http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/newsrel.php Expand your World. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:35:46 -0700 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:35:46 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/newsrel.php kennedyweb@byu.edu http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=215 The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University has listed a series of events to commemorate International Education Week Nov. 16-20:Monday, Nov. 16 — Photo Gallery and Awards Reception, 2 p.m., 238 HRCB.The new Photo Contest gallery will be unveiled and the student photographers will be honored at a reception where they will discuss their study abroad experiences and the circumstances surrounding the photos they took.Tuesday, Nov. 17 — Expand Your World Info Session and Film Screening, 3 p.m., 238 HRCB.Enjoy a JDawg and learn how BYU "makes the world our campus" at a screening of the new documentary film, "BYU International Stories," created by the International Vice President's Office. Find out why IIE ranks BYU among the top programs for international study abroad—and how you can plan now to expand your world.Wednesday, Nov. 18 — Kennedy Center Lecture, 3 p.m., 238 HRCB."Sudan Before and After 2011: Understanding the Critical Factors Shaping the Future of Sudan"with Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, head of mission, Southern Sudan, Washington, D.C.Thursday, Nov. 19 — CFR Academic Conference Call, 10 a.m., 237B HRCB."Enhancing Preventative Action" with Gen. John Vessey and Paul B. StaresThursday, Nov. 19 — Kennedy Center Lecture, 2 p.m., 238 HRCB."National Security and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Career with the National Counterproliferation Center" with Adam Jones, legislative and public affairs advisor, National Counterproliferation Center.Friday, Nov. 20 — International Field Studies Lecture, 1 p.m., 238 HRCB. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=215 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=214 At BYU's David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies has announced the winners of its Tenth Annual Photo Contest held in conjunction with International Education Week Nov. 16-20.A new gallery will be in place for an awards reception Monday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Participating students will discuss their international study experiences and the circumstances surrounding the photos they took during the 2008-2009 academic year.First place and $100 went to David Sharrah for his photo "School Skit" taken in Salkantay, Peru. Sharrah also had an honorable mention entry, "Bubbles."Second place and $75 went to Autumn Gardner for her entry "In Preparation" that was taken in Malealea, Lesotho.Kathryn Iroz received third-place honors and $50 for "Village Chief Poses" captured in Ghana.Honorable mention awards also went to Dannielle Tibbitts, "Twilight at Karnak Temple Ruins"; Kari Stolzenburg, "Austrian Village" and "The Gondolas"; Aimee Garrett, "Art"; Mary Wollenzien, "Eternal Secret"; and Jesús Rosas, "Fresh Catch."For more information on international study options, contact International Study Programs, 101 HRCB, (801) 422-3686, isp@byu.edu, or visit kennedy.byu.edu/isp. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=214 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=213 The Honorable A. Anne McLellan, former deputy prime minister of Canada, will speak at Brigham Young University’s annual Asael E. and Maydell C. Palmer Canadian Studies Lecture Monday, Nov. 9, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. McLellan’s lecture is “The Future of North American Relations; The Three Amigos: A Friendship Worth Saving?" Admission is free and the public is welcome.McLellan now works in the law firm of Bennett Jones LLP, where she provides strategic advice to the firm and its clients. She is also a member of various corporate and community boards, including the board of directors of Nexen, an independent Canadian-based global energy company. This year, McLellan was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2007, she was awarded with an honorary doctorate of law degree by the University of Alberta. In 2006, McLellan was appointed Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Alberta in the Alberta Institute for American Studies.She served four terms as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, serving most recently as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and the first Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in the Government of the Right Honorable Paul Martin. McLellan also served as Minister of Health and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. The lecture is sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=213 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=212 C. Randall Paul, founder and president of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, will speak at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, Nov. 4, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Paul’s lecture is “Peaceful Tension Through Respectful Contestation Between Trustworthy Opponents: A Social Psychological Approach to Diplomacy Between Religions.” He is currently completing two books, “Fighting about God: Why We Do It and How to Do It Better” and “Converting the Saints: An American Religious Conflict.” He has also had a professional career in the commercial real estate business, receiving the Phoenix Skyline Award for Excellence. Paul received an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate from the University of Chicago. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=212 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=208 Mona Hamdy, executive director of the Mosaic Foundation, will present “Arab Women: Perception and Reality” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend. Hamdy’s research specializes on a series of essays by prominent Arab women called “Bikinis and Burkas: The Power, Passion and Politics of the Modern Arab Woman.” Hamdy was recently appointed executive director of the newly created Earth Village Project. Previously, she worked as associate producer for the Associated Press Television Network-Cairo, was senior editor of Enigma, the Arab world's biggest English-language lifestyle magazine, and worked as assistant director of development at BYU’s FARMS.Hamdy received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in political science from the American University in Cairo. The Mosaic Foundation is an American charitable and educational organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and children, and to increasing awareness and understanding about the peoples of the Arab World in the United States.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=208 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=209 Greg Mortenson, co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and founder of Pennies for Peace, will give a Brigham Young University forum address titled, “Fighting for Peace through Education,” Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center. Mortenson will speak about his work described in his book, “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time,” which spent 120 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list following its release in January 2007. He will also be available for a question-and-answer session immediately following his address in the Marriott Center. The forum will be presented live on the BYU Broadcasting channels. Please note that there will be no rebroadcasts or published copy of Mortenson’s address.Born in Minnesota and raised on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania by his missionary parents, Mortenson is a humanitarian and international peacemaker. For 15 years he has been dedicated to promoting education and literacy in rural areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has established more than 90 schools that provide education to more than 34,000 children. He is a recipient of several awards for his life’s achievements, including the “Star of Pakistan,” Pakistan’s highest civil award for humanitarian efforts, and the Dayton Literacy Peace Prize in 2007. Last January, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by members of the U.S. Congress. Mortenson served in the U.S. Army in Germany and graduated from the University of South Dakota before pursuing graduate studies in neurophysiology. For more information, contact Jeffrey D. Keith, associate academic vice president for undergraduate studies, at (801) 422-4331, or visit www.gregmortenson.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=209 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=210 Richard Hess, scholar of Old Testament and Semitic language Richard Hess, a professor of Old Testament and Semitic language at Denver Seminary, will present two lectures during a visit to Brigham Young University.Hess will address “What Did the Israelites Really Believe?” for an Ancient Near Eastern Studies Lecture Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. He will also present a Kennedy Center Lecture, “Between the Desert and the Sea: Israel’s Wilderness Journey,” Wednesday, Oct. 28, at noon. Both addresses will take place in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission to both lectures is free, and the public is welcome to attend.In addition to teaching, Hess is the director of the Denver Journal, an online theological review, and the Bulletin for Biblical Research. He is also the founder and editor of the Bulletin’s Supplemental Series and is a member of a dozen scholarly societies.His current research projects include commentaries on the books of Genesis and Kings, an introduction to the Old Testament, Hebrew grammar and the study of ancient Near Eastern texts related to the Old Testament. Hess has authored eight books, including “Israelite Religions: A Biblical and Archaeological Survey,” and published more than 100 scholarly articles and collected essays in journals such as “Biblica” and “Biblical Archaeologist.”Hess holds a doctoral degree from Hebrew Union College, master’s degrees in divinity and theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College. He has also conducted postdoctoral research at universities in Chicago, Jerusalem, Cambridge, Sheffield and Munster and has held grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright organization and Tyndale House, Cambridge.These lectures will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=210 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=211 His Excellency Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo, Spanish ambassador to the United States, will address “Spain-U.S. Relations” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, Oct. 29, at 11 a.m. in B92 Joseph F. Smith Building.De Mazarredo was appointed ambassador in 2008 following a long career in the Foreign Service that began in 1971. He previously served as general secretary of the International Strategy Council of Repsol, ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign and Military Order of Malta and director of the National Center of Intelligence.Previously, de Mazarredo served in various postings in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including special mission ambassador for foreign policy and common security, general director of political affairs , general director of foreign policy for Africa and the Middle East and deputy general director of North Africa and the Near and Middle East.De Mazarredo received degrees in law and in international studies from the Diplomatic School in Spain. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=211 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=207 Jessica Kaiser, chief osteologist at Ancient Egypt Research Associates at the University of California, Berkeley, will present “Graves of the Paupers? The Late Period Cemetery at Giza” during a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. in 2113 Jesse Knight Building.A native of Sweden, Kaiser will dscribe her research on the Late Period Cemetery of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project for which she has been the chief osteologist since 2000. Kaiser’s special research interests include the social archaeology of funerary remains.In 2006, she became a member of the Berkeley Hibeh expedition, and since 2005, she has also been responsible for curriculum development and teaching of the bioarchaeology specialization in Egypt at the Ancient Egypt Research Associates and American Research Center field school in Giza and Luxor. Kaiser received a master’s degree in osteology and Egyptology from the University of Stockholm, and has since worked extensively as an osteologist and field archaeologist mainly in Egypt, but also in Sweden and California.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=207 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=206 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a trio of Global Focus Series lectures during the week of Oct. 19-23. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend. • On Monday, Oct. 19, His Excellency Balázs Bokor, Hungarian consul general in Los Angeles, will be addressing “Hungary-U.S. Relations” at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. A native of Budapest, Bokor was appointed consul general in 2007 following a long career in the Foreign Service that began in 1981 as an attaché in the Hungarian embassy in Aden, Yemen. As a diplomat, he has also served in Beirut, Amman, Nicosia and Damascus. Previously, Bokor served as the deputy director general, and later as director general, for the Department of Middle East and Africa and as advisor for the Department of Policy Planning in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bokor holds master’s degrees from Moscow State University of International Relation and Budapest University of Economics. • On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Graham Robb, British author, will be presenting “Persecution and French National Identity” at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Robb has published widely in French literature and history. He is an accomplished writer with many awards for his books, including the “Discovery of France,” based in part on 14.000 miles of cycling in France, was awarded the 2008 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. He has also been awarded for his biography “Victor Hugo,” winner of the 1997 Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Award and Whitbread Biography Prize, and his “Rimbaud,” winner of the 2000 Enid McLeod Literature Prize. Robb graduated from Oxford University with first-class honors in French and German. He received a doctoral degree from Vanderbilt University, after which he held a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Exeter College. • On Friday, Oct. 23, His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese ambassador to the U.S., will be addressing “Japan-U.S. Relations” at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Fujisaki was appointed ambassador to the U.S. in 2008. Prior to that, he served as ambassador and permanent representative to the International Organizations in Geneva and as Japan’s deputy minister for foreign affairs, during which time he was also the prime minister's personal representative to the G8 Summit and Japan's chief negotiator for free trade agreements. Previously, Fujisaki served as the director-general of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a diplomat, he has also served in Jakarta, Paris and London.For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information about the lectures, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=206 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=205 His Excellency Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian ambassador to the U.S., will address “Egyptian-U.S. relations” during an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Oct. 14, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Shoukry joined the diplomatic corps in 1976. He was appointed Egyptian ambassador to the United States in September 2008, having previously served as Egypt’s permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva as well as ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to the International Organizations in Vienna.His previous appointments include serving as the director of cabinet for the minister of foreign affairs and as secretary for information and follow-up for President Hosni Mubarak. He also served the Egyptian embassies in London and Buenos Aires as well as the Egyptian Permanent Mission in New York. In addition, Shoukry headed the Department of the United States and Canada in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shoukry holds a law degree from Ein Shams University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Erlend Peterson at (801) 422-1803. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=205 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=204 Daughter of India's former president will discuss work with leper outcasts Padma Venkataraman, the daughter of India's former president, will speak on “Making a Difference through Service and Humanitarian Outreach” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, Oct. 8, at 1 p.m. in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center.During the lecture Venkataraman will discuss her personal experience working with leper outcasts in India.Venkataraman, an economics graduate, is known throughout India for her pioneering work facilitating micro-finance projects in leprosy colonies. Currently, she is working with Rising Star Outreach, a humanitarian organization based in the U.S. that has championed her cause.Prior to her partnership with Rising Star, she spent nearly 20 years with the U.N. in Vienna as a permanent representative of the All India Women’s Conference, president of the U.N. Women’s Guild, and vice president of the NGO Committee on Women. Venkataraman is a founding member and current vice president of the Women’s India Association.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=204 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=202 The recipient of the 2008 Right Livelihood Award known as the alternative Nobel Prize, Asha Haji Elmi will present “Sixth Clan in Somalia: Women’s Influence for Peace,” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, Oct. 7, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Elmi formed the Sixth Clan, a women's network after women were excluded from the peace process in Somalia, which involved the five traditional clans. The Sixth Clan won a place in the discussion, and she was selected to the Transitional Federal Parliament of the Republic of Somalia in August 2004 and served until 2009. Elmi is also the founder of Save Somali Women and Children, created in 1992 during the height of the Somali Civil War, and is an activist against female genital mutilation. Her activism has been recognized in Somalia and elsewhere in Africa. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, visit the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=202 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=203 “Freedom of Speech and Press: The Need and the Reasons” will be the topic at a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture at Brigham Young University Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Jovial Rantao, editor of The Sunday Independent and deputy editor of The Star newspapers in Johannesburg, will present the lecture. Rantao is also the chairman of the South African National Editors’ Forum, a South African organization that promotes freedom of expression. Professionally, he has spent much of his journalistic career at The Star, where he has held the posts of content and executive editor, news editor, political editor and political correspondent. Rantao is co-author of the book, “Life and Times of Thabo Mbeki,” a biography of the second post-apartheid president of South Africa. Rantao received a bachelor’s degree in journalism with honors from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, visit the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=203 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=201 His Excellency José Goñi, Chilean ambassador to the U.S., will address “U.S.-Chilean Relations,” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Friday, Oct. 9, at 2 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Goñi was appointed ambassador to the U.S.in April 2009, having served previously as Chile’s minister of defense and ambassador to Mexico, Italy and Sweden. He also served as the Chilean representative at the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program at the United Nations. Previously, Goñi was the director for Europe of the General Directorate for International Economic Affairs, head of the team assigned to negotiate the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union and director of the Stockholm branch of the Chilean Promotion Office for Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland.Goñi graduated in business majoring in economics from the University of Concepción in Chile and was a researcher and professor of Latin American economics at the University of Stockholm. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Erlend Peterson at (801) 422-1803. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=201 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=200 Terrorism and Homeland Security analyst Ryan Chavez will address “Eight Years Later: Assessing the al-Qaida and Global Terrorist Threat” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, Sept. 30, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Chavez’s discussion will include the contemporary state of the terrorist threat to the United States and worldwide eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks. He will highlight key factors that may impact the evolution of the terrorist threat. Chavez will not be speaking in an official capacity, and the views he will express do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. government. Chavez was among the first employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He has almost a decade of experience analyzing terrorism, homeland security and other national security issues for the U.S. government. His research interests include intelligence and military innovation.Chavez received a bachelor’s degree in international politics from BYU and a master’s degree in security studies from Georgetown University. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=200 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=199 “Finding Meaning in Sacred Architecture” will be the topic of an address presented by Val W. Brinkerhoff, associate professor of photography at Brigham Young University, Wednesday, Sept. 23, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. The lecture is free, and the public is welcome.Brinkerhoff has authored or co-authored seven books. Three of the most recent centered on unlocking the visual symbolism of sacred architecture, ancient and modern, including that of the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This research has taken him to 40 countries in the last six years, often with students as part of the “Sacred Places” project. His fine art print work has been exhibited widely, and his photography and writing have been featured in periodicals including Photo Life, Photo Electronic Imaging, Photo Techniques, Darkroom Photography, PhotoGraphic, Modern Photography, BYU Studies and others. He received a degree in art and design from BYU. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=199 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=198 Documentary film producer and director Dodge Billingsley will visit Brigham Young University to present a free lecture, “Life Along China’s Korean Border” Wednesday, Sept. 16, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Billingsley began covering war in 1993, eventually founding Combat Films and Research in 1997. He has since spent much of his time documenting global hotspots including Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Western China and Iraq, splitting his time among producing documentaries, writing and lecturing.He is co-writing a book and documentary on the operation commissioned by the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office. Billingsley also co-wrote, produced, and directed “Immortal Fortress: A Look Inside Chechnya’s Warrior Culture." He is a past recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s Regional Security Travel Grant for his work in Abkhazia.Billingsley received a bachelor’s degree in history from Columbia University and a master’s degree in war studies from King’s College Department of War Studies in London. He has lectured on various security-related topics for the U.S. government and numerous academic institutes in the U.S. and abroad.For more information, contact Jeff Ringer at (801) 422-3378. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=198 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=197 Terrence James Reed, a fellow of the British Academy, The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and the Jena Collegium Europaeum, will present a free David M. Kennedy Center lecture, “Reversals — Enlightenment and the Movements of the Heavens,” Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Reed’s speech will focus on the 18th-century history of ideas analyzing a wide range of sources from the Bible to the German poet, Bertolt Brecht.Reed was also a Fellow at St. John’s College at Oxford after which he held the Taylor Professorship in German at the University of Oxford from 1988 to 2004. In 1999, Reed was the Schiller Professor at the University of Jena and received the Gold Medal of the International Goethe Society in Weimar. In 2003, he was awarded a Humboldt Foundation research prize. Reed is the author of many articles and books, including “Thomas Mann: The Uses of Tradition,” the first comprehensive study of Thomas Mann in English. His most recent book on the German Enlightenment will be published in German this year and later in English version.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information please contact Cory Leonard at (801) 422-0382. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=197 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=196 His Excellency Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jordanian Ambassador to the United States and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, will present a David M. Kennedy Center lecture, “The 60th Anniversary of U.S. – Jordanian Diplomatic Relations,” Wednesday, Sept. 9, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young University. Prince Zeid was appointed ambassador in 2007. Previously, he served as the Kingdom of Jordan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2000 to 2007. He was also Jordan’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN with the rank of ambassador. An expert in international justice, he played a central role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court. In 2002, he was elected the first president of the governing body of the court where he served until November 2005. Prince Zeid also served as a political affairs office in UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia from 1994 to 1996. Prince Zeid holds a bachelor's degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Erlend Peterson at 801-422-1802. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=196 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=195 Looking for an innovative way to escape the summer heat? Expand your world beginning Wednesday, July 1, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark building as the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies kicks off “Essential Bollywood—Kennedy Center Summer Film Series.”The summer film series will open with a discussion by Professor Gideon Burton of the English Department, who will discuss the importance of Hindi cinema to help us better understand this window into Mumbai (Bombay). His discussion will be followed by a screening of "Mother India."Bollywood produces around 900 films annually, making it the world’s top producer of cinematic entertainment—enjoyed from Africa to the former Soviet Union by a worldwide audience.Watch Bollywood develop through 10 films presented through Summer Term 2009 as follows: July 1, Mother India; July 8, Mughal-E-Azam; July 10, Bobby; July 15, Amar Akbar Anthony; July 17, Umrao Jaan; July 22, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge; July 29, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai; 31 July, Devdas; Aug. 5, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai; Aug. 7, Bunty Aur Babli.See more information at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=195 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=194 Jen Smyers, an associate for Immigration and Refugee Policy for Church World Service, will discuss “Immigration, Refugee Protection and Other U.S. Global Policy Issues at Home” during a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Friday, June 12, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Church World Service is an ecumenical humanitarian organization that extends disaster assistance, social and economic development, and refugee protection to people around the world.As chair of the Refugee Council USA Advocacy Committee, Smyers coordinates the work of 25 humanitarian organizations in efforts to increase humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and improve services for resettled refugees.Smyers received bachelor’s degrees in law and society and public communication as well as a master’s degree from the American University.For more information, visit the Web site at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=194 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=193 “The World is Flat — Lessons from China's Migrant Workers” is the subject of a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, June 10, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building by Gary Oba, officer-designee, Xiamen/Fujian, U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou.Oba will also discuss “Inside the U.S. Foreign Service” that same day at 3 p.m., also in 238 HRCB for students considering Foreign Service careers.An experienced diplomat, Oba previously handled political/military issues in the Office of Japanese Affairs at the Office of Japanese Affairs in Washington, D.C. He holds a juris doctorate degree from BYU.For more information, visit kennedy.byu.edu or call Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=193 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=192 Six students from Brigham Young University participated in the fifth West Coast Model European Union at the European Union Center of Excellence, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington in Seattle. The Model EU is a simulation of a European Council Summit. Teams made up of two undergraduate students play the roles of representatives of EU member state delegations. “This year, students negotiated issues that were discussed during the Czech Presidency of the EU, in particular enlargement and energy policy,” said faculty advisor Christopher Jones. BYU delegations included Jeffrey Dickamore and Nickolas Wester, Romania; Arielle Badger and Christopher Sorensen, Luxembourg; and Hirgen Bezhani and Spencer Pearce, Italy (head of government and energy minister, respectively). “The simulation was a very engaging and stimulating exercise for the students,” said Jones. “In the heads of government sessions, the realities of European politics soon became clear, as despite concerted diplomatic engagement, Silvio Berlusconi was frozen out by the French, British and German delegates.""Little Luxembourg punched above her weight and steered much of the morning's deliberations, only to be out-muscled by Greece on the issues of enlargement to FYROM—the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia," he said. "Romania was the proverbial spider in the web of the discussions, both formal and informal, bringing the delegates together on key issues." “At the energy minister's meeting, perhaps the more content-rich and productive of the two sessions, BYU's representatives made well-informed contributions to the difficult questions of energy security and dependency, matters that vex the Europeans as much as they do the United States. Their contributions, as with those of all the energy ministers, received special mention at the conclusion of the Summit,” he said.“Students who participate gain a more applied understanding of how negotiations and policies at the European Union emerge,” said Cory Leonard, assistant director of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU. “The Center for the Study of Europe sees a great value to students, as the experience is part internship, part seminar — with a chance to develop political and diplomatic skills in the process.” For more information regarding Model EU, contact cory_leonard@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=192 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=191 Brigham Young University’s chapter of the International Law Students Association was selected to receive the “Most Improved Chapter” award for 2008-2009.BYU competed with more than 100 chapters internationally and was one of five winners.Over the last year, the ILSA chapter at the J. Reuben Clark Law School significantly improved in membership numbers, events and recognition among the student body.“ILSA partnered with the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies to bring in interesting speakers and connect with undergraduate students interested in studying international law,” said Kaycee Hulet, ILSA chapter president and chief officer. “Guests have included Husain Haqqani, Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., John Dinkelman, head of the U.S. Consulate in Nogales, Mexico, Diane Card, a private attorney working in international law, and David Nevin, a defense attorney for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the ‘high-value detainees’ at Guantanamo Bay.”ILSA members also participated in practices of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team and observed the Vis International Arbitration Moot team. “Some of our events involve networking and informational sessions,” Hulet said. “At our opening social last semester, we invited students and faculty to speak about externship and job opportunities in public and private international law.”Members were also invited to participate as volunteers in the annual Law and Religion Symposium hosted at BYU, where they had the opportunity to interact with government and nonprofit leaders and academics from all over the world. ILSA has attracted the attention of the administration and the SBA this year and looks to achieve even more progress in the coming year, said Hulet.For more information or to join ILSA, see the Web site at http://www.law2.byu.edu/. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=191 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=189 His Excellency Yuriy A. Sergeyev, Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, will address “Ukraine-U.S. Relations” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Sergeyev was appointed permanent representative of Ukraine to the U.N. in April 2007, having previously served as ambassador to France, Greece and Albania, as permanent representative to UNESCO and as secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine.He speaks English and French and received a doctorate from T. Shevchenko Kyiv State University in Ukraine.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=189 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=190 His Excellency Hesham Elnakib, consul general of Egypt in San Francisco, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture, “Egypt and the U.S. under the Obama Administration,” Thursday, April 9, at noon in 303 J. Reuben Clark Building. Elnakib has had a distinguished career in diplomatic service. Recently appointed consul general of Egypt in San Francisco, Elnakib is responsible for Egyptian affairs in Arizona, Alaska, California, Idaho, Washington, Utah, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, Hawaii and Wyoming.His previous appointments have included postings in Washington, D.C.; Vienna, Austria; and Egypt. He has served as director of press and public diplomacy, director of the Press Counselor and Spokesperson of Press and Information Office and director and counselor for the North American Department.Fluent in Arabic, English and French, Elnakib received a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in economics from American University in Cairo, a master’s degree in international relations from the International Institute of Public Administration in Paris and a doctorate degree in history from the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=190 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=188 Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute scholar, will present a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “Can Diplomacy Tame Iran?” Wednesday, April 1, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Rubin is a resident scholar in foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. His major research area is the Middle East, with special focus on Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Kurdish society. He also writes frequently on transformative diplomacy and governance issues.At the American Enterprise Institute, Rubin chaired the “Dissent and Reform in the Arab World” conference series and is also lead drafter of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s special report on Iran.In addition, Rubin travels to military bases across the United States and Europe to instruct senior U.S. Army and Marine officers deploying to Iraq and Kuwait on issues relating to regional state history and politics, Shiism, the theological basis of extremism and strategy.He received a bachelor’s degree in biology and master’s and doctorate degrees in history from Yale University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu, or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=188 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=186 Two Brazilian diplomats, an ambassador and a consul general, will present David M. Kennedy Center lectures at Brigham Young University: • His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota will present a lecture Tuesday, March 31, at 2 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library. He was appointed as ambassador in 2007, having previously served as undersecretary-general for political affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chief of staff and secretary for diplomatic planning to the minister of foreign relations.He also served as deputy diplomatic adviser to the president of Brazil, adviser to the secretary-general of political affairs, minister counselor at Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the international organizations in Geneva and political counselor at Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. In addition, Patriota has worked at Brazilian Embassies in Venezuela and China.• His Excellency José Alfredo Gra¸a Lima will present a lecture Thursday, April 2, at 11 a.m. in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center. Lima was recently appointed consul general of Los Angeles.Throughout his career of diplomatic service, he has specialized in international economics and trade in positions in Suriname, Brazil, Switzerland and Belgium. He also served as consul general in New York and Brazilian ambassador to Belgium.These lectures will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information about these lectures, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=186 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=187 Amy J. Hyatt, diplomat in residence at Arizona State University, will present “An Insider’s View of the Foreign Service” to Brigham Young University students Thursday, April 2, in B106 Joseph F. Smith Building. She will discuss “Life in the Foreign Service” from 3 to 4 p.m., and she will give pointers on “Preparing for the Foreign Service Oral Exam” from 5 to 7 p.m.Hyatt is a career Foreign Service officer with more than 23 years of experience working for the U.S. Department of State, serving in Washington, D.C., six embassies overseas and now at Arizona State University.Her previous assignments include deputy chief of mission and chargé at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. She has also served in Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Norway and the Czech Republic.Prior to entering the Foreign Service, she was a litigation attorney in San Francisco, having received a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, a juris doctorate degree from Stanford and a master’s degree in social science from the National War College at the National Defense University.These lectures will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu, or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=187 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=185 Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA staff historian, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture, “Can We Know the Truth about CIA History?” Monday, March 30, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Dujmovic joined the agency in 1990 as an analyst. He has also served as speechwriter to John Deutch and George J. Tenet, former CIA directors, and as editor of the “President's Daily Brief.”Prior to his agency career, Dujmovic was a seagoing officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and taught at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.He received a bachelor’s degree in government from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and a doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this event, contact Lee Simons at 801-422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=185 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=184 Joseph Kahn, the Pulitzer Prize-winning deputy foreign editor for The New York Times, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “The Challenge of Obama in the New World,” Friday, March 27, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Prior to his current assignment, Kahn served as The New York Times Beijing bureau chief, as a reporter in the Washington Bureau and as a reporter on the business desk in New York. Before joining The New York Times, he spent four years as a China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.He also worked as a city desk reporter and foreign correspondent for the Dallas Morning News, where he was part of a team of reporters awarded the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for stories on violence against women around the world. He also received the Pulitzer Prize, the Harry Chapin Media Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for stories about China.Kahn received a bachelor’s degree in American history and a master’s degree in East Asian studies from Harvard.This lecture is sponsored by The New York Times Educational Partnership and will be archived online. For more information on events hosted by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=184 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=183 "Writing Christian: Some Observations on the Identification of Early Christian Letters in Egypt" will be the topic presented by Lincoln H. Blumell, a visiting assistant professor Tulane University, on Thursday, March 19, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Blumell’s research interest is ancient Christianity, and he will defend his dissertation, “Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus,” at the University of Toronto in June.He has had a number of refereed publications, including “Reconsidering the Dates of Three Christian Letters” in Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete (2008), “Petition to a Beneficiarius from Late Third Century A.D. Oxyrhynchus” in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (2008) and the forthcoming “A Note on the Meaning of the Term MONOKTISTHS” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik."This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=183 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=182 Jason C. Parker, assistant professor of history at Texas AandM University, will present a David M. Kennedy Center lecture, “Kipling's Ghost: Decolonization, Public Diplomacy, and the Invention of the Third World,” Wednesday, March 25, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. After teaching for four years at West Virginia University, Parker joined the AandM History Department in 2006. His research interests include U.S. foreign relations, decolonization and the Cold War, race and diplomacy and Caribbean/inter-American affairs.He is the author of “Brother's Keeper: The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean, 1937–1962” and articles in Diplomatic History, International History Review” and the Journal of African American History.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=182 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=180 Loch K. Johnson, an author and professor of political science at the University of Georgia, will present a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “Limiting the Risk of Intelligence Failure,” Tuesday, March 17, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Johnson’s research interests are the American Presidency, Congress and national security policy, and his expertise lies in the activities of U.S. intelligence agencies.Three of his books, “A Season of Inquiry,” “America’s Secret Power” and “Secret Agencies,” display a comprehensive grasp of U.S. intelligence.Johnson received the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Award, the University of Georgia’s highest honor for instructors. He was also instrumental in founding the School of Public and International Affairs. He received a doctorate in political science from the University of California-Riverside.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=180 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=181 Julie R. Hartley, Brigham Young University assistant professor of anthropology, will present a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “The Tour de France: Modern Heroes, Mythologized Landscape, and the Ritual Nation” Wednesday, March 18, at 4 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Hartley’s research interests are applied anthropology, anthropology and education, political rhetoric, nationalism, tourism, international development and violence.Her publications include “Cultural Tourism in Utah” in “Folklore in Utah: A History and Guide to Resources” and “Triumph of the Commons: The Balance between Heritage Tourism and Sustainable Agriculture in a Swiss Alpine Commune” in the “International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.”She received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and French from BYU, a master’s degree in American studies from Utah State University and a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=181 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=179 His Excellency Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, will present a briefing on "Russian Foreign Policy" on Monday, March 16, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. His visit will help prepare BYU students who will be participating in the National Model United Nations in New York City in April. The lecture is also open to the community.Churkin was appointed the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in 2006 following a long career in the Foreign Service that began in 1974.His previous appointments include postings with the UN Security Council; the Barents/Euro-Arctic Council; and as ambassador to Canada, Belgium, NATO, and WEU. He also served as deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation, director of the Information Department and spokesman of the USSR Foreign Ministry, as a special adviser to the USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs, and positions at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.Churkin graduated from the Moscow Institute for Foreign Affairs (1974) and received a doctorate in history from the USSR Diplomatic Academy (1981).This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=179 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=178 David Simpson, a professor of English at the University of California, Davis, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center lecture, “Running from Liberty Plaza and Running in Baghdad,” Wednesday, March 18, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Simpson joined the faculty of UC-Davis in 1997 after teaching at Columbia, the University of Colorado, Northwestern University and Cambridge. His areas of research and teaching are Romanticism and literary theory.He is a member of the editorial board of Cambridge Studies in Romanticism and Modern Language Quarterly. He is also author of several books, including “9/11: The Culture of Commemoration” and “Situatedness or, Why we Keep Saying Where We're Coming From.”Simpson received his master’s degree from the University of Michigan and his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from Magdalene College at Cambridge.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=178 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=177 Tom Brennan, director of Global Recruitment at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, will visit Brigham Young University to speak to students Tuesday, March 10, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Brennan is a 2005 graduate from Thunderbird’s full-time MBA program. Prior to enrolling at Thunderbird as a student, Brennan worked as an English teacher, as a corporate trainer in China and at an investment company in his home city of Philadelphia. He now lives in Arizona where Thunderbird is located.Founded in 1946, Thunderbird is the first and oldest graduate management school focused exclusively on global business. Thunderbird is dedicated to educating global leaders who create sustainable prosperity worldwide. Thunderbird has consistently been ranked No. 1 in international business by the Financial Times, U.S. News and World Report and the Wall Street JournalThunderbird offers graduate programs in global management and global affairs both on site and for working professionals, some of which are available for recent college graduates with less than two years of work experience.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu, or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=177 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=175 Brigham Young University’s Students for International Development will host the 19th Annual Hunger Banquet Friday and Saturday, March 6-7, in the Wilkinson Student Center Terrace. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 2, for $7 at the WSC Information Desk, $6 with a college-level textbook published within the last seven years to donate, or $8 at the door. The event is open to the public.Attendees will be randomly assigned to sit in a high-, middle- or low-income geographical area and provided a meal corresponding to their assigned income class, creating a visual and culinary representation of the global wealth disparity.This year's banquet will include speakers who understand the issues faced by all involved in international development and how to engage in helping with these issues.All proceeds from the event will be donated to student-selected aid organizations operating across the globe to relieve the suffering of those in need. Past recipients include Sowers of Hope, Koins for Kenya, Kedesh, Reforestation and Turn International.For more information, see the Web site at kennedy.byu.edu/student/SID, or contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=175 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=176 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host the 11th annual Inquiry Conference, featuring topics such as development, microlending and literacy, Tuesday through Friday, March 3-6, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free and all are invited to attend, especially those interested in cross-cultural or international studies. Daily sessions run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.This conference is an academic forum for students to present the results of their cross-cultural research and the insights they have gained through field study experiences around the globe. All students who participate in a field study receive faculty mentoring and complete a research paper.A schedule of events will be posted online at kennedy.byu.edu/events/inquiry, and the conference will be archived online at the same location for later viewing.For more information, see the online schedule or contact inquiryconference@yahoo.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=176 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=172 William Easterly's “The White Man’s Burden: How the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good,” Four Brigham Young University faculty perspectives on the ideas presented by William Easterly in his book, “The White Man’s Burden: How the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good,” will be given Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.The panel discussion is a prelude to the Book of the Semester Lecture featuring William Easterly Thursday, March 5, at 4 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium. All are welcome to attend both events.Wednesday’s panel will include Randy S. Lewis, professor of chemical engineering; Daniel L. Nielson, associate professor of political science; Frank L. McIntyre, assistant professor of economics; and Joseph Price, assistant professor of economics.Easterly is an economics professor at New York University and co-director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and co-editor of the “Journal of Development Economics.”“Foreign Policy” magazine named Easterly one of the world’s “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” in 2008. His areas of expertise are the determinants of long-run economic growth, the political economy of development and the effectiveness of foreign aid. He has worked most heavily in Africa, Latin America and Russia.These events will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about these events, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=172 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=173 His Excellency Welile Nhlapo, South African ambassador to the United States, will speak on “South Africa Today: Challenges and Opportunities” Wednesday, March 4, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young University. Nhlapo was appointed ambassador to the U.S. in 2007, having served previously as ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa since 1995.During his term in Addis Ababa, Nhlapo served as South Africa’s nonresident ambassador to Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan. In 1997, he was appointed South Africa’s special envoy on Burundi.Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nhlapo was active in the South African Students Organization, co-authoring the publication “Black Review” on the activities of black organizations. After receiving a banning order in 1973, he went into exile to Botswana, where he joined the African National Congress.Nhlapo was a part of the South African delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York when South Africa was readmitted to the world body in 1994, after which he became director of the Africa Division in the Department of Political Affairs at the UN.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=173 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=171 "Inside the Foreign Service: Getting In and Thriving as a Diplomat" will be the topic of discussion for a David M. Kennedy Center lecture on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Guest speaker Andy Wilson is a career diplomat with 15 years of service in Taiwan, Japan, China and Turkey.Wilson is now a political officer in Kabul, Afghanistan, working on political/military affairs. Prior to joining the diplomatic corp, he received master's degrees in Asian studies from the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=171 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=170 Dodge Billingsley, documentary film producer and director, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture, “Making of ‘Global Car’: The Director’s Perspective,” Wednesday, Feb. 25, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. “Global Car” is the most recent film in the “Beyond the Border” series, films of international scope that Billingsley has been producing for the David M. Kennedy Center.Billingsley began covering war in 1993, eventually founding Combat Films and Research in 1997. He has spent time documenting global hotspots including South Ossetia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. He is currently co-writing a book and documentary on the operation commissioned by the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office.A frequent contributor to various defense and security-related journals, he has a recent article, “Weaponizing the Story: Chechen and Russian Media Operations 1994 to the Present,” that will appear in the spring issue of the “Harriman Review.”This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about the lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=170 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=169 Horacio Echavarría González will present “Pobreza entre las Pueblos Indigenas de Chihuahua” at a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture on Friday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. The lecture will be given in Spanish. This lecture is part of the “Conference on Poverty and Development in Indigenous Communities: The Case of the Tarahumara.”Echavarría works among the indigenous communities in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua, where he focuses on the environmental impact of economic activities and the social conditions of the population.For the past ten years, he has been a researcher at the Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Investigacion Intercultural, an organization where he now serves as president. Licensed in social sciences, with a master’s degree in educational research, Echavarría has provided service in public and private schools for twenty-seven years.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, please see the web site at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=169 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=168 High school and junior high students from around Utah gathered on Saturday, Jan. 24, to participate in the 19th annual BYU Model United Nations Conference, wholly organized by BYU’s MUN team. Utah students spent the day in committee sessions, where they represented various countries from around the world as delegations to the United Nations and its various organs. The delegates had opportunities to give speeches, write resolutions and form alliances in order to pass the resolutions they considered most appropriate to the problems their committees were assigned to deal with.Marie Kulbeth, director of the Human Rights Council, noted that the delegates on her committee improved throughout the day. “At the beginning, a few students were outspoken and dominated the group, but as they continued to work together and become more invested in the outcome, all of the delegates participated more fully,” she said.Overall awards were given for the schools whose delegations performed well across the committees. The Outstanding Awards went to Lakeridge Junior High, West High School and Woods Cross High School, and faculty awards were given to Jenny Nichols of West High and David Hansen of Springville Junior High. The conference also awarded five Distinguished Delegation awards and ten Honorable Mentions.BYU students who organized this conference consider it an excellent opportunity to increase global awareness and practical skills in Utah’s youth as well as to hone their own skills for the April National MUN Conference in New York.“A necessary part of every learning process is to teach what you have learned to others,” said Carl Brinton, director for the Crisis Committee. “BYUMUN is the perfect opportunity for BYU students to reach out to the community and teach the next generation of MUN delegates.”The conference began with a keynote address by Aaron Sherinian, managing director for public affairs for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Brooke Gregg, the faculty advisor for Woods Cross High School, appreciated Sherinian’s comments on poverty., “It was the best keynote I have heard at BYUMUN. Mr. Sherinian involved the students in his message and helped them understand the timeliness of the issues they had come to discuss.”Later in the day, three guest speakers focused on topics tailored to specific committees. Frank McIntyre spoke to students on the issues of development and technology; Matthew Stearmer from the WomanStats Project presented issues of gender equality; and James Parkinson addressed human rights as discussed in his book Soldier Slaves.“The BYUMUN Conference went very smoothly," said Drew Ludlow, conference director. "Our students as well as the delegates worked hard and were rewarded by participating in one of the best MUN conferences BYU has hosted.”For more information on Model United Nations, please see the web site at kennedy.byu.edu/student/modelun/munmain.php. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=168 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=167 Dianna Douglas, national desk producer at National Public Radio, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “Dispatches from the Red Zone — National Public Radio's Baghdad Bureau Chief on Covering the Iraq War,” Thursday, Feb. 19, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Douglas has reported from across the nation and around the world. She served as NPR's bureau chief in Baghdad, covering the American occupation and its effects on Iraq and shared in the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award that NPR won for its coverage of the war in Iraq.Her productions include the signature pieces heard on NPR’s award-winning news magazines “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” including long-format investigations and breaking news stories on everything from hurricanes to immigration and elections to social justice.Douglas received a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from BYU in 2002. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, and a former LDS missionary in Rome, Italy, she now lives in Washington, D.C.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=167 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=166 Adam Fife will present “Afghanistan, Iraq and Counterinsurgency: Similarities, Differences and the Way Forward” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center Lecture Wednesday, Feb. 18, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Fife is the director of unconventional solutions for a U.S. government services provider, where he works with various U.S. agencies in new approaches to countering terrorism and insurgencies worldwide.He works throughout the Horn of Africa, Middle East and Southwest Asia to better understand the complex problem sets that face counterinsurgency practitioners. Previously, he worked in Iraq with Multi-National Force-Iraq as a senior strategic communications adviser and advised senior policy makers, U.S. government officials, military commanders and politicians in communications and policy implementation strategy.Fife received a bachelor’s degree in international studies from BYU and a master’s degree from the University of Utah.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about the lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=166 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=164 “Contemporary Jerusalem: Between Confrontation and Conciliation” will be the topic of a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture by Daniel Seidemann Wednesday, Feb. 11, at noon in the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Seidemann is the founder and legal advisor for Ir Amim, a nonprofit association dedicated to an equitable, stable and sustainable Jerusalem. He has been a practicing attorney in Jerusalem and a partner in a firm specializing in commercial law since 1987.In 2001, he successfully filed suit to the Israel Supreme Court, requiring the Jerusalem Municipality and the Israeli Ministry of Education to provide adequate educational facilities and services to the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.He has served as lead counsel of Ir Shalem, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to the development of Jerusalem, participated in Track II talks on Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians and specialized in legal and public issues in east Jerusalem.A native of Syracuse, New York, and a graduate of Cornell University, he emigrated to Israel in 1973.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=164 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=165 Roger D. Kangas, a professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., will present a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “Please Don’t Turn Out the Lights: Eurasian Energy and National Security,” Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Kangas works with programs on terrorism and transnational threats. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and has written articles and book chapters on central Asian politics and security. His latest work is “Playing Solitaire: Competing National Security Strategies in Central Asia.”From 1999 to 2007, he was a professor of central Asian studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information about this lecture, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=165 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=161 Corry L. Cropper, Brigham Young University associate professor of French studies, will present a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture titled “The Olympic Games: European Elitism for the Masses” Wednesday, Jan. 28, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. In his latest book, “Playing at Monarchy: Sport as Metaphor in Nineteenth-Century France,” he examines the ways sports and games are metaphorically used to defend and subvert, to praise and mock, both class and political power structures.His research interests include 19th-century Mérimée literature, political criticism and French sports and games. He is the author of several articles published in “Nineteenth-Century French Studies,” the “French Review” and “French Literature Series.”Cropper received a bachelor’s degree from BYU and a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Illinois.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=161 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=162 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a lecture on U.S. foreign aid by Aaron H. Sherinian titled “Why We Do It; Why It Matters; New Approaches” Friday, Jan. 23, at noon in B-092 Joseph F. Smith Building. As managing director for public affairs in the Department of Congressional and Public Affairs at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Sherinian manages strategic relationships with media outlets and the organization’s ongoing outreach efforts with stakeholders and public institutions.Prior to this assignment, he served as press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador. His diplomatic experience also includes serving as deputy political and economic chief at the U.S. Embassy in Armenia and in the political and consular sections of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica. He also served at U.S. Missions in Colombia and the Holy See (Vatican).A native of Pasadena, Calif., he received degrees from BYU and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=162 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=163 Earl H. Fry, Brigham Young University political science professor and Canadian studies coordinator, will present a Global Awareness Lecture titled “Is the United States a Declining Superpower?” Wednesday, Jan. 21, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Fry recently returned to the United States after directing BYU’s academic study abroad program in Paris. He served as a Fulbright lecturer at the Sorbonne, as director of International Education and Canadian studies at SUNY Plattsburgh and as a special assistant in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, specializing in international investment issues and U.S.-Canadian trade relations.His many publications include “The Decline of the American Superpower” in Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics and “The Long Road to Free Trade” in Policy Options.He has made presentations on international and regional trade, investment, economic development and foreign policy issues to business and academic audiences in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=163 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=159 The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host an International Study Programs Winter Fair Thursday, Jan. 15, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Herald R. Clark Building. Former program participants and directors will speak to students about the specific department-sponsored programs.“For the vast majority of ISP participants, their international experience leads to greater graduate school or career potential,” said T. Lynn Elliott, ISP director.ISP manages all credit-bearing international study for BYU. College deans and department chairs interested in adding international study to their academic programs are invited to contact Elliott at (801) 422-6244, or visit the administrative offices in 204 HRCB.Students can direct questions about the application process to facilitators in the Student Services office located in 280 HRCB. Students are encouraged to plan early to incorporate an international experience into their curricula. Financial aid options are available for qualifying students.For more international study program information, visit kennedy.byu.edu/isp. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=159 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=160 David Nevin, adjunct professor of trial practice from the University of Idaho College of Law, will present a Global Awareness Lecture titled “The Rule of Law in a Time of Terror” Wednesday, Jan. 14 at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium. Nevin has defended criminal cases in Idaho, the Pacific Northwest for more than 25 years. He obtained acquittals in a number of high profile prosecutions that included issues of civil rights and government overreaching, including the 1993 Ruby Ridge case and the recent terrorism prosecution of a Saudi Arabian graduate student, Sami Omar Al-Hussayen.He was a deputy Ada County Public Defender in Boise, Idaho, for three years before forming his present firm in 1983. After law school, he served as an instructor of law at the University of Toledo College of Law in Toledo, Ohio, and as a law clerk for the Honorable Joseph J. McFadden, Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court.Nevin received a bachelor’s degree in English from Colorado State University and a law degree from the University of Idaho in 1978.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=160 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=154 CANCELLEDJacob Dayan, Israeli Consul General, will present a Middle East Briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room (238 Herald R. Clark Building) at Brigham Young University. Dayan was appointed consul general in October 2007, the senior representative of the State of Israel in the southwestern United States. Before assuming his post in Los Angeles, Dayan assisted with a feasibility study for initiating negotiations with Syria.He served as chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Tzipi Livni and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom, where he was involved in policy formation, decision-making, and implementation. He also served in the Department of Palestinian Affairs where he participated in Israeli peace delegations and served on several working committees.Dayan also served as political counselor at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for policy coordination with the U.S. State Department and the National Security Council.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=154 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=155 Raymond Taras, professor of international relations and director of the World Literature Program at Tulane University, will present “A Europe of Phobias? How Immigration is Making the EU Paranoid” Wednesday, Dec. 10 at noon at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Taras has taught at universities in Canada, Denmark and England. He has also held visiting positions at the universities of Michigan, Kentucky and Colorado, as well as Stanford and Harvard.Among his publications are “Europe’s Rising Islamophobia: The Impact on Foreign Policy” (published by the University of Utah Press in 2009), “Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension” and “New States, New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations.”He has been a volunteer with community organizations helping rebuild New Orleans, and he also lives part of the year in Salt Lake City.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=155 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=156 Andrei S. Markovits, the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, will be guest lecturer as part of the Sports and Global Society Lecture Series, discussing “Sports and Culture in Europe and America—A Mirror of Modern Life,” Thursday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. in 2107 Jesse Knight Building at Brigham Young University. A prolific author, Markovits has written books and articles in English and many foreign languages on topics as varied as German and Austrian politics, anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism, sports and culture in Europe and the U.S. and the relationship between humans and dogs.Recent books include “Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism” and his latest book, “Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America.”This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=156 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=157 His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad "Afghanistan: Security, Development, and Relations with the U.S." will be the topic of an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture presented by His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghan ambassador to the U.S., on Monday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building, at Brigham Young University.Jawad was appointed ambassador to the U.S. in 2003, having previously served as chief of staff for Afghan President Hamid Karzai as well as the president’s spokesman, press secretary and as director of the office of international relations at the presidential palace (2001–03).During his tenure as chief of staff to President Karzai, Jawad was responsible for formulating policies, building national institutions, prioritizing reforms, and implementing the president’s directives.Fluent in English, German, French, Farsi, and Pashto, Jawad was educated at the Afghan French Lycée Istiglal in Kabul and studied law and political science at Kabul University.In 1980, after the Soviet invasion, he went into exile in Germany, where he studied law at the Westfaelishe Wilhelms University. In 1986, he relocated to New York to work for a Wall Street firm and in 1989, moved to San Francisco and received an executive master’s of business administration degree from Golden Gate University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M.Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=157 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=158 Brigham Young University’s UNICEF club will host a “Believe in Zero” benefit concert and dance party to raise money for underprivileged children throughout the world, Saturday, Dec. 6 from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom. The evening will feature performances by Imagine Dragons, Sharks Speed and Kid You Nauts. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the Wilkinson Student Center Information Desk or at the door.According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die every day from preventable causes. Access to clean water, basic medical care and mosquito bed netting could make a significant difference for these children. UNICEF’s goal is to reduce the number of daily casualties from 25,000 to zero.The U.S. Fund for UNICEF, in partnership with the Association of College Unions International and The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, has issued a fund-raising challenge on college campuses across America, encouraging students to raise awareness and funds for children around the world who die from preventable diseases. All donations will be matched dollar for dollar by the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF up to $150,000.For more information, contact Skyler Stevenson, BYU UNICEF club president, at (949) 422-7631 or skylerstevenson@gmail.com; or Emilie Foss, Bradley PR account executive, at (801) 597-8247 or emfoss@gmail.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=158 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=153 Jin Makabe, a Harvard-Yenching Institute visiting research fellow, will present “A Genealogy of Japanese Colonial Policies: The Views of Christian University Scholars” Friday, Dec. 5, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Makabe is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Law and Politics at Hokkaido University in Japan, specializing in Japanese intellectual history from the 17th to the 20th century.At Harvard, he is studying the how the Japanese regarded China’s dynastic government in the 17th and 18th centuries, examining the political backdrop and intellectual transformations that took place during the late Ming and early Qing periods.Makabe’s first book “Politics and Academia in Late Tokugawa Japan: Sh�?heizaka Confucians and Diplomatic Transformation” won the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation’s prize in 2008 for the best academic book on early-modern Japanese history.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=153 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=152 Mike Chinoy, Edgerton Fellow on Korean Security at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, will speak at an Asian Studies Lecture Thursday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 258 Herald R. Clark Building. A foreign correspondent for CNN for 24 years, Chinoy will speak on his latest book, “Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis” (2008), which was hailed by The Washington Post as a “tour de force of reporting.”During a 30-year career in broadcast journalism, he worked in London, Beijing and Hong Kong, among other locations. His coverage of Tiananmen Square in 1989 earned him CableACE, DuPont and Peabody awards.He is also the author of “China Live: People Power and the Television Revolution” (1999) and “China Live: Two Decades in the Heart of the Dragon” (1997).This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=152 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=151 Sharon Eubank, director of the Humanitarian Wheelchair Program for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will present a Global Awareness Lecture titled “Please Don’t Tell this Story: LDS Humanitarian Work and the Media” Wednesday, Dec. 3, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Since joining the Church Welfare Department in 1988, Eubank has helped establish international employment offices, has created a training workshop for entrepreneurs and has helped Church members find resources to start businesses. Her current responsibilities also include supervising humanitarian work in the Middle East and North Africa.Previously, Eubank owned an educational toy store in Provo, Utah. She was a legislative aid for senators Alan Simpson (R-WY) and Jake Garn (R-UT) in Washington, D.C., until Garn’s retirement.Following a Finnish mission and after receiving a degree in English from BYU, Eubank taught English to Japanese junior high students in Suzuka, Japan.This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=151 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=150 The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and BYU International Services will host a series of events for International Education Week Monday through Friday, Nov. 17-21. • World Fest 2008: The community is invited to be a part World Fest 2008 during International Education Week. Culture booths will be on display each day in the Wilkinson Student Center Garden Court. There will also be cultural performances there during the noon hour each day. Tickets are not required. Public school students are welcome to attend World Fest 2008. Public school teachers should call (801) 422-2695 to schedule a date and time.• Ambassadorial Insights Lecture: His Excellency Nicolae Chirtoaca, Moldovan ambassador to the U.S., will present “Security and Peace-Building in Eurasia: Threats, Challenges and Perspectives” Monday at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.• International Study Programs Photo Contest: Winning entries in the annual International Studies Programs Photo Contest will be unveiled and the photographers will be honored at a reception Monday at 2 p.m. in room 238 Herald R. Clark Building.• Global Awareness Lecture: John “Dink” Dinkelman, consul at the U.S. Consulate in Nogales, Mexico, will present “Insider’s View of the Foreign Service” Wednesday at noon in room 238 Harold R. Clark Building.• David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Book of the Semester: Franklin Foer, editor of the New Republic, will be on hand to discuss his book “How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization” Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium.• Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call Series: Amity Shlaes, senior fellow for economic history of the Council on Foreign Relations, will present “The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression” Wednesday at 10 a.m. in 257 Herald R. Clark Building. Space is limited. RSVPs can be sent to byu.conf.call@gmail.com.• Ambassadorial Insights Lecture: His Excellency Husain Haqqani, Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., will discuss Pakistan-U.S. Relations Thursday at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.• International Fashion Show: As part of World Fest 2008, BYU’s international students will model fashions from their home countries at a traditional-dress fashion show Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom. A catered dinner will be provided. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the WSC Information Desk.• Food Fest: Part of World Fest 2008, Food Fest will feature flavors from around the world from 5-7 p.m. Friday in the Wilkinson Student Center Garden Court. Food tickets may be purchased at the event. A free international talent showcase will follow at 7 p.m. in the WSC Ballroom.For more information on World Fest 2008 events, contact BYU International Services at (801) 422-2695 or intloff@byu.edu.For more information on Kennedy Center for International Studies events, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=150 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=149 The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University is pleased to announce the winners of the ninth annual International Study Programs photo contest in conjunction with International Education Week, November 17-21. An awards reception will be held Monday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building, where the winners will discuss their international study experiences and the circumstances surrounding the photos they took during the 2007-2008 academic year.First place and $100 goes to Autumn Gardner for her entry “Pausing for Rain,” taken in Cambodia; second and third place go to Mary Vance for her entries “Entertaining the Little One” and “Happiness can be Found Anywhere,” taken in China. Vance also received Honorable Mention for four entries: “We Flit, We Fly,” “Laughter is the Key,” “Our Happy Abode” and “Rain, Rain, Go Away.”Honorable mention awards also go to Lauren Eberly, Walter Fazio, Jean Lee, Dani Shurtleff, Brock Weaver, Nathan Smith and Ashley Seil Smith.For more information, contact International Study Programs at (801) 422-3686 or isp@byu.edu, or visit kennedy.byu.edu/isp. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=149 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=148 Four Brigham Young University professors will discuss “What’s Next? Post-Election Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy” Wednesday, Nov. 12, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building.President-elect Barack Obama campaigned with a message for change. Will that mean a change in the current economic crisis that has spread to foreign markets? Will that mean a change in the long-standing support given to Israel? Will that mean a change in the current troop deployments in Iran, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world? Will that mean a change in the U.S. stance on global environmental issues?Professors Darren G. Hawkins and Valerie M. Hudson, political science, and Andrew L. Johns, history, will join Kennedy Center Fellow Stan A. Taylor, an emeritus professor of political science, in discussing what the change in administration may mean. The panelists will also take questions from the audience.This event will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=148 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=146 “Islam and the Modern World” will be the topic of a guest lecture given by Akbar Ahmed, holder of the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m. at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building, at Brigham Young University.Ahmed is conducting a cross-country study of American society through the experiences of its Muslim community. During the year-long study, Ahmed and four student assistants will also research perceptions of Americans regarding their Muslim neighbors. Information on their research is available at journeyintoamerica.wordpress.com and will eventually be published in the book, “Journey into America.”Called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam” by the BBC, Ahmed appears regularly on national broadcast news in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Pakistan.Ahmed previously served as high commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain and has advised Prince Charles and met with President George W. Bush. In September 2008, he was appointed the first Distinguished Chair for Middle East/Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy.Ahmed's most recent book, “Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization,” is published by the Brookings Institution Press. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in addition to his tenured appointment at American University.This lecture will be archived online. Visit kennedy.byu.edu for a full schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=146 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=147 “Inside the ‘Real’ NCIS” will be the topic of a Career Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building, at Brigham Young University.R. Daniel Smith, a career Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent, is the supervisory special agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Resident Agency in Lemoore, Calif.. where he supervises general criminal investigations and operations involving U.S. Naval assets in Northern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.A BYU alumnus, Smith coordinated counter-terrorism protection and investigations with his counterparts in Germany, Slovenia, and Northern Italy. Prior to that, he had assignments in Chinhae, Republic of Korea, working in foreign counterintelligence and in Washington, D.C., conducting white-collar fraud investigations.This lecture will be archived online. For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. For a full schedule of David M. Kennedy Center Events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=147 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=145 Bradley J. Parker, associate professor of history at the University of Utah, will present “Provincial Power in the Assyrian Empire: A Microhistory of a Provincial Administrator” at a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Ancient Near Eastern Studies lecture Thursday, Oct. 30, at 11 a.m. in 2113 Jesse Knight Building at Brigham Young University.Parker is the graduate director at the Middle East Center and also directs the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project and excavations at Kenan Tepe in southeast Turkey. He received the 2007 ASUU Student Choice Award given by the Associated Students of the University of Utah.Parker received a doctorate in Near Eastern archaeology from UCLA in 1998.This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of History at BYU and will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=145 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=144 Students can expect frank and interesting answers to questions when a panel of Middle East experts presents “Iran, Nuclear Non-proliferation and Middle East Policy,” Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studiesconference room (238 Herald R. Clark building) at Brigham Young University. The panel will discuss continuing challenges to peace in the Middle East. Chad F. Emmett, Middle East Studies/Arabic program coordinator and associate professor of geography at BYU, will moderate the discussion.The panel will include Amr al-Azm, visiting professor, University of Damascus, Syria; J. Phil Colton, senior officer (retired), International Atomic Energy Agency; Scott Cooper, associate professor of political science, BYU; and Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU.This event will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=144 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=143 His Excellency Perezi Kamunanwire, Ugandan ambassador to the U.S., will speak at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room (238 Herald R. Clark Building). Kamunanwire was appointed Ugandan ambassador to the U.S. in 2006, having served previously as his country’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York and as ambassador to Germany.In addition to writing many scholarly articles in the field of international relations, he co-edited “A Study Guide to Uganda” and contributed the foreword to “We, the PanAfrikans: Essays on the Global Black Experience.”In recent years, Kamunanwire has served as an adjunct professor at the Center for Conflict Management and Organizational Research at Sophia University in Bulgaria. He previously taught at the City College of the City University of New York where he directed programs in black studies and international relations.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=143 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=141 Author and photographer Kari Grady Grossman, who has spent nearly two decades traveling, writing and producing documentaries, will present "The Relationship Matters as Much as the Money: Sustainability for Schools in Cambodia" at a Global Awareness Lecture in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room (238 Herald R. Clark Building) on Wednesday, Oct. 22 ,at noon. She was compelled to write “Bones That Float” to tell the story of how adopting one child led to adopting a whole country. She and her husband, George, began the adoption process in Cambodia, a country that they could hardly place on a map at the time.Taken by the poverty in the country where their son Grady was born, the couple created a school in 2001. The Grady Grossman School now educates nearly five hundred students through sixth grade. Proceeds from the book go to support the school.Since working together as photographers for the Vail ski resort, the pair traveled over 3,500 miles by bicycle to Alaska, moved Jackson, Wyoming, where they founded the Great Outdoors Photography Company and gained a reputation as top-notch wildlife photographers, tracking wolves and eagles among other creatures.In 2002, Discovery sent her to the Mount Everest base camp for nine weeks to cover a women’s ascent.In 1998, after selling their photography company, she turned her focus to writing and was sent to Nome, Alaska, to cover the Iditarod for Discovery Channel Online.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=141 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=142 Luca Bonomi, an expert in Italian art and language, will present “Eating Italian Culture: A Culinary Journey through Art, History, Music and Literature” Monday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m. at the David M. Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University (238 Herald R. Clark Building). Bonomi is president of Società Dante Alighieri-Comitato di Siena, an institution of Italian language, culture and gastronomy in Siena, Italy. Named for the author of “The Divine Comedy,” the institution was founded in 1889 to preserve and share Italian language and culture with the world. Committees of the institution exist throughout Italy and in major cities on every continent.In his travels to Japan, South Korea, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia and the United States, Bonomi has addressed many universities and cultural organizations on topics such as Italian language, Italian opera through the centuries and the history of Italian cinema.Bonomi has also published an Italian grammar text, taught at the Università per la Terza Età and trained opera singers in Italian language and pronunciation.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. For additional information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=142 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=140 Abdoulaye Diop, Malian ambassador to the U.S., will speak at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at Brigham Young University Friday, Oct. 24, at noon in the Kennedy Center Conference room (238 Herald R. Clark Building). Diop is a career diplomat, having previously acted as an adviser to President Alpha Oumar Konaré and President Amadou Toumani Touré, during which time Mali assumed the chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States and the West African Economic and Monetary Union.He oversaw Mali’s participation in the United Nations Security Council in 2000 and 2001. He was also a part of the creation of the African Union in which Mali played an active role.For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. For a complete listing of David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=140 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=139 His Excellency Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos, Peruvian Ambassador to the U.S., will present “Peru at the Global Stage” at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at Brigham Young University on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. in the Kennedy Center conference room (238 Herald R. Clark Building). Zevallos has served as Peru’s ambassador since 2006, having previously served as president of Universidad del Pacífico, one of the most prestigious educational institutions on economics and business in Peru.He is a guest columnist in magazines and an author of local and international papers. His publications include several books on Peru’s economy, such as “Peruvian Puzzle” (1989); “In the Shadow of the Debt” (co-author 1992); “Answers to the 90s” (co-author 1990); and “Half Way Through” (1992).For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or lee_simons@byu.edu. For a complete listing of David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=139 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=138 Images captured during Brigham Young University’s fall 2007 London Study Abroad program are currently being exhibited at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies in the Herald R. Clark Building. The 16-image exhibit is a sampling of digital photography by BYU students Christian Smith, Katy Taylor, Carly Cowser and Greg Steele.Though their work features a variety of styles and subjects, together they capture many of the faces England offers from the iconic to the undiscovered and from pastoral landscapes to urban streets. This exhibit explores the impact this study abroad experience had on the students who participated in the program.This exhibit will continue until late November when the winners of this year’s International Study Programs Photo Contest will be announced.For more information on BYU's International Study Programs, please visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=138 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=137 His Excellency Kwame Bawuah-Edusei, Ghanaian ambassador to the United States, will speak at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at Brigham Young University on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 11 a.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Bawuah-Edusei was appointed Ghana’s ambassador in 2006 and holds concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti and the Bahamas.As ambassador, Bawuah-Edusei helped to secure Ghana as host of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 2008. Under his watch, Ghana also joined the International Organization of Migration and the U.N. Commission for Refugees.A medical doctor, Bawuah-Edusei traveled extensively in deprived areas of northern Ghana offering free medical care at his own expense.The lecture is free and open to the public. Visit kennedy.byu.edu for more information. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=137 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=135 Several Brigham Young University organizations will host a workshop for Utah secondary school teachers titled “Sports and Global Society: Rethinking School Cultures,” Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 8 and 9, at 4 p.m. Wednesday’s session will be held at the BYU Salt Lake Center at the Triad Center downtown, while Thursday’s session will be held at Jordan High School in Sandy.Participants will hear experts explore how ideas about sports can provide students of varying backgrounds with tools to find common ground in the dominant school culture. Teachers from all subject areas are welcome to attend.Attendees will receive two free tickets to the Real Salt Lake soccer game at the newly completed Rio Tinto Stadium Thursday night at 7 p.m. following the workshop.Contact the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at (801) 422-3377 to register. There is a $20 non-refundable fee due at time of registration.For more information about the workshop, visit kennedy.byu.edu/events/pdfs/Sports_and_Global_Society_8-9oct08.pdf.This workshop is sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Intercultural Outreach, Center for Teaching (CITES), Global Management Center (CIBER) and the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NCELRM). http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=135 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=136 Brigham Young University’s Speech and Debate Team competed last weekend at the CSI Debate Tournament in Twin Falls, Idaho.During the two-day tournament, 24 BYU students competed in both novice and open divisions of Parliamentary Debate.BYU's most remarkable performances came from four rookie team members who were brand new to college debate: Kevin Moon, Dallin McKinnon, Hans Bontorno and Anna Katz. All four advanced in a field of 16 teams to the final round of debate, earning BYU second place in the novice division."It says a lot about the quality of students at BYU that after three weeks of practices, we can take them to competition and have them win so many rounds," said Patrick Scott, team presidency member and director of training.In the open division, BYU also advanced a team composed of Jesse Stricklan and Brent Eliason to quarterfinals in a field of 27 teams, as well as receiving an honorable mention in extemporaneous speech for the skills of Robby Meldan.Freshman Anna Katz remarked, "I had never done debate before, but the training I received in practice gave me the confidence I needed to do well." She and Bontorno were both competing in their first debate tournament.The team practices twice a week to prepare for competition. "I felt somewhat intimidated going into my first tournament,” said freshman Dallin McKinnon, “but the focus the team puts on working with newcomers really helped us to debate at the college level.”The team is managed, coached and trained by students, but fielding a debate team brings with it the challenge of traveling and the related expenses. "With such a powerful first-year contingent, the team's future is bright," says Bruce Daniel, team presidency member, "but our greatest challenge remains funding the extensive travel needed to adequately represent BYU."Team presidency member Andrew Johnston says, "We can’t thank our sponsors enough for their support, which includes help from the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, the School of Humanities, the Honors Department and the Dean's Office of Undergraduate Education."The BYU Speech and Debate team is an open entry program inviting students of all experience levels to participate. Practice times and other information is available at www.byudebate.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=136 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=134 New York Times reporter Matthew L. Wald will present “A ‘Low-Carb’ Diet for the Planet” Monday, Oct. 6, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Wald covers transportation for the New York Times Washington bureau, specializing in aviation and highway safety. He also covers various environmental and energy issues. Before joining the Washington bureau in September 1996, he covered transportation for the metropolitan desk for three years.From October 1993 until February 1998, he covered energy and environment for Business Day.Since joining the Times in October 1976 as a news clerk in the newspaper’s Washington bureau, Wald has worked in New York, Connecticut, and Boston covering the metropolitan desk, housing and nuclear power until he became a national correspondent in 1985.For more information on events at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=134 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=133 Antonia Maioni, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, will be the guest of honor at the 2008 Asael E. and Maydell C. Palmer Lecture in Canadian Studies Thursday, Oct. 2, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Her presentation is titled, “Health Care Crisis: What Canada and the U.S. Can Learn From One Another in Providing Effective Health Care.”As associate professor of political science and William Dawson Scholar at Montreal’s McGill University, Maioni teaches courses in Canadian politics, health care policy and comparative government. Maioni is author of “Parting at the Crossroads: The Emergence of Health Insurance in the United States and Canada.”She has also authored or contributed to more than 30 articles and book chapters and is a frequent media commentator on Canadian and Quebec politics and public policy, in both English and French, for local, national and international media.The Palmer Distinguished Lecture in Canadian Studies is funded by the Palmer Family in honor of Asael E. and Maydell C. Palmer. Asael was an acclaimed agricultural scientist in Canada starting in the 1930s. Both Asael and Maydell were actively involved in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and their community in Alberta, Canada.The lecture will be archived online at kennedy.byu.edu/archive.For additional information, contact Earl Fry at (801) 422-2453 or earl_fry@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=133 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=132 F. Abiola Irele will present “African Unity: History, Problems, Prospects” at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Irele is a visiting professor of African and Afro-American studies and romance languages and literature at Harvard University. He previously taught at The Ohio State University as a professor of African, French and comparative literature.His publications include a collection of essays, the "African Imagination: Literature in Africa and the Black Diaspora" (Oxford University Press, 2001) with two more collections of essays forthcoming: "Négritude et Condition Africaine" and the "Negritude Moment."He was co-editor of the Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature (with Simon Gikandi, 2004), a contributing editor to the Norton Anthology of World Literature, general editor of the series “Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature,” and has recently edited the Cambridge Companion to the African Novel, due for publication in 2008.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=132 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=131 His Excellency Le Cong Phung, Vietnamese ambassador to the United States, will speak at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.A career diplomat, Phung was appointed ambassador to the U.S. in 2007, having previously served as the first deputy foreign minister and as chairman for both the Committee on Border Affairs and the National Commission for UNESCO.During his distinguished career, Phung has served in various Foreign Service postings in England, China and Indonesia and as ambassador to Thailand.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=131 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=130 Featuring documentary filmmaker Dodge BillingsleyAward-winning documentary filmmaker Dodge Billingsley will present “Ossetia in Perspective: Georgia Plays Russian Roulette” at a Global Awareness Lecture Wednesday, Sept. 24, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Billingsley, who recently returned from the Caucasus region, began covering war in 1993, eventually founding Combat Films and Research in 1997. In 2002, his film “House of War” documented the battle for Qala Jangi fortress in Afghanistan where he was one of a few foreigners on hand at the prisoner revolt that took the life of CIA agent Mike Spann. He is currently co-writing a book and documentary on the operation commissioned by the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office.He also co-wrote, produced and directed “Immortal Fortress: A Look Inside Chechnya’s Warrior Culture,” a film that took him into the war-torn breakaway region of Chechnya to document the insurgent perspective. Billingsley has also produced programs for the Discovery and History Channels.Billingsley received a bachelor’s degree in history from Columbia University and a master’s degree in war studies from King’s College Department of War Studies in London.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=130 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=129 “Integrating Traditional Knowledge with 21st Century Education Strategies: Relevance, Rigor and Relationships” will be presented by Herb Lee, Jr. at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Since 2005, Lee has been executive director of the Pacific American Foundation, which aims to improve the lives of Hawaiians and Pacific Americans through mentoring, career planning, development, research and community partnerships.Lee is director of several U.S. Department of Education-funded curriculum development projects meant to preserve ancient Hawaiian history, music and culture.Born, raised and educated in Hawaii, Lee graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with an undergraduate degree in psychology and political science and a graduate degree in political science. He is also a professional songwriter and recording artist.This lecture will be archived online. For more information, contact Lee Simons at lee_simons@byu.edu or (801) 422-2652. To view the David M. Kennedy Center events calendar, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=129 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=128 Lynn Elliott, director of International Study Programs at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University, will discuss the value of academic study abroad on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Elliott returned to BYU as assistant director of the Kennedy Center and ISP director in 2004, having been the International Center associate director and study abroad director at Utah Valley University since 2001. Prior to that, he coordinated tours with BYU’s Performing Arts Management in more than 40 countries, including groundbreaking tours to Vietnam, Indonesia, Armenia and West Africa.He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from BYU. By the time he left BYU with a master’s degree in international relations, Elliott had toured 20 countries and decided to pursue a career in international education.This lecture will be archived online. For more information, contact Lee Simons at lee_simons@byu.edu or (801) 422-2652. To view the Kennedy Center events calendar, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=128 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=127 The Brigham Young University Debate Team recently attended the 2008 University of Wyoming Debate Cooperative in Laramie, Wyo., where nearly 50 students took part in workshops and labs that were designed to enhance and expand their knowledge of debate and the structure of argumentation.The cooperative occurred over 11 days during which Matt Stannard, director of forensics at the University of Wyoming and BYU philosophy alumnus, along with other nationally recognized debate staff, arranged and taught a wide range of topics that come up in debate, including economics, international relations, political science and many philosophical positions and ideologies.Also represented at the cooperative were students from Louisiana Tech, University of Colorado at Boulder and San Diego State University. In addition, several teams from the 2008 National Parliamentary Debate Association’s National Competition were in attendance.After the workshops, participants competed in a tournament, applying their newfound skills and knowledge. In spite of lacking a formal team structure, including a faculty coach and support staff, the BYU teams managed to place 8th and 9th in the overall team tournament rankings, beating out nationally competitive teams from San Diego, Colorado and Wyoming.Andrew Johnston, a junior in economics, and Patrick Scott, a senior in political science, both ranked 12th in overall presentation—called “speaker points” in debate terminology.The BYU team also acted as ambassadors, as many of the participants had never met people from BYU or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.This opportunity has expanded the horizon of the BYU Debate Team, which hopes to use its new-found presence on the national debate circuit to expand the prestige and name of BYU and the intellectual image of the Church at national tournaments in the coming academic year.Gary Hatch, associate dean of Undergraduate Studies, assisted with the trip organization and preparation, and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Relations was the primary sponsor of the trip.BYU students who would like to participate and develop their rhetorical abilities are encouraged to attend practices held Wednesday nights in 238 HRCB, and the Honors Program offers a class to introduce interested students to debate.For more information on the BYU Debate Team, see the Web site at http://byudebate.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=127 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=126 The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education awarded Brigham Young University student Drew Mallory the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship in the amount of $5,000.Mallory, a senior social work major with a psychology minor, will begin an internship next month at the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development in Qatar.“I am excited to begin participating in policy research and development in the Middle East, something that would not have been possible without the funding from the Gilman International Scholarship,” said Mallory.“The opportunity to practice social work on an international level is unique in any undergraduate program, and I feel honored to have been selected from amongst my cohorts for this chance," he said.The scholarship program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.For more information, call Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652 or visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org//programs/gilman. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=126 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=125 Mark Perry from the U.S. State Department will present “Living the Dream: One Man’s Journey from BYU Grad to Diplomat” at a Brigham Young University Global Awareness Lecture at noon on Wednesday, July 23, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Perry recently completed his first tour with the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, Mexico, where he worked as a vice consul overseeing the guest worker visa program and working in the American citizen services section.He is on his way to Washington, D.C., for language and area studies training in preparation for his next assignment in Cairo, Egypt.Before joining the U.S. State Department in 2005, he worked in compensation and benefits for the Engineered Products and Services division of Tyco International and as an engineering technician for the flight simulation software group at Rockwell Collins.Perry received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Iowa.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=125 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=124 Foreign Service officer Jessica Ward will present a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture, “What You Will Find in the Foreign Service,” Tuesday, July 1 at 2 p.m. in B-104 of the Joseph Fielding Smith Building on the Brigham Young University campus.Ward, who is visiting campus as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Hometown Diplomat program, is nearing the end of her first tour in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her next assignment will take her to Vienna, Austria.Before realizing her dream job would involve travelling around the world with the Foreign Service, she worked overseas both as an English teacher in Taiwan and as a nanny in Paris. Her aunt’s suggestion that she “check out the Foreign Service” was all it took to get her hooked on the idea as a career. Prior to taking her life abroad, Ward received a bachelor’s degree in humanities from BYU.This lecture, sponsored by BYU’s Foreign Service Student Organization, the College of Humanities Advisement Center and the David M. Kennedy Center, will be archived online.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=124 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=123 Student Darren Jackson named Outstanding DelegateA Brigham Young University professor and student participated in the North American Forum on Integration's fourth annual Triumvirate, a North-American Model Parliament, in Montreal during the end of May.Earl H. Fry, Canadian studies coordinator and professor of political science, and Darren Jackson, a senior majoring in international relations, were active at the conference, where 100 university students from Canada, Mexico and the United States conducted an international negotiation exercise, simulating a parliamentary meeting between the North American political players.“It was a pleasure for me to speak to the assembled university studentson the topic of 'Are Canada-U.S.-Mexico Relations at a Crossroads?' atMcGill University," said Fry. "I examined what might occur in therelationship now that NAFTA has been fully implemented. And I addressedthe concerns about the 'thickening' of the border in the aftermath of9-11. The students were quite attentive and asked a number of veryastute questions.”Four themes were the focus of this year’s debates: Renewable Electricity Markets (English); North American corporate outsourcing (French); Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (English); and NAFTA’s Chapter 11 on investments (English).Participants were assigned one of three roles: legislator (representing a country other than their own), journalist or lobbyist."Darren Jackson, Kennedy Center Student Council president, was selected by the organizers and the Kennedy Center, with the support of Professor Fry," said Cory W. Leonard, BYU David M. Kennedy Center assistant director. "The simulation is akin to BYU Model UN, in which Darren participated in the 2007 and 2004 nationally ranked teams and served as a TA."“This is another opportunity for students to learn about multilateral diplomacy up close, and the David M. Kennedy Center is committed to exploring these opportunities, as we have done with the Model Arab League, Model UN, and partnering with the Center for the Study of Europe to co-sponsor the Model EU at the University of Washington,” said Leonard.Jackson received an award for Outstanding Delegate and signed the guest book, called the Livre d’Or, in behalf of all the U.S. delegates. “There was a sense of reality to the whole event; the delegates were students who came from the three countries being represented, each bringing with them a unique depth of experience and passion, and the issues were those facing the cities and countries we would return home to at the end of the week,” he said.“The topics were interesting, and the students were knowledgeable," Jackson added. "It was interesting to see one of the committees done completely in French, and all the general sessions had translation services so those wishing to speak in their native tongues could.”The conference was held primarily at McGill University, with a few meetings at the hotel, and all of the general sessions were held in the Montreal City Council chambers.NAFI organized the first Triumvirate in the Canadian Senate at Ottawa in May 2005, with 70 university students participating. The conference was held in Mexico City in 2006 and Washington, D.C. in 2007. Next year, the conference will return to Mexico.Learn more at www.fina-nafi.org/eng/triumvirat08/bulletin.asp?langue=engandmenu=triumvirat08. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=123 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=121 Documentary film producer Dodge Billingsley will visit Brigham Young University to present “Tactical Shifts in the Chechen Insurgency: Yes, There is Still a War Going On” on Wednesday, June 11, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Billingsley is a documentary film producer and director who began covering war in 1993, eventually founding Combat Films and Research in 1997. He has since spent much of his time documenting numerous global hotspots including Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Western China and Iraq, splitting his time between producing documentaries, writing and lecturing.In 2002, his film “House of War” won the Rory Peck award and the Royal Television Society award for Best Feature. The film documents the battle for Qala Jangi fortress in Afghanistan, where Billingsley was one of only a few foreigners on hand at the prisoner revolt that took the life of CIA agent Mike Spann.Beyond the Border, a series of six films he produced for BYU’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, can be viewed online at beyondtheborder.org. Billingsley has also produced numerous programs for the Discovery Channel and History Channel.A frequent contributor to various defense and security-related journals, Billingsley is currently co-writing a book and documentary on the operation commissioned by the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Columbia University and a master’s degree in war studies from King’s College Department of War Studies in London.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=121 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=122 Brigham Young University senior Gregory Macfarlane was awarded a $3,000 Freeman-Asia Award to study globalization in engineering projects at China’s Nanjing University.“The Freeman is a highly competitive national award, and it reflects on Greg’s abilities that he received this award,” said Lynn Elliott, director of BYU’s International Study Programs.Macfarlane, a civil and environmental engineering major, is participating in a BYU International Study Program in conjunction with Nanjing University. His interest in urban planning and development began when he lived in Malaysia as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has continued during his studies at BYU.“Through this program I am getting a first-hand look at the effects of China’s economic opening and placing myself in a better position to be a part of China’s impressive economic growth,” Macfarlane said. “The lessons I learn here will contribute to making me a better engineer and a more responsible world citizen.”A member of the BYU International Studies Program, Macfarlane takes a globalization course taught by a BYU faculty member and a variety of language and culture courses taught by Nanjing University faculty. Coursework is supplemented by regular visits to design and manufacturing sites, where he and the other BYU students interact with both native Chinese technical personnel and foreigners working in China.As Asia gains economic and strategic prominence, the region has an increased need for culturally savvy Americans who are fluent in Asian languages. The Freeman-Asia program has helped more than 3,000 undergraduates study in Asia since 2000.For more information on International Study Programs, visit the David M. Kennedy Center Web site at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=122 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=120 Three Brigham Young University students are recipients of the 2008-09 National Security Education Program Boren Undergraduate Scholarships.Boren Scholarships are merit based with amounts ranging from $20,000 for an academic year to $8,000 for a summer. The 2008-09 NSEP academic year covers study abroad during the summer 2008, fall 2008, and/or spring 2009. BYU’s recipients are Miles Hansen, Marco Moreno-Campoy Jr. and Estee Ward. All three are majors from the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.Hansen is a senior majoring in international relations will be participating in a year-long intensive Farsi program in Tajikistan next year. “Receiving this scholarship provides me with the opportunity to learn a language that is critical to U.S. security interests while gaining invaluable experience in an Islamic culture that I deeply respect — both of which I intend to put to good use while serving my country and the peoples of the region in the years to come,” he said.Moreno is a senior majoring in Middle Eastern studies/Arabic who hopes to attend the American University in Cairo in the fall. He said, “This is something I’ve worked really hard for, and I’m so psyched to have received the award!”Ward, a sophomore who is also majoring in Middle Eastern studies/Arabic, will take advanced courses in Arabic at the University of Jordan during spring and summer terms this year. Having previously lived in a predominantly Muslim country, Ward says she has a different perspective than the one painted by the media regarding the so-called “chasm” between the West and Islam.“Ultimately I hope to be in a position to bridge the misunderstanding between these two cultures. While my studies in Provo will provide the central framework for my depth of knowledge, my study abroad to Jordan will allow me to learn about the Middle East on a microcosmic, first-hand level,” said Ward. “This study abroad experience is essential to my education, and I am grateful the NSEP award made it possible.”From the 697 applications, 150 awards were offered. Sixty-four alternate candidates were also selected; alternate candidates may be offered funding should primary candidates decline awards.Application materials for the 2009-2010 award cycle will be available in late summer at www.iie.org/programs/nsep/undergraduate.To learn more about the majors offered by the David M. Kennedy Center, see the website at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=120 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=119 Jason Lim, a program analyst for the Transportation Security Administration, will present “Making a Difference Through Federal Service” at a Brigham Young University Global Awareness Lecture at noon on Wednesday, May 28, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free.Lim worked as chief of staff for a global consulting firm and director of special projects for an international NGO. He has delivered presentations in front of global leaders and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, including Al Gore and Oscar Arias Sanchez.He is also a fellow at Harvard Korea Institute, researching Asian public leadership theories, and he contributes a regular feature column to The Korea Times, titled “Letter from America.” His op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, NY Daily News, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune and other major press throughout the world.A certified FBI English-Korean linguist, Lim received a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University, a master’s degree from NYU Wagner School of Public Service and an MPA from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a Woods and Reynolds Scholarship recipient.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=119 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=118 Applications now being accepted for 2009 grantsTwenty-five Brigham Young University faculty members will benefit from a portion of the $83,285 awarded in 2008 by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.The center’s annual research grant program is intended to promote and support scholarly research with an international focus. “We are pleased to continue to play a role in supporting quality, global-focused research by BYU faculty,” noted Jeff Ringer, director of the David M. Kennedy Center. “We look forward to the books, articles and other academic products this research will produce.”Each year recipients represent a cross-section of disciplines, and this year is no exception, with faculty from humanities, social sciences, arts, business, music, nursing and life sciences receiving awards.From fault zones in India to tsetse fly populations in Africa to Russian folk art to excessive thinness in Japan, the topics are diverse and offer a unique perspective on what BYU faculty are interested in. See the list of recipients and their proposals online at http://kennedy.byu.edu/research/facgrants.php.Applications for 2009 research grants may be picked up in 237 Herald R. Clark Building. The deadline is Friday, Nov. 15, 2008. The grant program is open to all full-time BYU faculty members. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=118 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=115 Marc Olivier will discuss "Border Horror: Identity Anxiety in Recent French Cinema" Wednesday, May 7, at noon in Room 238 of the Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.Olivier, an associate professor of French studies at BYU, teaches courses on French civilization, literary theory and cinema.In the fall, he will teach a new course on European cinema through the Honors program.He has published on topics such as microscopy, botany, entomology and the relationship among science, technology and literature.Olivier is working on a book related to the Nostalgia and Technology exhibition he curated for BYU’s Museum of Art in 2005–06. Click here to download Marc Olivier http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=115 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=116 Brigham Young University students won awards and rights to publication for their participation in the European Union Center of California's Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference in Claremont, Calif., last week.Andrew Christensen, won a full scholarship to the EU Summer School at the University of Rome. Sarah Boman won a scholarship to the University of Washington EU Summer School in Brussels, Belgium.In addition, three BYU students' papers were selected to be published in an edited volume that is produced after each year's conference: Christensen's "Answering the Immigration Problem: The Prospect of Post-National Identity in Denmark," Boman's "Adapting to the Twenty-First Century: A Flexible NATO," and David Drake's "Sarkozy's New Diplomacy: A Reassessment of the Third Rift in Franco-American Relations."Of the 41 papers presented, BYU's three selections were the most of any university represented, which included UCLA, UC-Berkeley, the Claremont Colleges, Harvard, Penn State, Drexel, San Francisco State University, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.All local expenses were covered by a grant from the European Union Center of California, while airfare from Provo was covered by grants from the Fulton Chair of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences and the Department of Political Science.For more on the conference see http://eucenter.scrippscollege.edu/conference_schedule.html or contact Professor Wade Jacoby at (801) 422-1711. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=116 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=117 Chaudry Ali, a judge in Pakistan for more than 25 years, will present a Global Awareness Lecture "War on Terror by Reluctant Fighters" Wednesday, May 14, at noon in Room 238 of the Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.In September 2006 he and his family were forced to flee Pakistan leaving their belongings and property behind. They were granted asylum in the United States in October 2007.Ali is pursuing a degree at the S. J. Quinney Law School at the University of Utah.In 1997 he was appointed by the government, on the basis of his past performance and integrity, as the judge over Anti-Narcotics and Suppression of Terrorist Activities. (The Anti-Narcotics Force of Pakistan is funded by the U.S. Government and works with the DEA.)For the first time in the history of Pakistan he began to make capital punishment rulings against drug lords and terrorists.Despite death threats from drug lords, terrorists and some government officials, Ali followed his conscience and dictates of the law, continuing to issue these rulings as the situation deteriorated.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at http://kennedy.byu.edu. Click here to download Chaudry Ali http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=117 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=113 Victoria A. Silver, associate professor of English at the University of California in Irvine, will present “’Neither person nor cause shall improper me’: Milton and Indecency Yet Once More,” in a lecture on Monday, April 14, at 3 p.m. in B092 Joseph F. Smith Building at Brigham Young University.She will present an additional lecture on “Paradise Lost” in the same room an hour prior to the event.Silver is the author of “Imperfect Sense: The Predicament of Milton’s Irony.” She has also written on English authors Marvell, Hobbes, Browne and Sidney.She earned her doctorate at the University of California in Los Angeles and has taught at Columbia University, the University of Rochester, the University of Southern California and the University of California in Irvine.This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature, the Center for the Study of Europe, European Studies, the Department of English and the Faculty Center.For more information, contact Matt Ancell at (801) 422-1707. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=113 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=114 The David M. Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University will host a live broadcast from the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah of a lecture by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi on Friday, April 18, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Her topic will be "Human Rights: The Struggle for Iran." Admission is free, and the public is welcome.Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, who was the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her significant and pioneering efforts in democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children.In her research, and as an activist, she is known for promoting peaceful, democratic solutions to serious problems in society, including refugee rights.She takes an active part in the public debate and is well known and admired by the general public in her country for legally defending victims of the conservative faction’s attack on freedom of speech and political freedom.In 2006, Random House published her memoir, Iran Awakening, with the young Iranian-American co-author Azadeh Moaveni. Also author of a number of academic books and articles focused on human rights, Ebadi has had several books translated into English, including The Rights of the Child: A Study of Legal Aspects of Children's Rights in Iran, published with support from UNICEF, and History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran.She is the founder and leader of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=114 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=111 The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University will host an Area Focus Seminar on Friday, April 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.The seminar topic will be “Korea Turns Right: The New ‘Bulldozer’ Presidency of Lee Myung-Bak.”Jeff Ringer, director of the Kennedy Center, will welcome participants who will take part in two panels: Kerk Phillips, BYU international relations coordinator and professor of economics, BYU; James H. Alvis, director of public affairs, Korea Economic Institute; Abraham Kim, analyst, Eurasia Group; Danny Damron, project coordinator, David M. Kennedy Center; and L. Gordon Flake, executive director, Mike and Maureen Mansfield Foundation.Mark Peterson, a professor of Korean at BYU, will close the seminar, which is sponsored by the Korean Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington, D.C., and the David M. Kennedy Center.This event will be archived online. For more information on center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=111 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=112 Key officials from the Pan American Health Organization will join other health care professionals, including Brigham Young University College of Nursing faculty, to present a one-day conference on mother, newborn and child health Friday, April 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the BYU Conference Center.The purpose the conference is to provide students, faculty professionals and volunteers with an opportunity to understand successful evidence-based interventions for improving global health.A schedule of events is available at http://ce.byu.edu/cw/mnch/. The registration deadline is Thursday, April 3, at 5 p.m.For more information, contact Rose Ann Jarrett at (801) 422-4143. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=112 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=109 Many of speaker Sadik J. Al-Azm’s books banned in Arab worldSadik J. Al-Azm will present “Democracy and the Middle East: A View from Damascus” during a Middle East Studies Arabic Lecture on Wednesday, April 9, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.A visiting professor at Princeton University, Al-Azm is an emeritus professor of modern European philosophy at the University of Damascus. His research is focused on the Islamic world and its relationship to the West. He is well-known for being a human rights advocate and a champion of intellectual freedom.Many of Al-Azm’s books are banned in the Arab world, and he was jailed by the Lebanese government after publishing his book, “Critique of Religious Thought “ (1970). Previously, he was known for his book, “Self-Criticism After the Defeat” (1968), in which he gave an analysis of the Arab disillusionment after the Six Days War. Several of his books have been translated from Arabic to English, Dutch, German, Italian and Norwegian.During his career, he taught not only in Damascus and Beirut but also at Harvard, Princeton and the University of Hamburg.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=109 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=110 His Excellency Javier Rupérez will speak at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, April 9, at noon at the Assembly Hall in the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center at Brigham Young University. The topic will be "A Spanish View of Counter-Terrorism and International Relations." The public is welcome to attend.Rupérez was appointed consul general of Spain in Chicago in July 2007, following three years as executive director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate at the Assistant Secretary-General level for the UN.He previously served as ambassador of Spain to Washington (2000–04); held a number of postings in the diplomatic service of his country, including Addis Ababa, Warsaw, Helsinki and Madrid; served as Spanish Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE—later OSCE); served as ambassador of Spain to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and served as Chef de Cabinet to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (1976–77).His parliamentary experience includes having been deputy and senator in the Spanish Parliament (1979–2000), during a career of public service that began in 1965.He received degrees in law and journalism from the University of Madrid.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=110 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=107 “Meet the Mormons: Public Perception and the Global Church” is topic“Meet the Mormons: Public Perception and the Global Church” is the topic of the 19th annual International Society Conference Monday, April 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Assembly Hall at the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center at Brigham Young University.The conference is free and the public is welcome. The luncheon is $14 per person and spaces are limited. Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 2, to the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at (801) 422-3377.Several leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be attending, including BYU President Cecil O. Samuelson of the Quorum of the Seventy, Elder Douglas L. Callister of the Quorum of the Seventy and Elder Lance B. Wickman of the Quorum of the Seventy and general counsel for the Church of Jesus Christ. Olene S. Walker, former Utah Governor, will also attend.Conference panelists include BYU faculty, representatives from Church International and Public Affairs, Area Seventies and former mission presidents of the Church and many more.Panel topics will include “Building Bridges: Ambassador Hosting Program,” “Strengthening Relationships via Diplomatic Outreach,” “The Perfect Storm? LDS Media Events and the Foreign Press” and “Public Perception and Humanitarian Initiatives.”Organized in 1989, the International Society is an association of professionals with international interests who are members or friends of the Church. The society is supported by BYU's David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Marriott School of Management, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, David O. McKay School of Education and the BYU Alumni Association.For more information, call (801) 422-3377 or visit the Web site, www.ldsinternationalsociety.org. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=107 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=108 BYU Model United Nations team wins top awards fourth straight year in New YorkWhile Brigham Young University’s basketball team was winding down its winning season, BYU’s Model United Nations delegation won the highest awards possible for the fourth straight year at the National Model United Nations in New York last week.BYU’s 38 students represented Mexico and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 committees, garnering “outstanding delegation” awards as well as awards for best “position papers” and individual recognition of BYU students on at least four committees.“It may not be exciting as March Madness, but we certainly performed at the highest level possible,” said Middoni Ramos, a senior majoring in manufacturing engineering from Mexico City and one of BYU’s head delegates.Students interested in participating in next year’s Model UN course areencouraged to attend an information session, "Becoming BYU’s Next TopDiplomat," on Tuesday, April 15, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at 6p.m. New York-style pizza will be served and delegates from BYU’s 2008team will answer questions, show winning policy papers and resolutionsand display photos/video from their experience.More than 2,200 university students from throughout the world gathered in New York at the General Assembly hall last Tuesday to hear United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon address the conference. After that, students headed back to the Sheraton New York hotel where they spent hundreds of hours discussing the role of private military contractors in conflicts, how to combat the spread of illicit drugs and the impact of foreign direct investment in development strategies.“BYU achieved these awards through hard work, consensus-building and diplomatic skills,” said Jana Kopeinig, a senior majoring in international relations who also served as BYU’s head delegate. “Our students were faced with an enormous challenge: a committee room with hundreds of people they have never met from all over the world, and by the end of the week they had to find policy solutions, facilitate discussion, draft resolutions and obtain the support to pass a vote.”Kopeinig participated at the national Model UN conference as a student two years ago and as a staff director last year. “Our team worked very, very hard this year, with long hours and tense negotiations. But they came through.”The Model UN program at BYU faced another obstacle. Unlike many top programs, BYU selects an entirely new group of students each year, rather than simply returning with the same seasoned delegates.“Our aim is to develop leadership skills and allow as many students as possible to experience the world of diplomacy and international affairs,” pointed out Cory Leonard, assistant director at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and MUN program advisor. “Some students will have a career in diplomacy and for them, this is a watershed experience. But for the others, they develop skills and perspectives to help them in their academic, professional and family life.”Students register for IAS 351, a fall semester three-hour course sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center and Continuing Education. They also host a high school Model UN conference each January and apply to be part of the winter semester course. All majors are encouraged to apply. There are no prerequisites aside from an interest in international affairs and a strong work ethic.For more information about the BYU Model United Nations program or to contact advisors, teaching assistants or delegates, call 801-422-6921, e-mail mun@byu.edu or visit 120 HRCB. Click here to download BYU's Model United Nations team. Click here to download BYU MUN delegate Josephine Borrich. Click here to download BYU MUN delegate Chris Rains, left. Click here to download Click here to download BYU MUN delegate Ardis Smith. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=108 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=106 Robert J.V. Hiebert, a professor of Old Testament studies at Trinity Western Seminary in British Columbia, will present two lectures during a visit to Brigham Young University.An Ancient Near Eastern Studies lecture, "The Translation of the Divine Names in the Septuagint (Ancient Greek Bible)," will be held on Thursday, April 3, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.On Friday, April 4, at 8 a.m. in 382 Joseph Smith Building, ancient Near Eastern studies faculty and students will hear Heibert discuss "The Septuagint and its Cultural and Theological Context."Both lectures are free and the public is welcomeIn addition to teaching, Hiebert is also director of the Septuagint Institute at Trinity, and he is preparing the critical edition of IV Maccabees for the Göttingen Septuaginta series as well as a commentary on Genesis for the Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint. He also serves as joint-editor-in-chief for this commentary series, the steering committee for the Society of Biblical Literature program unit on the Greek Bible, and the executive committee of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies.Hiebert is the author and editor of books and articles on a range of subjects in the areas of textual criticism, semantics, exegesis and the history of biblical interpretation. He pursued undergraduate studies at Columbia Bible Institute (Abbotsford), Trinity Western College (Langley) and the Institute for Holy Land Studies (Jerusalem) before completing a bachelor's degree in biblical languages and literature (1978) and a master's degree (1979) and doctorate (1986) in Septuagint studies from the University of Toronto.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.Click here to download Robert J.V. Hiebert http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=106 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=105 Krzysztof Pomian, historian and scientific director of the Museum of Europe in Brussels, will conclude the European Lecture Series at Brigham Young University with a presentation on the “Museum of Europe” on Wednesday, April 2, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.Appointed the scientific director of the museum in2001, Pomian was the main force behind designing the collection and conceptualizing the historical view of Europe that it projects.He is the author of several books on museums, collecting, relics, Europe, philosophy and historiography. He has been awarded several prestigious prizes, honorary doctorates and guest lectureships. Currently, he is an honorary director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and a professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.He attended the University of Warsaw, where he received a doctorate. For political reasons, he immigrated to France in 1973, where he spent most of his career. Pomian has also taught at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Socials, at the Ecole du Louvre and at the University of Geneva. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=105 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=104 His Excellency James Spalding, Paraguayan ambassador to theU.S., will speak at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at Brigham YoungUniversity on Thursday, March 27, 11 a.m. at the Assembly Hall in the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center on Brigham Young University's campus.Spalding was appointed Paraguayan ambassador to the U.S. in2004, having previously served as co-founder and director of the SustainableDevelopment Advisory Group (GADES).He formed a part of the Economic Transition Commission ofPresident Duarte Frutos in 2003, developing the 100-Day Plan for state-ownedcompanies.Spalding worked for ten years in the public sector, where heoccupied key economic policy postings, including minister of finance, viceminister of economy and integration at the Ministry of Finance, vice ministerof commerce, president of Paraguayan Petroleum, and vice minister ofintegration.He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from theUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst and a master’s degree in economics fromRutgers University.This lecture will be archived online. For more informationon David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. Click here to download His Excellency James Spalding, Paraguayan ambassador to the United States. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=104 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=103 One lecture to examine "The Three Nephites" in comparative religionJad Hatem, a professor philosophy at the University of Saint Joseph in Lebanon, will offer a series of three lectures in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young University Monday through Wednesday, March 24-26, from 2-3:30 p.m. Each lecture will be followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer session. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend. The first lecture will focus on “Faith and Intellect: Empathy and Neutrality.” The second presentation is titled "The Three Nephites, the Bodhisattva and the Mahdi: The Three Nephites as a Paradigm Context of Comparative Religion.” He will conclude the short lecture series with “Charity in Islam and Christianity: Itinerary of a Catholic Scholar.” This event is sponsored by the BYU Faculty Center in partnership with the Department of French Studies and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. For more information, contact James Faulconer at (801) 422-9781 or 375-6997. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=103 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=102 His Excellency Pierre Vimont will discuss “French-American Relations in Today's World” on Monday, March 24, at 3 p.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center at Brigham Young University. President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Vimont Ambassador of France to the United States on Aug. 1, 2007. He previously served as chief of staff to the French minister of foreign affairs (2002-07) and as ambassador and permanent representative of France to the European Union (1999-2002). After joining the Foreign Service in 1977, Vimont was first posted to London as secretary from 1978-81. He then worked with the Press and Information Office at the Quai d'Orsay for the next four years. Vimont studied at the Institute of Political Studies and the National School of Administration, where he received his law degree.Click here to download His Excellency Pierre Vimont http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=102 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=101 Seven Brigham Young University students competed among the 27 delegates at a Model European Union competition held Feb. 22-23 at the University of Washington. The simulation dealt with the revision of the failed Constitutional Treaty as well as environmental post-Kyoto reforms. BYU’s delegates represented Great Britain: Andrew Walker, a pre-management major who received one of the four “Outstanding” awards, and Jenna Horrocks, political science; Belgium: Dina El Mahy and Steven Haymore, both political science; Estonia: Nathaniel Langley. political science, and Tara Westover. history; and Germany: David Drake, European and French studies. Drake also participated in the German presidency, who served as moderators and judges during the competition in addition to representing Germany’s specific interests. Wade Jacoby, BYU faculty member and CSE director, selects students for the team from European studies courses based on their academic achievement as well as experience in or aptitude for debate or other simulations, such as Model United Nations. Students prepare for the competition by attending lectures and receiving special briefings on their countries’ negotiation strategies, policy positions and issues. All participants were required to create an outline of their country’s policies, interests and goals, said Jacoby. The West Coast Model European Union conference was created in 2005 by the Center for Western European Studies at the University of Washington, in partnership with Scripps College and BYU’s Center for the Study of Europe, part of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. The experience affords an opportunity for students to simulate and in-depth experience of the complex workings of the European Union. As a co-sponsor, BYU students serve as both committee participants as well as part of the leadership, called the “presidency.” BYU’s delegations have received the highest recognition all four years. Students receive financial support from the Kennedy Center and CSE to cover program costs for participation. “The experience is another way to understand the processes, issues, and implications of the European Union. It adds to the classroom experience, making policy and politics come alive,” said Jacoby. The European Union matters greatly to the state of Utah since its 27 member countries are, by far, the largest foreign investors in the state. During a recent visit to Utah, John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the United States and the former Prime Minister of Ireland, noted that almost 90 percent of all foreign direct investment in Utah comes from the EU, while Utah’s trade with Europe is about three times as large as its trade with all of Asia. The Center for the Study of Europe is a focal point for teaching, research and outreach at BYU. It was created in 2003 through a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, see europe.byu.edu. Click here to download Dina El Mahy participated in the Model European Union as part of the BYU team. Click here to download Nathaniel Langley participated in the Model European Union as part of the BYU team. Click here to download Seven students participated in the Model European Union as part of the BYU team. Click here to download Jenna Horrocks (top, center) participated in the Model European Union as part of the BYU team. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=101 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=99 Robert G. Patman will present, “From Retreat to Re-engagement: American Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa Before and After 9/11,” in a Global Awareness Lecture Wednesday, March 19, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. A professor of international relations at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, Patman focuses his research on international relations, post-Cold War security and the relationship between order and justice in a globalizing world. He has authored and edited seven scholarly books, written several book chapters and regularly contributes to academic journals. He also contributes to the national and international media on global issues. The 2003 Fulbright senior scholar was also voted by students as one of the top 20 teachers at Otago University in 2007. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=99 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=100 Proceeds to be donated to global aid organizationThe Brigham Young University Students for International Development Club will host the 18th annual Hunger Banquet on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Terrace. Tickets may be purchased for $7, or two for $12, in advance from the WSC Information Desk beginning March 10. Tickets purchased at the door are $8. The event is open to the public. Parties will be randomly assigned to sit in a high-, middle- or low-income areas in order to raise awareness about the inequality of global wealth. Meals provided will correspond to each respective income class. Performing groups from the Utah area featuring a variety of culturally diverse music will provide live entertainment during dinner. Dinner will be followed by a keynote address on Friday from Valerie Hudson, a BYU political science professor and principal researcher for the WomenStats Project, and on Saturday from Kathy Headlee, founder of Mothers Without Borders. Both will address the challenges involved in fighting poverty and hunger and will share ways in which citizens can be involved in ending the struggle. All proceeds to the event will be donated to global aid organizations selected by students to alleviate the suffering of those in need. For questions, contact Eric Darsow at hungerbanquet@byu.net, or for more information visit kennedy.byu.edu/student/SID/hunger. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=100 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=95 Loch K. Johnson, a leading U.S. intelligence scholar, will speak on the "2008 Presidential Elections" in an International Relations Lecture Thursday, March 13, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University hosted by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. Johnson is an author and professor of political science at the University of Georgia, where he focuses his research on the U.S. presidency, Congress and national security policy. His expertise is in the activities of U.S. intelligence agencies. Three of his books, “A Season of Inquiry,” “America¹s Secret Power” and “Secret Agencies,” demonstrate his grasp of U.S. intelligence. In 1988 he received the University of Georgia’s highest honor for instructors, the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Award. He is also a recipient of the William A. Owens Award and was an instrument in founding the School of Public and International Affairs. Johnson received a doctorate in political science from the University of California.As a Phi Beta Kappa scholar for the 2008-09 academic year, Johnson will make visits to several American universities. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=95 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=97 "Intelligence and National Security," a leading journal for scholars who study intelligence, has released its February 2008 Special Issue: "Spying in Film and Fiction." Editor Stan A. Taylor, who has two articles in this issue, is an emeritus political science professor and former director of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University. Taylor also organized "Spying in Film and Fiction," a conference held at the David M. Kennedy Center in March 2007 from which the journal was generated. “Our intention was to present a scholars and practitioners’ view of the U.S. and British intelligence communities as portrayed in film and fiction,” said Taylor, who pointed out the conference findings that “there is no relationship between audience enjoyment and historical accuracy.” Also published in the journal is CIA staff historian Nicholas Dujmovic and Shannon Mollie Epps, a 2007 BYU political science graduate. The journal claims to break “the silence surrounding the secret world of intelligence,” allowing readers to “gain insight into the contemporary functions of intelligence and its influence of foreign policy and national security,” as well as offering articles on the “historical background of intelligence” that “present the complete picture of its origins and development.” Those interested may purchase this special issue online at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/spissue/fint-si.asp. For more information, contact stan_taylor@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=97 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=98 William M. Tsutsui will discuss “Godzilla and Postwar Japanese Culture” in an Asian Studies Lecture Wednesday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Following the lecture, the first version of Godzilla, “Gojira” (1954), will be shown with time for a question-and-answer session afterward. Tsutsui is the Department of History chair and executive director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas and specializes in the business, economic and cultural history of 20th-century Japan. He is currently researching the environmental history of modern Japan and how Japanese culture has globalized since World War II. Several of his works have been published, including “In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage” (with Michiko Ito, 2006), and “Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters” (2004). He is the recipient of several awards, including the William Rockhill Nelson Award for non-fiction (2005) and the John Whitney Hall Prize of the Association for Asian Studies (2000). Tsutsui earned his degrees from Harvard, Oxford and Princeton. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=98 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=96 "Inter-religious Understanding" will be the topic of a Global Awareness Lecture presented by Gary D. Bouma on Wednesday, March 12 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Bouma, a professor of sociology at Monash University in Australia, is an Anglican priest who has been a religious professional in more than eight denominations. He joined Monash University in 1979 and has held various academic and administrative positions there. His research has primarily focused on the interaction between religion and society in Western countries including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, with current work that includes a major study of religious plurality in multicultural Australia, research into gender and the management of religious diversity focusing on women and Islam in China, Malaysia and Japan. A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., Bouma received a B.A. in Greek and philosophy from Calvin College (1963), a B.D. in the history of dogma and church and society from Princeton Theological Seminary (1966), an M.A. in social psychology and a Ph.D. in sociology from Cornell University (1968, 1970). This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=96 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=94 The 10th annual International Field Studies Inquiry Conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, March 5-7, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.This conference offers students an academic forum to present their findings on cross-cultural research and insights gained during their field study experiences. A few of the topics will include Tibetans in India, community development in South Africa and migrant workers from rural Mexico.All students who participate in a BYU-sponsored field study receive faculty mentoring, an invaluable contribution to students’ academic development and completion of their research paper, which is the end product of every field study experience.The conference is free and open to the public.A schedule of events will be posted online at kennedy.byu.edu/events/inquiry, and the conference will be archived online at the same location for later viewing.For more information, see the online schedule or contact byuinquiryconference@gmail.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=94 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=93 Anne-Marie Thiesse, director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, will present "The Cultural Construction of National Identities in Europe," the third segment of the European Culture Lecture Series at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Wednesday, Feb. 27 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Thiesse focuses her research on the relationship between European identity construction and EU language policy. She is a former student of the the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and has received several awards and guest professorships at NYU, Northwestern, College of Europe (Bruges), Tubingen, Moscow, Taipei and others.Thiesse has written five books, most notably on the construction of national and European identity, the creation of national identities and on the strategic use of regionalism in the construction of French identity.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=93 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=92 Adam Fife will present "Iraq: Why the Surge Worked" at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.Fife spent the last six months in Iraq as a senior strategic communication advisor, working closely with the Multinational Force, Iraqi senior leadership and the Government of Iraq on communication strategy and policy.He is the founder of a strategic communications firm, and previously taught political science and international area studies courses at BYU and started several companies.A BYU alumnus, he is completing an master's degree in political science and Middle East studies at the University of Utah.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=92 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=90 A Global Awareness lecture will be given by his Excellency Ferenc Somogyi, ambassador to the United States for Hungary, on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. He will discuss “Hungary-U.S. Relations.”Having previously served as Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs (2004-06) and as director for international affairs of Mayar Telekom (2006-07), Somogyi became ambassador in August 2007. He has served extensively in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as state secretary for Euro-Atlantic integration (1996-98), state secretary (1989-90), head of the Department of Multilateral and Global Issues (1984-89) and senior desk officer (1973-80).In the private sector, he has held positions as chief executive officer of Stonebridge Communications in Macedonia (2001-04), director of Euro-Atlantic integration for Matáv Hungarian Telecommunications (1998-2001), faculty director for the College of Foreign Trade in Budapest (1992-94) and chairman of Exportguarantie Ltd. (1992-94).Somogyi attended the University of Economics and the College for Political Sciences in Budapest, where he received international relations degrees. He received his doctoral degree in world economics from the University of Economics, Budapest.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=90 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=91 Arnaud Huftier will present "Images de soi, images de l'autre: visages du cinéma européen" at a Brigham Young University lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. His address will be offered in French.Huftier is a professor of French literature at the University of Valenciennes, with a research interest in Belgian literature. He received a doctorate in French literature from École normale supérieure in Paris.“European culture,” as a means to foster a common identity and destiny, has been the focus of the European Union since the Maastricht Treaty of 1992. This is the second lecture of four this semester at BYU's David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies that will explore the cultural strategies and policies the EU has adopted to create an identity as well as some of the inevitable limits of such an undertaking.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=91 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=88 Dodge Billingsley will offer a Global Awareness Lecture on “Abkhazia: Untold War Story” Wednesday, Feb. 6 at noon in 238 of the Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Billingsley started covering war in 1993 and eventually founded Combat Films and Research in 1997. Much of his time has been spent documenting global hotspots including Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Western China and Iraq.He was a finalist for the Rory Peck award for Best Picture for his film, “Virgin Soldiers,” in 2003 and won the award as well as the Royal Television Society award for Best Picture in 2002 for his film, “House of War.” Billingsley also co-wrote, produced and directed “Immortal Fortress: A Look Inside Chechnya’s Warrior Culture,” and has also produced many programs for the Discovery and History Channels. He is a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s Regional Security Travel Grant, and has lectured on various security-related topics for the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy as well as at several universities.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=88 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=89 Guest lecturer Kyu Ho Youm will present "A Global Perspective on Press Freedom Issues" followed by a question-and-answer session on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. in 115 David O. McKay Building at Brigham Young University.Youm joined the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in 2002 as the first holder of the Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair. He previously taught at Arizona State University for 11 years.Having published more than 80 articles as a communication law scholar, a number of his works have been published in leading journalism and law journals in the United States and abroad since 1985. His articles have been cited by American and foreign courts including the House of Lords in Great Britain and the High Court of Australia, regarding freedom of expression. His media law research is also used often by American and international lawyers representing their clients on press freedom litigation.Youm, a member of the Communication Law Writers Group, has been involved in writing a popular media law textbook in the United States, Communication and the Law. He serves on the editorial boards of a dozen major law and communication journals in the United States and England.This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Communications and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.For more information, contact Joel Campbell at (801) 422-2125. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=89 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=86 Malan Jackson, emeritus director of international studies at Utah Valley State College, will discuss "Fifty Years on the Frontier in Asia" on Thursday, Jan. 31 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Buildingat Brigham Young University.Jackson established the international studies program at Utah Valley State College and was the director of the Center for International Studies there for ten years, retiring in 2000.Having previously taught international marketing at Brigham Young University, he also spent several years in Hong Kong in banking and business and managed two large businesses in China.His work in Asia has included organizing and managing many humanitarian projects in China and Mongolia, and he has served as honorary consul for Mongolia for several years.Jackson served as the founding president of the Taiwan Mission (1971-74) for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having served a three-year mission as a young man in Hong Kong.He received a bachelor's degree in history with honors from BYU, an master's degree in history from the University of California—Berkeley and a doctorate in administration of higher education and business from Arizona State University.This lecture is sponsored by the Asian Studies Association and will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=86 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=87 "Americans Abroad: How to Be a Soft Power Superhero" will be the topic of an International Relations Lecture on Friday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.David C. Brooks of the Foreign Service Institute has been a career Foreign Service officer since 1994, having previously served in Lima, Peru; Managua, Nicaragua; Caracas, Venezuela; and Warsaw, Poland.Brooks received the Secretary of State’s Award for Public Outreach (2004) and the State Department’s Superior Honor Awards for work on Trafficking in Persons (2005) and Political Reporting (2007).He was a Fulbright scholar to Nicaragua (1990), received a bachelor's degree in history and an master's degree in American studies from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and a doctorate in Latin American history from the University of Connecticut.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=87 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=85 Larry Lohmann, founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice, will present “Carbon Trading: Solution to Climate Change or Corporate Resource Grab?” Friday, Feb. 8, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Lohmann is learning more about U.S. carbon trading plans and climate politics and will be sharing his experiences about the failure of the trade in Europe, India, Brazil, Ugandan and other areas of the world.In response to the climate crisis, the Durban Group traveled to Durban, South Africa, in 2004, to explore the role of carbon trading. In 1997, he also worked in the UK with the Corner House, a research and solidarity organization. Previously, he lived and worked in Thailand, where his focus was on teaching and working with local environmental groups.His articles have appeared in such journals as Science as Culture, New Scientist, Asian Survey, International Journal of Pollution and Environment, Development Dialogue, Red Pepper and Watershed, and have included topics such as globalization, racism, environmental conflict in Southeast Asia and the discourses of population and neoclassical economics.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=85 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=84 Patricia Dewey will speak on “Navigating the European Union Cultural Policy Labyrinth” on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Since the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, “European culture” has been the means of the European Union used to foster common identity and destiny. Four lectures at BYU this semester, including Dewey’s, explore the cultural strategies and policies the EU has adopted to construct an identity as well as some of the limits accompanying such a task.Dewey is an assistant professor of arts and administration at the University of Oregon and serves as associate director for cultural policy with the UO Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Most of her research focuses on international cultural policy, cultural development and arts administration education.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=84 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=83 Thomas L. Pearcy will present “Central America in Transition: A Circular History” at a Global Awareness Lecture at Brigham Young University in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at noon.As a professor of history at Slippery Rock University, Pearcy has a varied experience in teaching. He previously taught at BYU for seven years and at five universities throughout the Americas.Pearcy has authored five books and many scholarly articles, has been a senior Fulbright scholar to Panama, and works with the U.S. Department of State. He received his master’s degree from Purdue University in American history and his doctorate from the University of Miami in Latin American history.