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Complete Kennedy Center Lecture Archive List

 Total Archive Count: 829

Jordan- U.S. Relations
His Excellency Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, Jordanian ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Reversals—Enlightenment and the Movements of the Heavens
Terrence James Reed, Fellow of the British Academy and
Corresponding Fellow of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and the Jena Collegium Europaeum
Kennedy Center
Interview with Eric A. Hyer
Asian studies coordinator and political science professor, BYU
American Chamber of Commerce-China
Inside the Foreign Service: Insights into International Affairs and Diplomacy Careers from a Junior Officer
Jaimee Neel, vice consul, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China
Kennedy Center
The Current Situation in Iran
Donna Lee Bowen, Middle East Studies faculty coordinator
Kennedy Centerand Film Screening
Immigration, Refugee Protection, and other U.S. Global Policy Issues at Home
Jen Smyers, associate for Immigration and Refugee Policy, Church World Service, Friday
Kennedy Center
The World is Flat—Lessons from China's Migrant Workers
Gary Oba, officer-designee, Xiamen/Fujian, U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou
Kennedy Center
The Developing North Korean Crisis: A Failing Nuclear State
Bruce W. Bennett, research leader, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation
Kennedy Center
The Global Economic Crisis: Implications for U.S. Leadership in Asia
Robert D. Griffiths, deputy minister counselor for political affairs, U.S. Embassy, Beijing, China
Kennedy Center
U.S. Approach to Development
Larry H. Brady, USAID director, El Salvador
Kennedy Center
Egypt and the U.S. under the Obama Administration
His Excellency Hesham Elnakib, Consul General of Egypt in San Francisco
Kennedy Center
Ukraine–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Yuriy A. Sergeyev, Ukrainian ambassador to the UN
Kennedy Center
LDS International Society Conference Welcome and Introduction
Cecil O. Samuelson, Quorum of the Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and president of Brigham Young University
LDS International Conference Presentation
Keynote: The Church and the Global Community
Elder Cree-L Kofford, emeritus General Authority
LDS International Conference Presentation
Latter-Day Obstacles and Opportunities
Moderator: Cynthia Halliday, managing director, Global Management Center, Marriott School of Management, BYU; panelists: Marriott School graduate students representing Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Taiwan, and West Africa
LDS International Conference Presentation
Legal Complexities and the Perpetual Education Fund
Diane Card, lead international attorney, Perpetual Education Fund
LDS International Conference Presentation
Presentation of Distinguished Service Award
Recipient: Blaine Tueller, retired Foreign Service officer
LDS International Conference Presentation
The David M. Kennedy Center: Twenty-five Years of International Outreach Programs
Jeff Ringer, director, Kennedy Center for International Studies
LDS International Conference Presentation
Protection of Religious Liberties: Current Initiatives
Cole Durham, professor of law, JRCLS
LDS International Conference Presentation
Poverty Relief Initiatives: Looking Forward
Moderator: Roger Baker, attorney; panelists: Tim Stay, UNITUS Foundation, and Brad McBride, Care for Life
LDS International Conference Presentation
The Common Egyptian Then and Now
Omar Amin, director of the Parasitology Center, Inc. (PCI), Tempe, Arizona
Kennedy Center
Life in the Foreign Service
Amy J. Hyatt, diplomat in residence, Arizona State University
Kennedy Center
Trade Diplomacy
His Excellency José Alfredo Graça Lima, Brazilian consul general, Los Angeles
Kennedy Center
Translating the Old Greek Bible (The Septuagint): An Inconvenient Witness to Biblical History
Melvin K.H. Peters, professor of Hebrew Bible and Septuagint, Duke University
Kennedy Center
Can Diplomacy Tame Iran?
Michael Rubin, resident scholar, AEI
Kennedy Center
Brazil–U.S. Relations: Bilateral, Regional, and Global Agendas
His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
Kennedy Center
The Invisible Crowd: Lobbying the Media at International Summits
Etienne Ollion, visiting lecturer of sociology, University of Chicago
Kennedy Center
Can We Know the Truth about CIA History?
Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA staff historian
Kennedy Center
The Challenge of Obama in the New World
Joseph Kahn, deputy foreign editor, NYT
Kennedy Center
Kipling's Ghost: Decolonization, Public Diplomacy, and the Invention of the Third World
Jason C. Parker, assistant professor of history, Texas A&M University
Kennedy Center
Running from Liberty Plaza and Running in Baghdad
David Simpson, professor of English, University of California—Davis
Kennedy Center
The Tour de France: Modern Heroes, Mythologized Landscape, and the Ritual Nation
Julie R. Hartley, assistant professor of anthropology, BYU
Kennedy Center
Limiting the Risk of Intelligence Failure
Loch Johnson, author and professor of political science, University of Georgia
Kennedy Center
Russian Foreign Policy
His Excellency Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the UN
Kennedy Center
Maybe You Should Consider a PhD
BYU Faculty
Maybe You Should Consider a PhD
South Africa Today: Challenges and Opportunities
His Excellency Welile Nhlapo, South African ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Terrorism on the Internet
Gabriel Weimann, visiting professor of communications, American University School of International Service
Kennedy Center
Inside the Foreign Service: Getting In and Thriving as a Diplomat
Andy Wilson, Foreign Service officer
FSSO Career
Making of ‘Global Car’: The Director’s Perspective
Dodge Billingsley, documentary film producer/director, Combat Films & Research
Kennedy Center
Four faculty perspectives on the ideas presented by William Easterly in the White Man’s Burden
Randy S. Lewis, professor of chemical engineering; Daniel L. Nielson, associate professor of political science; Frank L. McIntyre, assistant professor of economics; Joseph Price, assistant professor of economics
Book of the SemesterPanel
Probreza entre las Pueblos Indigenas de Chihuahua
Horacio Echavarría González, public education researcher
Kennedy Center
Dispatches from the Red Zone—National Public Radio's Baghdad Bureau Chief on covering the Iraq War
Dianna Douglas, national desk producer, NPR
Kennedy Center
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Counterinsurgency: Similarities, Differences, and the Way Forward
Adam Fife, director of unconventional solutions, U.S. Government contractor
Kennedy Center
Please Don't Turn Out the Lights: Eurasian Energy and National Security
Roger D. Kangas, professor of Asian studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Kennedy Center
Contemporary Jerusalem: Between Confrontation and Conciliation
Daniel Seidemann, founder and legal advisor, Ir Amim (Jerusalem)
Kennedy Center
The Olympic Games: European Elitism for the Masses
Corry Cropper, associate professor of French, BYU
Kennedy Center
U.S. Foreign Assistance: Why We Do It; Why It Matters; New Approaches
Aaron H. Sherinian, managing director, Public Affairs, Department of Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation
International Relations
Between the Lines: Asian American Women’s Poetry
Yunah Hong, documentary filmmaker
Asian Studiesand Film Screening
Is the United States a Declining Superpower?
Earl H. Fry, political science professor and Canadian studies coordinator, BYU
Global Awareness
The Rule of Law in a Time of Terror
David Nevin, adjunct professor of trial practice, University of Idaho College of Law
Global Awareness
Sports and Culture in Europe and America—A Mirror of Modern Life
Andrei S. Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
Sports and Global Society
A Europe of Phobias? How Immigration is Making the EU Paranoid
Raymond Taras, professor of international relations and director of the world literature program, Tulane University
Global Awareness
Afghanistan: Security, Development, and Relations with the U.S.
Ashraf Haidari, counselor over political, security, and development affairs
Ambassadorial Insights
A Genealogy of Japanese Colonial Policies: The Views of Christian University Scholars
Jin Makabe, visiting research fellow at Harvard University who is an associate professor of political science at Hokkaido University, Japan
Asian Studies
Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Mike Chinoy, Edgerton Fellow on Korean Security at the pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles
Asian Studies
Please Don't Tell this Story: LDS Humanitarian Work and the Media
Sharon Eubank Manager, LDS Humanitarian
Global Awareness
The Transformation in Pakistan
His Excellency Husain Haqqani, Pakistani ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Pakistan and the U.S.: From Short-term Allies to Long-term Strategic Partnership
His Excellency Husain Haqqani, Pakistani ambassador to the U.S.
Law School
How Soccer Explains the World: an unlikely theory of globalization
Franklin Foer, author and journalist
Fall 2008 Kennedy Center Book of the Semester
Insider View of the Foreign Service
John "Dink" Dinkelman, consul, U.S. Consulate, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
FSSO
Security and Peace Building in Eurasia—Threats, Challenges and Perspectives
His Excellency Nicolae Chirtoaca, Moldovan ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Missing Queues: Enduring Insights from India
Loryn Anderson, Master’s in education candidate, Harvard Graduate School
International Field Studies
What's Next? Post-Election Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy
Darren G. Hawkins, chair, political science, BYU; Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU; Andrew L. Johns, assistant professor of history; and Kennedy Fellow Stan A. Taylor, emeritus professor of political science, BYU.
Global Awareness
Islam and the Modern World
Akbar S. Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C.
Middle East Studies
Southern Cyborgs: Posthuman Identity in Latin America
J. Andrew Brown, associate professor of Spanish, Washington University in St. Louis
Global Awareness
Inside the 'Real' NCIS
R. Daniel Smith, Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NCIS Career
From South Africa to Cedar City, Utah: Transferring My Field Study Experience to a Professional Setting
Kim Yeoman, rural outreach training advocate, Disability Law Center
International Field Studies
Provincial Power in the Assyrian Empire: A Microhistory of a Provincial Administrator
Bradley J. Parker, associate professor of history, University of Utah
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Programs and Internships
Sallee Reynolds, internship coordinator and assistant to the president, Ascend Alliance
Center for Economic Self-Reliance Brown Bag Colloquium
Uganda–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Perezi K. Kamunanwire, Ugandan ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
Iran, Nuclear Non-proliferation, and Middle East Policy
Moderator: Chad F. Emmett, MESA coordinator, associate professor of geography, BYU; panel guests: Amr al-Azm, visiting professor from the University of Damascus, Syria; Scott Cooper, associate professor of political science, BYU; Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU
Middle East Studies Panel
Eating Italian Culture: A Culinary Journey through Italian Art, History, Music, and Literature
Luca Bonomi, president, Dante Alighieri Society, Siena, Italy
European Studies
Mali–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Abdoulaye Diop, Malian ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Peru at the Global Stage
His Excellency Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos, Peruvian Ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
The Relationship Matters as Much as the Money: Sustainability for Schools in Cambodia
Kari Grady Grossman, writer/photographer
Global Awareness
Global Issues of Children at Risk: The Plight of the World's Most Vulnerable Children
Jini Robi, associate professor of social work
CESR Brown Bag Colloquium
Views From the Stands: Race, Gender, and Sports in Modern America
Richard I. Kimball, professor of history, BYU
Sports and Global Society
Yao Ming and 1 Billion NBA Fans in Asia
Eric A. Hyer, Asian Studies coordinator and professor of political science, BYU
Sports and Global Society
The Global Playground Case: Globalization and Professional Sports
Lee H. Radebaugh, Whitmore Professor of International Business, and director of Kay & Yvonne Whitmore Global Management Center/CIBER, BYU
Sports and Global Society
A 'Low-Carb' Diet for the Planet
Matthew L. Wald, NYT reporter
New York Times
Health Care Crisis: What Canada and the U.S. Can Learn from One Another in Providing Effective Health Care
Antonia Maioni, director, Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University
Palmer Distinguishedin Canadian Studies
African Unity: History, Problems, Prospects
F. Abiola Irele, professor of African and Afro-American Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Global Awareness
Working in International Supply Chain Management: Where Business, Politics, Culture, Human Rights, and the Environment Collide
Carrie George, remediation and training manager, CSCC
International Field Studies
Vietnam–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Le Cong Phung, Vietnamese ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Care for Life Preservation Program
João Bueno, area director, Care for Life in Africa
CESR Brown Bag Colloquium
Ossetia in Perspective: Georgia Plays Russian Roulette
Dodge Billingsley, producer/director, Combat Films & Research
Global Awareness
Integrating Traditional Knowledge with 21st Century Education Strategies: Relevance, Rigor, and Relationships
Herb Lee, Jr., executive director, Pacific American Foundation
Global Awareness
An Experience You Can Afford: The Value of Studying Abroad
Lynn Elliott, ISP director
Global Awareness
Living the Dream: One Man's Journey from BYU Grad to Diplomat
Mark Perry, Foreign Service officer
Global Awareness
What You Will Find in the Foreign Service
Jessica Ward, office management specialist, American Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh
Foreign Service
Making a Difference Through Federal Service
Jason Lim, program analyst, Transportation Security Administration
Global Awareness
War on Terror by Reluctant Fighters
Chaudry Ali, former Pakistani judge
Global Awareness
Border Horror: Identity Anxiety in Recent French Cinema
Marc Olivier, associate professor of French studies, BYU
Global Awareness
The Korean Economy and Lee Myung-bak’s Mandate for Change, Part 1
James H. Alvis, director of public affairs, Korea Economic Institute
Korea Seminar Presentation
The Korean Economy and Lee Myung-bak’s Mandate for Change, Part 2
Abraham Kim, analyst, Eurasia Group
Korea Seminar Presentation
ROK Alliance, Where to from Here?
