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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, April 9, 2012
Lunchtimer with Gerry Conlon
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP. Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Gerry Conlon, one of the "Guildford Four," falsely accused, convicted, imprisoned for an IRA campaign he knew nothing about
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.
"The Cost of Escalation, Stakes, Foreign Strategic Interests, and the Length of Civil Wars: A Cross-Country Test"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students. Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 12noon
Speaker: Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Fellow, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, 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/.
"Does Agricultural Intensification Protect Forests?"
Students, staff and faculty preferred 300 Wallace Hall, 12:00- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ruth DeFries, Denning Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Sponsor: STEP PEI
Contact: Chuck Crosby (ccrosby@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/step/seminars/current/
"Africa: Towards Strong, Sustained, and Inclusive Growth"
Free and open to the public. Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Mthuli Ncube, chief economist and vice president of the African Development Bank
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/Ncube04_09/
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
"Is it Really a Sensitive Question? What We Can Learn From Simply Asking.
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students 300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Michelle Hindin, Associate Professor of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
"Why the European Missile Defense Has Already Failed: The Implications of New Facts Released by the US Government"
RSVP required. 221 Nassau Street, 2nd Floor conference room, 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ted Postol, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor: The MacArthur Foundation
Contact: Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu)
RSVP: BY NOON ON April 9th to sgs@princeton.edu or 609-258-4677.
Additional Information: This is a lunch seminar. This seminar is being held on a Tuesday, instead of the normal Wednesday.
Lunchtimer with Pierre Minn
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP. Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Pierre Minn, postdoctoral fellow in the Anthropology, History & Social Medicine Department, UCSF Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served. "Looking Overseas for the 'Healing of America'" - Film Screening and Dinner DiscussionScreening is open to the public, dinner is for students only, RSVP required. Bowl 2, Robertson Hall 4:30- 6:00 p.m.Speaker: Please see more information below. Sponsor: Program in Global Health & Health Policy and the Center for Health & Wellbeing Contact: Kristina Graff ( kgraff@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/globalhealth/events_archive/repository/04102012_publiclecture/"The US State Department's Role in Combatting Human Trafficking"Free and open to the Public Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30 pmSpeaker: Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, Director of the US Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in PersonsSponsor: LISD's Program on Women in International Relations Contact: Angella Matheney ( matheney@princeton.edu) Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/~lisd/cdebaca.htmlConversation with Nassim Taleb
Free and open to the public. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Nassim Taleb, Distinguished Professor, New York University Polytechnic Institute; Author, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: A public reception and book sale/signing will follow the discussion in Shultz Dining Room
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
"Health and well being: some scattered thoughts on comparative fairness, DALYs, and intransitivity"
Free and open to the public. 300 Wallace Hall, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Speaker: Larry Temkin, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
Sponsor: Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Research Program in Development Studies
Contact: Lillian Anderson (latwo@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Brown bag lunch seminar; bottled water will be provided. CHW: http://www.princeton.edu/chw or RPDS: http://www.princeton.edu/rpds
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Lunchtimer with Sarah Rosen-Wartell
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP. Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m. Speaker: Sarah Rosen-Wartell, co-founder, Center for American Progress; president, Urban Institute Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
2012 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs
Free and open to the public. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 8:30 p.m. Speakers: U.S. Representative Leonard Lance (R-NJ), MPA '82 and U.S. Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) Moderator: Prof. Anne Case, MPA '83, Ph.D. '88, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs; Director, Research Program in Development StudiesSponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Contact: Patricia Yelavich ( yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: Full schedule can be found here- https://www.princeton.edu/pcpia/agenda/
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
2012 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs
Free and open to the public. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 9:15 am- 5:30 p.m. Speakers: For a full list of speakers, please see the schedule linked below Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson School Contact: Patricia Yelavich ( yelavich@princeton.edu) Additional Information: Full schedule can be found here-
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Monday, April 16, 2012
"New Opportunities in Franco-American and Transatlantic Relations"
By invitation only.
Prospect Presidential Dining Room, 12:00- 1:45 p.m. Speaker: Francois Delattre, French ambassador to the United States
Sponsor: EU Program and the Center for French Studies
Contact: Sophie Meunier Aitshalia (smeunier@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/europe/events/viewevent.xml?id=127
"Framing Business Interests: How Campaigns Affect Firms' Positions on Preferential Trade Agreements"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students. Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 12noon
Speaker: Megumi Naoi, Assistant Professor Political Science, University of California, San Diego
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/.
"Climate Change, Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation: Magnitude Matters"
Students, staff, and faculty preferred 300 Wallace Hall 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Rob Goldston, Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University
Sponsor: STEP PEI
Contact: chuck crosby (ccrosby@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/step/seminars/current/
LAPA Seminar: Humanity and Forgiveness in Islamic Criminal Sanctioning in Iran
Free and open to the public. Kerstetter Rm, 301 Marx Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Arzoo Osanloo, LAPA Fellow, University of Washington
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 opens 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. http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=515
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
"Great Expectations? Population Projections and Politics in 20th-Century Britain and France"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students 300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: Emily Marshall, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Princeton 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
Lunchtimer- "Designing Organizations for Impact and Cost Effectiveness"
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sue Lehman, independent consultant; strategy, impact assessment, board development and operational planning
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
"Tactical Satellites for Battlefield Operations: An Engineering Feasibility Study"
RSVP required. 221 Nassau St., 2nd floor conference room 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Jaganath Sankara, University of Maryland
Sponsor: The MacArthur Foundation
Contact: Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu)
RSVP: BY NOON on April 17th tosgs@princeton.edu or 609-258-4677
Additional Information: This is a lunch seminar.
Law-Engaged Graduate Student Seminar: "The Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court between 2003 and 2011"
Graduate students, faculty and fellows only, please. 438 Robertson, 12 noon
Speaker: Salla Garsky, Visiting PhD Student, WWS/LAPA; International Relations, University of Helsink
Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Contact: Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=535
Conversation with Patricia de Stacy Harrision
Free and open to the public. Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Harrison's talk is part of the School's "Media and Public Policy" thematic lecture series. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/PatriciaHarrison04_18/
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Fragile Families Working Group
Graduate students and faculty only. RSVP required.Wallace Hall Room 001, 12:00-1:00 p.m.Speaker: Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett, and Sara McLanahan Sponsor: Fragile Families Working Group Contact: Tracy Merone ( ffdata@princeton.edu) Additional Information: Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m.
Lunchtimer with Richard Clark
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Richard Clark, former counter- terrorism coordinator for the National Security Council & Bart Gellman, lecturer of public and international affairs
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served. "Europe's Two Depressions"
Free and open to the public. Tickets required Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs & Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: A limited number of tickets to Dodds will be available to the general public and will be distributed through a wait line on the day of the event, starting at 4:00 p.m. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/PKrugmanJRC04_12/
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Biodefense Seminar - "Addressing Biosecurity: Roles and Responsibilities of the Research and Security Communities"
Free and open to the public. Carl Icahn Room 280, 12:30- 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Edward You, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
Sponsor: The MacArthur Foundation
Contact: Laura Kahn (lkahn@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This is a lunch seminar. http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/seminars/
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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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| April 9, 2012 | | April 10, 2012 | | April 11, 2012 | | April 12, 2012 | | April 13, 2012 | | April 14, 2012 | | April 16, 2012 | | April 17, 2012 | | April 18, 2012 | | April 19, 2012 | | April 20, 2012 |
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