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February 20, 2012- March 2, 2012

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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, February 20, 2012

"Water for Sustainable Ecosystems "
Students and faculty preferred. 
300 Wallace Hall, 11:45 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kelly Caylor, Assistant Professor Of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Sponsor: STEP and PEI
Contact: Chuck Crosby (ccrosby@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/pei/events/viewevent.xml?id=336

"Gulliver Untied:  Entry Deterrence in a Unipolar World"
Restricted to Princeton University faculty and students.   
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 12:00p.m.
Speakers: Joanne Gowa, Professor of Politics, Princeton University; Kristopher Ramsay, Associate Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Sponsor: Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Contact:  Patricia Trinity (ptrinity@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This session of the International Relations Faculty Colloquium is sponsored by the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance.   Papers are posted several days before each presentation. You may download them by clicking the presentation title in the schedule of speakers.  Lunch will be provided. http://www.princeton.edu/politics/graduate/departmental-colloquia/international-relations/

"A Talk by Juan Carlos Pinzon *10"
Free and open to the public 
Bowl 001, Robertson Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Juan Carlos Pinzon, Minister of Defense, Colombia
Sponsor: Center for International Security Studies
Contact:  Cynthia Ernst (cernst@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/ciss/

"Military Force Planning and Decision-Making"
Free and open to the public. 
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Robert L. Gordon III, MPA '89, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Military Community and Family Policy
Sponsor: Office of Public & External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/RobertGordonIII02_20/  

  

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
 
"Rebuilding a Devastated Population: Family, Fertility, and the Indian Ocean Tsunami"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students 
300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.  
Speaker: Jenna Nobles, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Sponsor: Office of Population Research 
Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu ) 
Additional Information: This talk is part of the Notestein Seminar Series. 
 http://www.opr.princeton.edu/seminars/spring/2012

Lunchtimer- Northeast Asia Security Issues
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP. 
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speakers: Mr. Zhe JIN, Secretary General, Korean Peninsula Research Center, Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences; Mr. Chen XUE, Research Fellow, Center for American Studies, Shanghai Institute for International StudiesMr. Quntong YU, Director of Consular Division, Foreign Affairs Office of Shaanxi Province  Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs, China & the World Program
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 


"Presidents and the Transformation of American Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century"
Free and open to the public. 
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Joseph S. Nye, Jr., '58, considered the co-founder of the international relations theory neoliberalism and currently serving as Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Sponsor: Office of Public & External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Nye is the featured speaker of the 2012 Richard Ullman Lecture Series- http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/NyeUllmanLecture02_21_22/ 
 
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

"'Unpoisoning' the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree:  Motivated Applications of the Exclusionary Rule"
Faculty and graduate students only. 
Robertson Hall, Room 438, 12 noon
Speaker: Avani Mehta Sood, Psychology
Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Contact:  Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This is a Law-Engaged Graduate Student Seminar- http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=520

"External Validity and Partner Selection Bias" 
Free and open to the public.
300 Wallace Hall  12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Speaker: Hunt Allcott, Assistant Professor of Economics, NYU
Sponsor: 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. CHW: http://www.princeton.edu/chw
RPDS: http://www.princeton.edu/rpds

Lunchtimer with Alnoor Ebrahim
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP. 
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor of General Management, Harvard Business School  
Sponsor: 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. This LT is part of the Dean's Organizational Management Series.


"Domestic Political Institutions and the Skill Composition of Inward FDI in Developing Countries, 1980-2008"
Free and open to the public.  
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Boliang Zhu, China and the World Program Fellow
Sponsor: Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program
Contact:  Yan Bennett (ybennett@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/cwp/events/repository/zhu/

"Ethics and Good Leadership in Foreign Policy"
Free and open to the public. 
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Joseph S. Nye, Jr., '58, considered the co-founder of the international relations theory neoliberalism and currently serving as Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Sponsor: Office of Public & External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Nye is the featured speaker of the 2012 Richard Ullman Lecture Series- http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/NyeUllmanLecture02_21_22/ 
 
Thursday, February 23, 2012
 
"Exploring the Effects of Implicit and Explicit Racial Cues on Black Attitudes about Whites"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and graduate students. 
300 Wallace Hall 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP)
Contact:  Michele Demak Epstein (mdeps@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: CSDP American Politics Colloquium. 