L. Gordon Flake, executive director, Mike and Maureen Mansfield Foundation
Korea Seminar Presentation
The New "Bulldozer" Presidency of Lee Myung-Bak
Mark Peterson, professor of Korean, BYU
Korea Seminar Presentation
Democracy and the Middle East: A View from Damascus
Sadik J. Al-Azm, visiting lecturer, Princeton University, and emeritus professor of modern European philosophy, University of Damascus
Middle East Studies Arabic
A Spanish View of Counter-Terrorism and International Relations
His Excellency Javier Rupérez, consul general of Spain in Chicago
Global Awareness
LDS International Society Conference Welcome and Introduction
Cecil O. Samuelson, Quorum of the Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and president of Brigham Young University; Paul D. Rytting, president, International Society
LDS International Conference Presentation
Public Perception and Humanitarian Initiatives Part I
Sharon Eubank, manager, LDS Charities; Introduced by Daryl K. Hobson, former mission president, Cape Verde Praia Mission
LDS International Conference Presentation
Building Bridges: Ambassador Hosting Program
Panel Moderator—Jeff Ringer, director, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; Panel Members—Ann Santini, Erland Peterson, Elder Ben B. and Sister Susan Banks
LDS International Conference Presentation
LDS International Society Conference Keynote Address
Elder Lance B. Wickman, Quorum of the Seventy and general counsel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Introduced by Elder Douglas L. Callister, Quorum of the Seventy
LDS International Conference Presentation
Presentation of Distinguished Service Award
Recipient: Elder Lance B. Wickman, Quorum of the Seventy and general counsel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS International Conference Presentation
Strengthening Relationships via Diplomatic Outreach
Panel Moderator/Introductions: William F. Atkin, associate general counsel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Panel Members—Ralph W. Hardy, Jr., area Seventy; M. Kenneth Bowler, director, Public and International affairs, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Olene S. Walker,
former Utah governor
LDS International Conference Presentation
The Perfect Storm? LDS Media Events and the Foreign Press
Joel J. Campbell, assistant professor of communications, BYU; Introduced by R. Lanier Britsch, Board of Directors, International Society
LDS International Conference Presentation
Public Perception and Humanitarian Initiatives Part II
Warner P. Woodworth, professor of organizational behavior, BYU 19th Annual Conference of the International Society, Introduced by Daryl K. Hobson, former mission president, Cape Verde Praia Mission
LDS International Conference Presentation
The Museum of Europe: A Presentation
Krzysztof Pomian, historian and scientific director of the Museum of Europe in Brussels
European CultureSeries
Paraguay–U.S. Relations
His Excellency James Spalding, Paraguayan ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
From Retreat to Re-engagement: American Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa Before and After 9/11
Robert G. Patman, professor of international relations, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Global Awareness
The 3 Nephites, the Bodhisattva, and the Mahdi: The 3 Nephites as a Paradigm Context of Comparative Religion
Jad Hatem, professor of philosophy, University of Saint Joseph, Lebanon
Middle East Studies Arabic
Powers to Lead
Joseph Nye, dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
International Relations
French Diplomacy on the Eve of the European Presidency
His Excellency Pierre Vimont, French ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
National Security and the 2008 Presidential Election
Loch K. Johnson, author and professor of political science, University of Georgia
International Relations
Interreligious Understanding
Gary D. Bouma, professor of sociology, Monash University, Australia
Global Awareness
Godzilla and Postwar Japanese Culture
William M. Tsutsui, Department of History chair, executive director of the Confucius Institute, University of Kansas
Asian Studies
Challenges and Opportunities in Trade in the Western Hemisphere
Her Excellency Linda Jewell, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, and His Excellency Charles Shapiro, senior director, Western Hemisphere FTA Task Force
Ambassadorial Insights
The Cultural Construction of National Identities in Europe
Anne-Marie Thiesse, director of research, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris
European CultureSeries
Images de soi, images de l'autre: visages du cinéma européen
Arnaud Huftier, professor of French literature, University of Valenciennes
European CultureSeries
Hungary and Her Ally the United States
His Excellency Ferenc Somogyi, Hungarian ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
Iraq—Why the Surge Worked
Adam Fife, strategic communication advisor in Iraq
Global Awareness
Carbon Trading: Solution to Climate Change or Corporate Resource Grab?
Larry Lohmann, author and founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice
International Relations
A Global Perspective on Press Freedom Issues
Kyu Ho Youm, Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair, University of Oregon
International Relations
Abkhazia: Untold War Story
Dodge Billingsley, documentary film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Global Awareness
Fifty Years on the Frontier in Asia
Malan Jackson, emeritus director of international studies, Utah Valley State College
Asian Studies
Central America in Transition: A Circular History
Thomas L. Pearcy, professor of history, Slippery Rock University
Global Awareness
EU–U.S. Relations
His Excellency John Bruton, EU ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Force Projection or Force Protection: A New Mission objective for Afghanistan and Iraq
Dodge Billingsley, producer/director, Combat Films
Global Awareness
Briefing on Iraq, UN Reform, and Careers in Diplomacy
James Warlick, principal deputy assistant secretary, Bureau for International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State
FSSO/MUN
A Springboard for Career Development: Personal Reflections on BYU’s International Field Studies Programs
W. James Jacob, associate director, Institute for International Studies in Education, University of Pittsburgh
International Field Studies
Do Nuclear Weapons Promote Peace?
Robert Rauchhaus, assistant professor of political science professor, University of California—Santa Barbara
Global Awareness
How and Why to Think about Graduate School: Insights from an 'Expert'
Curtis Child, doctoral candidate in sociology, Indiana University—Bloomington
International Field Studies
Causes of Anti-Americanism in the Arab World
Abdelmahdi Alsoudi, professor of Middle East Studies, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Denver University
Global Awareness
The Contradas and the Palio in the History and Life of Siena
Luca Bonomi, president, Dante Alighieri Society, Siena, Italy
European Studies
International Field Studies: A Foundation for a Career in Development
Daniel H. Nelson, international program coordinator, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
International Field Studies
Stepping Across Cultures into Moldova
Scott M. Smith, James Passey Professor of Marketing, BYU
Global Awareness
Women in Leadership
Swanee Hunt, director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
Women’s Research Institute
Personal Growth through International Experiences
Stacey Shaw, MSW
International Field Studies
Belgium–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Dominique Struye de Swielande, Belgian ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
An Economic View on Immigration: The Merchandizing of Desert Crossing
John "Dink" Dinkelman, consul, U.S. Consulate, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Global Awareness
Narcotics Trafficking and the Increasingly Important Role Venezuela Plays as a Transit Country
Willard Smith, first secretary and director, Narcotics Affairs and Law Enforcement Section American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela
FSSO
Hindsight is 20/20: Planning the Future by Looking at the Past
Mark Austin, regional coordinator, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
International Field Studies
Malaysia and Islam Hadhari
Her Excellency Datin Paduka Rajmah Hussain, Malaysian ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, by Reza Aslan
Faculty Panel: Glen Cooper, William J. Hamblin, Daniel C. Peterson, Becky Lyn Schulthies
Book of the Semester Panel
In Hindsight: A Reflection of the Journey from African Villages to Utah Hospitals
Kathryn Robinson, licensed clinical social worker, American Fork Hospital
International Field Studies
Inside the White House: What Happened to the Bush Plan to Change the World?
David E. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent, New York Times
New York Times
Australia–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Dennis Richardson, Australian ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Fatima Hatun née Beatrice Michiel: Renegade Women in Early Modern Venice
Eric R. Dursteler, associate professor of history, Brigham Young University
Global Awareness
From Punjab to the "Pinnacle" and Back: Musings of a Development Worker
Shahram Paksima, education specialist, Seward Inc. International
International Field Studies
Competition Between Giants: The EU as a 'New' Global Power
Birol YeÅŸilada, professor of political science and international studies, Portland State University
Global Awareness
In Pursuit of Perspective: Integrating Development with Life Science
Rebecca Plimpton, PhD candidate, biochemistry, BYU
International Field Studies
WomanStats Database
Valerie Hudson, professor of political science
Women Studies Colloquia
Biblical Studies and the Comparative Method
K. Lawson Younger, Jr., professor of Old Testament, Semitic languages, and Ancient Near Eastern history, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Scotland on the Road to Independence
Brian Adam, Scottish National Parliament member
European Studies
Finding Some of the Lost Tribes of Israel
K. Lawson Younger, Jr., professor of Old Testament, Semitic languages, and Ancient Near Eastern history, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Global Awareness
From BYU, SWKT, and ISP to NGOs, EDs and CHC: An Acronymic Path to Profession
Starr Stratford, executive director, Community Health Connect
International Field Studies
America's Global Battle for Hearts and Minds: The Early Cold War Reconsidered
Kenneth A. Osgood, associate professor of history, Florida Atlantic University
Global Awareness
Hugo Chavez and Populism in Venezuela
Kirk A. Hawkins, assistant professor of political science
Global Awareness
Italian Pioneers: From the Gold Rush to Today
Alessandro Trojani, director, Italians in the Gold Rush and Beyond, professor of multimedia computer science and e-learning, University of Florence, Italy
Global Awareness
China and India Rising: The End of American Economic Supremacy?
Brian Reynolds, second secretary/vice consul, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi
Global Awareness
Life in the Foreign Service
David W. Simons, deputy management counselor at the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO) in Brussels, Belgium
Foreign Service
U.S. Immigration, Perspectives from a U.S. Foreign Service Officer
Alexander Hawkes, vice consul, U.S. Embassy Guadalajara, Mexico
Global Awareness
Building Local Peace Amid Civil War: The Colombian Experience
Christopher Mitchell, emeritus professor of conflict resolution, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Latin American Studies
Actions Speak Louder than Words: Creating Experiences in a Global Marketplace
Christopher Liechty, president and creative director, Meyer & Liechty
Global Awareness
Happiness is Possible in Africa
Aminata Sow Fall, Senegalese writer
Global Awareness
Islamic Nationalist Movements, Al-Qaeda, and the Global War on Terror
Kent Schull, visiting professor of history, BYU
Global Awareness
Latter-day Saints Under Siege: The Unique Experience of Nicaraguan Mormons
Henri Gooren, staff member, Centre for Intercultural Theology (Centre IIMO), University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Latin American Studies
History, Culture, and Future of Boca del Rio, Mexico
Francisco Jose Gutierrez de Velasco Urtaza, mayor of Boca del Rio, and select officials of his administration, including the chief of international affairs and the director of communication. They will be address how we can create more educational, business
Latin American Studies
Trafficking in Persons: A Modern-Day Form of Slavery
Rebecca E. Billings, G/TIP programs coordinator, Asia and Pacific Region, U.S. Department of State
Global Awareness
Traveling with the Secretary of State
Rebecca E. Billings, G/TIP programs coordinator, Asia and Pacific Region, U.S. Department of State
Career
Syria, a Regime in Crisis: The Challenges, Responses, and Adaptations
Amr al-Azm, University of Damascus visiting professor at Brigham Young University
Global Awareness
Shared Values and Enduring Partnership: An Insight on Philippine–U.S. Bilateral Relations
His Excellency Willy C. Gaa, Filipino ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
From Bullets to Ballots: U.S. Economic Assistance to Iraq
Susan Merrill, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Global Awareness
Mysteries of the Dead Cities: Early Christian Sites in Syria
Maamoun Abdul Karim, professor of archaeology, University of Damascus
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Public Diplomacy and Soft Power: Governments, People and Foreign Policy
Nicholas Cull, professor and director of the master’s program in public diplomacy, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Global Awareness
The Jewish Priesthood of Christ in the Syriac Tradition
David G.K. Taylor, fellow and vicegerent of Wolfson College, Oxford, and university lecturer in Aramaic and Syriac
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Syria's Cult of the Dead: Qatna (Syria) in the Second Millennium B.C.
