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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 

Photo of International Mondays presenter, Michel Gobat standing at a podium.

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