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April 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412 |
Ukraine in Anticipation of the October 2012 Parliamentary ElectionsSerhiy Kudelia, Visiting Scholar, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
On October 28, 2012, Ukraine will elect a new parliament. The elections will test the strength of President Victor Yanukovychs increasing authoritarian and unpopular regime. It will also measure the resilience of the opposition when key anti-Yanukovych leaders like Yulia Tymoshenko are in jail. To provide an overall picture of the current situation, Serhiy Kudelia will discuss domestic politics, the Yanukovych administration, the state of the opposition and the first stages of the election campaign. Taras Kuzio will discuss Ukrainian foreign policy towards Russia and the West, energy, threats of a visa black list and Ukraines international isolation. RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/Kuzio-KudeliaGWU Sponsored by Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies |
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 |
The Arab Uprising The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East: A Conversation with Marc LynchMarc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Director, Institute for Middle East Studies; Director, Project on Middle East Political Science, GW Mr. Lynch will be discussing his new book, The Arab Uprising The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/2i Sponsored by the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and the Institute for Middle East Studies |
Monday, April 16, 2012
City View Room, 7th Floor |
David H. Miller Lecture: Prospects for Progress: Development, Security, and Governance in Sub-Saharan AfricaMimi Alemayehou, Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
6:30 - 7:30 PM Lecture; 7:30 - 8:00 PM Reception RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/MillerLecture Sponsored by the Elliott School of International Affairs |
Friday, April 20, 2012
Room 505 |
Incomplete Assimilation among Muslims in FranceDavid Laitin, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University In France, a Christian citizen is two-and-a-half times more likely to get called for a job interview than an equally qualified Muslim candidate, according to new research by David Laitin. His work identifies religion - rather than race or country of origin - as the source of discrimination in France. The French government currently does not collect information on religion or ethnic backgrounds, a situation that allows the discrimination to continue. Laitin is conducting this research in collaboration with Claire Adida, a professor at UCSD and Marie-Anne Valfort at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/LaitinGWU Sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies |
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 |
Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience: A Conversation with Bassam HaddadBassam Haddad, Director of the Middle East Studies Program and Professor of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University Mr. Haddad will be discussing his new book, Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/2f Sponsored by the Project on Middle East Political Science, the Institute for Middle East Studies |