Michel Maqdissi, director of archaeological sites, Department of Antiquities, Syria
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Vice President Cheney and the Global War on Terror
Darren G. Hawkins, Donna Lee Bowen, Ralph C. Hancock, Scott Cooper, BYU Political Science Faculty
Kennedy Center Panel Discussion
Libraries in Ancient Egypt
Fayza M. H. Haikal, professor of Egyptology, American University in Cairo
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Intelligence, Military, and Congress: How to apply IR and Middle East Studies
Mark Morrison, deputy chief of staff to Senator Robert F. Bennett
Middle East Studies/Arabic
Bagram to Baghdad: Five Years Covering the War on Terror
Dodge Billingsley, Documentary film producer and director
Global Awareness
Spirituality in Ancient and Modern Egypt
Fayza M. H. Haikal, professor of Egyptology, American University in Cairo
Ancient Near Eastern Studies Lectures
The Outlook for Energy in Canada and the United States: Challenges and Opportunities
Honorable Greg Melchin, Minister of Seniors and Community Supports, and Former Minister of Energy, in the Government of Alberta
Palmer Distinguishedin Canadian Studies
Perspectives on International Trends
Michael K. Young, president, University of Utah
LDS International Conference
Migrations: the Perplexity of Who is Being Baptized
Ted E. Lyon, Latin American studies coordinator and professor
of Spanish, BYU
LDS International Conference
Muslims and Christians: The Troubled Interface
Daniel C. Peterson, professor of Islamic studies and Arabic, BYU
LDS International Conference
The Perpetual Education Fund: Impacting the International Church
Elder John C. Carmack, emeritus General Authority and
managing director, Perpetual Education Fund
LDS International Conference
Trends in Poverty and Implications for the Church
Timothy B. Heaton, professor and research associate, Family Studies Center, BYU, and Mallory Meyer
LDS International Conference
Global Issues Facing Women
Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU Karen Hyer, adjunct professor, Women's Research Institute
LDS International Conference
Globalization and the Future Competitiveness of the United States
Earl H. Fry, professor of political science, BYU
LDS International Conference
Asia-Pacific Security
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Representative to the U.S. Congress
Asian Studies
The Truth of Espionage is often Stranger than the Fiction
Frederick P. Hitz, former CIA inspector general, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, and lecturer, University of Virginia
Spy Conference
The Interplay of Fact and Fiction in British Intelligence in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
Christopher Andrew, author and professor of modern and contemporary history, Cambridge University
Spy Conference
The Spy Novel’s Patriot Games
Wesley K. Wark, author and associate professor of history, University of Toronto
Spy Conference
The New Enemy: Congressional Intelligence Oversight in Spy Film and Fiction
Stan Taylor, professor of political science, Brigham Young University
Spy Conference
Spies in the Movies: Hollywood’s Take on Lese Majeste
Loch K. Johnson, author and professor of political science, University of Georgia
Spy Conference
Hollywood, Don’t You Go Disrespectin’ My Culture: The Good Shepherd vs. Real CIA History
Nicholas Dujmovic, staff historian, CIA
Spy Conference
Spying in Film and Fiction: A Panel Response
Panel Discussion: Ted Ralston, Fred Crook, Larry Booth, Stan Taylor, chair
Spy Conference Panel Discussion
Iraq and Vietnam: Lessons Learned and Mislearned
Robert Schulzinger, director, International Affairs Program, and College Professor of Distinction of History and International Affairs, Editor-in-Chief, Diplomatic History, University of Colorado
International Relations
The Disposable American: Layoffs and their Consequences
Louis Uchitelle, economics writer, New York Times
New York Times
The U.S. Intelligence-Policy Dynamic
Matthew Berrett, director, Office of Iraq Analysis, CIA
Middle East Studies/Arabic
Representation and Resistance of the Provinces in Contemporary French Cinema
Stéphane Pillet, associate professor of French and department head, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Global Awareness
Korea–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Lee Tae-sik, Korean ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Cultural Responses to Atrocity
Michael Murdock, History; Kent Schull, History; Ilona Klein, French & Italian; Steven Riep, Asian Studies; Alan Tansman, UC Berkeley; Aaron Skabelund, History
Asian Studies Panel Discussion
Jewish and Japanese Responses to Atrocity
Alan Tansman, chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California—Berkeley
Asian Studies
Challenges to Democratization in Latin America
Mitchell A. Seligson, Centennial Professor of Political Science and Fellow of the Center for the Americas, Vanderbilt University
International Relations
Visions de l'Europe et parcours de quelques écrivains belges
Arnaud Huftier, professor of French literature, University of Valenciennes
European Studies
Panama: Social Challenges, Political Responsibilities, and Economic Opportunities
His Excellency Fedrico A. Humbert, Panamanian ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
British–U.S. Relations and Priorities
His Excellency Sir David G. Manning, UK and Northern Ireland ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
The New York Times and the First Amendment
George Freeman, assistant general counsel, New York Times
New York Times Partnership
Light from Egypt on the Exodus Story
Gary A. Rendsburg, chair of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation: Dispelling the Myths
Kerry M. Kartchner, foreign affairs advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office
International Relations
Unlikely Heroes: Women as Israel
Gary A. Rendsburg, chair of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
Global Awareness
The Information Revolution in India
Wajahat Habibullah, chief information commissioner, India
International Relations
Slovakia–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Rastislav Kacer, Slovakian ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
EU and the Global Economy
Kyle A. Galler, directorate-general, General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
European Studies
Berlin
238 HRCB
Global Awareness
Diplomacy: Representing America
Casey H. Christensen, counselor for political affairs, U.S. Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden
FSSO Career
Malta–U.S. Relations
His Excellency John Lowell, Maltese ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Emerging Diseases in the Tropics: Biology Meets Economics, Politics, and Culture
Thomas Yuill, director and professor (emeritus), Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Global Awareness
The Future of Iraq
chair: Eric Hyer, associate professor of political science; participants: John Hughes, Dodge Billingsley, Donna Lee Bowen, Chris Jones, and Hamida al-Masudi
Kennedy Center Roundtable Discussion
Intelligence Community Briefing
Bradford J. Bruton, open source analyst/collection manager, Central Intelligence Agency
Career
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Valerie M. Hudson, Professor of Political Science
Model United Nations Presentation
Balkan Update: An Insider Look at the Latest on the Kosovo Process
Jeffrey M. Hovenier, Foreign Service officer, U.S. Department of State
Global Awareness
Education For All: In Whose Language? Language of Instruction in Lesotho Schools
Stephen Backman, PhD candidate, teacher education, Michigan State University
International Field Studies
Japanese Foreign Policy
Yuzo Ota, Consul-General (Denver)
Asian Studies
Integration of Muslims in European Society
Paolo Branca and Antonio Cuciniello, professors from the Catolic University of Milan
Global Awareness
Sino–U.S. Relations
Wang Yunxiang, vice president, Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs
Asian Studies
Europe, NATO, and the United States: The New Geopolitics of European Security
John A. Agnew, professor of geography, UCLA
Center for the Study of Europe
Thailand–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Virasakdi Futrakul, Thai ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Transformational Diplomacy: The New Face of America Abroad
John Dinkelman, deputy director, Orientation Division, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Department of State
Global Awareness
Life Along China's Korean Border
Dodge Billingsley, film producer and director
African Studies
Water in Mexico: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities
Jose de Anda Sanchez, senior researcher, El Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, in Guadalajara, Mexico
Latin American Studies
Our Covenantal Responsibility to the Poor
Kristen Proctor Westenskow, public health instructor, University of Utah
International Field Studies
Turning the Telescope Around: The CIA Looks at its History
Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA historian
Global Awareness
The Holocaust and the New Catholic Conscience
Suzanne Brown-Fleming, senior program officer, U.S. Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.
International Relations
It's About the Story
Wynn Hougaard, award-winning film editor, LDS Motion Picture Studio
International Field Studies
Remapping Taipei: How Poets and Filmmakers Rethink Postwar Nationalist Cultural Policy
Steven Riep, assistant professor of Chinese
Global Awareness
Securing Japan in a Dangerous Neighborhood
Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Center for International Studies director, MIT
International Relations
South African Field Studies: Learning That Transcends Boundaries
Tanya Fetui Tolman, founder of InnoVision Consulting
International Field Studies
Albania–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Aleksander Sallabanda, Albanian ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Is Democracy Contagious?
Zachary S. Elkins, assistant professor of political science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Global Awareness
Nigeria–U.S. Relations
His Excellency George A. Obiozor, Nigerian ambassador to the U.S.
African Studies
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies
Book of the Semester
Q&A: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies
Book of the Semester
Imbalance of Powers: Congress, the President and the Constitution after 9/11
Gordon Silverstein, assistant professor of political science, UC—Berkeley
Global Awareness
Endgame in the Balkans
Elizabeth Pond, journalist and Transatlantic Internationale Politik editor
International Relations
Brazilian Church History
Mark L. Grover, Latin America subject specialist, Harold B. Lee Library
Latin American Studies
Hope through Relativism: Learning to See Each Other as We Really Are
Dave Kay, Program facilitator, South Africa Field Studies
International Field Studies
Indonesia–U.S. Relations
Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, Indonesian ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassadorial Insights
Peaceful Middle East: An Alternative Vision
Akram F. Khater, director of International Programs and associate professor of history, North Carolina State University
Middle East Studies/Arabic
The Adventure of the Dead Sea Scrolls—Exploring the Greatest Discovery of the Twentieth Century
Peter Flint, professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Western University, in British Columbia, Canada
Global Awareness
Whose Development?
Alisa Allred Mercer, community building director, Esther Foundation
International Field Studies
On Common Ground: The Dynamics of the Canadian–U.S. Relationship
His Excellency Michael Wilson, Canadian ambassador to the U.S.
Canadian Studies Annual Palmer
Australia and the U.S.: Mates—Past, Present, and Future
Graham Edwards, member of Australian Parlilament
Asia–Pacific Studies
New Scotland: The Challenges of the Twenty-first Century
Henry McLeish, former first minister, Scottish Parliament
Global Awareness
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Book of the Semester Panel Discussion: Ted Lyon, panel chair, Latin American studies coordinator, and professor of Spanish; Paul Y. Hoskisson, Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding; Roger R. Keller, professor of Church history and doctrine; Richard N. Holzapfel, associate professor of church history and doctrine; and Mark L. Grover, Africa and Latin America subject specialist, Harold B. Lee Library
Book of the Semester
Patriotism in Another Land: Passage between Provo, India, and Ithaca
Enoch Lambert, BYU alumnus and MPA candidate, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
International Field Studies
Islam and Terrorism
Abdul Karim M. Pharaon, Justice of the Supreme Court of Jordan
Area Focus
Literacy, Gender, and Education: Crossing Borders and Respecting Boundaries
Tiffany Zenith Ivins, international program officer, World Education
International Field Studies
The U.S. Immigration Debate: Local Issues and Global Implications
Rachel Swarns, New York Times correspondent
New York Times
Reforming the Welfare State: Major Health Reforms in Norway
Dagfinn Høybråtten, Norwegian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
European Studies
From Malaria Patient to Public Health Professional: My Journeys to Zanzibar and Back Again
Sarah Beckham, master's degree candidate, public health and African studies, Yale University
International Field Studies
The Info War: A Battle of Words and Images
Dodge Billingsley, Documentary film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Global Awareness Lectures
Oman—U.S Relations
Her Excellency Hunaina Al-Mughairy, Omani Ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
Colombia: Desperation and Immigration
Josiah Pierce, Vice-Consul, United States Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia
Global Awareness
African Families in the 21st Century
Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Professor and chair, Africana and American Indian Studies, California State University, Fresno
Global Awareness
Foreign Service Greenie: Career Adventures on Diplomat's First Tour
David Marshall Duerden, Immigrant visa chief, U.S. Embassy, Amman
Global Awareness
The Moral Universe of Martial Arts Cinema
Steven L. Riep, Associate professor of Chinese
Global Awareness
Economic Reunification of Korea
Kerk L. Phillips, Associate professor of economics
Global Awareness
Will China's Rising Energy Needs Tame the Dragon and Harm Relations with the U.S.?
Christian M. Marchant, Foreign Service officer, Prague, Czech Republic
Global Awareness
The Peace Corps and Development in Mali
Yacouba Kone, Program assistant and trainer for agriculture and natural resource management, Peace Corps
African Studies
U.S.–UK Relations
Frank Baker, British counsellor on foreign and security policy, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.
European Studies
Doing Business in India Today: McDonalds® Experience Entering the Indian Market
Kishore C. Dash, Assistant professor, Department of Global Business, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
Global Awareness
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Crucible of Stategic Culture
Kerry M. Kartcher, Foreign affairs advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office
Global Awareness
Secularization and its Discontents
Vincent P. Pecora, Gordon B. Hinckley Professor of British Literature and Culture, University of Utah
Area Focus
South Africa–U.S. Relations
Her Excellency Barbara Joyce Masakela, South African Ambassador to the U.S.
Area Focus
Spain–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, Spanish Ambassador to the U.S.