"Epidemiology, Public Policy and Toxic Water" - Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Free and open to the public. 
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speakers: Dr. Richard Clapp, Joseph Amon, Purcell Carson
Sponsor: Program in Global Health and Public Policy
Contact:  Kristina Graff (kgraff@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/globalhealth/events_archive/repository/02232012_publiclecture/

Friday, February 24, 2012
 
"The EU and Turkish Foreign Policy: Regional Security Complex Theory"
Restricted to Princeton University faculty and students. 
Room 029, Robertson Hall, 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Akin Unver, Ertegun Lecturer of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
Sponsor: EU Progam, the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society
Contact: Sophie Meunier Aitsahalia (smeunier@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=128

"Combating Maternal Mortality among the Rural Poor in Sierra Leone"
Free and open to the public.
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Mohamed Bailor Barrie, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Wellbody Alliance
Sponsor: Program in Global Health and Health Policy
Contact:  Kristina Graff (kgraff@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/globalhealth/events/viewevent.xml?id=52

Monday, February 27, 2012
 
"Oil and Democracy:  Endogenous Natural Resources and the Political 'Resource Curse'"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall; 12noon
Speaker: Sarah Brooks, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
Sponsor: Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Contact:  Patricia Trinity (ptrinity@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This session of the International Relations Faculty Colloquium is sponsored by the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance.   Papers are posted several days before each presentation. You may download them by clicking the presentation title in the schedule of speakers.  Lunch will be provided. http://www.princeton.edu/politics/graduate/departmental-colloquia/international-relations/.  

Lunchtimer- "Global Neonatal Health"
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP. 
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Shetal Shah MD '96, Associate Professor, Neonatal Medicine, SUNY School of Medicine
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs & Center for Health and Well Being
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.


"Beyond Legal Mobilization: Rethinking Rights and Power"
Free and open to the public.
Kerstetter Rm, Marx Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Speakers: Michael McCann, Crane/LAPA Fellow; University of Washington, and Paul Frymer, Politics
Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Contact:  Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: LAPA's seminar format asks that attendees 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 the floor is opened for questions. Each seminar concludes with a brief reception, giving everyone a chance to mingle and meet. http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=512 
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
 
"Obesity among the Children of Immigrants: Selection, Adaptation, and Assimilation"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students 
300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.  
Speaker: Jennifer Van Hook, Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University   
Sponsor: Office of Population Research 
Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu
Additional Information: This talk is part of the Notestein Seminar Series. 
 http://www.opr.princeton.edu/seminars/spring/2012

"What is the State? The Financial Crisis in Historical Perspective"
Restricted to Princeton University faculty and students.
Room 029, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Emma Rothschild, Harvard University, Cambridge University
Sponsor: EU Progam, the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society
Contact: Sophie Meunier Aitsahalia (smeunier@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:
http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=130 
 
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
 
"The Technology, Effectiveness and Politics of Missile Defense"
RSVP necessary. 
221 Nassau St., 2nd floor conference room 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Philip Coyle, formerly Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Sponsor: Program on Science and Global Security
Contact:  Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu)
RSVP: by noon on Feb. 28 to sgs@princeton.edu or 609-258-4677.
Additional Information: This is a SGS lunch seminar. 

"Public Immigration Debates, National Integration Models and Transnationalism in Western Europe"
Restricted to Princeton University faculty and students. 
Room 029, Robertson Hall, 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Marc Helbling, WZB, Princeton
Sponsor: EU Progam, the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society
Contact: Sophie Meunier Aitsahalia ( smeunier@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:
http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=124



Thursday, March 1, 2012
 
"Mother-Child Relationships in Fragile Families: Going Beyond the HOME Scales"
This seminar is open to graduate students and faculty only. RSVP required. 
Wallace Hall Room 001, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Speakers: Anne Martin and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.
Sponsor: Fragile Families Working Group
Contact:  Tracy Merone (ffdata@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:  Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m.

"China's Upcoming Political Succession and Sino-US Relations"

Free and open to the public. 
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 12:10- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Cheng Li, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution
Sponsor: Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program
Contact:  Yan Bennett (ybennett@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/cwp/events/li/

"George F. Kennan: An American Life"
Free and open to the public. 
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speakers: John Lewis Gaddis, deemed the "dean of Cold War historians" by The New York Times, author, "George F. Kennan: An American Life,"; Bart Gellman '82, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, contributing editor at large for TIME magazine, visiting lecturer in public and international affairs, and author in residence, Woodrow Wilson School
Sponsor: Office of Public & External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: A book sale and signing will take place immediately after the discussion, although books may be purchased prior to the lecture. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/GaddisGellman03_01/ 
   
Friday, March 2, 2012
 
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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February 20, 2012
February 21, 2012
February 22, 2012
February 23, 2012
February 24, 2012
February 27, 2012
February 28, 2012
February 29, 2012
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