Fall 2009 Events

Regional Colloquium on Globalization of Law, International Organizations, and International Law
Friday & Saturday, September 25 - 26

Buffett Center Open House
Tuesday, September 29, 4pm to 6pm - Buffett Center, 1902 Sheridan Rd., Evanston

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » Archaeology and Empire: Excavating a Harbor Settlement along the Hittite Imperial Frontier
Ann Gunter, Art History
Friday, October 2 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

A Revolution in Crisis: Iran after June 12
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Wednesday, October 7 at 4pm - McCormick Tribune Center Forum, 1870 Campus Dr., Evanston

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » The New Terrain of International Law: International Courts in International Politics
Karen Alter, Political Science
Friday, October 9 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

The European Union as a Normative Actor
Zaki Laïdi, Sciences Po
Tuesday, October 13 at 4pm – Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Human Rights Series » Human Rights and Immigration: U.S.-Mexico Border Perspectives
Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El Paso
Wednesday, October 14 at 4pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Twenty Years of Laughter and Forgetting: Eastern/Central European Literature since 1989
with authors Petra Hulova (Czech Republic), Ferenc Barnas (Hungary), and Drago Jančar (Slovenia)
Thursday, October 15 at 5:30pm - University Library, 2-South, 1970 Campus Dr., Evanston

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » Asia Modern: The Kamakura Modern Art Museum and Democratic Political Culture in Postwar Japan
Laura Hein, History
Friday, October 16 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

French Interdisciplinary Group » A Biribi: The Colonial Penitentiary System of the French Army (19th-20th C)
Dominique Kalifa, History, Paris-I (Sorbonne)
Wednesday, October 21 at 4:30pm
Kresge 2-370, 1880 Campus Dr., Evanston

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » International Sexual Migration and Health: The Case of Mexican Gay Migrants in California
Héctor Carrillo, Sociology and Gender Studies
Friday, October 23 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Keyman Modern Turkish Studies » Turkey’s Changing Foreign and Energy Policy Priorities
Bulent Aliriza, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Thursday, October 29 at 4pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » War and State Making: A Retrospective on Charles Tilly
Hendrik Spruyt, Political Science
Friday, October 30 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center
Thursday, November 5 at 4pm - Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St., Evanston

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » Hot Rocks, Strong Waves and High Tides: A Review of Up-and-coming Carbon-Free Energy Sources
David C. Dunand, Materials Science and Engineering
Friday, November 6 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Keyman Modern Turkish Studies » A Moveable Empire: Ottoman Nomads, Migrants, and Refugees
Reşat Kasaba, University of Washington
Thursday, November 12 at 4pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » The State and Enterprise in Nigeria: On the Political Economy of Private Sector Development
Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu, Sociology
Friday, November 13 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Human Rights Series » Is Climate Change a Violation of Human Rights?
Dinah Shelton, George Washington University
Thursday, November 19 at 4pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium
CANCELLED
Friday, November 20

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