Area Focus
Global Organizations and Brazil
Luis Erlanger, director of communications, TV Globo Brazil
Area Focus
The Complexity of Middle East Issues
Firas bin Raad, Prince of Jordan and World Bank consultant health policy specialist
Area Focus
Latin America and the Left: U.S. Policy toward Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, and Venezuela
Elizabeth Whitaker, deputy assistant secretary for Canada, Mexico and Public Diplomacy
Global Awareness
Dancing with the Devil-Taking on West Africa's Warlords
David M. Crane, Distinguished professor of law, Syracuse University
Global Awareness
Openness and Closure in Fear and Trembling
K. Brian Soderquist, Adjunct professor of theology, University of Copenhagen
Area Focus
Negotiating with North Korea Part 1
L. Gordon Flake, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Kennedy Center
Negotiating with North Korea Part 2
Mark Peterson, Korean section head, Asian and Near Eastern Languages, BYU
Kennedy Center
Negotiating with North Korea Part 3
Scott Rembrandt, director of academic affairs and research, Korea Economic Institute
Kennedy Center
Q&A: Negotiating with North Korea
Panel Discussion
Kennedy Center
Case Study of the Future: The South Korean Economy and Growth Opportunities" panelist
Lee Kyong-yul, economic counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Kennedy Center
Q&A: The South Korean Economy and Growth Opportunities
Lee Kyong-yul, economic counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Kennedy Center
Protecting Soft Targets—Marriott International's Approach to Mitigating the Terrorist Threat
J. Alan Orlob, vice president of corporate security and loss prevention, Marriott International Lodging
Global Awareness
The Mystery of Cesar Vallejo’s Autographs
Stephen Hart, professor of Spanish, University College London
Area Focus
They have no respect: The Impact of Youth Gangs in Nahualá, Guatemala
John Edvalson, Master’s candidate, University of Florida
International Field Studies
Challenges of Integrating Muslims in Italy" and "Kicking the Anthill: The Secularization of French Islam
James Toronto, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies, and R. John Matthies, assistant professor of French
Global Awareness
India–UN Relations
His Excellency Nirupam Sen, Indian Ambassador to the UN
Area Focus
Surprise, Security, and the American Experience
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, Yale University
Book of the Semester
Fiji–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Jesoni Vitusagavulu, Fijian ambassador to U.S.
Kennedy Center
I Have Crossed Famous Rivers: My Trip from South Africa to a PhD Program
Leslie Hadfield, PhD candidate, Michigan State University
International Field Studies
Contemporary Issues Affecting International Religious Freedom
Elizabeth A. Sewell, associate director, BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Global Awareness
Creating Wealth and Poverty in China
Deborah S. Davis, professor of sociology, Yale University
Area Focus
The UN Scandal that Wasn't: Understanding the Volcker Report
Greg Craig, partner, Williams and Connolly, Washington, D.C.
Global Awareness
Please Use Your Liberty to Promote Ours: Burma’s Human Rights Crisis
Ko Bo Kyi, former political prisoner in Burma and founder of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
International Field Studies
Specificity Specifically: Pests, Parameters, and Paradigms in Cross-Cultural Research
Tyler Gibb, political science major, anthropology minor
International Field Studies
Political Theatre or Justice in Saddam Hussein's Trial?
David J. Scheffer, visiting professor of law, Northwestern University School of Law, and former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
Area Focus
Contentious Republicans: Popular Politics, Race, and Class in Nineteenth-Century Colombia
James E. Sanders, assistant professor of history, Utah State University
Area Focus
Surprise, Security, and the American Experience
Book of the Semester Panel Discussion: Panel: Earl H. Fry, professor of political science, BYU; Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU; Mark I. Choate, assistant professor of history, BYU; Andrew Johns, assistant professor of history, BYU; Alan F. Keele, assistant professor of Germanic literature, BYU
Book of the Semester
Global Hotspots—Images and Ideas
Ruth Fremson, Pulitzer prize-winning photographer, NYT
Global Awareness
Field Study Side Effects
Jacob Uhler, MountainStar blood drive coordinator
International Field Studies
Inside the Fatherland: The New Cuban Woman
Marisela Fleites-Lear, Spanish Department chair, Green River Community College; doctoral candidate, University of Washington
Area Focus
Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
Edward Muir, Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
Global Awareness
Cultural Preference for Sons and Female Neglect in India
Ramaswami Mahalingam, assistant professor of psychology, University of Michigan
Area Focus
Outcomes of an Education Field Study in South Africa
Patrick Lee, public health education analyst, State of Utah
Kennedy Center Forum
Azerbaijan–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Hafiz M. Pashayev, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the U.S.
Area Focus
Understanding Pacific Island Education
Victor Narsimulu, Educational Leadership and Foundations doctoral candidate
International Field Studies
Afghanistan Heats Up: An Assessment
Dodge Billingsley, documentary film producer and director, Combat Films & Research
Global Awareness
Sacred and Secular: Muslims in the French Public Sphere
Ahmet Kuru, University of Washington
Kennedy Center
'Kicking the Anthill': The Role of the State, Judiciary, and the Secret Services in the Construction of an Islam de France
R. John Matthies, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
The Struggle to Achieve an 'Islam Italiano': Obstacles to Integration of Muslims in Italy’s Religious Landscape
James Toronto, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
Islam in the European Public Sphere
Wade Jacoby, Center for the Study of Europe
Kennedy Center
The Sum of all Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought
Frederick Quinn, University of Utah
Kennedy Center
Organizing the Boundaries of the Secular and the Sacred in Europe: Islam in Britain, France, and Germany
Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University
Kennedy Center
New Religious Movements and Social Capital: What can the Past Tell us about the Future of Civic Nationalism in Europe?
Benjamin Judkins, University of Utah
Kennedy Center
The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe
Jytte Klausen, Brandeis University
Kennedy Center
A Conceptual Study on the Role of Religion in the Public Sphere
Etga Ugur, University of Utah
Kennedy Center
The Construction of Euro-Islam: The Case of Turkish and Bosnian Islam(s)
M. Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah
Kennedy Center
The Provocation of Islam: Liberal Society, Islam, and the Charge of "Fundamentalism" in Contemporary Germany
Heiko Henkel, University of British Columbia
Kennedy Center
The Role of Analysis in the U.S. Foreign Policy Process
Bradford J. Bruton, open source analyst/collection manager, Central Intelligence Agency
Global Awareness
The Role of Religion in 21st Century Warfare
Father Mark Sargent, Catholic and Muslim relations in southwestern Ontario, Canada
Global Awareness
International Law and the Use of Force: A New Analytical Approach
Davis Brown, attorney and a visiting scholar, George Washington University Law School
Global Awareness
Marketing Fundamentals for Foreign Businesses
Dale Thompson, marketing vice president and bakery brand co-leader.
Global Awareness
The Baltic Challenge
His Excellency Vygaudas Usackas, Lithuanian Ambassador to the U.S., His Excellency Maris Riekstins, Latvian Ambassador to the U.S., and Judith Kelley, assistant professor of political science, Duke University, and author of Ethnic Politics in Europe.
Area Focus
Utah's Growing Ethnic Diversity: Ethnic Challenges and Opportunities
Yvette Donosso Diaz, executive director of Community and the Arts, Utah Governor's office.
Global Awareness
What Does China Want?
Ross Terrill, associate in research, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.
Book of the Semester
Modern American Conflicts: Perspectives of a Veteran of Five Wars
Col. Russell H. Thaden, CGSC DJMO, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Coalition Forces in Iraq.
Area Focus
Sudan to Utah: A Lost Boy's Journey through Art
Atem Aleu.
Kennedy Center
How to Prepare for an Overseas Career—Things They Never Tell You
John Dinkelman, deputy director, Orientation Division, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Department of State.
Global Awareness
Ethiopia—U.S. Relations
Kassahun Ayele, Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
Community Development and Personal Transformation: We Must Try
Julie A. Johnson.
International Field Studies
India—U.S. Relations
His Excellency Ronan Sen, Indian Ambassador to the United States.
Area Focus
From Constantinople to Jerusalem: A History of the Latter-day Saints in the Near East
Blair Van Dyke, Lone Peak seminary principal, part-time instructor, BYU.
Global Awareness
Europe and the U.S.—Where Do We Go From Here?
Hans Arnold, former head of German foreign office and ambassador to the United Nations.
Area Focus
Becoming an Active Participant in the Educational Adventure
Malcolm Miguel Botto-Wilson.
Area Focus
The New Chinese Empire by Ross Terrill
Panel: Michael Murdock, professor of History; Steven Wright, professor of Chinese, department of Near-Eastern Languages; Eric Hyer, professor of Political Science; Susan Gong, from the Foreign Service Institute.
Book of the Semester
Terrorism and Personal Security
William M. (Mac) Epps, vice president, international business development, Zions Bank.
Global Awareness
The Importance of Exposure to Peoples, Culture, and Poverty
Susanna Johnson, master of social work candidate 2006, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis.
International Field Studies
China–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.
Area Focus
The EU as an Actor in International Law
Stefan Talmon, professor, St. Anne’s College, Oxford University.
Global Awareness
Cough It Up: Anthropological Perspectives on Respiratory Infections in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala
Justin C. Wheeler, BYU Junior.
International Field Studies
Current Challenges Facing the Arab World
His Excellency Hussein Hassouna, Ambassador of the Arab League of States.
Area Focus
'Gloca' Languages: Critial Perspectives on Interculturality, Cosmopolitanism, and Citizenship
Manuala Guilherme, senior researcher, Center for Social Studies, University of Colmbra.
Global Awareness
The Drumming of Ashanti Traditional Healing Ceremonies
Ben Wilson, recreation management major.
International Field Studies
The Greater Glory: Faulkner as Cold War Ambassador to Latin America
Deborah N. Cohn, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University.
Area Focus
The European Constitution and the Trouble with Democracy
Craig Parsons, assistant professor of political science.
Global Awareness
A Neuropsychologist's Tale: India to Rhode Island and Back Again
David Tate, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Brown Michael School.
International Field Studies
Borders do Count: Comparing and Contrasting the Canadian and U.S. Legal Systems
Honorable Charles E. Jones, retired as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
Global Awareness
Fire on Ice: Icelandic Latter-day Saints at Home and Abroad
Fred E. Woods, professor of religion, and Richard L. Evans, Chair of Religious Understanding.
Global Awareness
The Environmental Impact of a Profession?
John P. (Phil) Colton, a former energy executive in both the private and public sectors.
Global Awareness
The Distinctiveness of French Anti-Americanism
Sophie Meunier,research associate in public and international affairs, Princeton University.
Global Awareness
Social Welfare and Social Development: The Challenges for Social Work and Community Development Education in a Democratic South Africa
Margie Maistry, professor of social development, University of Fort hare, Alice, South Africa.
Area Focus
Current Sino-Japanese Relations: Causes and Consequences
Zhang Qingmin, associate professor and associate chair, Department of Diplomacy, China Foreign Affairs College in Beijing.
Area Focus
Syria Today—Can There be Peace in the Near East?
Amr al-Azm, professor of archaeology, Centre for Archaeological Research, Damascus University.
Area Focus
Putin's Russia and U.S. Relations
Tobias A. Bradford, public diplomacy officer, U.S. Embassy, Moscow.
Global Awareness
Secularization of New Zealand's Social Policy
Bruce Logan, director, Maxim Institute, NZ.
Global Awareness
The Consular Policy Tool: Insights into U.S.–Poland Relations
Patrick Slowinski, Foreign Service Officer.
Global Awareness
Ukrainian Revolution: Past, Present, and Future
Anatoly Nikitin, head of Department of Applied Research, Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Global Awareness
The African First World War—An International Conspiracy?
Rigobert N. Butandu.
Global Awareness
Mongolia–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Ravdan Bold, Mongolian Ambassador to the U.S.
Global Awareness
That Other War: Nation Building in Afghanistan
Dodge Billingsley, film producer and director.
Global Awareness
Africa Q&A
Aubrey Hooks, Ambassador to the Ivory Coast.
African Studies
Changes in Aesthetic Styles and Genres in Chinese Cinema
Chen Xihe, professor and vice-dean, School of Film and Television, Shanghai University.
Global Awareness
Minor Differences: Europe between Freud and Lacan
Rudi Visker, professor of contemporary philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University), Belgium.
Area Focus
Germany, Britain, and the Future of Europe
Willie Paterson, director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, England.
Area Focus
Haiti and its Foreign Policy
Hérard Abraham, foreign minister, Republic of Haiti.
Area Focus
The United States of Europe
T.R. Reid, author.
Book of the Semester
The Long Reach: The United States and the Limits to Drug Policy Liberalization in Europe
David Bewley-Taylor, professor of American studies, University of Wales—Swansea.
