Chapter of Sciences-Po Alumni and GW's Institute of Global and International Studies

Friday, April 4, 2008
8:15 AM - 3:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Research Symposium on Firm Hetrogeneity, International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

Agenda:
8:15 - 9:00 a.m.: Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.: Transfer Pricing by U.S. Based Multinational Firms
Brad Jensen, Associate Professor of International Business, Georgetown; Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

10:10 - 11:10 a.m.: Shipping Good Tequila Out: Investment, Domestic Unit Values, and Entry of Multi-Product Plants into Export Markets
Beata Javorcik, Reader in Economics, Oxford University; Research Affiliate, International Trade Program, Center for Economic Policy Research; External Research Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, University of Nottingham

11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.: Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence from French Firm
Jonathan Eaton, Professor of Economics, New York University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Transactions-Level Export Dynamics: Stylized Facts and a Search-Theoretic Interpretation
Jim Tybout, Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Location Decision of Hetrogeneous Multinational Firms
Maggie Chen, Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs, George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for International Economic Policy

Friday, April 4, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Room B17
1957 E Street, NW

Security Policy Forum: Civilian Casualties of War

Paul Huth, Professor of Government and Politics; Research Director of the Center for International Devlopment and Conflict Management, University of Maryland

Colin Kahl, Assistant Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University

Moderator:
Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU

Please send RSVP to: spf@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs, the Security Policy Studies Program, and the Institute of Middle East Studies

Monday, April 7, 2008
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Useful Fools

Corinne A. Schmidt, author of Useful Fools, was a correspondent for the London Times, ABC News, and the Washington Post during the Shining Path insurrection in Peru

Guests are welcome to bring their own lunch.

Please send RSVP to: lahsp@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Monday, April 7, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Taxation and Asset Pricing in a Productive Economy

Chao Wei, Associate Professor of Economics, GWU

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Monday, April 7, 2008
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Poverty and Inequality in the Global Economy Series: Globalization and Income Polarization in Rich Countries

Gary Burtless, John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

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

Monday, April 7, 2008
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost - And How It Can Find Its Way Back

This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Mickey Edwards, former Member of Congress from Oklahoma, U.S. House of Representatives

Copies of Reclaiming Conservatism will be available for purchase.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Rational Expectations? Evidence from Planting Decisions in Semi-Arid India

Xavi Gine, Economist, Finance and Private Sector Development, World Bank

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Room 113
1957 E Street, NW

12th Annual Gaston Sigur Memorial Lecture
The Foreign Policy Implications of China's Political Fragility

Susan L. Shirk, Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair in China and Pacific Relations, University of California-San Diego

Please RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu with your name, affiliation, and e-mail by Friday, April 4

Please send RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
Please note location change. Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

Cultural Diplomacy and Dave Brubeck

David Grier, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Elliott School of International Affairs; Associate Professor of International Science and Technology Policy and International Affairs, GWU

Hugh Agnew, Associate Dean of Faculty and Student Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs; Professor of History and International Affairs, GWU

Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, GWU

Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Does China Have an Energy Diplomacy?: Reflections on China's Energy Security and its Impact on Foreign Policy

Linda Jakobson, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Please send RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu with your name, organization/ GW affiliation, and email by April 7

Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Wednesday, April 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

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Voeser Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Future of Democracy Initiative:
Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes

Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and Government, Cornell University

Sharon Wolchik, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.com

Sponsored by The Future of Democracy Initiative and The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Voeser Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

First-hand Impressions of the NATO Bucharest Summit

Maureen Campbell, M.A. Candidate in European and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University

Vlad Olievschi, M.A. Candidate in European and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.com

Sponsored by The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Thursday, April 10, 2008
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Foreign Policy Challenges of the Next Presidency

Moderator:
Michael E. Brown, Dean, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Panelists:
Chris Kojm, professor of the practice of international affairs, GW; former senior advisor to the Iraq Study Group; former deputy director, the 9/11 Commission

Henry R. Nau, professor of political science and international affairs, GW; author of Perspectives on International Relations: Power, Institutions, and Ideas

Deepa Ollapally, associate director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GW; author of the forthcoming book, The Politics of Extremism in South Asia

