Upcoming Fall 2009 Seminars

November 5 (Thursday)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Professor Rose McDermott, Brown University
“Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames”
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Background reading: Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames

November 19 (Thursday)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Professor Clifford Bob, Duquesne University
“Globalizing the Anti-Gay Agenda: Conservative Activism & Implications for Transnational Politics & Law”
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When: Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: Louis W. Pauly – University of Toronto

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, Dan 668-1663
Categories: Panel/Seminar/Colloquium 

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When: Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 028
Cost: Free, open to the public
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Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents:”Islamic Party Participation in Parliamentary Elections” – Charles Kurzman – University of North Carolina

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, Dan 668-1663

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When: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
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Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “The Politics of Borrowing and Non-Borrowing among International Courts” – Erik Voeten – Georgetown University

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, Dan 668-1663

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The Duke University Center for International Studies’ inaugural Inaugural Reading List, of books, movies and other works that would deepen our understanding of the cultural, philosophical and historical roots of the critical global issues, has been quite the hit, having been the top story on Duke’s internal news page, Duke Today, on January 28th, as well as a display in (…)

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When: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 028
Cost: Free, open to the public
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Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “Who are the Europeans (and why does that matter for politics)?” – Neil Fligstein – University of California at Berkeley

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin (…)

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When: Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “Ties that Bind? Preferential Trade Agreements and Exchange Rate Policy Choice ” - Jon Pevehouse – University of Chicago

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, (…)

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When: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents “The Tragedy of the Global Institutional Commons” - Professor Daniel Drezner – Tufts University

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, Dan 668-1663

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The Duke University Center for International Studies recently asked several Duke faculty members to recommend works that they felt would be “good to think with.”  We were looking for books, movies and other works that would deepen our understanding of the cultural, philosophical and historical roots of the critical global issues.

Times of crisis bring countless suggestions for fixes.  Hundreds of governmental (…)

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Remzije Istrefi, a visiting Fulbright scholar at Duke and lecturer in the Political Science department at the University of Pristina and author focusing on human rights issues recently spoke on the issue of human rights in Kosovo, under the administration of UNMIK, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, at an event sponsored by the Duke University Center for International Studies, Center for Slavic and (…)

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