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DECEMBER 2009 CALENDAR
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1
12:00 pm
"Kissinger's Request and the Future of EU Foreign Policy"
Prospect House, Presidential Dining Room |
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Ursula Plassnik, former Foreign Minister of Austria.
Sponsored by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society.
RSVP required. Contact Angella Matheney to register. University ID required for admittance.
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4:30 pm CANCELLED
The Caucasus: Zones of Contestation
"Urban Culture and Threshold Modernity: Aesthetic Modernismi in the 'Peripheral' City: Tbilisi 1915-1930"
219 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Harsha Ram, University of California, Berkeley.
Sponsored by the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Davis Center for Historical Studies, the Council for the Humanities, the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and a gift to the University Center for Human Values in honor of James A. Moffett '29.
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4:30 pm
Crossroads of Religion and Politics
"Religion and Democracy: Intruder or Guiding Light?"
Robertson Hall 016 |
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Mickey Edwards, The Aspen Institute.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Center for the Study of Religion.
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4:30 pm
“An Anomaly? Reflections on the Greek December 2008”
Scheide Caldwell House, Rm. 103 |
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Andreas Kalyvas, New School for Social Research.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
8:00 am
Indaba
“Foundations of Democracy in Africa: Social Capital or Resurgent Society”
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Marton Markovits, Ohio University.
Sponsored by the Program in African Studies.
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4:30 pm
“Amos Oz, the Zionist Intellectual, and the Vicissitudes of Israeliness”
202 Jones Hall |
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Eran Kaplan, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
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7:30 pm
Arabic Film Series
"Bent Familia"
McCormick 101 |
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Directed by Nouri Bouzid (1997), in Arabic with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3
12:00 pm
Islam, Modernity, and South Asia - Seminar Series
"The Pakistani Military's Fight Against Talibanization"
202 Jones Hall |
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Ayesha Siddiqa, Dawn (English daily in Pakistan).
Sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies, the Transregional Institute, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Center for the Study of Religion, and sponsored in part by a gift to the University Center for Human Values in honor of James Moffett '29.
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4:30 pm
Panel Discussion
"Women Leaders in International Relations and World Peace"
Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium |
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Ursula Plassnik, former Austrian Foreign Minister;
Alison Boden, Princeton University
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars;
Tamar S. Hermann, Open University of Israel;
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University;
Nannerl Keohane, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, the European Union Program, the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society and the Gender and Policy Network.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
7:00 pm
South Asia Film Society, film screening
"Rang De Basanti"
Rocky-Mathey Theater |
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Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2006).
Sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies and the South Asian Students Association.
Dinner at 6:30 pm before the film.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6
7:15 pm
Hebrew Film Series
"Tehilim"
010 East Pyne Hall |
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Directed by Raphael Nadjari (2007), in Hebrew with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7
12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"Translation and Resistance: Literary Translators in Soviet Russia"
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Brian Baer, Kent State University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
8:00 am
Indaba
“Small States, Regional Powers: The Dilemma of the Horn”
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Kassahum Checole, Africa World Press, Inc.
Sponsored by the Program in African Studies.
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12:00 pm
Work-in-Progress Lunch Seminar
“Memories of the Future: Images, Narratives, Monuments, and the Aesthetics of Memory in Brazil and Argentina”
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Beatriz Jaguaribe de Mattos, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
4:30 pm
Project on Democracy and Development
"How Should Democracies Respond to Ethnic Diversity?"
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Kanchan Chandra, New York University.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the University Center for Human Values.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"On Fatwas and Translation: Implied Hierarchies of Islamic Languages and Scripts"
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Michael Laffan, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.
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