Events List Week of 11.16
UMD EVENTS:
Bahai Chair for World Peace:
Cascades of Violence and Global Governance of Peace
When: Monday, November 16
(3:00pm)
Where: McKeldin Library,
Special Events Room 6137
Description: Dr. John
Braithwaite presents his latest paper about cascading violence and global
governance of peace. The abstract reads: We live in an era of the
criminalization of the state. The state becomes a takeover target for business
entrepreneurs who reap bigger profits by criminalizing their state than by
democratizing it. In that world, crime often cascades to war and war cascades
to crime: so much so that rates of violent death often increase after peace
agreements are settled. Happily, nonviolent resistance to tyranny is also a
phenomenon that cascades. Cascades of nonviolence are often hijacked by
cascades of violence, as seen with Syria and the Arab Spring. Less visible is
the phenomenon of cascades of violence being hijacked by cascades of
nonviolence: the civil wars in Bougainville, South Africa, East Timor and Nepal
illustrate. So what might global governance do to steer the planet away from
cascades of violence? Five propositions are advanced.
Link: http://www.bahaichair.umd.edu/events/Braithwaite
Managing Inequality: Slum
Clearance, Low-cost Housing & Racialized Citizenship in Interwar Detroit
When: Monday, November 16
(4:00-6:00pm)
Where: Taliaferro Hall, Room
2110
Description: Please join us
for an afternoon conversation on "Managing Inequality: Slum Clearance,
Low-cost Housing, and Racialized Citizenship in Interwar Detroit" with Dr.
Karen Miller of the CUNY Graduate Center and LaGuardia Community College.
Comment will be provided by Dr. David Sicilia. Wine and cheese will be served.
In order to help us estimate attendance, RSVP at millercenter@umd.edu or call
at 301-405-4299.
Link: http://history.umd.edu/sites/history.umd.edu/files/karen%20miller%201.pdf
FBI Info Session: Employer
Networking Sessions
When: Monday, November 16
(6:30-8:00pm)
Where: University Career
Center – 3100 Hornbake Library, South Wing
Description: The FBI offers
unparalleled opportunities for internship and full-time career opportunities.
You are invited to an Information Session with FBI representatives to learn
about our mission and how you can contribute to safeguarding our nation. The
FBI will conduct limited on-campus interviews with qualified candidates for
internship and entry level positions.
FULL-TIME: FBI is recruiting and hiring recent college graduates from
diverse institutions to fill full-time, entry-level positions at FBI
headquarters in Washington, DC and in our 56 field offices across the nation.
If selected for an interview, you will meet with an FBI recruiter in the
University Career Center & The President's Promise; some students may be
offered conditional job offers for full-time permanent positions.
INTERNSHIPS: FBI Honors and Cyber Internship programs are an ideal way
to explore careers within the FBI. These paid, 10-week programs offer you the
opportunity to work side-by-side with colleagues who track down terrorists,
thwart cyber intrusions, improve business practices and defend civil liberties.
We seek undergraduate freshmen (2nd semester), sophomore, junior, senior and
graduate students for internships in DC and our 56 field offices around the
country. These highly competitive internships generally begin in June and end
in August.
TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH AN FBI RECRUITER FOR A FULL-TIME or
INTERNSHIP, YOU MUST:
(1) Submit your resume and transcript through Careers4Terps Job ID #
128377 for Internships and Job ID # 128376 for Entry-Level Opportunities. Upon
successfully submitting your application, you will receive an email with a
unique code.
(2) Register at www.fbijobs.gov, entering your unique code and
selecting the talent network that best represents your career goals.
(3) Attend the mandatory information session on November 16.
Link: http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/events_description.cfm?event_id=5683
Make America Great
Again: Immigration and 2016
When: Tuesday,
November 17 (6:30pm)
Where: 0105
Jimenez Hall
Description: Open
borders, pathways to citizenship, or a big ol' wall? No one really knows what
to do about immigration, both legal and illegal. Dr. Ronald Luna of the
Geography department will be giving a talk about immigration, specifically
Trump and Latin American immigration. Come ready for an engaging program -
questions are welcome. We would love to see you here!
