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This is the Woodrow Wilson School's consolidated weekly listing of events, which will be emailed out every Friday or, when there are holidays, on the last business day of the week. All WWS Centers and Programs are invited to include their events on this list. Please contact the Office of Public & External Affairs at extaff@princeton.edu to find out how to submit information on your events.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
The Cyril Black International Book Forum "Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System" Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Barry Eichengreen, the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley; author, "Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System;" G. John Ikenberry, Woodrow Wilson School's Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs; co-director, Center for International Security Studies; Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School; Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society; and Hyun S. Shin, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics, Princeton University Sponsors: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public & External Affairs, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Center for International Security Studies Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: The discussion is part of the annual Cyril Black International Book Forum, named in honor of the late Cyril Black, the emeritus James S. McDonnell Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton. Black was director of the Woodrow Wilson School's Center of International Studies from 1968 to 1985 and a member of the Princeton faculty for fifty years. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/CyrilBlackBookForum02_07/ "Physical Philosophy: Mobility and Indigenous Peoples"
Library Lounge, Bendheim Center for Finance, 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: John Borrows, University of Minnesota Law School; Princeton University, Politics/Canadian Studies (2010-2011) Commentator: Anna Stilz, Princeton University
Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Contact: Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This event is a LAPA Seminar, the LAPA format asks that seminar participants familiarize themselves with the paper in advance. The commentator will open the session by summarizing the main themes in the paper and presenting some topics for discussion. The author then has the right of first response before we open to the floor for questions. http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=429
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
"Of Beauty, Sex, and Power: Statistical Challenges in Estimating Small Effects" 300 Wallace Hall, 12:00- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University Sponsor: Office of Population Research Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://opr.princeton.edu/seminars/ "Who's Better: The West or the Rest?-" Lunchtimer Discussion Room 023, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Richard Bernstein, columnist for the International Herald Tribune and a visiting Ferris professor at the Council for Humanities Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: This event is open to WWS students ONLY. If you wish to attend, please RSVP here: https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
"China, Then and Now" Robertson Hall, Bowl 16, 4:30- 6:00 p.m. Speaker: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, former Foreign Service Officer for 35 years; Ambassador to Zambia, the Philippines, and Pakistan Sponsor: Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program Contact: Yan Bennett (ybennett@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/cwp/events/repository/nplatt/ "A Conversation with Paul J. Fishman '78, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey" Location TBA, 6:00 p.m. Speaker: Paul J. Fishman '78, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey Sponsor: Program in American Studies, the Program in Law and Public Affairs, Center for African American Studies, and the Program in Teacher Preparation Contact: Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu) RSVP: Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu) Additional Information: This event is open to WWS GRADUATE and MPA-MPP STUDENTS ONLY. This is part of LAPA's series, "Law in the Public Service: Not Just for Lawyers." http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=445
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
"Globalisation and Legal Scholarship" Robertson Hall 015, 12:00 p.m. Speaker: William Twining, Faculty of Laws, University College London Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs Contact: Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu) RSVP: Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu) Additional Information: RSVP needed. http://lapa.princeton.edu/ "Conditional Cash Transfers and Voting Behavior: Redistribution in Developing Democracies" 300 Wallace Hall 12:00-1:30pm Speaker and Title: Cesar Zucco, WWS and Dept. of Politics Sponsor: Center for the Study of Democratic Politics Contact: Michele Demak Epstein (mdeps@princeton.edu) Additional Information: This event is restricted to faculty, fellows, and graduate students. http://www.princeton.edu/csdp/events/viewevent.xml?id=412 Lunchtimer Discussion Room 023, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Marc Otte, European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: This event is open to WWS students ONLY. If you wish to attend, please RSVP here: https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/ "The New Maritime Arctic: Crossroads of Globalization, Climate Change & Geopolitics" Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m. Speaker: Lawson Brigham, Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Sponsors: Woodrow Wilson School of Public & External Affairs & The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: The discussion is the first of four lecture events in the School's "Changing Notions of State, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination" Series. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/LawsonBrigham02_10/
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Friday, February 11, 2011
No scheduled events.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
"The Relationship Between Academia and Policy-Making"
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speakers: Thomas J. Christensen, William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War, Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Director, China and the World Program; Aaron L. Friedberg, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School; and Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Sponsor: Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Contact: Patricia Trinity (ptrinity@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: The International Relations Faculty Colloquium is sponsored by the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. This event is restricted to faculty, fellows, and students only. Lunch will be provided. http://www.princeton.edu/politics/events/colloquia/ir/ "Conflict Resolution: The Role of Business in Dismantling Apartheid" Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m. Speaker: Michael Young, business executive and mediator who brokered the secret talks that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs and the School's Innovations for Successful Societies-Institutions for Fragile States Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/MichaelYoung02_14/ |
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
"Risk, Resilience, and Gene-Environment Interplay in Primates" 300 Wallace Hall, 12:00- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Steve Suomi, NIH, Child Health and Human Development Sponsor: Office of Population Research Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://opr.princeton.edu/seminars/ "The Role of States in Implementing Health Reform-" Lunchtimer Discussion Room 023, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Heather Howard, former NJ Commissioner of Health and Senior Services Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: This event is open to WWS students ONLY. If you wish to attend, please RSVP here: https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
"China and the United States: Solving the North Korea Problem"
Bowl 002, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Evans Revere, Lecturer in International Affairs and Diplomat-in-Residence
Sponsor: Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program
Contact: Yan Bennett (ybennett@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/cwp/events/repository/revere/
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
"Fragile Families in the US and UK" Room 001, Wallace Hal, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Speaker: Kathleen Kiernan, University of York; Sara McLanahan, Princeton University Sponsor: Fragile Families Working Group Contact: Tracy Merone (ffdata@princeton.edu) Additional Information: This event is part of the Fragile Families Working Group series. It is only open to graduate students and faculty. Lunch will be served. http://crcw.princeton.edu/schedules_wg/FFWG_Spring_2011.pdf "Same Sex Marriage in the United States: Where We Are as a Nation" Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Sean Eldridge, Political Director for Freedom to Marry; Suzanne Goldberg, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School; and Father Joseph Palacios, sociologist and adjunct professor, Georgetown University; founder, Catholics United for Marriage Equality. Moderator: Henrik Hartog, the Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty; Director, Program in American Studies at Princeton Sponsors: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public & External Affairs, the Gender and Policy Network, the Program in the Study of Women and Gender, and WWAC Student Initiated Projects Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/SameSexMarriagePanel02_17/
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Global Health Colloquium: "How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: The American Narrative in Global Perspective"
219 Aaron Burr Hall, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Keith Wailoo, Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Sponsor: Program in Global Health and Health Policy
Contact: Peter Locke (plocke@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Open to the public. Lunch is served beginning at 11:45am. For more information go to: www.princeton.edu/ghp/events/viewevent.xml?id=63
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