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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1

4:30 pm
60 Years Later: Critical Books of the 20th Century

"An Examination of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation"
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Jeremy Adelman and Miguel Centeno, Princeton University;
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Council of the Humanities, the University Center for Human Values, and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

12:00 noon
PIIRS Lunch Seminar
"Locating Subjectivity: Gender, Transnational Protest and Garment Production in El Salvador"
012 Bendheim Hall

Ethel Brooks, Rutgers University
Reservation required. Contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch. To download a copy of the paper, click here.


4:00 pm
"The Fence "
010 East Pyne

Documentary film by Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian filmmaker & journalist.
Sponsored by the Program in Canadian Studies, the Canadian Consulate General in New York, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Program in Judaic Studies, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Politics, and the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.


4:30 pm
PIIRS Undergraduate Fellows Open House
"Regional Studies at Princeton: Is It For You? "
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

An informal discussion with the directors of Princeton's regional studies programs, for undergraduates interested in concentrating in or pursuing a certificate in regional studies. Reception to follow in Shultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.


4:30 pm
"Can the East Asian Miracle Persist?"
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Takatoshi Kato, International Monetary Fund.
Sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program.


4:30 pm
Princeton University President's Lecture Series
"Misunderestimating Terrorism: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism "
101 Friend Center

Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Office of the President, Princeton University.


7:30 pm
"The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith "
McCosh 50

Irshad Manji, author and Canadian television host.
Sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (Central New Jersey Chapter), Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5

7:00 pm
Israeli Film Series
"The Road to Jenin"
010 East Pyne

Directed by Pierre Rehov, 2003
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies.


MONDAY, DECEMBER 6

12:00 noon
Globalization and Domestic Politics Lunch Seminar
"Through a Glass and Darkly: Attitudes Toward International Trade and the Curious Effects of Issue Framing"
012 Bendheim Hall

Michael Hiscox, Harvard University
Reservation required. Contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch.
To download a copy of the paper, click here.


12:00 noon
Brown Bag Lunch Series
"Entering Iraq: First Days of the Occupation"
Frist Campus Center, Floor B, Multi-Purpose Room C

Ambassador John Limbert, American Foreign Service Association.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7

4:30 pm
"Inaction in the Face of Genocide ... From Rwanda to Darfur "
16 Robertson Hall

John Prendergast, International Crisis Group.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8

12:30 pm
PIIRS Seminar
"Building a Strong Vietnam-U.S. Relationship: Unlikely Partners?"
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Former Vietnam Ambassador to Belgium and the E.U.; Chairwoman, Committee for External Relations, Vietnam National Assembly.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.


4:30 pm
"Speaking Non-violence with Yael Berda "
Frist 307

Yael Berda, Israeli Human Rights Lawyer.
Sponsored by the Princeton Committee on Palestine, the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, the International Center, the Carl A. Fields Center, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, and the Princeton Middle East Society.


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9

12:00 noon
PIIRS Lunch Seminar
"The Disciplinary Foundations of Successful Late Industrialization in East Asia and Latin America"
012 Bendheim Hall

Diane Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reservation required. Contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch.

 



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