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=83 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=82 John Bruton, European Union Ambassador to the United States, will speak at a Provo High Town Meeting sponsored by the Center for the Study of Europe in partnership with the Intercultural Outreach and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University.Bruton will address the students at 11:30 a.m. in the Provo High Auditorium on Thursday, Jan. 24. He will also offer a David M. Kennedy Center lecture at BYU in the Assembly Hall of the Hinckley Alumni and Visitor’s Center on Thursday at 3 p.m. The public is welcome to attend."This week high school students will have the chance to interact with His Excellency John Bruton, ambassador for one of the most important economic and political parts of the world,” said Cory Leonard, David M. Kennedy Center assistant director.Provo High School is the only International Baccalaureate World School in Utah County. Students study many languages, including French, German, Spanish and Latin from the EU in addition to Chinese, Arabic and American Sign Language. Bruton’s visit to Utah will be the highlight of many students’ academic experience."U.S./European relations have been up and down, but one thing is certain — Europe is a key strategic partner for the U.S. now and in the foreseeable future. And despite the politics, Americans and many Utahns love Europe's music, food, geography, history, languages and culture. Ambassador Bruton, in this regard, represents 'all things European' in a historic visit to Provo High," Leonard added.The Center for the Study of Europe is a BYU-sponsored program that sponsors workshops, speakers, research and community outreach. Intercultural Outreach works with K-12 schools, teachers, and administrators to improve cross-cultural understanding through curricular materials, professional development, classroom presentations and strategic partnerships.For more information, contact Cory Leonard at Cory_Leonard@byu.edu or (801) 422-2980. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=82 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=81 The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University is seeking qualified couples and individuals to teach at highly respected universities in the People's Republic of China during the 2008-2009 academic year.Most teachers are hired to teach oral and written English, but there is still a need for professionals experienced in linguistics, business, law, economics, science, culture and literature. Advanced degrees in any field are preferred by the Chinese universities. All classes are taught in English and no formal training in teaching or the Chinese language is required.All applicants must be active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, be in a secure financial situation, have university degrees, have excellent emotional and physical health, be age 69 or younger by March 1, 2008, and have no childcare responsibilities. Teachers are expected to show high moral values, professionalism and integrity.Applications for the 2008-09 academic year are due Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. The David M. Kennedy Center nominees’ names will be sent to Chinese universities around March 1. Assignments are for 11 months beginning in August with a two-week orientation at BYU. The training includes a 100-hour, TEFL training program at the David M. Kennedy Center prior to leaving for China. While in China, teachers will also attend a mid-year in-service conference in Hong Kong to exchange teaching materials and assess progress.Participants will have a rare opportunity to teach Chinese university students, experience a year living in China, absorb the ancient and modern culture of Asia and contribute to building a relationship of trust between two great nations. There are currently teachers at 21 partner universities in nine cities in China. Since 1989, nearly 1,000 people have participated in the program.Applications may be obtained by writing to China Teachers Program, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, 220 HRCB, Provo, Utah, 84604; (801) 422-5321; china-facilitators@byu.edu, or online at kennedy.byu.edu/chinateachers. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=81 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=79 F. Abiola Irele will present a Brigham Young University Global Awareness Lecture, “African Unity: History, Problems, Prospects,” on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Irele is a professor at Harvard University where he specializes in African and Afro-American studies, romance languages and literatures. He previously taught African, French and comparative literature at Ohio State University.He was co-editor of the “Norton Anthology of World Literature” and recently edited the “Cambridge Companion the African Novel,” which will be published sometime this year. He also worked as editor of the journal, Research in African Literatures, from 1992 to 2003 and is the editor of Transition magazine at Harvard.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=79 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=80 His Excellency John BrutonThe European Union ambassador to the United States will offer a David M. Kennedy Center lecture at Brigham Young University in the Assembly Hall of the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m.Admission is free and the public is welcome.His Excellency John Bruton became European Union ambassador to the United States on Dec. 9, 2004, after serving as an Irish prime minister from 1994-97. As prime minister he helped change the Irish economy into one of the fastest growing economies in Europe—known as the “Celtic Tiger.”Bruton helped bring about the Northern Irish Peace Process that led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and as prime minister helped finalize the Stability and Growth Pact that looks over the management of the euro, the single European currency.As a leading member of the caucus, Bruton participated in drafting the first-ever European Constitution. In 1969, at age 22, Bruton was elected as a member of the Fine Gael Party. He later became party leader in 1990 and led it to victory in 1994. Bruton also has experience as Ireland’s minister of finance; minister of industry and energy; and minister of trade, commerce and tourism.Before studying to become a barrister he received his bachelor’s degree from University College Dublin.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.For more information, contact Wade Jacoby at (801) 422-1711. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=80 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=77 Students from Brigham Young University’s Foreign Service Student Organization and Model United Nations will host James B. Warlick at a lecture on Monday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Warlick will present a “Briefing on Iraq, UN Reform and Careers in Diplomacy.” The public is welcome to attend.He began his current post as principal deputy assistant secretary with the Bureau for International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State in April 2006. He is responsible for all aspects of U.S. foreign policy at the United Nations and a number of other multilateral organizations.Prior to this assignment, Warlick directed the Office of European Security and Political Affairs, where he was responsible for political-military and security issues for Europe and the former Soviet Union.While director of UN political affairs, Warlick also served as principal advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer in Baghdad, Iraq. His other assignments have included consul general at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow; director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the European Affairs Bureau; acting minister-counselor/deputy counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Germany; special assistant to the Secretary of State; Operations Center watch officer; consular officer in the Philippines and political officer in Bangladesh.He is a graduate of Stanford University, received a master’s degree in politics from Wadham College at Oxford University and a second master’s degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=77 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=78 Documentary film producer Dodge Billingsley will present a Global Awareness Lecture on “Force Projection or Force Protection: A New Mission Objective for Afghanistan and Iraq” at Brigham Young University on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Billingsley founded Combat Films and Research in 1997 and has since documented many security-related topics and covered conflicts worldwide.In 2002, his film “House of War,” which documented the battle for Qala Jangi fortress in Afghanistan, won the Rory Peck and the Royal Television Society awards for Best Feature.He produced a series of five films and a panel discussion for the Kennedy Center called “Beyond the Border.” The latest installment in the series, “Global Car,” will be released this fall. He has also produced television series for the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.Billingsley has been a guest lecturer for the U.S. Army and Navy, New York Military Association and numerous academic institutes. He has also written extensively for various defense- and security-related journals.He received a bachelor’s in history from Columbia University and a master’s in war studies from King’s College Department of War Studies in London. While in London, he also co-founded and edited the “War Studies Journal.”This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=78 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=75 The Institute of International Education released its annual Open Doors report on U.S. students studying abroad, ranking Brigham Young University in the top 10 schools (No. 9) for short-term study abroad and in the top 20 schools (No. 16) sending the most students abroad.These students studied in more than 130 programs in 60 countries, including those students studying at the Jerusalem Center and those traveling internationally with BYU’s performing groups.While many BYU students come from colleges in the university that are traditionally strong in study abroad, such as humanities, BYU is somewhat unique in that each of its 12 colleges sends students on academic programs abroad.“It is not uncommon for a college to send many social science or humanities students abroad, but in addition to these, BYU has strong international programs for such disciplines as nursing, law and engineering,” said Lynn Elliott, director of BYU’s International Study Programs. “This breadth of interest in international topics across the university is a unique feature of BYU and a true blessing to its students.”The top 10 short-term programs were advanced by Michigan State University, University of Georgia, University of Texas at Austin, University of Delaware, UCLA, Penn State, George Mason University, Arizona State University, BYU and University of Minnesota.The top 20 schools in total numbers of study-abroad students were New York University, Michigan State University, University of Texas at Austin, Penn State, University of Illinois,University of Minnesota, UCLA, University of Florida, University of Georgia, Ohio State University, Florida State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, University of Virginia, BYU, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, University of Arizona and University of Delaware.For more information on International Study Programs at BYU, see the Web site at kennedy.byu.edu/isp or visit 280 HRCB.The Open Doors Report:Eager to learn about different countries and cultures and to acquire global skills, U.S. students are studying abroad in record numbers, according to survey data released this month. Study abroad increased by 8.5 percent to a total of 223,534 students in 2005-2006, according to the Open Doors report, published annually by the Institute of International Education with funding from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The number of American students receiving academic credit for their study abroad has increased 150 percent in the past decade, from fewer than 90,000 students in 1995-1996.These increased numbers reflect a growing recognition by students and educators that an international experience is important to students' future careers. While recent growth has been fueled in part by programs that offer study for shorter lengths of time than the traditional academic year, there has also been an increasing interest in studying in more diverse destinations. (For additional statistics and analysis from Open Doors 2007, see www.opendoors.iienetwork.org).According to Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes, "A wide range of successful activities sponsored by the U.S. Department of State help U.S. students to gain access to a substantive international experience. These include the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Gilman Scholarships for undergraduates, and new National Security Language Initiative programs focused on language learning. The Gilman Scholarship program in particular is a point of pride; by reaching out to students of more modest means, it has produced truly remarkable gains in the numbers of U.S. citizens from minority communities who now can aspire to the life-changing experience of study abroad."Allan E. Goodman, president and CEO of the Institute of International Education, said that language and cultural skills are increasingly valued by employers and vital to America's national interest. “Students should get a passport along with their student ID,” he said, “and they should use it to study abroad at least once during their academic careers.” Despite the steadily rising numbers, the vast majority of U.S. students still graduate without any study abroad experience. Goodman noted that “the opportunity for more young Americans to study abroad is a goal shared by the President, the Secretary of State, and leaders in Congress, industry and academia.”Under Secretary Hughes noted that NSLI intensive language study scholarships provided by the Department of State for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students “show America's respect for other cultures, a cornerstone of our public diplomacy efforts, while demonstrating our commitment to building language skills for our citizens.”The increases reported in Open Doors 2007 reflect a growing interest in non-traditional destinations — students going to Asia (up 26 percent), Latin America (up 14 percent), Africa (up 19 percent) and the Middle East (up 31 percent) — and a wider range of study abroad opportunities in addition to the extremely valuable semester and academic year programs. Semester study now attracts 37 percent of those students studying abroad, while slightly more than half (52 percent) of U.S. students elect short-term programs (including summer, January term and any program of less than 8 weeks) and only 5.5 percent spend a full academic or calendar year abroad. While brief sojourns and short-term programs expand the numbers of Americans studying abroad, longer programs abroad provide better opportunities for language acquisition and deeper immersion in the culture.The top three major fields of study of Americans studying abroad, according to Open Doors 2007, are the social sciences, business and management and humanities. Over the past decade the percentage of study abroad students majoring in business has grown from 14 to 18 percent.The study abroad data in Open Doors 2007 reflects study conducted in the academic year 2005-2006 (including summer 2006). U.S. campus respondents to the Open Doors 2007 survey provide data on the number of study abroad students to whom they have awarded credit after completion of study abroad, so this study abroad data is the most recent that is available.IIE has created a new Web-based resource, www.StudyAbroadFunding.org, to help students find scholarships and grants to help support their overseas studies. An interactive Web site, IIE Passport (www.iiepassport.org), helps students find the study abroad program that best fits their academic needs. IIE Passport contains more than 6,000 study abroad and learning travel opportunities worldwide for participants of all ages, searchable by country, field of study, language, academic level, world area, city, organization, duration, and type of program.The Open Doors Report is published by the Institute of International Education, the leading nonprofit educational and cultural exchange organization in the United States. IIE has conducted the annual statistical survey of international students in the United States since 1949, and with support from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs since the early 1970s. The census is based on a survey of close to 3,000 accredited U.S. institutions. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=75 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=76 “Do Nuclear Weapons Promote Peace?” will be the topic of a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.The lecturer, Robert Rauchhaus, has taught political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, since 2003. His research and teaching interests include international relations theory, American foreign policy, counter-terrorism and national security policy.Rauchhaus’ expertise in national security policy stems from his academic training as well as practical experience gained from military service, law enforcement, and work in the defense industry.Prior to joining the faculty at UCSB, Rauchhaus was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company Inc. and a post-doctoral fellow at the Center of International Studies at Princeton University. He received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=76 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=74 “Causes of Anti-Americanism in the Arab World” will be the topic of a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Abdelmahdi Alsoudi, director of the Jordan Policy Center and professor of political sociology at Jordan University, will present the lecture.He is also a professor of Middle East studies at Denver University’s Graduate School of International Studies.An alumnus of the United Kingdom’s Keele University, Alsoudi has participated in many international and regional conferences and published several articles on socio-political issues, such as Islam and democracy, anti-Americanism in the Arab world and democracy and political reform in Jordan and the Arab World.Alsoudi joined the Center for Strategic Studies in Jordan as a senior researcher in 1986. The Center holds regular meetings and conferences to devise policies for democracy and political reform through cooperation with American and European academics, experts and policy makers.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=74 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=72 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies has announced the winners of its eighth annual photo contest to coincide with International Education Week Nov. 12-16.An awards reception to recognize the photographers and unveil the 2006-2007 photo gallery will be Thursday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.First place and $100 will go to Daniel Hoer for his photograph “Young Child Begging for Food," which he took while studying abroad in Cambodia. Second place and $75 will be awarded to Joseph Harmon for “Valle de Luna,” taken on a field study in Bolivia. Lizzie Nielsen will receive third place and $50 for “Gateway,” taken during her study abroad experience in France.Hoer will also receive an honorable mention for “Cambodian Siesta,” as will John Adair, Carolyn Carter, Katie Dedrickson, Kimberly Jeppson, Emily Knell, Nicholas Torres and Kristine Whipple for their photographs.The photos will be archived on the David M. Kennedy Center Web site in November.For more information on the contest and international study options, please visit 280 Herald R. Clark Building, call (801) 422-3686 or visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=72 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=73 Luca Bonomi, president of the Dante Alighieri Society in Siena, Italy, will present a Brigham Young University European Studies Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.In his lecture, Bonomi will explain the secret traditions behind the ancient rituals and rites of control in Siena’s “contrade,” or neighborhoods, and their connection to the semiannual horse race, Il Siena di Palio.Contrade are not ordinary neighborhoods—each has its own government, coat of arms, emblems, colors, official representatives, festivities and patron Saints to represent everyone born or living within the limits of the district.The Palio is a medieval horse race held twice each year as part of the long-standing rivalry among the neighborhoods in Siena, each of which forms a team for the race. While the Palio lasts only one minute, it is the culmination of months of hope and preparations.A member of a Sienese contrada, Bonomi received a degree in music and theatre from the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” and a doctorate in teaching Italian language and culture to foreigners from the University of Perugia. He has traveled abroad extensively to promote the Dante Alighieri Society.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=73 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=70 John “Dink” Dinkelman, consul at the U.S. Consulate in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, will speak at the Global Awareness Lecture Wednesday, Nov. 7, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.The topic will be "An Economic View on Immigration: The Merchandizing of Desert Crossing." The public is welcome to attend.Dinkelman will discuss the journey across the desert taken by thousands of illegal immigrants who cross daily from the entry at Sasabe to Altar, Ariz. The entire process degrades from a large population transit-area to the middle of the desert where Mexicans try to connect with the “coyotes” who they hope will bring them to a better life.While he is on campus Wednesday, Dinkelman will also conduct training sessions for those interested in foreign service careers. The Colleges of Humanities and Family, Home and Social Sciences will host a session from 10 to 11 a.m. in 3101 Joseph F. Smith Building, and a second one will be at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies from 2 to 4 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Dinkelman began his new post at the U.S. Consulate in Nogales last summer and is responsible for U.S. and Mexican affairs for the northern half of the state of Sonora.After joining the Foreign Service Institute orientation division in 2001, he served as deputy A-100 coordinator until August 2005, when he became the course coordinator, having entered the Foreign Service with the 44th A-100 class in 1988 as an administrative generalist.He graduated from BYU with degrees in business and Spanish. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=70 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=71 Students are invited to immerse themselves in global issues, raise their awareness of international cultures and discover what international opportunities await them on campus during Brigham Young University’s celebration of International Education Week, Monday through Friday, Nov. 12-16.Established in 2000, International Education Week is a joint venture between the U.S Department of Education and the U.S. Department of State to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences in the U.S.The first of the week’s events will be a lecture given by Aren M. Maeir on “The New Biblical Archaeology — The Future of the Past” at an Ancient Near Eastern Studies Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.Maeir is chairman of the Department of Archaeology and Land of Israel Studies at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he has been a key figure in establishing the university’s Center for Biblical Archaeology. Maeir is best known as the director of Israel’s premier archaeological expedition, the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project. He has excavated Gath — the ancient city of the Philistines and home of Goliath, the biblical giant — since 1996.On Wednesday, Nov. 14, Scott M. Smith, James Passey Professor of Marketing at BYU, will present a Global Awareness Lecture on “Stepping Across Cultures into Moldova” at noon in 238 Harold R. Clark Building. As a Fulbright Scholar, Smith taught at the Academy of Economic Studies in Chisinau, Moldova. He received a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University.Smith has founded several research companies — including Qualtrics.com, SurveyZ.com, and SurveyPro.com — that offer the most advanced online survey research tools available. Their software is used by thousands of companies, including the World Health Organization, U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Kodak, Intel and leading business schools including Wharton, MIT, Harvard, Columbia and Northwestern.The film “¿Puedo Hablar? May I Speak?” will be shown Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. The film depicts the politically fractured Venezuelan society as shown by the people and events surrounding the 2006 presidential elections. The trailer is available on the Sol Productions website, sol-productions.org. Following the film, there will be a question-and-answer session with the film’s producer and co-director, Chris Moore.BYU alumnus Daniel H. Nelson will give the week’s final lecture on “International Field Studies: A Foundation for a Career in Development” on Friday, Nov. 16, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Nelson manages international research and training initiatives for the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He currently manages a project with the government of India that seeks to improve the policy analysis and implementation skills of senior-level Indian Administrative Service officers. He received a bachelor’s degree from BYU and a master’s in public administration from Syracuse University.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=71 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=69 Brigham Young University’s International Study Programs will hold an International Field Studies Open House on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2 to 5 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.International Field Studies is a semester-abroad experience for students of all majors who are interested in self-directed research in a cross-cultural setting. At the open house, students who have completed a field study will explain the specifics of each program and answer questions. Refreshments will be provided.Administered through the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, field study programs are sponsored by colleges and departments across campus. Locations for these programs include Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy, Mexico, Patagonia, South Africa, rural Europe and the Navajo Nation.The field study experience is flexible, allowing many students to conduct research for an honors thesis or to fulfill field requirements for individual majors.For more information on International Field Studies, contact the ISP office, 280 HRCB, call 422-3686, e-mail isp@byu.edu or visit kennedy.byu.edu/isp. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=69 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=67 His Excellency Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistani ambassador to the United States, will discuss “Pakistan-U.S. Relations” at a Brigham Young University Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Durrani became ambassador of Pakistan to the United States in 2006. He graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy in 1961 and served in various command and instructional appointments during his military career.After retiring from the army, Durrani was actively involved in the peace efforts between Pakistan and India. He also worked with former senior officials from the United States, Russia and Iran as part of a process sponsored by the UN to find a peaceful settlement to the Afghan crisis.He is the author of several books and studies, including “India and Pakistan: The Cost of Conflict and the Benefits of Peace.”This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=67 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=68 The Belgian ambassador to the United States will speak on relations between the two countries at a Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.His Excellency Dominique Struye de Swielande was appointed ambassador in 2006, having previously been Belgium’s representative to NATO and ambassador to Germany, among other prominent governmental positions.Struye received a master’s of law degree from the University College London, a master’s degree in European law from the University of Ghent and a doctorate in law from the Catholic University of Leuven.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=68 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=66 “Narcotics Trafficking and the Increasingly Important Role Venezuela Plays as a Transit Country” will be the topic of a Brigham Young University Foreign Service Lecture on Monday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.The lecture will be presented by BYU alumnus Willard Tenney Smith as part of the David M. Kennedy Center’s Hometown Diplomat Program.Smith is the first secretary and director of the Narcotics Affairs and Law Enforcement Section of the American Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, where he works to interrupt the transit of narcotics and promote rule of law through support of local law enforcement and judicial sectors.He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1992 after having worked as an intelligence officer with the Department of Defense and in a variety of positions in Mexico, Peru, Jordan, Guyana and Washington, D.C. He has been given many awards for his service.Prior to his government assignments, Smith served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cordoba, Argentina, and received a bachelor’s in Near Eastern studies from BYU. His master’s degree is from the University of Texas at Austin.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=66 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=65 Her Excellency Rajmah Hussain, Malaysian ambassador to the United States, will speak at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center.Her lecture, "Malaysia and Islam Hadhari," will take place at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free and the public is welcome.Hussain is one of only a few female ambassadors and the first female Malaysian ambassador to the United States. She is a career diplomat with more than 30 years of service, including postings as ambassador in Paris, Geneva and Vienna. She has participated in various UN assignments and served as a representative for the International Atomic Energy Agency.Educated in Paris and London, Hussain received a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in political science and a doctorate in international relations from the University of London.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=65 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=64 Utah State University anthropologist and historian Joseph Tainter will present a lecture to Brigham Young University faculty and students on “Energy Gain and Future Energy: Collapse or Sustainability” on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.Tainter's interest in sustainability led to collaboration with two ecologists to write “Supply-Side Sustainability,” the first book on this topic to combine social, historical and biological science. His work has been used in countries across the world.He studied anthropology at the University of California and Northwestern University, where he received his doctorate in 1975. His previous positions include project leader of cultural heritage research at the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Albuquerque, N.M., and professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. He is currently the head of the Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University.For more information, contact Evie Forsyth at the BYU Anthropology Department at 801-422-6108. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=64 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=63 “No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam” by Reza Aslan is David M. Kennedy Center Book of the SemesterBrigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies has chosen “No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam” as its fall 2007 Book of the Semester.A panel discussion about the book will be held at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 31, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. The panel will include members of the BYU history, Islamic studies and anthropology faculty.On Friday, Nov. 2, the book’s author, Reza Aslan, will present a lecture titled “Revolution, Reformation, and Regime Change: Contemporary Iran” at 3 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium. Following the lecture, there will be a question-and-answer session at the David M. Kennedy Center where students can meet the author, discuss the lecture and have books signed.The public is welcome to attend both events. Admission is free.Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions as well as a regular commentator for National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” and a Middle East Analyst for CBS News. “No god but God” is his first book and has been translated into half a dozen languages. It was also short-listed for the United Kingdom’s Guardian First Book Award and nominated for a PEN USA award for research nonfiction.Born in Iran, Aslan now lives in Santa Monica, CA, where he is a research associate at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, the Guardian, the Chicago Tribune and The Nation, among others.Aslan received a bachelor’s degree in religion from Santa Clara University, a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard University, a master’s degree in fiction from the University of Iowa and is a doctoral candidate in the sociology of religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara.His lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=63 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=62 His Excellency Dennis Richardson, Australian ambassador to the United States, will speak at Brigham Young University on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.The lecture is free and the public is welcome to attend. Richardson’s topic will be “Australia–U.S. Relations.”Richardson received his current appointment following a career in public service that began when he joined the Australian Foreign Service in 1969. He has also served as director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, deputy secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, head of the Review of the Intelligence Community Post-Cold War, principal adviser to the prime minister and various senior public service roles in other government departments.Richardson received a bachelor’s degree with honors from Sydney University and was made an officer of the Order of Australia in 2003.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=62 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=60 Eric R. Dursteler, an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, will present “Fatima Hatun née Beatrice Michiel: Renegade Women in Early Modern Venice” on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Dursteler is a former Fulbright fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and fellow of the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy. His research interests include early modern Mediterranean culture and the history of food. He received a bachelor’s and a master’s in history from BYU and a doctorate in history from Brown University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=60 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=61 David E. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for “The New York Times,” will visit Brigham Young University on Thursday, Oct. 25, to present “Inside the White House: What Happened to the Bush Plan to Change the World?” at 4 p.m. in 250 Spencer W. Kimball Tower.The lecture is free and members of the university community and the public are welcome to attend. This address was originally announced for Sept. 11.During his 25-year career with the “Times,” Sanger has reported from New York, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. He has covered a wide variety of issues surrounding foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, Asian affairs and, for the past five years, the Bush presidency.Sanger has won many major awards for individual and team achievements in journalism, including the Columbia Journalism School’s DuPont Award, the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting and two Pulitzer Prizes. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group.Sanger graduated magna cum laude in government from Harvard College in 1982.This lecture is sponsored by the New York Times Knowledge Network and will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=61 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=59 International education and community development specialist Shahram Paksima will speak at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies on Friday, Oct. 19, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Paksima’s topic will be “From Punjab to the ‘Pinnacle’ and Back: Musings of a Development Worker.”Paksima has more than eleven years of experience leading school, organizational, and educational development and change; managing and implementing projects; designing and providing monitoring and evaluation services; and conducting applied research.His recent work has been for the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and Seward International.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=59 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=56 Brian Adam, a member of the Scottish Parliament, will present “Scotland on the Road to Independence” at a Brigham Young University European Studies Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Adam has been a member of the Scottish Parliament since 1974. He is currently the Parliament’s Deputy Convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. Prior to 1999, he was a principal biochemist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and a trade union activist.Born in Newmill, Banffshire, Scotland, Adam received a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a master’s degree in clinical pharmacology from Aberdeen University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=56 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=57 Portland State University professor Birol A. Yeşilada will present “Competition between Giants: The 'New' EU as a Global Power” at a Brigham Young University Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Yeşilada is a professor of political science and international studies and is the endowed chair in contemporary Turkish studies in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. Prior to joining the PSU faculty, he served as chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia.As a policy consultant, Yeşilada has worked with various U.S. government departments and corporations. He is currently vice president of Balaxa, LLC of Tigard, Ore., which specializes in international trade and consulting.Yeşilada received a bachelor’s degree in neurobiology from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in political science from San Francisco State University and a doctorate in political science from the University of Michigan. He has received numerous awards and grants, including a Fulbright fellowship.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=57 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=58 K. Lawson Younger Jr., a professor of Old Testament, Semitic languages and ancient Near Eastern history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, will visit Brigham Young University to speak at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 10.Younger will present his lecture, “Finding Some of the Lost Tribes of Israel,” at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.He will also deliver an Ancient Near Eastern Studies Lecture, titled "Biblical Studies and the Comparative Method," onThursday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m., also in238 HRCB.Younger is the author of “Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing” and has edited many publications about the biblical world. He is a Rotary Foundation Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Tyndale House Fellow at Cambridge University and a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellow at Yale University.Prior to joining the faculty at Trinity, Younger served as a professor of biblical studies at LeTourneau University and also taught at Sheffield University. He received a bachelor of theology cum laude from Florida Bible College, a Master of Theology with honors from Dallas Theological Seminary and a doctorate from Sheffield University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=58 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=55 Kenneth A. Osgood, an associate professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, will visit the Brigham Young University campus to present "America’s Global Battle for Hearts and Minds" at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Osgood joined Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in 2001 and is currently researching war and public diplomacy. He was the Mary Ball Washington Professor of American History at University College Dublin in Ireland during the 2006–2007 academic year.At FAU in 2006, he received the Researcher of the Year Award for the College of Arts and Letters, and in 2004, he received the University Award for Excellence in Teaching.Osgood received a bachelor's degee in history magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, as well as a master's degree and a doctorate in history from the University of California-Santa Barbara.The lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=55 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=54 Kirk A. Hawkins, assistant professor of political science at Brigham Young University, will present “Hugo Chavez and Populism in Venezuela” at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark building.The lecture is free and the public is welcome to attend. Hawkins joined BYU’s faculty in 2003. His research interests include Venezuelan poverty relief programs created by the Chavez Research Administration, the “Círculos Bolivarianos” organization and political parties in Venezuela. His research and articles have appeared in several national journals.Hawkins graduated from BYU summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a Spanish minor. He also earned his master’s degree in international and area studies from BYU and received his doctorate in political science from Duke University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=54 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=53 Robert B. Laing, senior foreign service officer and diplomat-in-residence at Arizona State University, will present a lecture titled “Foreign Service Officers: Careers and Lifestyles” Thursday, Sept. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Admission to the lecture is free, and the public is welcome. BYU students interested in foreign Service careers are especially encouraged to attend.Prior to his post at ASU, Laing was the senior cultural affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. This lecture is sponsored by BYU Career Placement Services, the Foreign Service Student Organization and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=53 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=51 Brian Reynolds, second secretary/vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, will present a Global Awareness lecture on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.The topic will be "China and India Rising: The End of American Economic Supremacy?"The Reynolds family will also present "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Family Life in the Foreign Service (and Were Afraid to Ask)" during a question-and-answer session also on Wednesday at 3 p.m. in B092 Joseph F. Smith Building.Attendeeswill be able to learn firsthand from the Reynolds family about the challenges and opportunities of a diplomatic career. Topics include overseas school, expatriate networks, dealing with change and other concerns relating to living life abroad.Reynolds is a mid-level officer who has also served in Washington, D.C. and as staff officer to the ambassador in Beijing, China.Prior to working for the State Department, Reynolds was vice president of a firearms company that developed and produced a popular military rifle.He received a bachelor's degree in international relations from the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and an master of public administration degree from the Marriott School of Management at BYU.The event is sponsored by BYU Foreign Service Student Organization, fsso.byu@gmail.com. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=51 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=52 Brigham Young University students can get an inside look at careers in the U.S. Foreign Service during a lecture Monday, July 30, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark building.David W. Simons, deputy management counselor at the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, Belgium, has been a Foreign Service Officer since 1996 and has served at U.S. embassies in Athens, Greece; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Caracas, Venezuela.Prior to joining the Department of State, Simons held successive positions with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management as an investigator, area representative and personnel management specialist, which afforded him the opportunity to travel widely throughout the Rocky Mountains and Southwestern United States, with duty stations in Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Denver.Following a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France and the West Indies, Simons attended the University of Utah, graduating cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science. He received a master’s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=52 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=50 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a Global Awareness Lecture featuring the vice consul of the U.S. Embassy in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, July 18, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission to the lecture is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The topic will be “U.S. Immigration Perspectives from a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.”Alexander Hawkes’ visit to BYU is part of the U.S. Department of State’s Hometown Diplomat Program. The program is designed to build-up relationships with local communities through diplomats volunteering their time during visits to their hometowns to speak with organizations and students.Before Hawkes, who is a BYU alumnus, began work for the State Department, he worked for the Gallup Organization, a political polling and consulting company. During his last two years with Gallup, he conducted brand equity studies and brand awareness studies for clients such as Disney, Lexus, Toyota, Wal-Mart and Gap Inc.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=50 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=49 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will present a Latin American Studies lecture by Christopher Mitchell, professor of international conflict analysis at George Mason University, on Monday, June 18, at 1 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Mitchell’s topic will be “Building Local Peace Amid Civil War: The Colombian Experience.” Admission to the lecture is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Mitchell was formerly the director of George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. He continues to research the practical and theoretical aspects of the peace-making processes.He has held positions at University College, London, the London School of Economics and the University of Southampton.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=49 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=48 Fourteen students majoring in Russian at Brigham Young University participated in British parliamentary style debate and Model United Nations competitions at Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow and Saratov State University in Saratov, Russia.“The competitions took place April 26-28 as a culminating event of a language course designed to facilitate language acquisition within the context of debate and diplomacy," said Tony Brown, faculty organizer of the trip and professor of Russian at BYU. The participating tudents had completed Russian 490R: Global Diplomacy and Debate during winter semester. Also facilitating the group were Gary L. Hatch, associate professor of English, Cory W. Leonard, assistant director of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, and Victoria Baird, a graduate student majoring in second language acquisition.Students who participated were Devin Anderson, Rachel Baird, Zachary Barney, Daniel Blomberg, Kasey Clemans, Daniel Davidson, Glen Doxey, Jonathan Earl, Jeremy Evans, Chase Gunnell, Justin Hicken, Laura Knight, Robert Reynolds and Paul Wells.“Aside from my mission, this has been the most worthwhile experience of my education at BYU,” Hicken said. “I’m glad and grateful that I was chosen to participate in such a program.”Davidson added, “I sincerely hope that the people responsible for these types of experiences will understand that this class and this trip have changed my life and provided some very needed direction, in the sense of future career possibilities.”Evans stated, “Two thumbs up. I am elated with efforts such as these that take students’ education to the next level.”Robert Reynolds, Jonathan Earl, Kasey Clemans and Devin Anderson were selected as finalists in the parliamentary style debate competition held at Saratov State University, while Paul Wells was selected as “Outstanding Delegate” in the Model UN held at Saratov State University.This culminating event was made possible through funding from the College of Humanities, the Center for Language Studies and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU. Click here to download BYU Russian majors recently participated in Model UN activities at two universities in Russia. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=48 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=46 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a Global Awareness Lecture featuring Christopher Liechty, president and creative director of Meyer and Liechty, Inc., on Wednesday, June 13, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission to the lecture is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The topic will be “Actions Speak Louder than Words: Creating Experiences in a Global Marketplace.”Liechty’s expertise lies in helping companies create good customer experiences that turn into long-term, profitable relationships. He is also a branding expert.He has founded several organizations, including Dialect Brand Translation and the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design. His clients include Time Warner, Berlitz, Symantec, the World Trade Centers Association and the United Nations.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=46 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=47 Clay Adair, a senior at Brigham Young University, has been awarded the National Security Education Program David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship.Adair, who is majoring in Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic, was selected to receive the scholarship along with 140 other students. The pool of applicants included 729 applicants nationwide, eight of whom were from BYU.The scholarship is designed to assist students interested in studying world regions that are critical to U.S. interests, and provides up to $20,000 for these students to study abroad. Adair will spend the 2007-2008 school year at the American University in Cairo to study at the Arabic Language Institute.Adair’s acceptance of the scholarship commits him to work for a United States federal government department or agency for at least one year after completion of his education, with the expectation that he will utilize the language and regional expertise he gains as a result of the scholarship in his work.For more information, contact Cory Leonard at cory_leonard@byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=47 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=45 Brigham Young University will host a Global Awareness Lecture by Aminata Sow Fall, a Senegalese author, on Wednesday, June 6, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Fall’s topic will be “Happiness is Possible in Africa.”The lecture is sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Fall has written seven novels. Her work focuses on culture, tradition and the forces of modernity.She earned a degree in modern languages from the Sorbonne in Paris and was awarded an honorary degree from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=45 Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=44 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a Latin American Studies lecture featuring Dutch researcher Henri Gooren Tuesday, May 29, at 1 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Gooren’s topic will be “Latter-day Saints Under Siege: The Unique Experience of Nicaraguan Mormons.” Admission to the lecture is free and the public is welcome to attend.Gooren is a researcher and coordinator for the “Conversions, Careers and Culture Politics in Pentecostalism: A Comparative Study in Four Continents” program at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.He has researched Mormonism, Pentecostalism, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in Latin America with a focus on conversion. His most recent published work is “Conversion Careers: Why People Become and Remain Religiously Active,” and he is working on a new book dealing with competition for members between charismatic Catholics, classical Pentecostals, Neo-Pentecostals and Mormons in Nicaragua.Gooren received a doctorate in cultural anthropology at Utrecht University, specializing in religion, Latin America and development issues.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=44 Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=43 Kent Schull, a visiting professor in Brigham Young University's Department of History, will discuss Islamic nationalist movements, Al-Qaeda and the global war on terror during a Global Awareness Lecture Wednesday, May 30, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend. The lecture is hosted by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.Schull is an instructor in the University of California-Los Angeles' Humanities Department, but spent the 2006-2007 academic year as a visiting professor at BYU.He earned his bachelor's degree in history from BYU and both his master's degree and doctorate in history from UCLA. Additionally, he earned a second master's degree in Jewish studies from the University of Oxford.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=43 Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=41 he Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host two lectures featuring Rebecca E. Billings, foreign affairs officer, Wednesday, May 16, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Billings will highlight a Global Awareness Lecture, entitled "Trafficking in Persons: A Modern-Day Form of Slavery," at noon, followed by a career lecture at 3 p.m.Billings is a program coordinator in the Asia and Pacific region for the U.S. Department of State, where she is responsible for monitoring and combating trafficking in persons. She joined the State Department in 2003 and has worked with the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, working in the executive secretariat assisting the Secretary of State. Billings completed her education with bachelor's and master's degrees in humanities with an emphasis in art history.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=41 Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=42 Amr Al-Azm, dean of Faculty and University Requirements at the Arab European University and lecturer at the University of Damascus, will speak at Brigham Young University Wednesday, May 9, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free and open to the public.Al-Azm will address "Syria, A Regime in Crisis: The Challenges, Responses and Adaptations."Al-Azm is a visiting professor at BYU, teaching courses in anthropology and political science. He earned his education at the University of London's Institute of Archaeology and went on to become the director of Scientific and Conservation Laboratories at the General Department of Antiquities and Museums, as well as head of the Centre for Archaeological Research at the University of Damascus. His work in Syria has included excavation of the supposed final burial place of Genghis Khan.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=42 Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=40 "From Bullets to Ballots: U.S. Economic Assistance to Iraq" will be the topic of a Global Awareness lecture to be presented by Susan Merrill, a member of the United States Agency for International Development, Wednesday, May 2, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free, and the public is welcome.Merrill is a post-conflict transition expert, with more than 25 years of experience directing programs for USAID in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Prior to her recent assignment in Iraq, she was the agency's representative to the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute at the U.S. Army War College, developing Middle East peace-building policies for the Army. Merrill has also served as mission director in Cambodia and managed U.S. government assistance programs in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Liberia and the Middle East. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. Click here to download Susan Merrill http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=40 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=39 Brigham Young University is scheduled to host an Ambassadorial Insights lecture featuring His Excellency Willy C. Gaa, Philippine ambassador to the United States, Tuesday, May 8, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. The ambassador's topic will be "Philippines-U.S. Relations." Admission is free, and the public is welcome. His lecture will be hosted by BYU’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.Gaa is well-acquainted with serving as an ambassador, having done so previously to China, Australia and Libya. Since obtaining his education at Manuel L. Quezon University, the University of the Philippines and New York University, he has worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, fulfilling such roles as assistant secretary of the Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs and executive director of the Office of Consular Services.Gaa also served as consul general of the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles and New York. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=39 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=38 For the third consecutive year, Brigham Young University’s Model United Nations program won two top honors, this time representing Syria and India at the recent National Model United Nations conference.BYU’s teams came back from the New York competition as the most decorated in its more than 25-year history. Both delegations won the highest designation, “Outstanding Delegation,” an award given to just 10 of the competing 193 delegations. Both delegations also won policy-writing awards.“This has been an extraordinary experience to study and learn about diplomacy firsthand,” said Dylan Roberts, a Model UN teaching assistant and public relations major who competed in New York on Syria’s General Assembly 4th Committee. “The greatest recognition came from the comments of other students who appreciated working with BYU students throughout the week.”The conference continues to mirror its real world counterpart, the United Nations, as universities from all over the United States and around the world participated, including students from Egypt, Japan, China, India, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador and Germany.While in New York City, BYU students attended a fireside, cultural events and a briefing with His Excellency Nirupam Sen, India’s ambassador to the United Nations, at the Permanent Mission of India. Sen offered students strategic advice and feedback on specific questions students faced at the conference.This year BYU Model UN alumni served on the conference staff. Drew Ludlow, Sarah Kemney and Jana Kopienig helped run three different committees focusing on the Yugoslav Tribunal, narcotic drugs and disarmament.For the first time the NMUN conference allowed each committee to select students for specific commendation. As a result of peer voting, six BYU students received individual committee honors, including Middoni Ramos and Samuel Weeks (India—CCPJ), Carl Britton and Maybelline Smithee (India—ECOSOC) and Zachary Davis and Marcilyn Mann (India—IHP).The conference was held at the Marriot Marquis in Times Square and the United Nations in New York City. Program advisors Cory W. Leonard, William O. Perry and Adam Fife said that students from all majors and backgrounds are welcome to join the class, listed as IAS 351R. Next year a new set of students will begin the two-semester process that culminates in the New York.The program is sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies with generous support from the Division of Continuing Education.For more information, please contact BYU Model United Nations at (801) 422-6921, mun@byu.edu or visit 120 Herald R. Clark Building. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=38 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=37 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies has scheduled a panel discussion on “Vice President Cheney and the Global War on Terror” Monday, April 9, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Varsity Theater.Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Each panelist will present a short statement, to be followed by panel discussion. After the panel speaks, the floor will be open for audience questions.Jeff Ringer, director of the David M. Kennedy Center, will moderate the panel. Joining him will be Darren G. Hawkins, international relations coordinator; Donna Lee Bowen, Middle East Studies/Arabic coordinator; Ralph C. Hancock; and Scott Cooper.For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.Media Coveragehttp://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/217129/4/http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5632162http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660210451,00.htmlhttp://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/63974 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=37 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=36 Mark Morrison, deputy chief of staff to Utah Sen. Robert F. Bennett, is slated to present a Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic Lecture Thursday, April 5, at 4 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Morrison’s topic, “Intelligence, Military and Congress: How to Apply IR and Middle East Studies,” will discuss career opportunities for students pursuing those majors. Morrison’s service with Bennett began in 2003 when he was appointed legislative director and military legislative assistant. His current duties as deputy chief of staff include overseeing all legislative activity and discussing military, intelligence and foreign policy issues. A retired lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force, his military assignments included three years in Germany in a NATO analytic position; two years as a Middle East area specialist under the Air Force chief of staff; and three years as an intelligence analyst in the White House. Morrison also served for 13 years as director of legislative affairs for Lockheed Martin Corporation, where he focused on legislative strategies on missile defense and satellite and offensive missile programs. Morrison is a graduate of BYU, Troy State University and the Naval Postgraduate School. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=36 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=35 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host two distinguished speakers Wednesday, April 11, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission to both lectures will be free, and the public is welcome.— Nicholas Cull, professor and director of the Master’s in Public Diplomacy Program at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, will discuss “Public Diplomacy and Soft Power: Governments, People and Foreign Policy” at noon for a Global Awareness Lecture. Cull received his education at the University of Leeds and has since focused his research on the developing academic discipline of public diplomacy and the role of culture, information, news and propaganda in foreign policy. His teaching credentials include working as a lecturer in American history at the University of Birmingham and as professor and director of the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester, as well as his current assignment. Cull is the author of “Selling America: U.S. Information Overseas” and “Selling War” and co-editor of “Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500-Present,” which was named among “Book List” magazine’s reference books of the year. — David G. K. Taylor, fellow and vice regent of Wolfson College at the University of Oxford, will present an Ancient Near Eastern Studies Lecture titled “The Jewish Priesthood of Christ in the Syriac Tradition” at 3 p.m. Taylor earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford. He joined the faculty of his alma mater, where he is also a lecturer in Aramaic and Syriac, after teaching at the University of Birmingham for ten years. Taylor’s research interests include the literature, history and theology of the Syriac churches and the Syriac and Aramaic versions of the Bible. His publications include “The Hidden Pearl,” “Syriac Versions of the De Spiritu Sancto by Basil of Caesarea” and “Library of the Christian East,” a series published by Brigham Young University Press. Both lectures will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=35 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=29 The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, in conjunction with BYU’s Ecology Club, will present a Global Environment Film Series April 2-6 in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Screenings are scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. as follows:—Monday: “The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet”—Tuesday: “When is Enough, Enough?: The Appetite for Oil”—Wednesday: “Oil on Ice”—Thursday: “Who Killed the Electric Car?: A Lack of Consumer Confidence … Or Conspiracy?”—Friday: “In the Light of Reverence: Protecting America’s Sacred Lands” The series is scheduled ahead of Earth Day to bring attention to critical environmental issues, from America’s dependence on oil to electric cars and ecology. Each film will address humanity’s responsibilities to the planet and to future generations. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=29 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=30 The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University will host a trio of lectures on the Middle East, ancient and modern, during the week of April 2. All lectures will take place in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.April 4 — “Bagram to Baghdad: Five Years Covering the War on Terror” will be the subject of an address by Dodge Billingsley, documentary filmmaker and director of Combat Films and Research, Wednesday, April 4, at noon. For this lecture, Billingsley will recap the progression of the Iraq war from his firsthand accounts of being embedded with troops in both locations. Since graduating from Columbia University and King’s College in London, Billingsley has captured the essence of war in Chechnya, Iraq and Afghanistan, among other places. He also created “Firepower 2000,” exploring weapons and the changing nature of warfare, for the Discovery Channel and a three-part series on the Gulf War for the History Channel, along with numerous other works through Combat Films, which he founded in 1997. Recently, Billingsley produced “Beyond the Border,” a five-film series and panel discussion, BYU’s David M. Kennedy Center. The latest installment, “Global Car,” is due for release this fall. April 4-5 — Fayza M. H. Haikal, professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, is scheduled to present “Spirituality in Ancient and Modern Egypt” Wednesday, April 4, at 3 p.m. and “Libraries in Ancient Egypt” Thursday, April 5, at 11 a.m. Haikal, whose specialty centers on ancient Egyptian language, earned degrees in Egyptology from the University of Cairo and Oxford University. Her professional accomplishments include serving as coordinating director of the North Sinai Archaeological Salvage Project, as president of the International Association of Egyptologists and as a member of the administrative boards of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Coptic Museum and Cairo University’s Centre for Engineering of Archaeological Monuments. Haikal’s publications include “Two Hieratic Funerary Papyri of Nesmin” and “Le Tombeau de Pennout a Aniba,” as well as many academic articles. She was also recently elected to the renowned Egyptian Academy of Science. These lectures will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=30 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=31 Keynote address by University of Utah President Michael K. Young“The Perplexities of Nations: Current Trends and the International Church” will be the focus for the 18th annual International Society Conference at Brigham Young University Monday, April 2, at 8:30 a.