Happening Today
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Global Solidarity and Resistance for Justice in Palestine |
April 8 | 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
Sponsored by SIS professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution
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SIS professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer will moderate a panel of organizers and activists who will explore questions related to: challenges facing solidarity protest during the war on Gaza; examples of effective coalition building across ethnic, class, racial, and faith affiliations, and examples of success in nonviolent solidarity and resistance campaigns.
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Happening Tomorrow
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Global Elections Initiative |
International Perspectives on the 2024 US Elections: View from the Americas |
April 9 | 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Zoom
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2024 has been dubbed the ‘year of elections’, with nearly 49% of the world’s population heading to the polls in this calendar year. This second event in a series will pay close attention to perspectives from the Americas on the stakes of the US elections, the elections in Mexico, and what it might mean for relations in the Western hemisphere. SIS professor and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence Tony Wayne will be joined by experts from Chile, and Canada.
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The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace |
April 9 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Policy & Global Security
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"The Insiders’ Game", a new book by Columbia University professor Elizabeth Saunders, argues that the primary constraints on decisions about war and peace come from elites, not the public. Professor Saunders will be joined by SIS professors Joshua Rovner, Sarah Snyder, and Jordan Tama, as well as Foreign Policy reporter and SIS alum Robbie Gramer (SIS/BA ’13), for a discussion of one of the most critical foreign policy issues facing democracies today.
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Navigating Local Transitional Justice: Agency at Work in Post-conflict Sierra Leone |
April 9 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | SIS 300
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SIS’s Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations Department welcomes professor Laura Martin (University of Nottingham) for a discussion of transitional justice in post-war Sierra Leone. After the lecture, professor Martin will speak with SIS professor Susan Shepler and hold an audience Q&A.
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Antoine the Fortunate: One Man at the Crossroads of Empires |
April 9 | 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
Co-sponsored by the Historical International Studies research cluster and the Mohamed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace
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Please join us for the Washington, DC premiere of the film “Antoine the Fortunate: One Man at the Crossroads of Empires,” which tells the story of survival of a man and his family during the most turbulent times of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of modern Turkey. Following the premiere, SIS professor Elizabeth F. Thompson will moderate a discussion with the film's director, Nefin Dinç, and historian Gabor Ágoston from Georgetown University.
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Upcoming Events
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Trade in the Political Crosshairs Conference |
April 10 | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
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This one-day conference will explore the economic, legal, and political challenges that businesses in the US, the Western Hemisphere, and Asia are likely to face in the coming years, with insights from leading experts including American University faculty, the broader Washington trade community, and business leaders.
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Kwibuka Rwanda and Its Complex Legacy: Memory, Reconciliation, and Diaspora |
April 16 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
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In Partnership with the SIS Mass Atrocity Lab, the Department of Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations is hosting a conversation for the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi. SIS professors Jeff Bachman, Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod, and Chris Davey (Clark University) will explore the genocide's painful legacy and impacts on Rwandans in and outside Rwanda and the topics of memory and commemoration, reconciliation, diaspora engagement, and human rights.
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An Address by the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
April 17 | 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Kerwin Hall Classroom Lecture Hall T02
Co-sponsored by SIS ASEAN Studies Center and SIS professor Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was established in 2016 with 57 founding members. Today, it has 109 members globally with over 250 projects approved since 2016 worth over USD 50 billion. In his talk, the President of the AIIB, Mr. Jin Liqun, will cover AIIB’s evolution, rapid growth, climate and development priorities, governance model, and its contribution to the multilateral development banks’ reform agenda.
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Global Elections Initiative |
Decoding India’s 2024 Elections: Is a Third Term for Modi Inevitable? |
April 18 | 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
Co-sponsored by the School of International Service (SIS) and the Department of Environment, Development & Health
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India, a nation of over 1.4 billion people, will hold the largest election in recorded history in May. In the lead up to this historic election, it is forecast that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have a considerable advantage, in part due to the high approval ratings of its leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gilles Verniers (Amherst College), Balmurli Natrajan (William Paterson University), and SIS professors Sumitra Badrinathan and Samantha Agarwal will examine the reasons for Modi's continued popularity, despite his second term being marked by formidable mass protest movements and growing authoritarian tendencies. It will also look at the ongoing attempts to consolidate a united opposition to the BJP and the challenges therein.
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2024 Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment |
April 23 | 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
Reception 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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SIS is thrilled to welcome Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, to deliver this year’s Ignatius Lecture. Don’t miss the chance to hear about her work in community-based planning and campaigns to address environmental protection and environmental health policy both locally and nationally. After the lecture, Peggy will speak with SIS professor Malini Ranganathan with an audience Q&A. A reception will follow.
This is the 7th annual Ignatius Lecture, established by the Ignatius family in honor of the environmental work of SIS alumna the late Nancy Weiser Ignatius.
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Accounting for the Genocide Convention’s Omission of Political Groups in Preventing and Punishing Genocide |
April 24 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room
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Join Ambassador-at-Large Beth Van Schaak, Global Criminal Justice at the US Department of State, and SIS professor Jeff Bachman as they discuss the omission of protection for political groups from the Genocide Convention and its impact, why we have struggled to prevent and punish the crime of genocide, and advice Ambassador Van Schaak has for those interested in working in the field of global criminal justice.
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