Friday,
Feb. 6,
8:15 AM
Copley Formal Lounge 

2015 Transatlantic Policy Symposium: Beyond Tariffs: Trade Relations and the Transatlantic Relationship in the 21st Century

Opening Keynote: Dr. Philipp Ackermann, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Graduate Student Panel: Katharina-Luise Kittler, University of Leipzig, June Park, Boston University, Jacob Schrot, Humboldt University, William Fleeson, Georgetown University
Keynote: Amb. David O'Sullivan, EU Ambassador to the United States
Expert Panel: Dr. Dan Hamilton, Executive Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Sir Michael Leigh, Transatlantic Academy Fellow and Senior Advisor, German Marshall Fund, Garrett Workman, Associate Director, Global Business and Economics Program, Atlantic Council, Dr. Susan Aaronson, Research Professor, The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Andreas Brunsgaard, Director, Danish Confederation of Industry
Graduate Student Panel: Mariusz Bobrowski, University of Silesia, Mathilde Lebrand, European University Institute, Lars Mehwald, Hertie School of Governance, Marc Venhaus, Free University of Berlin

BMW Center for German and European Studies 

Friday,
Feb. 6,
2:00 PM
ICC Auditorium

U.S. Pivot to Asia: What's Next?

Panelists: Victor Cha, Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government & International Affairs at Georgetown University and  Senior Advisor and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Michael Green, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and a senior advisor and holds the Japan Chair at CSIS.
Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) at Georgetown University.
Irfan Nooruddin, Associate Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and a member of the School's Asian Studies Program.
Andrew Scobell, Adjunct Professor of Asian Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, also a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation.
Moderator: Shannon Tiezzi, an Associate Editor at The Diplomat.

Asian Studies Program 

Tuesday,
Feb. 10,
12:00 PM
McGhee Library

The Russian Economy in Crisis: What's Next?

Speakers: Dr. Anders Åslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Vadim Grishin, Senior Advisor at the International Monetary Fund
Moderator: Dr. Angela Stent, Director of CERES

Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

Wednesday,
Feb. 11,
12:30 PM
ICC 270

Citizen Suspect: The Criminalization of Muslim Youth in Post 9-11 America

Speaker: Dr. Arshad I. Ali, Assistant Professor of Educational Research at George Washington University
 

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

Wednesday,
Feb. 11,
2:00 PM
Mortara Conference Room

The Role of Democracy Building in a Multi-Ethnic State: The Case of Ethiopia

Speaker: Dr. Negaso Solan, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Fellow
 

African Studies Program, Georgetown Democracy and Governance Program

Wednesday,
Feb. 11,
6:00 PM
ICC 
Auditorium

Keynote: An Energy Revolution? The Political Ecologies of Shale Oil in the Middle East, US, and China

Speaker: Dr. Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder, Pacific Institute
 

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies 

Thursday,
Feb. 12-13,
8:30 AM
Lohrfink Auditorium

Keynote: An Energy Revolution? The Political Ecologies of Shale Oil in the Middle East, US, and China

List of Speakers
 

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies 

Thursday,
Feb. 12,
12:00 PM
ICC 302P

Promoting Social Progress in China Through NGOs

Speaker: Song Qinghua, President of Shining Stone Community Action (SSCA), a Chinese NGO founded in 2002.
 

Asian Studies Program

Thursday,
Feb. 12,
12:00 PM
ICC 462

Hidden in Plain Sight: Children Born of Wartime Sexual Violence

Speaker: Dr. Kimberly Theidon is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America.
 

Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of Anthropology 

Thursday,
Feb. 12,
4:30 PM
McGhee Library

ISD Fellowship Information Session

The ISD Fellowship in Diplomacy program provides academic credit and a tuition stipend to selected undergraduates and graduates in the Walsh School of Foreign Service who wish to pursue independent research projects that focus on on-going and emerging diplomatic issues. 
 

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Thursday,
Feb. 12,
5:30 PM
ICC 241

Spring Arabic Film Series - Port of Memory

Followed by discussion with Dr. Nasrin Himada.
 

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies