Please see below for some interesting events through Georgetown University.
Writing Our Lives: Migration Narratives of Women
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 12pm, ICC 241.
Writing Our Lives is about Jewish women who migrated from India to Israel in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. They had left behind settled homes, and supportive social networks in India where they had never faced anti-Semitism. What did they confront upon arrival in the Promised Land? Sponsored by the Program for Jewish Civilization. RSVP viahttp://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=349&EventID=78025.
The Somalia Syndrome and the Path to 9/11
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 12pm, ICC 462.
The conventional wisdom is that the events of September 11 suddenly transformed the international security environment. That claim is profoundly mistaken. This presentation reveals a clear linkage between the disastrous U.S.-led intervention in Somalia in 1993 and the emergence of a permissive security environment that made the events of September 11 possible. Featuring Robert G. Patman, a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics at the University of Otago. Sponsored by the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies and the Institute for International Law and Politics. RSVP via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=86&EventID=79000.
The Legacy of Stalin in Today's Russia
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 3pm, ICC 241.
How a country reconciles with past episodes of mass atrocity has profound but underspecified effects on political and social development. The Center for Strategic and International Studies has examined the implications of the Stalinist legacy on the Russian human rights movement through a comprehensive survey of Russian citizens and a series of meetings with international memory scholars and activists, and findings will be presented and discussed here. Sponsored by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies. RSVP viahttp://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=91&EventID=80239.
The Future of Sudan with Andrew Natsios
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 5pm, Copley Formal Lounge.
Will the North allow the South to separate and form the world's newest country peacefully or will there be a new war? What is the future of the Sudanese state? Andrew Natsios recently returned from a 12-day trip to Southern Sudan and he will be discussing recent developments in the country. Andrew Natsios is currently writing What Everyone Needs to know About Sudan and Darfur. It is being published by Oxford University Press and will be out early in 2011. Sponsored by the Mortara Center for International Studies. RSVP viahttp://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=242&EventID=80455.
The Human Rights Crisis in Bahrain
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 6pm, ICC 241.
This panel discussion will address the crackdown on members of the opposition movement in Bahrain, which has begun in advance of the country's parliamentary elections this month. Panelists include Joe Stork, Deputy Director, Middle East Division, Human Rights Watch; Maryam al-Khawaja, Bahrain Center for Human Rights; and Jean-Francois Seznec, CCAS. Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. RSVP viahttp://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=89&EventID=80269.
Roundtable on Middle East Public Diplomacy Efforts
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1230pm, ICC 241.
Participants include Steven Seche, Ana Escrogima, and Mohammed Elshinnawi. Moderated by Adel Iskandar. Light lunch will be served. Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. RSVP via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=89&EventID=80571.
The Art of (Post) War
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 4pm, McGhee Library (ICC 301).
The HALO Trust is the world’s oldest and largest humanitarian landmine clearance organization. It has been clearing minefields in the wake of conflicts since 1988 and currently fields 7,700 staff in ten countries. HALO USA Vice President Andrew Lyons and Program Coordinator Edwina Lebbie (Georgetown ’09) will lead a discussion on landmine clearance and human security in sub-Saharan Africa, presenting information on experience HALO has gleaned through its mineclearance programs in Angola, Mozambique, Somaliland and Eritrea. Sponsored by the African Studies Program. RSVP via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=141&EventID=80435.
Pakistan's Floods: The Challenge Ahead
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 6pm, ICC 241.
In light of the floods which caused massive destruction across Pakistan, Georgetown University’s South Asian Society and Georgetown University’s Pakistan Flood Relief Task force are collaborating with the Georgetown University Lecture Fund and the Mortara Center for International Studies to hold an academic panel on Pakistan’s floods. Panelists will include Mark Siegel, Pakistan's Chief Lobbyist in the United States; Christine Fair, Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies;and Iqbal Noorali, Chief Executive, Aga Khan Development Foundation. RSVP viahttp://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=242&EventID=80594.
Slow Burn: Anti-Americanism and Politics in Central Asia
Thursday, Oct. 21, 12pm, McGhee Library (ICC 301).
Anti-Americanism is commonly viewed as a seething popular resentment that overwhelms a government, forcing it to change its foreign relations with the United States. Reality is different. In this talk, Edward Schatz, University of Toronto, will explore how changing attitudes about and images of the United States slowly and incrementally (and yet palpably and significantly) alter the field of political competition in ex-Soviet Central Asia. Sponsored by the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies. RSVP via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=91&EventID=80236.
China and Strategic Cyber Issues
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2pm, Mortara Center.
Featuring James Mulvenon, Vice-President of Defense Group, Inc.'s Intelligence Division and Director of DGI's Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis. Mulvenon will outline the major cyber questions facing senior civilian and military leaders, analyze Chinese cyber doctrine and organization, assess two core China cyber scenarios and offer insights about the possibility of changing Beijing's cyber calculus. Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Security Studies. RSVP via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=302&EventID=80452.
The Pacific and Australian American Relationship: New Opportunities and Challenges
Thursday, Oct. 21, 6:30pm, Mortara Center.
Featuring Hon. Kim Beazley, AC, Ambassador of Australia to the United States. The Australian American relationship plays across the Pacific. How will change in and around the Pacific affect the Australian American relationship? What are the future drivers of this important relationship? Sponsored by the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. RSVP tocanz@georgetown.edu by Monday, Oct. 18. Learn more via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=86&EventID=80570.
Arabian SightsThursday-Sunday, Oct. 21-24. The Fifteenth Annual Arabian Sights Film Festival returns with another exceptionally vibrant collection of new films from Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and more. Several directors will be present at their screenings to discuss their work. Special events will be held. An Audience Award for favorite film will be presented. All films will be screened with English subtitles. The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies calls attention to Kick Off,Birds of the Nile, City of Life, The Barons, and Stuck Between Iraq and a Hard Place. Learn more viahttp://www.filmfestdc.org/ArabianSights/index.cfm.
Joel Beinin: Social Movements and the Struggle Against Israel's Separation Barrier in the West Bank
Friday, Oct. 22, 12:30pm, ICC 241.
Joel Beinin's research and writing focuses on workers, peasants, and minorities in the modern Middle East and on Israel, Palestine, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Beinin has written or edited seven books, most recently Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East(Cambridge University Press, 2001) and The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005, co-edited with Rebecca Stein (Stanford University Press, 2006). Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. RSVP via http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=89&EventID=80258.
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