Global Awareness
EU and U.S.: Strategies for Spreading Democracy
Milada Vachudova, assistant professor of political science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
Area Focus
The United States of Europe, Faculty Panel Discussion
Various Faculty.
Book of the Semester
Economic Growth in Europe: How Does the Regulated EU Economy Interact with the Flexible UK Economy?
Guilia Faggio, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Area Focus
Is the Atlantic Alliance Dead? US–European Relations in the George W. Bush Era
David Andrews, director, EU Center of Southern California.
Area Focus
Ukraine: The Significance of the Orange Revolution
Honorable William G. Miller, senior scholar, Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center, and a counselor to the National Democratic Institute.
Global Awareness
Nationalist Internationalism: Henri de Man's Reflections on Peace and the Origins of the European Union
Georges Van Den Abbeele, Davis Humanities Institute director and professor of French and humanities, University of California—Davis.
Global Awareness
America the Vulnerable: Can the Homeland be Secured?
Stephen Flynn, commander, U.S. Coast Guard (retired), and Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.
Global Awareness
Ethical and Other Dilemmas Faced by News Organizations in the Middle East
Ethan Bronner, foreign editor, New York Times.
Global Awareness
Economics of Scottish Independence
Jim Mather, Scottish National Party.
Area Focus
The Mormon Voyage of the Whale ship Timoleon: Launching Latter-day Saint Missionary Work in the Pacific
Fred E. Woods, professor of Church history and doctrine.
Global Awareness
Violence in Darfur, Sudan: A Distant Genocide or Ethnic Cleansing
Abdullahi A. Gallab, visiting assistant professor of sociology, BYU.
Area Focus
LDS International Society Presentation
John "Phil" Colton, member, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.’s energy council
Kennedy Center Presentation
Kuwait–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Ambassador to the U.S..
Area Focus
The Politics of Oil Prices
A. Jamal Qureshi, Kennedy Center alumnus and Middle East political and oil analyst, PFC Energy, Washington D.C.
Global Awareness
Nuclear Weapons and the Future of U.S. National Security: The Emerging Debate
Kerry M. Kartchner, foreign affairs advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office.
Global Awareness
Recent Discoveries and Controversies in Biblical Archaeology
Randall W. Younker, professor of Old Testament and biblical archaeology and director, Institute of Archaeology, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University.
Global Awareness
Transatlantic Relations and the Role of NATO
Jeffrey M. Hovenier, deputy director, NATO Policy, European Security and Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Global Awareness
The Musico-Linguistic Trail of the Turkic Element of the Hungarian People
Janos Sipos, ethnomusicologist, Department of Folk Music Research, Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Area Focus
The Post-war History of the Japanese Yen: An International View
Hiroshi Ogai, political science professor, Keiwa College, Niigata, Japan.
Global Focus
New Code Words for Censorship: Modern Labels for Curbs on the Press
Mark Bench, Executive Director of World Press Freedom Committee.
Global Focus
International Career Panel
Jason Golly, business development director, Neways International; Laurie A. Hoer, managing director of Asian Industries Division, Conti Group Companies; and Marcie Holloman, human resources specialist, Zilog, Inc.
Global Awareness
Bioterrorism and the Public Health System—Survival in the Global Village
Laurie Garrett, Peabody, Polk, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author.
Global Awareness
Landscapes of the Mexican Border
Daniel Arreola, professor of geography, Arizona State University.
Area Focus
Romania–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Sorin Ducaru, Romanian Ambassador to the U.S..
Global Awareness
Transformation Strategy: Leadership and Profitability
L. Todd Budge, president and CEO of Tokyo Star Bank, Ltd.
Area Focus
Challenges Facing Pacific Islanders in Education
Feleti Matagi, Tricia Fifita, Logan Gillette, Dale B. Robertson, Hiagi Wesley
Kennedy Center
Pacific Islander Needs in Education
Bill Afeaki, Vance Randall, Victor Narsimulu, James Jacob, Lucky Fonoimoana, Robin Fifita, Phillip McArthur
Kennedy Center
Who is a Pacific Islander?
Anae Melani, Katarina Teaiwa, Hutch Unga Fale
Kennedy Center
Historical Influences on Pacific Islander Education
William Wallace, Lanny Britsch, Grant Underwood, Joseph Ostraff/Melinda Ostraff, Robin Fifita, Anapesi Kaili
Kennedy Center
I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go: Managing Security Risks Worldwide
J. Gregory Dunn, managing director of security for the Church.
Global Awareness
The Lost Boys of Sudan
Tiffany Ivans, Abraham Guy, Jeremiah Atem.
Area Focus
Iraq: War, Religion, and Democracy
James B. Mayfield, co-founder of CHOICE Humanitarian and emeritus professor of political science at the University of Utah.
Global Awareness
Students for International Development: Presidential Election Faculty Panel Discussion
Chad Emmit; Lynn England; Jim Curl; Ted Lyon, and Ralph Brown.
Area Focus
Muscles from Brussels?: The European Union as a Global Actor
Nicholas Whyte, Europe program director, International Crisis Group in Brussels.
Area Focus
Egypt–U.S. Relations
Abderahman Salaheldin, Consul General of Egypt, San Francisco.
Area Focus
War on Terror: The Diplomatic Dance in East Africa and Tanzania
Jefferson Smith, economic/ commercial Foreign Service officer, Dar es Salaam Embassy.
Global Awareness
Troubled Partnership: Canadian Reflections on the North American Community
Roger Gibbins, president and CEO, Canada West Foundation.
Global Awareness
Distinguishing Yourself in the Workplace through Education and Career Planning
Matthew J. Wilson, director and associate professor of law, Temple University School of Law, Japan Program, and associate dean and general counsel, Temple University Japan.
Area Focus
Beslan School: Militant Islam Hijacks the Chechen Separatist Movement?
Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research.
Global Awareness
Bare Branches: Security Implications of Asia’s Surplus Male Population
Valerie Hudson, professor of political science, BYU.
Global Awareness
Behind the Headline: Islamic Background of Current Events
Daniel C. Peterson, director of the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (ISPART) and associate professor of Islamic studies and Arabic.
Global Awareness
Islam and the Middle East
Khaled Mahjoub, industrialist and entrepreneur, Damascus, Syria.
Area Focus
U.S. Foreign Service
Stephen A. Guice, U.S. Embassy, Kazakhstan.
Global Awareness
War in Korea?
Bruce K. Grant, instructor of Korean, BYU.
Global Awareness
War Against Al Qaeda and Terrorism
His Excellency Ravan Farhadi, Afghani Ambassador to the UN.
Global Awareness
Iraq’s New War
Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research.
Area Focus
Socially Engaged Spirituality
Sulak Sivaraksa, prominent and outspoken Thai intellectual.
International Forum Series
One Islam, Multiple Interpretations: Religion, Education, and National Agenda in School Curricula
Muhammad Eissa (Eissa & Associates) and James Toronto (BYU).
Area Focus
Scotland: A Parliament Restored and a Democracy Found?
Brian Adam, Scottish National Parliament.
International Forum Series
Taiwan Undone: A Perspective from the Barricades on the Taiwan Elections of 3/20
Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU.
Area Focus
Utah's Cultural and Ethnic Diversities
Phillip Notarianni, Utah Historical Society director.
International Forum Series
France–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, French Ambassador to the U.S.
Area Focus
Why Is the United States so Ambivalent About International Human Rights?
Father Robert F. Drinan, Georgetown University Law Center.
Area Focus
The Trans-Atlantic Rift: Britain as a Bridge
John Baylis, pro-vice-chancellor and Politics and International Relations department head, University of Wales, Swansea.
International Forum Series
The Situation of Healthcare in Latin America and Ecuador
Alfredo Palacio Gonzalez, Vice President and former Minister of Health of the Republic of Ecuador.
Area Focus
Belarus–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Mikhail Khvostov, Belarus Ambassador to the U.Sean-David Levitte, French Ambassa.
Area Focus
A Remote Corner of Aztlan: Mexican Americans and other Latinos in Utah, 1900-2000
Jorge Iber, associate professor of history, Texas Tech
Kennedy Center
Poetry Presentation - 'Aztecs in the US'
Recited by Jonathan Wade
Kennedy Center
The Universidad Hispana: Educating Hispanics in Utah
Arturo De Hoyos, president, Universidad Hispana
Kennedy Center
Facing Challenges and Navigating in the American Financial System
Gladys Gonzalez, founder and current publisher and editor, Mundo Hispano
Kennedy Center
Poetry Presentation - 'La hora de los mameyes'
Recited by Annalee Brown
Kennedy Center
Utah, Latinos, Catholics, and Mormons: Situating Utah within Latino Studies Parameters
Armando Solorzano, associate professor of family and consumer studies, U of U
Kennedy Center
Utah, Latinos, Catholics, and Mormons: Situating Utah within Latino Studies Parameters
Ignacio García, associate professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center
Defending Latino Culture
Leticia Medina, Utah Office of Hispanic Affairs
Kennedy Center
Latinos and the Law
Laina Arras, associate editor of BYU Education and Law Journal, BYU
Kennedy Center
Community Law Help for Immigrants
Matt Brown
Kennedy Center
Community Law Help for Immigrants
Bill Cataruzman
Kennedy Center
Poetry Presentation - 'Imagina los angeles de pan'
Recited by Ruth Flores Orozco
Kennedy Center
Migrations of a Latino Artist
Jose Riveros, Chilean artist
Kennedy Center
Migrations of a Latino Artist
George Handley, associate professor of humanities, BYU
Kennedy Center
Poetry Presentation - 'Y no se lo trage la tierra'
Recited by Sonia Quiroga Thomas
Kennedy Center
Roundtable discussion
Roundtable discussion
Kennedy Center
Drowning a Renaissance City: The Dilemmas of Flood Control in Venice from the Renaissance to the Present
Karl Appuhn, environmental historian of Renaissance Italy.
International Forum Series
Recent Trends in Vietnamese Education
Le Ngoc Tra, professor of literature, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, general director of the Institute for Educational Research, Vietnam.
Area Focus
Comparative Research and Public Policy
Jose Joaquin Brunner, Government School graduate studies coordinator, Adolfo Ibanez University, Chile.
Area Focus
Chemical and Biological Weapons of Proliferation
David Allen, chemical/biological analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. State Department.
International Forum Series
Religious Groups and Their Challenges in Turkey
Ilhan Yildiz, visiting professor.
Area Focus
American Primacy and Anti-Americanism in World Politics
Peter Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. professor of political science, Cornell University.
International Forum Series
The Burden of American Power and Responsibility
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the Divinity School, the Department of Political Science, and the Committee on International Relations, at the University of Chicago.
Book of the Semester
Book of the Semester Panel Discussion
Sally Barlow, professor of psychology, John Tanner, professor of English, Valerie Hudson, professor of political science, and Brian Hauglid, assistant professor of ancient scripture.
Book of the Semester
The Miracle of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
D. Kelly Ogden, Religious Education graduate studies coordinator.
International Forum Series
Water and Land Issues in the Israeli/ Palestinian Conflict
John Reese, Middle East activist and retired hydrogeologist.
Area Focus
Entrepreneurship as Ethics: Implications for Policy
Robert G. Crawford, professor of business management, BYU.
International Forum Series
Spanish Influences on the Development of Latin American Art Song During the Colonial Period
J. Arden Hopkin, professor of voice, BYU.
Area Focus
IRAQ—One Year: Looking Back/Looking Forward
Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research.
International Forum Series
If We Know What Works in Development, Why Don't We Do More of It?
Patrick Breslin, External Affairs vice president, Inter-American Foundation
Kennedy Center
Missile Defense and the Bush Administration’s Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
Kerry M. Kartchner, U.S. Department of State.
International Forum Series
Obscurity and Saliency: A Review of Tongan Women's Knowledge in Relationship to Tidal Areas
Melinda Ostraff, ethnobotanist and adjunct faculty in Integrative Biology, BYU
Kennedy Center
India-U.S. Relations
His Excellency Lalit Mansingh, Indian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
American Power: A Critique
Farooq Hassan, visiting scholar and international law expert
Kennedy Center
The U.S. Response to Trafficking in Humans: Is it Enough?
Jini Roby, assistant professor of social work, BYU
Kennedy Center
Canada and the U.S. After September 11th
David Taras, professor and associate dean of General Studies, University of Calgary
Kennedy Center
Election Time in the Caucasus: Georgia and Azerbaijan Change Horses
Thomas Goltz, journalist and war correspondent
Kennedy Center
Whither Jerusalem, and Northern Ireland, Too
Shaul Cohen, professor of geography, University of Oregon
Kennedy Center
Human Rights and Wrongs Conference Introduction
Peter W. Galbraith, former ambassador to Croatia, currently a professor at the National War College in D.C.