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/415194458677975/
Special Robotics
Seminar: Alan Wagner, “Exploring Human-Robot Trust”
When: Wednesday,
November 18 (11:00am)
Where: 2168 AV
Williams Building
Description: Abstract
Robots have the potential to save lives during emergency
evacuations. Fires in crowded places, such as nightclubs, have claimed more
than a hundred lives in a matter of minutes. Moreover, the number of
environments demanding quick evacuation is growing. Globally, the number of
buildings over 200 meters tall has increased from 21 in 1980 to 935 in 2014.
Ideally, in situ guide robots could autonomously lead victims
to safety. But will people follow these robots? Over the past several years we
have examined the challenges of creating a robot which people trust enough to
follow during an evacuation. In a recent experiment participants interacted
with a robot which led them to a meeting room to perform a nominal task. During
the task an unexpected (to the participant) emergency occurred and the robot
offered guidance out of the building. Artificial smoke and fire alarms were
used to add a sense of urgency.
The results of these experiments were surprising and
differed from the predictions of several prominent robotics and human-robot
interaction researchers. Our research begins with a game-theoretic
conceptualization of trust and builds from the resulting representations to
suggest new methods for defining trust, trust calibration, and trust repair. We
present results on these and other trust related topics as well as avenues for
potential future research.
DC EVENTS:
Brookings: A look at the policy
options in war-torn Syria
When: Monday, November 16
(2:00-3:30pm)
Where: Brookings
Institution, Falk Auditorium
Description: Syria continues
to dominate headlines as the country approaches the fifth anniversary of the
beginning of a civil war that has taken some 300,000 lives and displaced half
the country's population. To date, international strategy in addressing the
conflict has largely failed. But the war shows few signs of burning out on its
own. As such, a new strategy is needed. Ideas that have yet to be fully
explored include standing up a better and newly formed Syrian opposition army,
working harder to contain the violence there with regional states and partners,
and pursuing an “ink spot” approach aiming to create a confederal Syria with
multiple autonomous zones. Which of these may be most realistic and promising
for protecting core American security interests, U.S. allies, and humanitarian
interests?
On November 16, the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence
and the Center for Middle East Policy will host an event focused on such
questions. Panelists will include Daniel Byman, research director in the Center
for Middle East Policy; William McCants, director of the Project on U.S.
Relations with the Islamic World; Kenneth Pollack, senior fellow in the Center
for Middle East Policy; and Tamara Cofman Wittes, director of the Center for
Middle East Policy. Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow in the 21st Century
Security and Intelligence, will moderate as well as share his own thoughts.
Wilson: The Asia-Pacific
Rebalance, National Security, and Climate Change (Report Launch)
When: Tuesday, November 17
(3:00-5:00pm)
Where: Woodrow Wilson
Center, 6th Floor
Description: As the United
States reorients its foreign policy approach to the Asia-Pacific region, it
must seriously consider the impacts of climate change, argues a new report from
the Center for Climate and Security. How can the United States help improve the
region’s climate resilience, and at the same time, strategically adapt to a
rapidly changing security environment? Distinguished defense, diplomacy, and
intelligence leaders will explore the intersection of climate change, drivers
of insecurity, and U.S. national security priorities in the Asia-Pacific
region.
Reception to follow.
This event is co-sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.
RSVP: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-asia-pacific-rebalance-national-security-and-climate-change-report-launch
Brookings: Europe’s refugee crisis:
Hospitality and its discontents
When: Wednesday, November 18
(4:00-5:30pm)
Where: Brookings
Institution, Falk Auditorium
Description: Amid continuing
instability across the Middle East and North Africa, vast numbers of refugees
have fled violence and oppression in their homelands, seeking refuge in Europe.
The magnitude of the influx of people has triggered a crisis within individual
countries and the European Union as a whole, creating a large-scale struggle to
cope with assisting and resettling the refugees. Providing food, shelter,
educational services, and other aid to the refugees presents serious logistical
and economic challenges. Even more seriously though, the crisis is exacerbating
divisions within many European states and across Europe over how to deal with
refugees and the larger question of integration. The societal and political
crisis for Europe may prove to be an existential one for the European Union.
On November 18, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) will
bring together a panel of international experts to assess the crisis and how it
is affecting European politics, society, and the role Europe will play in an
increasingly globalized world. Panelists will be Brookings Fellows Constanze
Stelzenmüller, Kemal Kirişci, and Matteo Garavoglia, as well as Nathalie Tocci
of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and Steven Erlanger of The New York
Times. CUSE Director Fiona Hill will offer opening remarks. Following the presentations, the audience
will be invited to ask the panelists questions.
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