Lecture Series

In keeping with its mission to foster intellectual exchange and research in the social sciences, IGIS sponsors a number of occasional lectures on diverse topics in international affairs. Below is a description of past events in the IGIS Lecture Series.

19 September 2008
Terrorism and International Business: The Corporate Response
Gary Knight; Florida State University; and Michael Czinkota; Georgetown University; Please note that this event will be hosted on a Friday in Room 620, Funger Hall, 2201 G Street, NW
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18 September 2008
Islam and the Invention of Nations in Post-Soviet Central Asian Nation-Building
John Schoeberlein; Lecturer on Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Please note that this event will be hosted from 12:30-2pm in the Voesar Conference Room, 412Q, 1957 E Street, NW

1 May 2008
Getting Grants
Sarah Binder, Kimberly Morgan, & Paul Wahlbeck; Professors of Political Science, George Washington University

24 April 2008
Getting Published
Bruce Dickson, Martha Finnemore, & Susan Sell; Professors of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

3 April 2008
Resisting Hollywood: The Politics of Cultural Diversity
Harvey Feigenbaum, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

29 February 2008
Book Incubator:
Governance in Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States
Edited by: Steven Suranovic, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, George Washington University
By invitation only.
 
21 February 2008
Conducting Field Research for PhD Students
Bruce Dickson; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University, AND
Gina Lambright; Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

14 February 2008
Conference Strategies for PhD Students
Susan K. Sell, Executive Director, Institute for Global and International Studies; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

23 October 2007
Book Launch:
Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible
by Douglas Farah, Former West African Bureau Chief of the Washington Post, and Stephen Braun, Los Angeles Times National Correspondent

27 September 2007
The European Union at Fifty: An American Perspective
Roy Ginsburg, Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr. Chair in Government, Skidmore College, GWU Alumnus (M.A. '77, Ph.D. '85)

20 September 2007
U.S.-China Relations
Tom Christensen, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, currently serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

11 September 2007
Peer Effects, Pupil-Teacher Ratios, and Teacher Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

February 12, 2007
External Environments and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from the Israeli Case
Hillel Frisch, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and Middle Eastern History, Bar-Ilan University and Senior Researcher, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

9 November 2005
The Power of Performance: Theater and Popular Participation in Afghanistan
The Elliott School's Institute for Global and International Studies (IGIS) and Culture in Global Affairs program (CIGA), in cooperation with Women in International Security (WIIS) at Georgetown University, presented a video and lecture by New York's Bond Street Theater and Afghanistan's Exile Theater. This film documented the two theaters' creative collaboration in refugee camps and areas of conflict, with specific focus on Afghanistan. Speakers from Exile Theater discussed living and working in Afghanistan, the history of the conflict, and theater's unique ability to cross cultural barriers.