Fall 2009 Seminars

September 17 (Thursday)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Professor Joanne S. Gowa, Princeton University
“Institutions & Outcomes: The GATT/WTO & Postwar Trade”
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Background reading: “Institutions & Outcomes: The GATT/WTO & Postwar Trade”

October 8 (Thursday)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Professor Michael D. Ward, Duke University
“International Trade Networks & International Institutions: The Role of Democracy & the WTO in Contemporary Trade”
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  democracy, economics, Global Governance and Democracy, globalization, human rights, politics, University Seminar

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Thu, September 17, 2009 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Page Auditorium. open to the public. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof will give a public lecture, entitled “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” about his new book due out in September. There will be a book-signing following the event.

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  economics, human rights, womens studies

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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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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 (…)

  art, Barack Obama, culture, democracy, diplomacy, Duke University, economics, globalization, governance, human rights, In the News, Inauguration, international studies

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When: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, lunch provided
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Description: Discussion of Golden Belt Arts’s first (and perhaps only) biennial to address the current economic “crisis” or “scandal,” the 700+ billion dollar bailout, capitalism, global economy, post- industrialism, greed and profit. Organized by elin o’Hara slavick and Jeff Waites with special (…)

  art, economics, globalization, Wednesdays at the Center

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When: Thursday, December 4, 2008 
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
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Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “Societies Consuming Nature: A Panel Study of the Ecological Footprints of Nations, 1960-2003″ Andrew K. Jorgenson – North Carolina State University

  economics, Global Governance and Democracy, globalization, University Seminar

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Tue, November 18, 2008
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
John Hope Franklin Center 240.

The Concilium on Southern Africa is extremely pleased to announce a public conversation between distinguished scholars James Ferguson (Stanford University) and Achille Mbembe (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

  Africa, colonialism, Concilium on Southern Africa, culture, diplomacy, economics, governance, health, human rights

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When: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: Sanford Institute Rhodes Conference Room.
Nathan Jensen – Washington University in St. Louis

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

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