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend. However, the luncheon will cost $13 per person and space is limited. Participants must reserve a spot by Monday, March 26, by calling (801) 422-3377 or by e-mailing international_society@byu.edu. The conference will begin with a keynote address presented by Michael K. Young, president of the University of Utah, who will speak on “Perspectives on International Trends.” Other speakers will include Elder John C. Carmack, emeritus General Authority and managing director of the Perpetual Education Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose topic will be “The Perpetual Education Fund: Impacting the International Church;” a panel from the Women’s Research Institute featuring Valerie Hudson, professor of political science, and Karen Hyer, adjunct professor with the institute, who will address “Global Issues Facing Women;” and Earl Fry, professor of political science, who will speak on “Globalization and the Future Competitiveness of the United States,” among others. The International Society is composed of members and friends of the Church of Jesus Christ with common international interests. Organized in 1989, the society is supported by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, the Marriott School of Management, the J. Reuben Clark Law School, the David O. McKay School of Education and the BYU Alumni Association. For more information, contact the International Society by calling (801) 422-3077 or by visiting ldsinternationalsociety.org. Click here to download Michael K. Young http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=31 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=32 Will address audience in SpanishMaría del Pilar Nores Bodereau de Garcia, the First Lady of Peru, will speak at Brigham Young University Friday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in 151 N. Eldon Tanner Building. The lecture will be presented entirely in Spanish. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The lecture is titled “A Conversation with the First Lady of Peru.” An economist by profession, de Garcia was born in Argentina. She became a Peruvian citizen when she married Alan Garcia, the country’s Aprista Party leader, whom she met at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She was the First Lady of Peru from 1985-1990 and is again, as of 2006. This lecture will be sponsored by the Instituto de Estudios Vallejianos in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. For more information, contact the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at (801) 422-2837. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=32 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=33 Brigham Young University’s annual Palmer Distinguished Lecture on Canadian Studies will feature Greg Melchin, Minister of Seniors and Community Supports in Alberta, Canada, Monday, April 2, at 10 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Melchin plans to speak about “The Outlook for Energy in Canada and the United States: Challenges and Opportunities.” A BYU alumnus, Melchin has served Alberta as the Minister of Energy and Minister of Revenue, as chair of the Standing Policy Committee on Finance and Intergovernmental Relations and as vice chair of the Energy and Sustainable Development Standing Policy Committee and the Standing Policy Committee on Economic Development and Finance. In his current ministry service, he focuses on providing support and services to senior citizens and people with disabilities. Professionally, Melchin has worked in financial and business administration, recently earning a Fellow Chartered Accountant designation. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. Click here to download Greg Melchin http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=33 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=34 The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host an Asian Studies Lecture by Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa representative to the U.S. Congress, Friday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Faleomavaega will talk about security issues in the Asian Pacific. Admission will be free, and the public is welcome. Faleomavaega is an alumnus of BYU, having graduated with a political science degree in 1966. He also earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law School and a doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley. A member of Congress since 1989, Faleomavaega was recently elected chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment. In this capacity, he will be directly involved with U.S. foreign policy in more than 30 countries, including Australia, Brunei, Mongolia, Taiwan and Uzbekistan. Faleomavaega’s other government assignments have included service as lieutenant governor and deputy attorney general of American Samoa, staff counsel for the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and administrative assistant to the American Samoa delegate to Washington, D.C. This lecture will be archived online. For information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. Click here to download Eni F. H. Faleomavaega http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=34 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=28 Spy movie enthusiasts will see the truth behind the stereotype with “Spies in Film and Fiction,” a weeklong series of films, lectures and panel discussions by intelligence experts, at Brigham Young University Monday through Friday, March 26-30, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free, and the public is welcome.The event is sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. Following a series of film screenings beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, Stanley A. Taylor, BYU professor of political science and the conference organizer, will officially open the conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday.Guest lecturers include Christopher Andrew, author, Cambridge University historian and official MI5 historian; Loch K. Johnson, intelligence scholar at the University of Georgia; Wesley K. Wark, University of Toronto historian; Frederick Hitz, former CIA inspector general and author of “The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of Espionage”; and Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA staff historian. For a full schedule of events, visit kennedy.byu.edu/events/spies.php. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=28 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=26 Robert D. Schulzinger of the University of Colorado at Boulder will speak on “Iraq and Vietnam: Lessons Learned and Mislearned” Monday, March 26, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building for an International Relations lecture. Admission will be free, and the public is welcome. Schulzinger has been at the university since 1977, where he serves as director of the International Affairs Program and the College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Distinction. From 1996 to 2005, he was a member of the Historical Advisory Committee, which he chaired from 2001-2003. Schulzinger is a former president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and editor-in-chief of the society’s journal, “Diplomatic History.” This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=26 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=27 His Excellency Lee Tae-sik, Korean ambassador to the United States, will address “Korea-U.S. Relations” at Brigham Young University Monday, March 19, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission will be free, and the public is welcome. Lee has served in his current position since November 2005. Over the course of four decades, he has been an international diplomat representing Korea in Liberia, the Philippines, Austria, Yugoslavia, Israel, the United Kingdom and Belgium. Lee has also worked as director-general of the International Trade Bureau at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, deputy executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization and deputy foreign minister. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. Click here to download His Excellency Lee Tae-sik http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=27 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=25 A variety of national and international speakers will address topics from French cinema to American foreign policy in a series of David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lectures at Brigham Young University during the week of March 19. Admission to the lectures will be free, and the public is welcome. All addresses will take place in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Wednesday, March 21: Stéphane Pillet, associate professor at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, will speak on “Representation and Resistance of the Provinces in Contemporary French Cinema” at noon. After serving with BNP Paribas and Allianz Group in Paris, Pillet returned to school to earn bachelor’s degrees from the Université de Champagne-Ardennes in France and the College of Charleston in South Carolina, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pillet now publishes on French business topics and literature, including his latest title, “Stéphane Mallarmé et le Saint-Esprit.” Thursday, March 22: “The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences” will be the topic for Louis Uchitelle, economics writer for The New York Times, Thursday at noon. Since joining the Times staff in 1980, Uchitelle has reported from Mexico, France, Russia and Ukraine and recently wrote on the Asian crisis and its global economic consequences. He currently writes the column “Economic View,” which appears on Sundays. Uchitelle has also written about job and labor issues, corporate and labor economics and the Federal Reserve System, among other topics.Thursday, March 22: Matthew Berrett, director of the Office of Iraq Analysis at the Central Intelligence Agency, will address “The U.S. Intelligence-Policy Dynamic” at 4 p.m. Berrett was appointed to his position in January 2006 following service as deputy director for nearly two years. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah, Berrett joined the CIA in 1985 as an economic analyst on Iran and Iraq. He has since worked as Vice President Dick Cheney’s morning intelligence briefer; as financial attaché with the U.S. Department of State in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and as a senior analyst, teaching a landmark CIA course on intelligence analysis. All lectures will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=25 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=21 Three speakers will cover topics from American diplomacy and security to nations and catastrophes in a series of lectures Thursday and Friday, March 15-16, at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies on the Brigham Young University campus.Admission is free, and the public is welcome.Thursday, March 15, Alan Tansman, chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss “Jewish and Japanese Responses to Atrocity” at 11 a.m. in B094 Joseph F. Smith Building.His lecture will be followed by a panel discussion, titled “Cultural Responses to Atrocity,” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Joining Tansman on the panel will be Ilona Klein, associate professor of Italian; Steven Riep, assistant professor of Chinese; and Aaron Skabelund and Michael Murdock, assistant professors of history, along with moderator Jeff Ringer, director of the David M. Kennedy Center.Tansman received his education at Columbia University and Yale University. He specializes in modern Japanese literature and culture and is currently working on a book comparing Japanese and Jewish responses to atrocity. His works include “Writings of Kôda Aya” and the forthcoming “The Culture of Japanese Fascism” and “The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism.”Also Thursday, March 15, an International Relations Lecture will feature Mitchell A. Seligson, Centennial Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Seligson’s topic will be “Challenges to Democratization in Latin America: Evidence from the AmericasBarometer 2006.”In addition to his work at Vanderbilt, Seligson founded and directs the Latin American Public Opinion Project, which conducts the AmericasBarometer surveys that cover 20 countries in the Americas. The project conducts public opinion polls focused mainly on democracy. Before joining the Vanderbilt faculty, Seligson held the Daniel H. Wallace Chair of Political Science and served as director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.“Securing American Diplomacy Worldwide: Life as Special Agent” will be the topic for the keynote lecture of the University and College International Safety/Security and Health Seminar Friday, March 16, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.The featured speaker will be Frederick R. Stolper, a special agent with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security at the U.S. Department of State and executive deputy director with the Overseas Security Advisory Council.Since receiving a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Southern Illinois University in 1983, Stolper has worked with the Secretary of State’s protective detail and the Washington Field Office. Internationally, he has served as the assistant regional security officer in Berlin and the regional security officer in Baku, Azerbaijan.These lectures will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=21 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=22 “Panama-U.S. Relations” will be the topic for a Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights Lecture featuring His Excellency Federico A. Humbert, Panamanian ambassador to the United States, Wednesday, March 14, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free, and the public is welcome.Humbert received his education at the University of Notre Dame and the INCAE Business School. Prior to his ambassadorial appointment in 2004, he was president of “La Prensa,” the highest circulating newspaper in Panama, and he was a key player in the re-establishment of democracy in Panama after two decades under dictatorship. Humbert also served as CEO of the Pearl Island Seafood Corp. and the Pearl Island Materials Corp. for 22 years, as well as the Industrial Fishery Corporation and the Panama Trucking Corp.from 1990-2004.During his tenure as ambassador, Humbert has focused on passing a free trade agreement with the United States, promoting tourism and investments in Panama and increasing funding for education, health and professional training.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M.Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=22 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=23 The information revolution in India, the First Amendment and Jorge Luis Borges will be the topics for a trio of lectures at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies during the week of March 5.Admission to the lectures is free, and the public is welcome.Tuesday, March 6: Wajahat Habibullah, India’s chief information commissioner, will discuss “The Information Revolution in India” at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.In addition to his current post as commissioner, Habibullah has been a member of the Indian Administrative Service since 1968. He has also served as secretary for the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the Ministry of Textiles and the Department of Consumer Affairs and as a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.Habibullah has written extensively on the conflicts in Kashmir. His publications include “Kashmiris and the Kashmir Conflict,” “Siege: Hazratbal, Kashmir 1993” and “The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict.” The commissioner received his education from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, India.Thursday, March 8: “The New York Times and the First Amendment” will be the focus of a lecture presented by George Freeman, assistant general counsel to the New York Times, at 11 a.m. in B092 Joseph F. Smith Building.Freeman has held his current position since 1992 and is primarily responsible for the company’s litigations. He is also involved in newsroom counseling, antitrust and distribution problems and business counseling involving the newspaper’s news, advertising, circulation and personnel departments.Prior to joining the staff of the Times, Freeman worked as an associate at the New York firm Cahill Gordon and Reindel. He has served as chair of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section’s First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee, the New York State Bar Association Media Law Committee and the Access and Newsgathering Subcommittee of the Newspaper Association of America’s Legal Affairs Committee. Since 1998, he has also taught media law courses at New York University.Freeman graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and later with a law degree from Harvard Law School.Thursday, March 8: Nicolas Shumway, chair and Tomas Rivera Regents Professor of Spanish-American Literature at the University of Texas at Austin, will speak on “Jorge Luis Borges and God” at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium. Shumway earned a doctoral degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include Spanish-American literature and intellectual history, specifically 19th-century, modern and 20th-century literature. Shumway’s recent publications include “Hispanism in an Imperfect Past and an Uncertain Future,” featured in “Reading Between the Lines: Perspectives on Foreign Language Literacy,” and “La invención de la Argentina.” All lectures will be archived online. For more information about David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=23 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=20 The Brigham Young University Students for International Development Club will host the annual Hunger Banquet fund-raiser Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Terrace. Starting March 5, tickets will be available at the WSC Information Desk for $6. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $8. The event is open to the public. The event is designed to raise awareness about global wealth disparity and world hunger. Attendees will be randomly assigned to sit at a table representing a high-, middle- or low-income area and eat a meal corresponding to the table’s income class. Live entertainment during the dinner will include culturally diverse music and performing groups from the Utah area. A keynote speech will follow, featuring Steve Studdert, a United Nations delegate to Active in Africa, on Friday and Kathy Headlee, founder of Mothers Without Borders, on Saturday. Both speakers will talk about the challenges involved in fighting poverty and hunger and ways in which individuals can contribute to the cause. All proceeds from the Hunger Banquet will be donated to student-selected global aid organizations working to alleviate need around the world. For more information, contact Eric Darsow at hungerbanquet@byu.net. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=20 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=19 His Excellency Sir David G. Manning, ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United States, is scheduled to speak at Brigham Young University Monday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.Admission will be free, and the public is welcome to attend.The ambassador will address “British-U.S. Relations and Priorities.”Sir David received the ambassadorial appointment to the U.S. in September 2003. He has been a member of the Foreign Service since 1972 and has held posts in Warsaw, Poland; New Delhi; Paris; and Moscow, among other places. In 2000, Sir David became the permanent United Kingdom representative to NATO and foreign policy adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a position he held until 2003. The ambassador was recently named knight commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He received his education at Oxford and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=19 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=17 The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, in collaboration with Combat Films and Research, recently released “From the Masses to the Masses: An Artist in Mao’s China” on DVD for institutional purchase. Produced by Eric A. Hyer, BYU associate professor of Chinese politics, with director Dodge Billingsley, the film follows the life of Jin Zhilin, a Chinese artist and professor at the China Central Academy of Fine Art, whose life and career were turned upside down by the political events in post-1949 China. To purchase the movie, visit combatfilms.com/store_org.asp or the Beyond the Border Web site, beyondtheborder.org/masses.php. For more information, contact Eric A. Hyer at (801) 422-4699. “Masses” is told in Chinese with English subtitles. Additional features include interviews with Jin and his students, Song Ruxin and Feng Shanyun, artists who hail from northern Shaanxi. A teacher’s guide may also be downloaded from Beyond the Border. Hyer has studied and traveled extensively in China. He recently visited the country with Billingsley to film “Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution,” and is working on a book called “Defining China: The Politics of China’s Boundary Disputes and Settlements.” “From the Masses to the Masses: An Artist in Mao’s China” is the third program in the Beyond the Border series, which is a collection of films addressing war, geography, politics, history and current affairs. Produced by Combat Films and Research, the films examine events and trends around the world with an emphasis on international relations. Click here to download Oil on paper on wood by Jin Zhilin, Beijing, 1972. Click here to download "Yan'an Night: Great Hall of Yan'an," by Song Ruxin, is a four color woodcut. Click here to download This gouache on paper by Jin Zhilin and Song Ruxin depicts thousands of cadres traveling to the countryside to promote the model Dazhal commune. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=17 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=18 Gary A. Rendsburg, chair of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will be featured at two lectures at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University in March. Rendsburg will address “Unlikely Heroes: Women as Israel” for a Global Awareness lecture Wednesday, March 7, at noon. He will then present an Ancient Near Eastern Studies lecture, “Light from Egypt on the Exodus Story,” Thursday, March 8, at 11 a.m. Both addresses will take place in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission to both lectures is free, and the public is welcome to attend. Rendsburg, who received his education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and New York University, researches the literature of the Bible, the history of ancient Israel, the development of the Hebrew language and the relationship between ancient Egypt and Israel. He is a renowned author, with such publications as “Israelian Hebrew in the Book of Kings” and “The Bible and the Ancient Near East,” both widely recognized within his field. The lectures will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=18 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=10 A Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights lecture will feature His Excellency Rastislav Kacer, Slovakian ambassador to the United States, who will discuss “Slovakia-U.S. Relations” Wednesday, Feb. 21, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Kacer received the ambassadorial appointment in 2003 after working as state secretary of the Ministry of Defense from 2001-2003. He has also filled many posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including service as director-general of the Division of International Organizations and Security Policy, as director of the Department of Analysis and Planning and as liaison officer to the NATO headquarters in Brussels.The ambassador earned a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Slovak Technical University.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=10 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=11 Interracial marriage in South Africa and alternative fuel laws in Brazil will be among the topics discussed at the Brigham Young University 9th Annual Field Studies Inquiry Conference Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 2, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission to the conference will be free, and the public is welcome to attend.“Each year the Inquiry Conference offers students an academic forum to present the results of their cross-cultural research and the insights they have gained through field study experiences,” said Ashley Tolman, conference organizer.The event will begin Wednesday at noon with the keynote address by Steven R. Thomsen, associate professor of communications, in a Global Awareness Lecture. Daily sessions will then run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Students who participate in the conference will receive faculty mentoring and learn insights from other students, a valuable contribution to field study and research papers.A full schedule of events will be available online at kennedy.byu.edu/events/inquiry, and the conference will be archived online at the same location.For more information, contact Ashley Tolman at (801) 422-1541. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=11 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=8 His Excellency Oleh Shamshur, Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, will be featured at a Global Awareness lecture at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Feb. 14, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Shamshur is slated to discuss “Ukraine-U.S. Relations.”The ambassador received his education at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University and the Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. He received the ambassadorial appointment in 2005 after having served as deputy minister of foreign affairs, head of the European Union Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and minister-counselor at the Ukrainian Embassy to the Benelux countries.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=8 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=9 Diplomacy and the global economy will be the topics for a pair of lectures at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 14-15.Admission to both lectures is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Wednesday, Feb. 14: Casey H. Christensen, counselor for public affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, will discuss “Diplomacy: Representing America” at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.During his 20 years in the Foreign Service, Christensen has served at embassies in Ukraine, Nicaragua, Austria, Bolivia and France. He graduated from BYU with a bachelor’s degree in European studies and a Juris Doctorate from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, after which he practiced law in Utah and New Mexico and served as director and deputy director of the BYU International Student Office.Thursday, Feb. 15: “EU and the Global Economy” will be the theme for a European Studies lecture featuring Kyle A. Galler at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.After receiving his education in the classics at Cambridge University, Galler held positions with HM Treasury and PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. He has also been a permanent official at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union since 1999 and has been responsible for economic and financial affairs since 2001. Galler also regularly lectures on the UK Civil Service College Courses.These lectures will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=9 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=7 “Malta-U.S. Relations” will be the topic for an Ambassadorial Insights lecture featuring His Excellency John Lowell, Maltese ambassador to the United States, Thursday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.Lowell has served as ambassador for Malta since February 2003. Prior to his appointment, he worked as a nonresident ambassador to Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina.His business experience includes serving as chairman of the Manoel Theatre Committee at the National Theatre and as managing director for Ells Ltd. Malta, where he worked with companies in the fields of property development, travel, import and export and duty-free management.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=7 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=5 Thomas M. Yuill, emeritus director and professor at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, will present a Global Awareness lecture at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Feb. 7, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.He will discuss “Emerging Diseases in the Tropics: Biology Meets Economics, Politics and Culture.” Admission is free and the public is welcome.Yuill earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management from Utah State University and master’s and doctoral degrees in wildlife ecology, veterinary science and virology from the University of Wisconsin.He began his career as a captain at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the Department of Virus Diseases, where he studied arthropod-borne viruses. He also worked with the World Bank in La Paz, Bolivia, and served as acting director of the Center for Livestock in International Development. Yuill then served at the Nelson Institute from 1993 to 2003.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=5 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=6 “The Future of Iraq” will be the focus for a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.The panel will be chaired by Eric Hyer, associate professor of political science. Joining him will be John Hughes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former editor of the Deseret News; Dodge Billingsley, director and producer for Combat Films and Research; Donna Lee Bowen, professor of political science and Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic coordinator; Christopher Jones, visiting professor in political science and a European security expert; and Hamida al-Masud, an Iraqi citizen pursuing a graduate degree in political science at the University of Utah.This event will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=6 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=3 Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a Global Awareness lecture featuring Jeffrey M. Hovenier Wednesday, Jan. 24, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.Hovenier’s topic will be “Balkan Update: An Insider’s Look at the Latest on the Kosovo Process.”Hovenier, a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State, earned a bachelor’s degree from BYU and a master’s degree from Georgetown University.Prior to his work with the Department of State, Hovenier served as deputy director of NATO Policy, European Security and Political Affairs and of German, Austrian and Swiss Affairs; as head of the embassy office in Podgorica, Montenegro; and as deputy political counselor at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.The lecture will be archived online. For more information, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=3 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=4 The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies has invited all students interested in academic study abroad to attend the International Study Program’s open house Thursday, Jan. 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.Admission is free.Each department-sponsored program will be represented at the event and former program participants and directors will be on hand to answer student questions about the programs.“For the vast majority of ISP participants, their international experience has been life-changing,” said T. Lynn Elliott, ISP director. “Their experience may have led to changes in majors, opened up career paths or provided that extra something to be selected for professional or graduate schools. For a dedicated student, an international experience is simply invaluable.”During the 2005-2006 academic year, the International Study Program sent more than 1,400 students to 116 programs in such locations as Great Britain, the South Pacific and Latin America, among others. The program is responsible for managing all credit-bearing international studies at BYU and has sent students to every continent, including Antarctica.For more information about the International Study Program, visit kennedy.byu.edu/isp. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=4 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=2 Yuzo Ota, consul general of Japan in Denver, will present an Asian Studies lecture on Japanese foreign policy Friday, Jan. 12, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.Yuzo was appointed to the Denver office in March 2004, where he serves Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. His previous work has included appointments at consulates in Los Angeles and New York; in embassies in Tanzania, New Zealand and Bangladesh; with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo; and as chamberlain to the Crown Price in Japan.Yuzo’s recent publications include “A Woman With Demons: The Life of Kamiya Mieko,” an intimate portrait of a Japanese woman that overturns stereotypes.The lecture will be archived online. For more information on events at BYU’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=2 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=1 His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, will discuss "Saudi-U.S. Relations" at a Middle East Studies Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium on the Brigham Young University campus.The lecture is free and the public is welcome.The eighth and last son of the late Saudi King Faisal, Prince Turki became ambassador in 2005 after having served since 2002 as ambassador to the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. He resigned in December 2006, citing a desire to spend more time with his family, but he continues to serve.He also served as director general of the General Intelligence Directorate, the kingdom's main foreign intelligence service, from 1977 to 2001 following a four-year appointment as an adviser in the Saudi Royal Court.He is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and being chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He is also chairman of the board of the Prince Charles Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Center as well as the co-chair of the C100 Group, which has been affiliated with the World Economic Forum since 2003.In 1963, Prince Turki graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a four-year coeducational school in New Jersey, and subsequently received an undergraduate degree at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1968.This lecture will be archived online. For more information on events at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, see the calendar at kennedy.byu.edu. http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/news.php?id=1 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700