Kennedy Center
Human Rights and Wrongs
Panel Discussion
Kennedy Center
A Closer Walk
Human Rights and Wrongs Conference Film Screening
Kennedy Center
Human Rights and Wrongs
Panel Discussion
Kennedy Center
Canada—U.S. Relations
His Excellency Michael F. Kergin, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Contemporary Poland: An American Ally in Central Europe
Douglas F. Tobler, professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center
Operation Iraqi Freedom: A War Experience
Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Kennedy Center
American Perspectives on U.S.–China Relations
Eric A. Hyer associate professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center Presentation
Perspectives on Community Aid
Jan Van Orman, assistant international vice president, BYU
Kennedy Center
Bare Branches: Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population
Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
Ethics and International Affairs: A Personal Journey
Stan A. Taylor, professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
American Perspectives on U.S.-China Relations
Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
Cuba: Understanding the Opportunities
Peter M. Steimle, Kennedy Center alumnus
Kennedy Center
The Road to Baghdad: a Personal Account
R. Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Kennedy Center
Islamic Mysticism
William C. Chittick, professor of comparative studies, State University of New York—Stony Brook
Kennedy Center
The Victors and the Vanquished: Liberal Dilemmas and the Ending of Wars
Andrew Williams, professor of politics and international relations, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK
Kennedy Center
The Herculaneum Papyri and Brigham Young University
Gianluca del Mastro, associate of the Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi, University of Naples, Italy
Kennedy Center
The Maturing of the Oak: The Dynamics of Latter-day Saint Growth in Latin America
Mark L. Grover, Latin American studies bibliographer, Harold B. Lee Library, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Paradox of American Power
Stan Taylor and Valerie Hudson, BYU Faculty
Kennedy Center Presentation
Modeling the Economic Impacts of Korean Reunification
Kerk L. Phillips, associate professor of economics, BYU
Kennedy Center
Austrian-U.S. Relations
Peter Moser, Austrian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
The Koran in Muslim Everyday Life
Abdullahi A. Gallab, assistant professor of communications, Hiram College, Ohio
Kennedy Center
Bulgarian-U.S. Relations
Her Excellency Elena Borislavova Poptodorova, Bulgarian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Household Behavior in the Presence of Economical Crisis: Evidence from Argentina
Norman K. Thurston, assistant professor of economics, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Zones of Islam: The Case of Turkey
M. Hakan Yavuz, assistant professor of political science, University of Utah
Kennedy Center
Temple Building in the Most Ancient Near East and in the Bible
Richard E. Averbeck, professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages, Trinity International University
Kennedy Center
Preemptive Strikes: The Temptation and the Peril
Peter Dombrowski, associate professor of strategic research, U.S. Naval War College
Kennedy Center
Iraq Conference: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Kerry Kartchner, U.S. Department of State Gary Stradling, Los Alamos Laboratories Kent Harrison, Department of Physics, BYU
Kennedy Center
Iraq Conference: Global Economy
Jack Edwards, Gulf United Phil Bryson, Marriott School, BYU
Kennedy Center
Iraq Conference: Military/Strategy
Stan Taylor, BYU and Gregory Weisler, Adjutant General Corps, Military Science, BYU
Kennedy Center
Iraq Panel 1—Legal
Brett Scharffs, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, BYU Richard Wilkins, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, BYU
Kennedy Center
Iraq Panel 2—Regional
Masoud Kazemzadeh, Utah Valley State College David Montgomery, BYU Abdullahi Gallab, BYU Major Brent Talbot, United States Air Force Academy
Kennedy Center
Iraq Conference Keynote—Media: Media Coverage of Conflict
John Hughes, Deseret News
Kennedy Center
Iraq Panel 3—U.S. Foreign Policy
Valerie Hudson, BYU Eric Hyer, BYU Paul Mero, the Sutherland Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
Kennedy Center
Iraq Panel 4—Latter-day Saint Perspectives
Bob Freeman, Department of Religion, BYU Lt. Col. David Kirkham, United States Air Force Academy
Kennedy Center
The Sorbian Language in Germany: A Mother Tongue with No Fatherland
Randall L. Jones, professor of German, BYU
Kennedy Center
Turkey-U.S. Relations
His Excellency O. Faruk Logoglu, Turkish Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
International Commercialization of University Intellectual Property
Leon Przybyla, associate director of technology transfer, BYU
Kennedy Center
Democracy and the Middle East
Azzedine Layachi, associate professor of government and politics, St. John's University
Kennedy Center
European Union-U.S. Relations
His Excellency Guenter Burghardt, European Union Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
A Critique of Bernard Lewis' "What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
Mohammad Eissa, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan
Kennedy Center
Eyewitness to the War in Afghanistan
Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Kennedy Center
Jordan-U.S. Relations
Karim Tawfiq Katar, Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Pablo Neruda's Poetics of Nature
George B. Handley, Latin American studies coordinator, David M. Kennedy Center, and associate professor of humanities, BYU
Kennedy Center
Radical Religion and the Origins of Modern Political Organizations
Richard Y. Duerden, associate professor of English, BYU
Kennedy Center
What's So Great About America?
Dinesh D'Souza, political analyst, author, and Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Kennedy Center
Philippines-U.S. Relations
His Excellency Albert F. del Rosario, Filipino Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
The Macro Effects of Micromorality: Legal Law, Moral Law, and the "Rights-based Approach
Scott Loveless, professor of law, BYU
Kennedy Center
Miss Eastern Europe: Who Will Win the Decade-Long Beauty Contest and Gain EU Membership?
Wade Jacoby, assistant professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
Prospects for Change in Japan
Raymond V. Christensen, associate professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Cross and the Tree; the Arch and the Cave: Art and Theater as Tools of Conversion in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr., professor of art history, Williams College, Massachusetts
Kennedy Center
Translation, Culture, and Perception
J. Scott Miller, associate dean of undergraduate education-honors and professor of Japanese and comparative literature, BYU
Kennedy Center
Can Democracy Win the War on Terrorism?
Michael C. Desch, associate director and associate professor, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky
Kennedy Center
International Negotiations
Andy Williams, founder, Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
Kennedy Center
Ambiguous Adventure of Africa
Chantal Péron Thompson, African studies coordinator, David M. Kennedy Center, and teaching professor of French and Italian, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Caribbean and Darek Walcott's Poetry
George B. Handley, Latin American studies coordinator, David M. Kennedy Center, and associate professor of humanities, BYU
Kennedy Center
Literacy in Ancient Israel
Aaron Demsky, associate professor and director of Project for the Study of Jewish Names, Bar-Ilan University, and head of Hebrew names, World Congress of Jewish Studies
Kennedy Center
The Ground War in Afghanistan: Eyewitness to the Mazar-e Sharif Fortress Prison Revolt
Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Kennedy Center
The Role of a State in International Relations
His Excellency Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, Mongolian Ambassador to the UN
Kennedy Center
Changes to the Indonesian Family
Mark Cammack, professor of law, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Kennedy Center Lecture
Challenges and Opportunities of Global HR
Lizbeth M. Claus
Kennedy Center
Technology Transfer and Business Opportunities in China
Leon H. Przybyla, associate director of technology transfer, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Gentle Cuba
Thomas E. "Ted" Lyon, professor of Spanish, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Mystical Maria de Agreda: Feminist Christianity and the Spanish State
Clark A. Colahan, professor of Spanish literature, Whitman College
Kennedy Center Lecture
Multilingualism in Switzerland: What Does it Really Mean?
Randall L. Jones, professor of Germanic and Slavic languages, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Graduate School Workshop
Unidentified Speaker
Kennedy Center Presentation
Pakistan's Dilemma in the Current Conflict: A Military Perspective
Colonel Herbert L. Stoddard, retired U.S. Air Force
Kennedy Center Lecture
New Light on the Israelite Exodus from Egypt: Recent Excavations in Sinai
James K. Hoffmeier, author, expert in Egyptian studies
Kennedy Center Lecture
Current Issues in the Middle East and Central Asia
Ibrahim A. Karawan, associate professor of political science and associate director of the Middle East Center, University of Utah
Kennedy Center Lecture
Abkhazia
R. Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Kennedy Center Lecture
Development
Geo Jaja
Kennedy Center Presentation
China–U.S. Relations
Yang Jiechi, People's Republic of China Ambassador to U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
German–U.S. Relations
Eberhard Kölsch, deputy chief of mission, German Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Africa Matters for the United States
Aubrey Hooks, special coordinator for the African Crisis Initiative and former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo
Kennedy Center Lecture
Speech from April Graduation 2001
Ernest J. Wilkins
Kennedy Center Lecture
Kennedy Center Graduation
Donald B. Holsinger, director, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
Kennedy Center Presentation
Ukraine–U.S Relations
His Excellency Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Miracle of Brazil: The Historical and Modern Church in Brazil
Elder Flavio Cooper, member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy and Brazil South Area Authority
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Politics of Finnish Education
Jukka Sarjala, chairman, Finnish National Board of Education
Kennedy Center Lecture
Estrada Impeachment
Senator Francisco S. Tatad, Senate Majority Leader, Republic of Philippines
Kennedy Center Lecture
Armenia–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Arman Kirakossian, Armenian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Biodiversity of the Amazon
Keith A. Crandall, assistant professor of zoology, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Religion and Conflict in the Balkans in the 1990's
Vic Perica, visiting professor, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Language Use in Luxembourg: Multilingualism or Linguistic Schizophrenia
Randall Jones, professor of Germanic and Slavic languages, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Law School Workshop
Unidentified Speaker
Kennedy Center Presentation
Belarus–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Valery Tserkalo, Belarus Ambassador to the United States
Kennedy Center Lecture
South Korea’s Sunshine Policy and Changing U.S.–Korea Relations
His Excellency Yang Sung Chul, South Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Mozambique on the World Stage
Carlos Dos Santos, Mozambique Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Production Facilities in the Developing World
Unidentified Speaker
Kennedy Center Presentation
Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution
Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU; Dodge Billingsley, independent film producer and director, Combat Films and Research
Kennedy Center Lecture
U.S.–Lebanon Relations
His Excellency Farid Abboud, Lebanon Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
International Manufacturing
Unidentified Speaker
Kennedy Center Presentation
Transatlantic Relations: The European Union and the United States as Partners and Competitors
His Excellency Jaako Laajava, Finnish Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Spectacular Archaeological Finds and Significant Changes in Our Understanding of Ancient Cultures are not Matters of the Past
Rudolph H. Dornemann, executive director, American Schools of Oriental Research
Kennedy Center
International Consequences of Gender
Valerie Hudson, Associate Professor of Political Sciences, BYU
Kennedy Center
Current Religious Issues in Russia
Anatoly Leshchinsky, Counselor of the Russian Federation on problems of state and the church relations
Kennedy Center Lecture
U.S.—South Africa Relations
Her Excellency Sheila Violet Makate Sisulu, South African Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
One God, One Law: Islamic Law as Monotheistic Law
Bernard Weiss, Professor, Languages and Literature, University of Utah
Kennedy Center Lecture
Middle East Peace Process
Hasan Abu-Nimah, Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Conservation and Indigenous Populations: Displacement, Forced Settlement, and Sustainable Development
Dawn Chatty, Deputy director, Refugee Studies Centre at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
Kennedy Center Lecture
Seeds of Rebellion in China
Frederick Crook, President of the China Group and retired from the USDA Economic Research Service
Kennedy Center Lecture
Hope For Africa Through Literature
Chantal Thompson, Teaching Professor of French, BYU
Kennedy Center
From Caliph to Warlord: The Militarization of the Medieval Islamic World
Bill Hamblin, associate professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center
Thailand: The Hub of Southeast Asia
Nitya Pibulsonggram, Thai Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Rhetorical Landscapes: Learning to See, and Be, America
Gregory Clark, Professor of English, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Globalization of Technology
Peter Gourevitch, Professor of Political Science
Kennedy Center
Korean Slavery: Cross-cultural Perspectives on an Ancient Institution
Mark Peterson, Associate professor, Korean, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Popular Israelite Religion in the Light of Archeology
William Dever, professor of near eastern archaeology, University of Arizona
Kennedy Center
Humanitarian and Other International Internships
Daniel Ferguson, Associate professor, Recreation Management Youth Leadership, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Never-Ending Wars: The Story of Unexploded Ordinance
Stan Taylor, professor of political science, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
Nothing More Heroic: First LDS Mission in India
R. Lanier Britsch, Professor, history, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Pro-Nationalism in Pre-Modern Korea
John Duncan, Director, UCLA Center for Korean Studies
Kennedy Center
Archaeology and Popular Religion in Ancient Israel
William Denver, Biblical archaeologist, former president of American Schools of Oriental Research
Kennedy Center Lecture
Evolution in Eastern Europe: Personal Observations
Randy Jones, Dean of the College of Humanities
Kennedy Center
Images of Ethiopia’s Sacred History
Gary Burgess, Visiting Instructor, History, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Palestine: A Case Study and Critical Theory
Blair Van Dyke, Church Educational System
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Israeli-Arab Peace Process: An Insider's Perpective
Ido Aharoni, Consul for Communications and Public Affairs, Israel
Kennedy Center
BYU and International Education—Out of the Salt Shaker and into the World
Vance Randall, chair and professor of educational leadership and foundations, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Debt Relief
Sara Sievers, Kwesi Botchwey, Rudolf Dornaman
Kennedy Center Lecture
Kosovo: Caring Across the Seas
Carol Grey, mother and humanitarian aid organizer, Sheffield, England
Kennedy Center Lecture
Ukraine in the System of Europe and World Security
His Excellency Anton Buteiko, Ambassador of the Ukraine to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Is Dayton Failing? Bosnia Four Years after the Peace Agreement
James Lyon, analyst, International Crisis Group
Kennedy Center Lecture
U.S.-New Zealand Relations
The Right Honorable James Bolger, New Zealand Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Religion and Art in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Hashim Al-Tawil, Cultural and Educational coordinator, Southfield, Michigan
Kennedy Center Lecture
Social Policy in the U.S.: Collective vs. Individual Responsibility
Royal Shipp, assistant director, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C.
