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September 26, 2011- October 7, 2011

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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.


Monday, September 26, 2011
 

Lunchtimer Discussion: "Diplomacy and Intractable Conflicts: The Case of the Middle East and Cyprus Problems"

This event is for students only.  

Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.

Speaker: Achilleas Antoniades, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus

Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs

Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)

RSVP: https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/ 

Additional Information:You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.    

 

LAPA Special Event: "Judging Around the World "   

McCormick 101, 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: The Right Honorable Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and Miguel Poiares Maduro, former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg; Professor and Director of the Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute.
Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Contact:  Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Free and open to the public.
http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=481

 

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
 

"Future Trends in US Life Expectancy"  

300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.

Speaker: John Bongaarts, Vice President, The Population Council 

Sponsor: Office of Population Research

Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: This talk is part of the Notestein Seminar Series. http://opr.princeton.edu/seminars/fall/2011  

 

Lunchtimer Discussion: "Eleanor's Dream?  The United Nations and Human Rights"

This event is for students only.  

Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.

Speaker: Hillel Neuer, Executive Director, UN Watch

Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs

Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)

RSVP:  https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/ 

Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.  

 

 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
 

"A New International Framework for Nuclear Energy?"   221 Nassau St., 2nd floor conference room 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: John Carlson, Lowy Institute for International Policy
Sponsor: Program on Science and Global Security
Contact:  Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu

RSVP: sgs@princeton.edu or 258-4677 by 12:00 p.m. on September 27th 

Additional Information: This is a lunch seminar.    

 

"Last-Place Aversion: Evidence and Redistributive Implications"
300 Wallace Hall, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Speaker: Ilyana Kuziemko, Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Sponsors: Center for Health and Wellbeing  and the Research Program in Development Studies

Contact: Lillian Anderson (latwo@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Brown bag lunch; bottled water provided. http://www.princeton.edu/chw http://www.princeton.edu/rpds     


"China's Foreign Relations Since the Financial Crisis" 

Bowl 001, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.   

Speaker: Thomas J. Christensen, William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and Director of the China and the World Program

Sponsor: China and the World Program

Contact:  Yan Bennett (ybennett@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/cwp/events/repository/tjc/ 

 

Thursday, September 29, 2011
 

No scheduled events.

Friday, September 30, 2011
 

No scheduled events.

Monday, October 3, 2011
 

Lunchtimer Discussion: "Two Stories of Corporate Philanthropy Responding to Health Crises: HIV/AIDS in Africa and Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S."  

This event is for students only. 

Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.

Speaker: Patricia Doykos, Director, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation

Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs & the Center for Health and Wellbeing  

Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)

RSVP:  https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/ 

Additional Information: This event is for students only. You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served. 

"Iran's Nuclear Program: Can Diplomacy Help?"

Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.

Speaker: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, former U.S. ambassador to several countries and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs & the Program on Science and Global Security  

Contact: Patricia Yelavich ( yelavich@princeton.edu)

Additional Information:

http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/AmbTPickering10_03/  

   

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
 

Lunchtimer Discussion: "Regenerating Mexico City's Rivers: Río La Piedad"

This event is for students only.   

Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.

Speaker: Elias Cattan, founder and director, Taller13 Arquitectura Regenerativa;professor of Design and Environmental Theory, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs   

Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)

RSVP:  https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/  

Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served. 
 

"Intergenerational Advancement of the Mexican-origin Population Relative to a Changing Mainstream: Challenges of Selective Migration in the Comparison of California and Texas"  

300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.

Speaker: Dowell Myers, Professor of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California

Sponsor: Office of Population Research

Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: This talk is part of the Notestein Seminar Series.  http://opr.princeton.edu/seminars/fall/2011 

"Governance in the European Union: Myths and Reality"

3rd floor atrium, Aaron Burr Hall, 12:00- 1:20 p.m.

Speaker: Antonis Ellinas, University of Cyprus

Sponsor: European Union Program & Program in French Studies 

Contact: Sophie Meunier (smeunier@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=115  

 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
 

No scheduled events.

Thursday, October 6, 2011
 

Fragile Families Working Group- "Family Instability, Genes, and Children's Externalizing Behaviors"      

Seminar is open to graduate students and faculty. RSVP required. Wallace Hall Room 001, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Colter Mitchell, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Daniel Notterman, John Hobcraft, and Irwin Garfinkel
Sponsor: Fragile Families Working Group
Contact:  Tracy Merone (ffdata@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Lunch will be served. http://crcw.princeton.edu/index.asp   

 

"Governance in the European Union: Myths and Reality"

This event is by invitation only.  

Mathey Private Dining Room, 12:00- 1:20 p.m.

Speaker: Giuliano Amato, former Prime Minister of Italy and Vice-President of the Convention on the Future of Europe

Sponsor: European Union Program & Mathey College  

Contact: Sophie Meunier ( smeunier@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=112  

 

Lunchtimer Discussion: "Pharma Influence Over Physicians and Medical Research: Benefit or Compromised Science?"  

This event is for students only.

Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.

Speaker: Katherine Taylor, Associate Fellow, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania

Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Office of Public and External Affairs & the Center for Health and Wellbeing  

Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)

RSVP:   https://wws.princeton.edu/extaff/event-reception/ 

Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.

 

"Italian Identity 150 years after Unification"

Bowl 006, Friends Center, 4:30- 5:50 p.m.

Speakers: Giuliano Amato, former Prime Minister of Italy and Vice-President of the Convention on the Future of Europe; Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University;  & John Davis, University of Connecticut

Moderators: Matteo Faini, Graduate Student in Politics & Jason Pedicone, Resident Graduate Student Mathey College

Sponsor: European Union Program

Contact: Sophie Meunier (smeunier@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=116  

 

"Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media"

Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.

Speaker: James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic 

Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs

Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/JamesFallows10_06/  

Friday, October 7, 2011
 

No scheduled events.

Please send your event submissions to extaff@princeton.edu by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. to be included in "The Weeks Ahead."
 
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September 26, 2011
September 27, 2011
September 28, 2011
September 29, 2011
September 30, 2011
October 3, 2011
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