Past International Mondays
Fall 2007 Schedule:
Sept. 24
The Mess We're In: How U.S. Leaders Have Failed Us in the Middle East and What You Can Do
James J. Zogby, Founder and president of the Arab American Institute
Oct. 1
Imperial Everst
Susan Birrell, UI Professor in the Dept of Exercise Science, Women's Studies, and American Studies, and recipient of a 2007 International Programs summer research grant
Oct. 8
Peace and Conflict in the Lake Victoria Region: Analyzing Uganda and Rwanda
Zachary Rogers, UI undergraduate student
Oct. 15
Globalization and Food: The Role of Technology in Expanded World Food Trade
Philip Nelson, 2007 World Food Prize Laureate, co-sponsored by the UI Center for Human Rights
Oct. 22
International Mondays presenter Michel Gobat, UI Associate Professor, Department of History
The Forgotten U.S. Empire in Central America, 1855-57
Michel Gobat, UI Associate Professor, Department of History, and recipient of a 2007 International Programs summer research grant
Oct. 29
The Hemisphere
Robert Pastor, Center for North American Studies at American University in Washington, D.C., and former National Security Council staff
* Englert Theater- 11 to 11:50 a.m. and 12 to 1:20 p.m.
Nov. 5
Local Economy and Global Economy
Arvind Dandekar, Fastek
* Englert Theater- 11 to 11:50 a.m. and 12 to 1:20 p.m.
Nov. 12
Energy and the Environment as Foreign Policy
Frank Cownie, mayor of Des Moines,
Peter W. Soverel, Wild Salmon Center and former White House and NATO staff member
* Englert Theater- 11 to 11:50 a.m. and 12 to 1:20 p.m.
Nov. 26
Public Health as Foreign Policy
Mary Gilchrist, Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute and former director of the UI Hygienic Lab
Michael Schoenbaum, National Institute of Health and former RAND Palestine Project.
* Englert Theater- 11 to 11:50 a.m. and 12 to 1:20 p.m.
Spring 2007 Schedule:
Jan. 29
A Conversation on U.S. National Security in the 21st Century: A Grand Strategy for the Princeton Project
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Feb. 5
Delaying the Real World
Colleen Kinder, author and graduate student in the UI Nonfiction Writing Program
Feb. 12
The Peace Corp Experience
Amie Meade and Becky Bowman, UI graduate students and UI Peace Corp representatives
Feb. 19
Microfinance in India
Rangaswamy Rajagopal and Ed Brands, UI Professors of Geography
Feb. 26
The Soviet-American Peace Walk: A Journey to My Roots
Kathleen Staley, UI Psychologist
March 5
Landmine Work in Cambodia: Problems in the Field - A Talk on work at the Cambodian Mine Action Center through the Cmiel Funded Internship
Alexis Bushnell, graduate student; Program Associate at the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights
March 12
Spring Break – No International Mondays
March 19
Graduate Student Presentation
Gyorgy Toth, UI graduate student in American Studies
March 26
A Panel Discussion: So what do we really mean when we say "International Studies"?
Panelists: Dr. P. Barry Butler, Dean, UI College of Engineering; Dr. Diana Davies, UI Director of International Programs; and Martha Greer, UI International Studies coordinator
Discussant: Mark Salisbury, doctoral student in Student Affairs Administration and Research and an investigator for the ACE Internationalization Lab
Moderator: Hilary Anne Frost-Kumpf, UI graduate student in International Studies
April 2
Autonomous Language Learning Network (ALLNet)
Elena Osinsky, Director, UI ALLNet Program