Kennedy Center Lecture
U.S.-Korean Relations
Hong Koo Lee, Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Classical Portuguese Anecdotes
Christopher C. "Kit" Lund, professor of Portuguese, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Paradigms and Approaches to Peace
Ibrahim Karawan, associate director, Middle East Center, and director of graduate studies, University of Utah
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Role of Audience Participation Programs in the British General Election in 1997
Richard Davis, associate professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Ideas of Nation in the Pre-National Era
Eric R. Dursteler, associate professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Third World Development from the Grassroots
Warner P. Woodworth, professor of organizational behavior, BYU
Kennedy Center
Accord at War: Norwegian Supreme Court in the 1940s
Peter Lodrup, professor of law, University of Oslo
Kennedy Center Lecture
Ten Years after Tiananmen: Politics, Protests, and Religion in China
Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Place of Obligation in a Culture of Rights
Kevin Andrews, MP; chairman, Australian house of representatives legal and constitutional affairs committee; chairman, Australian government committee of family and community services
Kennedy Center Lecture
Lithuania–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Stasys Sakalauskas, Ambassador of Lithuania to the U.S. and Mexico
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Church in Eastern Europe
Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Quorum of the Seventy
Kennedy Center
International LDS Issues
Gary Browning, Howard Biddulf, various panelists.
Kennedy Center
Dictatorial Dynamics of Destabilization and the U.S. National Interest
Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator (R-Utah)
Kennedy Center Lecture
Latin American Community and Policy: A Polycentric Analysis
J. Lynn England, professor of sociology, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Life of Raul Wallenberg
Annette Lantos Tillman-Dick, daughter of Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California)
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Exodus and Ancient Egyptian Art
Sharon Keller, assistant professor of bible, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
Kennedy Center Lecture
Traditional Newsmedia and the Internet
Michael Ehrenreich, Deputy Editor of the Berlingske Tidende Newspaper
Kennedy Center
What to Do About Iraq
Shafeeq N. Ghabra, director of the Kuwait Information Office, Embassy of Kuwait
Kennedy Center
Mongolia–U.S. Relations
Jalbuu Chounhor, Ambassador of Mongolia to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
Selective Engagement: An American Grand Strategy for the Early 21st Century
Robert Art, professor of political science, Brandeis University
Kennedy Center
China–U.S. Relations
Li Zhaoxing, Ambassador of China to the U.S.
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Rhetoric of Visual Images: Alexander Helwig Wyant
S. Michael Halloran, professor of rhetoric and acting chair of Department Language, Literature, and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Politics of Trade
Daniel L. Nielson, assistant professor of political science
Kennedy Center Lecture
Changes in the Education and Knowledge Industry: The Effects on the University
Stephen P. Heyneman, vice president, international operations, International Management and Development Group, Alexandria, Virginia
Kennedy Center Lecture
Agrarian Change in Northern Uganda
Eugene L. Mendonsa, professor of anthropology
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Cultural and Constitutional Constraints Bequeathed to New Zealand by the Treaty of Waitangi
David Settle, admissions counselor, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
Information Has No Borders
Allen W. Palmer, assistant professor of communication and graduate program coordinator, BYU
Kennedy Center Lecture
The Gaza's Children of the Stone
Brian K. Barber, associate professor of sociology, BYU
Kennedy Center
Danish Philosophers Nicolaus Steno and Réne Descartes
Svend Aage Rasmussen, Danish philosopher and artist
Kennedy Center
Mirror-Imaging: American Belief in Russian Reform, 1992-1998
Ronald M. Childress, University of South Carolina, former director of Project ROSCON and the Rule of Law Consortium in Moscow
Kennedy Center
Estonia–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Kalev Grigore Stoicescu, Ambassador of Estonia to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
The Role of Denmark in the Construction of a New Europe
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, MP Denmark, national chariman, Liberal Party
Kennedy Center
Will There Be A United States of Europe?
John Burke Richardson, minister and deputy chief, European Commission to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Islamic Sharia: The Question of Ijtihad and Muslim Minorities
Muhammed Eissa, professor of Arabic, Northwestern University
Kennedy Center
A New Trans-Atlantic Partnership for the 21st Century
His Excellency Mircea Dan Geoana, Ambassador of Romania to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Millennial Changes from the International Environment
Phillip J. Bryson, Kennedy Center associate director, BYU
Kennedy Center
The New Face of War: Chechnya, A Personal Account
Dodge Billingsley, Regional Defense Specialist, Co-founder of Combat Camera, Research and Film
Kennedy Center
Challenges for the Norwegian Economy: A Welfare State
Jens Stoltenberg, Deputy Chair for the Labor Political Party
Kennedy Center
The German Economy and the Russian Meltdown
Lee Boam, U.S. Consul General to Germany
Kennedy Center
Middle East Peace: Will It Ever Happen?
Bonner Ritchie, Professor of Organizational Ethics, Romney Institute of Public Management, BYU
Kennedy Center
Economic Conditions in Colombia
Leonardo Garcia Obregoso, professor of economics, University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Kennedy Center
Norway: Can a Small Country Make a Contribution in a Big World?
Svien Luvigsen, Member of Parliament and Vice President of Lower House Parliament
Kennedy Center
International Law and Conflict in the Balkans: A U.S. Military Perspective
Eric Jensen, Captain U.S. Army
Kennedy Center
Russia and the U.S.: Lessening the Nuclear Risk in the New Millennium
General John Reppert and General Vyacheslav Romonov, Consulate General of Russia
Kennedy Center
From Enmity to Amity: The Political Negotiations Between Beijing, PRC, and Taipei, ROC
Peter Chen, College of Lay and Commerce, Taiwan
Kennedy Center
Q&A: The Cairo Peace Movement: Strengthening the Middle East Peace Process
Ibrahim Kamel, Chairman of Sirocco Aerospace
Kennedy Center
Religious Liberty in the People's Republic of China
Liu Shu Xiang, Director of the Religion Research Center, PRC
Kennedy Center
The U.N. Treaty on the Rights of the Child
Charles Francis, Co-Chairman of the Comm. Declaration of the World Congress of Families
Kennedy Center
Egypt-U.S. Relations
Her Excellency Hagar El Islambouly, Egyptian Consul General
Kennedy Center
LDS International Society Q&A Session
LDS International Society Panelists
Kennedy Center
The Development of Crime and Society in Post War Scandinavia With Emphasis on Norwegian Circumstances: The Dissolution of Core Values?
Georg Reiber-Mohn, Justice of the Norwegian Supreme Court
Kennedy Center
Japanese Occidentalism: Views of the West c. 1890
Scott Miller, Professor of Asian Studies, BYU
Kennedy Center
Norms and Principles that Govern International Relations
Cathal Nolan, Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Kennedy Center
When All Women Lift: Development of India
Clarice Auluck-Wilson, Director of Grassroots
Kennedy Center
The Impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee Upon Contemporary Afrikaans Literatur
Hendrik Petrus van Coller, Univeristy of Orange Free-state of South Africa
Kennedy Center
Spain's Position in 1998 on the European Union vis-à-vis the European monetary system
His Excellency Antonia Oyarzébal, Spainish Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
The NATO Enlargement: The Importance for the Czech Republic and the U.S.
His Excellency Alexandr Vondra, Czech Republic Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
NAFTA: What Has Been Its Effect on Member Nations?
Anacelia Perez and Earl Fry
Kennedy Center
Romania Today
His Excellency Pavel Suian, Romanian Ambassador to the U.N. at Nairobi
Kennedy Center
Why Invest in Education?
Donald Holsinger, Director, Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center
Rethinking Foreign Aid
Lant Pritchett, World Bank Economist
Kennedy Center
Egypt-U.S. Relations
His Excellency Ahmed Maher El Sayed, Arab Republic of Egypt Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Peace Keeping Operations
Ahmed M. Warfa, Professor of Botany, University of Somalia
Kennedy Center
Bosnia: A Soldier's Perspective
George Vaieland, Assistant Director of Admissions, BYU
Kennedy Center
Obstacles to the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Farouk Al-Farra, Dean of Education Department, Al-Azhar University in Gaza
Kennedy Center
Switzerland and Nazi Gold: History and the Chellenge of Identity
Douglas F. Tobler, Professor of History, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Red Heifer: A Jewish Prophecy Fulfilled
Rabbi Hein Richmond, Jerusalem Temple Institute
Kennedy Center
The Policy of China's Communist Party Toward the Minority Peoples
Wu Yiye, Professor of History, Nanjing University, PRC
Kennedy Center
Post Soviet Development and Current Affairs
Ludmilla Seleznova, Professor of History, Moscow State Universty
Kennedy Center
Jordan's Model of Peace and Development in the Middle East
His Excellency Marwan J. Muasher, Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Food Crisis and Regime Stability in North Korea
Gordon Flake, Atlantic Council of the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Norway: A Country in Transition
His Excellency Tom Vraalsen, Ambassador from Norway to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Russian/American Relations in the Post Cold War
Vladislav Potapov, Assistant to the Ambassador from Russia to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Uganda's Political and Economic Transformation During the Last Decade
Her Excellency Edith Grace Ssampala, Ambassador from Uganda to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Global Women's Health: The Perspectives of Childbearing Women
Lynn Calister, Professor of Nursing, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Equal Status of Women in the Ancient Near East
Jask Sasson, Professor of Religious Studies, Universsity of North Carolina
Kennedy Center
Classic Maya Religion
Stephen Houston, Professor of Anthropology, BYU
Kennedy Center
Harmonizing Religious Liberties with Cultural Traditions and Values
Samuel P. Huntington, professor at Harvard University, author, the Clash of Civilizations
Kennedy Center
Japanese Politics in the 1990's: What Has Changed and What Remains the Same
Ray Christensen, Professor of Political Science, BYU
Kennedy Center
Media Coverage of Sustainability: A Case of International Environmental Communication
Joann Valenti, Professor of Communications, BYU
Kennedy Center
Recognizing the Geography and the Modern Economic/Political Impact of the Middle East
Victor Ludlow, Professor of Ancient Scripture and NES, BYU
Kennedy Center
James Legge: The Heritage of China and the West
David Honey, Professor of Asian and Near Eastern Languages, BYU
Kennedy Center
Religious Liberty in Venezuela
Nestor Luis Alvarez, director of Religious Affairs, Venezuelan Department of Justice
Kennedy Center
Reaching the Last Frontier of Education for All
H. Dean Nielsen, chair, Department of Educational Foundations, University of Hawaii
Kennedy Center
The Contemporary Religious Situation in Russia and the Problems of State-Church Relations
Anatoly Leschinksy, Department of Relations with Religious Organizations, Adminsitration of the President of the Russian Federation
Kennedy Center
The Role of Germany in the Future of Europe and the World
Bernd Fischer, chief of protocol to the chancellery of the state of Berlin
Kennedy Center
Understanding China's Foreign Policy
Xiong Zhiyong, Fulbright scholar, Foreign Affairs College, Beijing
Kennedy Center
Environment in Brazil
Julio Jose De Campos, Senator from Brazil
Kennedy Center
International Relations of State and Local Governments
Earl Fry, Professor of Political Science
Kennedy Center
Looking at the Future of U.S.–China Relations
Eric Hyer, Kennedy Center Director of Graduate Studies
Kennedy Center
Family Processes and Children's Social Development in China, Russia and the U.S.
Craig Hart, Assistant Professor of Family Science
Kennedy Center
Careers in International Business
Mark Petersen, Vice President of International Development, USANA, Inc.
Kennedy Center
European Relations
His Excelleny Thorvald Stoltenberg, Norwegian Ambassador to Denmark
Kennedy Center
Post Apartheid South Africa: An African Utopia?
David Baxter, Government of South Africa
Kennedy Center
The Permanent Bond Between the Republic of Korea and the U.S.
His Excellency Kun Woo Park, Ambassador from Korea to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
World Diplomatic Changes Since the European Post-Socialist Crisis
Katja Boh, Slovenian Ambassador to Austria
Kennedy Center
The Role of Intelligence in thea Post Cold-War World
Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA historian
Kennedy Center
The Amazon as a Contemporary Social Problem
Allen Palmer, Assistant Professor of Communication
Kennedy Center
Sharing Jerusalem
Chad Emmett, Assistant Professor of Geography
Kennedy Center
Indian Politics
C. D. Arha, Security Minister of India
Kennedy Center
Switzerland and the European Union
His Excellency Carlo Jagmetti, Ambassador from Switzerland to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Africa and Democracy: The Zaire Crisis
Étienne B. Mukendi, chief of mission, Embassy of Zaire, Washington, D.C.
Kennedy Center
New Zealand: The Reformed Economy
A. John Wood, New Zealand ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Funeral of David M. Kennedy
The Family and Friends of David M. Kennedy
Kennedy Center
Indigenous People and Conservation
Paul A. Cox, dean, General Education and Honors, and professor of botany, BYU
Kennedy Center
Japan: The Opening of a New Political Era
Lee Farnsworth, David M. kennedy Center Fellow and professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
The First, Great International Age
Paul Hoskisson, Near Eastern studies coordinator and associate professor of ancient scripture, BYU
Kennedy Center
Sino–American Relations
His Excellency Li Daoyu, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Post-Soviet Mentality of Conflict: The Caucusus and Russia
George Khutsishvili, director, International Center on Conflict and Negotiation, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Kennedy Center
On Being and Becoming American
Alan Trachtenberg, Neil Gray, Jr. Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University
Kennedy Center
Kuo Hina ‘E Hiapo
Joseph Ostraff, Department of Visual Arts, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
The Economic and Military Leadership Role of the U.S. in the World's Changing Political Situation
rray
Kennedy Center
The Political and Economic Situation in Vietnam
Le Van Bang, Vietnamese ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
The Twentieth Century 'Vikings': Norwegian Immigration to the U.S.
Odd S. Lovoll, professor of history, King Olav V. Chair in Scandinavian–American Studies, St. Olaf College
Kennedy Center
Globalization of the Church: Comparisons with Business Globalization
Lee H. Radebaugh, KPMG Peat Marwick Professor of Accounting, BYU, and co-director, BYU–University of Utah Center for International Business Education and Research
Kennedy Center
Education in Poland After the Collapse of Communism
Stefania Szczurkowska, educational researcher, Institute for Educational Research, Warsaw, Poland
Kennedy Center
American Samoa's National Park: The Environment and Preservation of Samoa's Natural Resources
A.P. Lutali, American Samoa governor
Kennedy Center
The Filós-Hine Treaty of December 1947 as a Precedent for Interpreting the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Canal Treaty: Some Implications
Thomas L. Pearcy, assistant professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center
Denmark–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Axel Serup, Ambassador of Denmark to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
Emerging Russian Foreign Policy
Aleksey L. Semeyko, counselor, Russian Embassy
Kennedy Center
International Diplomacy: Cow HErding to Nuclear Non-Proliferation
John P. Colton, section head, fellowships and training, International Atomic Energy Agency
Kennedy Center
Kinship Systems and Sister Worship: Interorganizational Cooperation in the Korean Chaebol
Chris Meek, international development coordinator, and associate professor of orgnaizational behavior, BYU
Kennedy Center
Africa: A New Democracy With Encouragement
Ralph D. Barney, professor of communications, BYU
Kennedy Center
Five Tribes of International Commerce
Joseph Cannon, president and CEO, Geneva Steel
Kennedy Center
The Middle East: Deserts, Dreams, and Dilemmas
Leonard Bartlett, Middle Eastern scholar
Kennedy Center
Historical Perspectives on Current Difficulties in China–U.S. Relations—the Taiwan Issue as a Case Study
Su Ge, professor and dean of international studies, Foreign Affairs College, Beijing
Kennedy Center
The New Russia: Problems and Prospects
Vladimir S. Kuznetsov, consul general, Russian Federation, San Francisco
Kennedy Center
Korea in American Textbooks: Distortions or Benign Neglect?
Mark Peterson, Asian studies coordinator, and associate professor of Korean language, BYU
Kennedy Center
Japan–U.S. Relations
His Excellency Takakazu Kuriyama, Ambassador from Japan to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
China Teachers Workshop
Elder Wirthlin, Elder Eyring, Doug Smoot
Kennedy Center
The Globalization of Media and Culture: The Brazilian Case
Joesph Straubhaar, professor of communications, BYU
Kennedy Center
Mark Twain and the German Language
Richard Cracroft, director, Center for Christian Values in Literature, and professor of English, BYU
Kennedy Center
Future of Atlantic Canada
James D. McNiven, professor of business and public administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kennedy Center
The Current Political Situation in Mongolia
R. Gonchigdorj, Member of Parliament, chairman, Social Democratic Party
Kennedy Center
'Jerusalem a Burdensome Stone for All People':The LDS Connection
David Galbraith, professor of politica science, BYU
Kennedy Center
Young People in Germany: A Lost Generation
Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, European studies coordinator, professor of Germanic language, BYU
Kennedy Center
Judaism During New Testament Times
Eric Meyers, professor at Duke University, president, American Scholls of oriental Research, editor-in-chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeolgy, former editor, Biblical Archaeologist
Kennedy Center
Political Ideology in a Social Context: Ireland and the American Revolution
Neil York, American studies coordinator, and professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Politics of Radical Islam
David E. Long, consultant on Middle East and international terrorism, former diplomat, U.S. Department of State
Kennedy Center
Major Issues in U.S.—China Relations
Su Ge, professor and dean of international studies, Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, senior Fulbright Fellow, George Washington University, Georgetown University, and SAIS Johns Hopkins University
Kennedy Center
Perspectives on the Middle East Peace Accords
Walter Eytan, former Israeli ambasador to France, author of the First Ten years: A Diplomatic History of Israel
Kennedy Center
Norway and the European Union
Dag Monk Ulnes, Norwegian Consul General
Kennedy Center
Terrorism and International Relations
Anthony C.E. Quainton, assistant secretary for diplomatic security, U.S. Department of State
Kennedy Center
Transitional Regimes
Stan Taylor, professor of political science, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
Career Reflections
Lanier Britsch, Director, Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center
The Role of Education in Sustainable Development
Donald B. Holsinger, senior education specialist, the World Bank
Kennedy Center
The Intellectual Currents in Mashriq and the Rise of Religious Thoughts
Abdulla Hanna, social historian, Syria
Kennedy Center
Conditions of Conducting Genealogical Research Work at the Polish Archives
Jerzy Skowronek, general director, State Archives, Poland
Kennedy Center
War and the Rise of the Modern Nation-State
Bruce Porter, professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
A Reporter's View of the Balkan War
Silvana Mendusic, Croatian television reporter
Kennedy Center
The Rise of Mormonism in Post-Communist Ukraine
Howard Biddulph, emeritus professor and former chair of political science, University of Victoria, Canada
Kennedy Center
Ethical Responsibilities
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Kennedy Center
The Cairo Conference: Are There Too Many People in the World?
Lamond Tullis, professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Current Legal Status of Christianity in China
R. Lanier Britsch, director, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, professor of history, BYU
Kennedy Center
Social Capital: Family, Community, and Trust in Modern Economic Life
Francis Fukuyama, author, the End of history, consultant, the Rand Corporation, policy planning staff, U.S. Department of State
Kennedy Center
China Teachers Seminar
Elder Henry B. Eyring, Apostle, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center 10th Anniversary Program
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
Career Objectives
Lanier Britsch, Director, Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center
International Careers
Lee Radebaugh, professor of accounting, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
International Careers
Warner P. Woodworth, professor of organizational behavior, BYU
Kennedy Center
Service in a Worldwide Church
Panel: Baird, Christensen, Fokersen
Kennedy Center
International Careers and Service Opportunities
Lanier Britsch, Director, Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center
International Careers
Richard Cox, liberal arts advisor, Career Placement Services, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
War and Peace in the Post-Cold War Era
John Vasquez, professor of political science, Rutgers University
Kennedy Center
Intermarriage and Ethnic Identity in Twentieth-Century America
Paul Spickard, chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences Department, associate professor of history, Brigham Young University—Hawaii
Kennedy Center
The U.S.–Khmer Rouge Alliance in the 80s: The Faustian Pact
Michael Haas, professor of political science, University of Hawaii—Manoa
Kennedy Center
War and Peace in the New Europe
David Skidmore, professor of political science, Drake University
Kennedy Center
Pros and Cons of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Education
Hayward R. Alker, Jr., professor of political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and vice president, International Studies Association
Kennedy Center
The Doors Open: The Church in Estonia, USSR
Pekka Roto, Institute of Occupational Health in Tampere, Finland, and LDS stake president
Kennedy Center
Western Samoa and the Role of Small Island States in the Pacific Region
Honorable Tofilau E. Alesana, Prime Minister of Western Samoa
Kennedy Center
A Jordanian Perspective on the Middle Eastern Crisis
Kamel Abu Jaber, Jordanian Minister of Economy
Kennedy Center
Middle East Crisis Symposium
Panel, middle eastern studies experts.
Kennedy Center
The International Drug Trade
Lamond Tullis, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
The Four P's of Marketing
Scott Greenouch, BYU Placement office
Kennedy Center
Revolution and Continuity in Law
Martin Krygier, associate professor of law, University of New South Wales, and visiting professor of law, University of California—Berkeley
Kennedy Center
Careers in Government
Stan Taylor, professor of political science, Brigham Young University
Kennedy Center
International Development
Boyd Wennregren, Utah State University
Kennedy Center
Medicine and Development
Lynn Curtis, Vice President of International Programs for ProLiteracy Worldwide
Kennedy Center
Feeding the World's Hungry
Sylvan H. Wittwer, professor of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Kennedy Center
International Relations in Europe
David P. Called, professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Kennedy Center
Israeli Options and Constraints: The Question of A Palestinian State
Ira Sharkansky, professor of political science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Kennedy Center
Contemporary Politics in Germany
Hans Matthaeus Kepplinger, professor of Political Science, University of Meinz
Kennedy Center
The U.S. Debt Crisis
Sidney L. Jones, associate faculty, Center for Public Policy Education, Brookings Institution
Kennedy Center
Swedish Neutrality and its Background
Göran Rystad, professor of history, University of Lund, Sweden
Kennedy Center
Britain's Role in World Affairs
Sir Fergus Montgomery, Conservative Member of Parliament, UK
Kennedy Center
Canada and the North American Free Trade Agreement
Earl H. Fry, professor of political science, BYU
Kennedy Center
The Politics of International Trade Negotiations
Lew Cramer, Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
Kennedy Center
Recent Developments of the LDS Church in Hungary
Miklos K. Radvanyi, Senior Partner, Radvanyi & Varga Law Firm Budapes
Kennedy Center
There are the Times Which Fry Men's Souls
Steve Benson, unkonw title
Kennedy Center
Middle East Fact Finding
Wayne Owens, U.S. Congressman, UT
Kennedy Center
Paradox of Security, Paradox of Peace
Robert C. North, professor of political science, Stanford University
Kennedy Center
Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
His Excellency Muhammad Kamal, Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
Kennedy Center
U.S. Anti–Terrorism Policy
Gregory A. Raymond, professor of political science, Boise State University
Kennedy Center
The World in the Year 2037
Barry B. Hughes, professor of International Relations, University of Denver
Kennedy Center
Biography: The Quest for Events and Character
Martin B. Hickman, and panel
Kennedy Center
U.S.–Pacific Relations in the 1990's
John Copper, International Studies Department, Rhodes College
Kennedy Center
Is America in Decline?
Robert Keohane, Professor of Political Science, Harvard
Kennedy Center
Converts in Germany
LDS International Society Panelists
Kennedy Center
Experiences with the King of Spain
Father Bartolomé Vicens Fiol, president, Fundacion del Hombre
Kennedy Center
David M. Kennedy Service Award: Ceremony and Speech
Alex B. Morrison, chair, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization
Kennedy Center
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