Subject: Challenges in Global Health, Coping with Climate Change and How Humans Came to Dominate the Planet - Week in Preview
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Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 18:14:16 +0000

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School of Foreign Service Week in Preview (http://sfs.georgetown.edu/)

** From the Walsh Wire...
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* Former ambassadors came to Georgetown to conduct the panel discussion "Forging Consensus: US-Asia Policy in the Next Administration (http://www.georgetown.edu/video/1242689266386.html) ".
* MSFS alum, David Y. L. Yin was named Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan (http://www.mofa.gov.tw/EnOfficial/Biography/Minister/?opno=ace588d2-6aeb-449d-84ef-d74970f41353) .
* Two SFS alumni were re-elected to the House of Representatives (http://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-alumni-congress-2012-election.html) this week, among other Georgetown alumni who were elected or re-elected to office.

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** Borders and the Internet
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Friday, Nov. 9: Despite the promises and growth of digital social networks and the Web, social tensions and boundaries pervade our everday 'virtual' communications, shaped by a number of cultural, national and structural borders. Come help us explore the current (r)evolutions of the global Internet. Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the Mortara Center for International Studies. 12pm, Mortara Building.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=359&EventID=99568) .

** Secularism, Islamism, and Women's Rights in Turkey
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Monday, Nov. 12:  Please join us for a talk with Professor Serpil Sancar, Visiting Scholar at George Washington University as she discusses Secularism, Islamism, and Women's Rights in Turkey. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the BMW Center for German and European Studies and the Institute of Turkish Studies. 12pm, ICC 450.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=99626) .

** Jews and Judaism in Islamic Civilization
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Monday, Nov. 12: Featuring David J. Wasserstein, Professor of History at Vanderbilt University who studies medieval Islamic and Jewish history. With a background in classical studies, he is also interested in the classical tradition in Islam, and in particular in the ways in which Judaism, Islam and the classical world intersect culturally, linguistically and politically. Sponsored by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. 12:30pm, ICC 701.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=99592) .

** Tackling the Grand Challenges in Global Health
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Monday, Nov. 12: Dr. Daar, Chief Science and Ethics Officer at Grand Challenges Canada and Professor of Public Health Sciences and of Surgery at the University of Toronto, will discuss the grand challenges in global health and the innovative approaches to tackling them. The medical and life science fields have experienced breakthrough changes at an astounding pace in recent decades. However, research funding and incentives’ overwhelming focus on Western medical needs mean that many of the developing world’s most pressing health challenges are still inadequately addressed. How do we address global health inequities by closing the “lab to village” gap?. Why is the Grand Challenges Canada approach considered so innovative? In conversation with Dr. Abdallah Daar we will explore the disruptive changes necessary in international development practice to make “lab to village” innovation a regular occurrence. Sponsored by the Global Human Development Program. 2:30pm, Mortara
Building.  Click here for more information (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=829&EventID=99556) .

** Ion Antonescu and the Temptation of Fascism
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Tuesday, Nov. 13:  Featuring visiting Ion Ratiu Professor Dr. Dennis Deletant. Sponsored by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. 12pm, ICC 462.  Click here to RSVP (http://deletantdennis11-13-12.eventbrite.com/) .

** Best Practices Working Across Cultures
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Tuesday, Nov. 13: In this webinar presented by Jamie Gelbtuch (C'01) you will learn some fundamental best practices for working across cultures. We will explore ways to effectively understand cultures, recognize differences in communication styles, and think about relationship building. Participants will acquire additional knowledge and tools for successful cross-border interactions. Sponsored by the Georgetown University Alumni Association. 12:30pm, Online.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=741&EventID=99559) .

** Little Mehmed in the Ottoman Great War
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Tuesday, Nov. 13: Sponsored by the Institute of Turkish Studies. 12:30pm, CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241).  Click here for more information (http://turkishstudies.org/events/index.shtml) .

** The Arab Uprising with Marc Lynch
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Tuesday, Nov. 13:  Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science at the George Washington University, where he directs the Institute for Middle East Studies and the Project on Middle East Political Science. He edits the Middle East Channel for ForeignPolicy.com, and is a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. His most recent book, The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East, was published by PublicAffairs. Sponsored by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. 2pm, ICC 270.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=99764) .

** Coping with Climate Change: GU Efforts to Promote Adaptation
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Tuesday, Nov. 13:  Join Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director of Georgetown Climate Center and Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; Peter Byrne, Faculty Director of Georgetown Climate Center and Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; and Jessica Grannis, Staff Attorney at the Georgetown Climate Center and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law for this discussion of their research and work with states and communities to promote changes in laws and policies with climate change in mind. Sponsored by the Mortara Center for International Studies and the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. 2pm, Mortara Building.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=242&EventID=99378) .

** Lessons and Legacies: The Civil War and Veterans Today
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Tuesday, Nov. 13:  This event will include a film screening and panel discussion. Sponsored by the Georgetown University Student Veterans Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 6pm, ICC Auditorium.  Click here to RSVP (http://lessonsandlegaciesgeorgetown.eventbrite.com/) .

** No Business Without Water!
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Wednesday, Nov. 14:  Professor Suraiya Faroqhi of Bilgi University will lead this talk entitled, "No Business Without Water! Operating Khans and Factories in 19th Century Istanbul". Sponsored by the Institute of Turkish Studies, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Department of History. 2:15pm, McGhee Library.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=89&EventID=99827) .

** How Humanity Came to Dominate the Planet
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Wednesday, Nov. 14: STIA Loewy Lecture: A discussion with Ruth Defries, reception to follow. A bird’s eye view from above reveals a planet dominated by a single species – us. How to explain this achievement? A combination of extraordinary endowments of the planet and human ingenuity has devised ways to twist nature to produce more and more food and expand our reach across the world. Millennia of twists of nature have led to the massive increase in humanity’s mark on the planet and an unclear path forward for feeding 9 billion, increasingly affluent people. Sponsored by Science, Technology & International Affairs. 4pm, Mortara Building.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=302&EventID=98883) .

** The Role of Sport in Natural Disaster Recovery
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Thursday, Nov. 15:  In this presentation, Dr. Holly Thorpe will present findings from one of the first in-depth studies to examine the role of sport and physical activity in the resilience and recovery of individuals and communities affected by a natural disaster. Sponsored by the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. 12pm, McGhee Library.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=86&EventID=98651) .

** Lunch with a Leader: Major General Maggie Woodward
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Thursday, Nov. 15: Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward is currently the Air Force Chief of Safety at U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Washington, DC, and Commander of the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. Just prior to this position, she was stationed in Germany where she served as Commander of the 17th Air Force and US Air Forces Africa. In this capacity she commanded the international coalition in Operation Odyssey Dawn, the Libyan intervention that led to the fall of Qaddafi's regime. This marked the first time in U.S. history that a woman commanded a military air campaign. Sponsored by Georgetown Women in International Affairs. 12:30pm, CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241).  Click here for more information (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=786&EventID=99249) .

** The Great Era of Global Development
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Thursday, Nov. 15: It is increasingly clear that poor countries have made extraordinary gains economically and politically over the last 20 years.  While progress has been uneven and continued progress is far from assured, the sheer magnitude of the improvements in lives and livelihoods is impressive.  Average income in low-income countries has tripled since the 1960s, and the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen by one-third since 1991 alone.  What has caused this extraordinary progress and under what conditions can it continue? Sponsored by the Global Human Development Program. 1:30pm, ICC 701.  Click here to RSVP (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4468507426) .

** Georgetown Veterans Day Ceremony
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Thursday, Nov. 15:  Sponsored by the Georgetown University Student Veterans Association, the Georgetown University Alumni Association and The Hoya Battalion - US Army ROTC Battalion for American University, Catholic University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and The Institute for World Politics. 3:30pm, Copley Lawn.  Click here to RSVP (http://georgetownvetsday.eventbrite.com/) .

** Lebanon in the Shadow of Syrian Civil War
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Friday, Nov. 16: The car bombing that killed Lebanese security chief Wissam al-Hasan last month has raised new concerns that Lebanon is being increasingly drawn into the Syrian civil war. Indeed, predictions that Lebanon would descend into sectarian violence as a result of the Syrian uprising have abounded since the beginning of that conflict. Yet, Lebanon—once a byword for religious civil war—has managed so far to avoid that catastrophic scenario. Irina Papkova, a Berkley Center research fellow who now living in Beirut, will address the current political situation in Lebanon and the threats and challenges facing its leaders in the shadow of the Syrian conflict. Sponsored by the Berkley Center. 12pm, Berkley Center.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=347&EventID=99801) .

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