A panel discussion with Farajollah Ghanbari, distinguished member of the technical staff and system engineer, Global Security Engagement & International Safeguards Department, Sandia National Laboratory; James A. Tegnelia, research professor, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, UNM; and Andrew L. Ross, professor, Department of Political Science and director, Center for Science, Technology & Policy, UNM. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
“Child Soldiers in Africa: From Degradation to Reintegration,” a lecture by Stephen L. Bishop, associate professor, French and Africana studies, UNM. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
“Icyizere (hope): Trauma, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation after the Rwandan Genocide,” a lecture by Patrick Mureithi, filmmaker and artist-in-residence, Drury University. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
“Policy Responses to Nuclear Threats,” a lecture by Hans Kristensen, director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
“Political Terrorism and Gender: Comparisons from European History,” a lecture by M. Jane Slaughter, professor, history, and director, arts & humanities research initiatives. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
A lecture on bioterrorism by FBI Policy & Program Specialist William So. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
“Screening Trafficking: Action, Reaction, and Reception,” a lecture on the portrayal of human trafficking in film and its effects on viewers by Yana Hashamova, associate professor of Slavic and director, Center for Slavic & Eastern European Studies, Ohio State University. Part of Global Threats, the UNM International Studies Institute’s fall 2010 lecture series.
A lecture by Melissa Bokovoy, associate professor of history and regents’ lecturer, University of New Mexico. Part of the University of New Mexico International Studies Institutes Fall Lecture Series, Revolutions of 1989: From Tiananmen Square to the Berlin Wall.
A lecture by Fabio Lanza, assistant professor of history at the University of Arizona. Part of the University of New Mexico International Studies Institute’s Fall Lecture Series, “Revolutions of 1989: From Tiananmen Square to the Berlin Wall.”
A lecture held on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, by Jonathan Zatlin, Associate Professor of History, Boston University. Part of the University of New Mexico International Studies Institute’s Fall Lecture Series, “Revolutions of 1989: From Tiananmen Square to the Berlin Wall.”
Anthony Smallwood, counselor and head of press and public diplomacy of the Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S.A., presents a lecture sponsored by UNM’s International Studies Institute.
The commission is the executive arm of the European Union, and Smallwood has worked for its Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX) since 1995. He previously acted as head of delegation, a role similar to ambassador, of the European Union in Trinidad and Tobago and administrator of European Union relations with Egypt.
Erik Gerding, assistant professor, UNM School of Law, discusses how mortgage investments work and how that process led to the subprime mortgage crisis. Part of Global Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, a lecture series organized by UNM’s International Studies Institute.
Mark Peceny, professor and chair, UNM Department of Political Science, discusses how the war in Iraq has shaped United States national elections and vice versa, particularly focusing on the 2006 congressional elections and 2008 presidential election. Part of Global Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, a lecture series organized by UNM’s International Studies Institute.
Economist Loretta Napoleoni gives the keynote address of “Global Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Cures,” a lecture series organized by UNM’s International Studies Institute. Napoleoni is a senior partner of G Risk, a London-based risk agency. She is the author of “Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality,” “Terror Incorporated” and “Insurgent Iraq.” She is an expert on the financing of terrorism and advises several governments on counter-terrorism.
UNM experts discuss the current financial crisis, including the potential impact of the $700 billion bailout. The panel, sponsored by the International Studies Institute, features Donald Coes, professor of economics; Scott Findley, assistant professor of economics; Matias Fontenla, assistant professor of economics; Allen Parkman, regents professor emeritus, Anderson School of Management; Jason Smith, assistant professor of history; and Christine Sauer, ISI director.
Two UNM professors, Christine Sauer from the economics department and Peter L. White from the English and American Studies departments are taking a group of students to Germany to study this summer. They discuss details of their new international studies program with Karen Wentworth from the UNM Communication and Marketing Department.