Martha Finnemore, professor of political science and international affairs, GW; co-author, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

This event is free and open to the public.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Friday, April 11, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street, NW

The Conflict in Iraq - Views from Political Science

James Fearon, Geballe Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University

Christopher Gelpi, Professor of Political Science, Duke University

Peter Moore, Associate Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University

Moderator: Marc Lynch, Assocaite Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

Please send RSVP to: imes@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for Middle East Studies

Monday, April 14, 2008
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW

Iraq Policy Forum: Responding to the Humanitarian Situation Facing Iraqis

Confirmed Speakers Include:
The Honorable Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumayda'ie, Iraq's Ambassador to the United States

Samuel M. Witten, U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration

Radhouane Nouicer, Head of Bureau, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Middle East and North America

Dana Graber Ladek, International Organization for Migration, Iraq Displacement Specialist

Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International

Rabith Torbay, Vice President of International Operations, International Medical Corps

Robert Carey, Vice President Resettlement Services, International Rescue Committee

Phebe Marr, prominent Iraq historian

Nabil al-Tikriti, Senior Fellow, United States Institute for Peace

Limited seating is being made available at no cost for GW faculty and grad students who would like to attend, and are able to attend the full day of events. Please send your RSVP by Friday, April 4 to imes@gwu.edu.

Sponsored by Refugee Council USA, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Educaion for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC), and the Elliott School's Institute for Middle East Studies

Monday, April 14, 2008
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 428
2115 G Street, NW

Latin America and APEC:
Evolving Economic and Political Relationships

Ambassador Juan Carlos Capunay, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat

Sidney Weintraub, Eilliam E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS

Please RSVP to: lahsp@gwu.edu by Sunday, April 13

Sponsored by The Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Monday, April 14, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Lindner Commons, Suite 602
1957 E St., NW

Israel at 60: Borders, Identity, and the Search for Security

Ambassador Samuel Lewis is a diplomat who has served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel during the Carter and the Reagan administrations, and as director of the State Department's policy planning staff during the first year of the Clinton administration.

Aaron David Miller is a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and author of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.

Moderator:
Amitai Etzioni, author of Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy

Please send RSVP to: radhikab@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs and The Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Third-Country Effects in the Evolution of Free Trade Networks

Maggie Chen, Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs, GWU

Sumit Joshi, Professor of Economics, GWU

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Marvin Center, Room 307
800 21st Street, NW

Media Coverage of Terrorism

Dr. Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Professor and Chair in Politics, University of Hull, U.K.

Please send RSVP to: jwronski@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The GW Political Psychology Seminar

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Macro and International Finance Seminar

Paolo Pesenti, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Lectures by Institute for Eurpoean, Russian and Eurasian Studies Petrach Scholars: Real Estate Cycles: A Ukrainian Perspective and Mathematical Approaches in Political Science

Lyudmyla Chernyaha, Petrach Scholar, IERES; Assistant Professor of International Relations, Ivan Franko L'viv National University, Ukraine

Roman Vovk, Petrach Scholar, IERES; Associate Professor of International Relations, Ivan Franko L'viv National University, Ukraine

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

Sponsored by The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Petrach Program on Ukraine

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Conflict Resolution Forum Path to Peace Series: Uganda

Cynthia Brady, Conflict Specialist, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Sasha Lezhnev, Policy Advisor, Global Witness Michael Poffenberger, Executive Director, Resolve Uganda Neil Kritz, Associate Vice President, Rule of Law Program, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

No RSVP needed

Sponsored by The Conflict Resolution Forum

Thursday, April 17, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

The Tymoshenko Government's Domestic and Foreign Policies: The First 100 Days

Dr. Taras Kuzio, Research Associate, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Petrach Program on Ukraine, George Washington University

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

Sponsored by The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Petrach Program on Ukraine

Thursday, April 17, 2008
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

How the Middle East Sees America

Amar Bakshi, Washington Post reporter

A brief reception will follow the event.

Please send RSVP to: imes@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for Middle East Studies

Monday, April 21, 2008
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Institute for Middle East Studies Brownbag: The Absence of Muslim Women from Making Islamic Thoughts

Nimat Hafez Barazangi, Research Fellow, Cornell University

A light lunch will be served.

Please send RSVP to: imes@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for Middle East Studies

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Rational Expectations? Evidence from Planting Decisions in Semi-Arid India

Xavi Gine, Economist, Finance and Private Sector Development, World Bank

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E St. NW

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

Torgeir Fylkesnes, Ambassador Stuart Fellow, IERES and Press Secretary for Norway's Socialist Left Party

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.edu

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

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor
1957 E Street, NW

China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation

David Shambaugh, Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Director, China Policy Program, The George Washington University

Copies of the book will be available for sale.

Please RSVP with your name, affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Friday, April 18, 2008.

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Jack Morton Auditorium, The George Washington University
805 21st St., NW

A Dhrupad Concert by the Dagar Ensemble

Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar, Vocal
Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma, Pakhawaj
Laurence Bastit, Tanpura
Qamar Dagar, Tanpura

This program features the meditative melodies of the Dagarvanin dhrupad style of Indian classical vocal music. Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar represents the 20th generation in the unbroken chain of the Dagar family in this tradition. The dagarvani dhrupad has traditionally been performed as a jugalbandi (duet) which preserves its emotional appeal while adding the richness of intricate rhythmic patterns and spontaneity. Dhrupad is the most ancient form of Indian classical music. The recitation begins with the alap - a meditative rendering of the melody. It is followed by the dhrupad, a prayer sung with rhythmic accompaniment from a pakhawaj, a two headed drum with a deep mellow sound, more suitable for the meditative nature of the dhrupad.

This program is made possible by the generous support of Rama and Arun Deva and Shabnam Arora.

Please RSVP by noon on Thursday, April 17 to asiadc@asiasociety.org or call 202-833-ASIA (2742) stating how many people will attend.

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies' India Initiative and the Asia Society

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Decoding Vietnam's Perfect Spy Pham Xuan An

Larry Berman, Professor of Political Science and Director of the UC-Davis Washington Program, University of California at Davis

Please send RSVP to: ieresgwu@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and the GW Cold War Group

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

A Conversation with Senator Chuck Hagel

Senator Chuck Hagel, 11 years of service on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; author of the new book, America: Our Next Chapter

Frank Sesno, professor of media and public affairs, GW

Copies of America: Our Next Chapter will be available for purchase.

This event is currently full. Please RSVP to be added to the wait list. Thank you.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Public Affairs Project at the School of Media and Public Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, and The Center for U.S. Global Engagement

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Conference Room, Suite 403
1957 E Street, NW

Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program Capstone Presentations

Graduating students will present their projects simultaneously around the conference room on posterboards.

Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to: lahsp@gwu.edu by Monday, April 21.

Sponsored by The Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Thursday, April 24, 2008
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

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

Giovanni Maggi, Howard H. Leach Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Yale University

Bob Staiger, Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Thursday, April 24, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Gelman Library, Room 207
2130 H Street, NW

Future of Democracy Initiative: Printing Democracy: Taiwan's Tang-wai Opposition Journals

Gerrit van der Wees, Senior Political Advisor, Formosan Association for Public Affairs and editor of Taiwan Communique

Chou Ching-yu, Commission on Woman's Rights Promotion, Executive Yuan, former published of Care, Taiwan's foremost human rights magazine in the 1980s

Antonio (Chun-nan) Chiang, Journalist, former chief editor of the Eighties and other tang-wai journals

Fu-mei Chang, Minister, Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission (OCAC)

Attendees are also invited to visit the Gelman Library's special exhibit on the Tang-wai Opposition Journals on the library's first floor. An official opening ceremony for the exhibit will be held prior to the event, at 2:00 p.m.

Please RSVP to: Emily Blair at Gelman Library at mleblair@gwu.edu or 202-994-1154

Sponsored by The Gelman Library's Taiwan Resource Center and The Sigur Center for Asian Studies' Taiwan Education and Research Program

Thursday, April 24, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy

Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Diplomacy Reporter; author of The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy

Copies of The Confidante will be available for purchase.

Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Elliott School of International Affairs

Monday, April 28, 2008
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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

U.S. Renewable Energy Policy at the Crossroads

Sanghoon Lee, Vice-Secretary General, Korea Federation for Environmental Movements

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

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies' Visiting Scholar Program

Monday, April 28, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

European East-West Migration: A Look at Recent Cases Within the EU

Mara Eckerson, Fellow, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University

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

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Monday, April 28, 2008
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

Lessons from the Search for Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction

Speakers:
John E. McLaughlin, former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2000-2004); former Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2004)

Charles A. Duelfer, former Chief U.S. Weapons Inspector in Iraq (2004-2005)

Moderator:
Christopher Kojm, former Deputy Executive Director, 9/11 Commission; former Senior Advisor, Iraq Study Group; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, GWU

Please send RSVP to: spf@gwu.edu

Sponsored by The Security Policy Forum, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The Institute for Middle East Studies, and The Security Policy Studies Program

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Trade and Development Workshop

Virginia Robano, Ph.D. candidate, Economics Department, GWU

Chris Blaha, Ph.D. candidate, Economics Department, GWU

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Chung-wen Shih Conference Room, Suite 503
1957 E Street, NW

Tradition, Treaties and Trade: Imperialism and Choson Korea, 1850-1910

Speaker:
Kirk Larsen, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History and International Affairs; Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GWU

With Commentary from:
Edward McCord, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, GWU

Please RSVP to: gsigur@gwu.edu with your name, affiliation, and email by April 25

Sponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Stalin's Policy Between the Two Wars: Genocide of Ukrainians

His Excellency Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States

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

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Petrach Program on Ukraine and the Project on History, Memory, and the Politics of the Past

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW

International Development Studies Program: Capstone Presentations

2:00 - Welcome Remarks
Dr. David Gow, Director of the International Developement Studies Program, George Washington University

2:05 - Culture and Cervical Cancer: Reaching the Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Meghan Cagley, Christean Cole, Bonnie Robinson, Ann Vaughan
Client: Pan American Health Organization

2:30 - Promoting Safe Motherhood in Tanzania
LaZann Allen, Michelle Kayaleh, Shannon Pryor, Katie Zoerhoff
Client: White Ribbon Alliance

3:00 - Women First: An Innovative Link between Income Generation and Health in Mozambique
Bethany Brown, Erin Dodson, Cosmin Florescu, Ailea Sneller
Client: World Vision

3:30 - Open Streams or Piped Dreams? Financing Water Sanitation in Watershed Development in Maharashtra, India
Hanh Thuan Do, Jessica Doll, Joseph Foti, Erlinda Ibay
Client: Global Water Challenge and Watershed Organization Trust

4:00 - The WHEEL Assessment Tool for Surveying the Socioeconomic Status of Microfinance Clients
John Klingler, Tim Stein, Sivan Yosef
Client: FINCA

4:30 - Supply Chain Development in the Mining Sector of Northern Chile Sanola Daley, Stephanie Espinal, Orissa Samaroo, Attiya Zaidi
Client: International Council on Mining and Metals

5:00 - Homestead Food Production in Barisal, Bangladesh
Cynthia Berning, Bradley Correa, Krystal Sirman, Fernanda Sosa
Client: Helen Keller International

5:30 - Looking Forward: Transition Challenges and Policy Recommendations for Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Iganda Katherine Begley, Brandon Leonard, Margarita Puerto, Jessica Woods
Client: AFRICARE

6:00 - Concluding Remarks
Dr. David Gow, Director of the International Development Studies Program, George Washington University

You are welcome to attend any or all of the presentations. There will be a cocktail reception following the final presentation.

No RSVP Required

Sponsored by The International Development Studies Program

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monroe Hall, Room 321
2115 G Street, NW

Macro and International Finance Seminar

Roberto Chang, Professor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University

Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu

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

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
1957 E Street, NW

Dealing with a Dictatorship: The United States and Hungary, 1956-1989; and
The Distant Peace: A Look at the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Dealing with a Dictatorship: The Unites States and Hungry, 1956-1989
Laszio Borhi, Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History

The Distant Peace: A Look at the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Bayram Abbasov, Fellow, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University

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

Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies