Subject: Global Trends 2030, Strengthening Cities, A Conversation with JRS - Week in Preview - 3/21/2013
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:32:46 +0000

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** From the Walsh Wire...
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* A tribute to Jan Karski (http://www.georgetown.edu/news/jan-karski-tribute.html?utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) at Georgetown this week included personal recollections by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Madeleine K. Albright and Rabbi Harold S. White.
* Georgetown has received a $5 million gift to endow a chair in U.S.-China relations at SFS (http://giving.georgetown.edu/story/new-chair-in-asian-studies-will-focus-on-china?utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) from the Carrie and Greg Penner Fund of the Walton Family Foundation.
* Acclaimed actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith and cellist Joshua Roman culminated their residencies at Georgetown with a theatrical presentation and the launch of a laboratory on performance and politics (http://www.georgetown.edu/news/anna-deavere-smith-performs-on-grace.html?utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) .

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** Tadabbur al-Qur’an - Contemplating the Qur’an
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Monday-Tuesday, March 25-26: A unique conference on the Qur’an that combines intellectual rigor with community engagement. The conference will focus on the following topics: The Qur’an in dialogue with Jews and Christians, The Qur’an between faith and critical thinking, Qur’anic ethics, gender in the Qur’an, intertextual readings of the Qur’an and thematic and stylistic analysis. Sponsored by the Howard University School of Divinity and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. 8am-8:30pm, Howard University School of Divinity.  Click here to RSVP for Day 1 (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=103088&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) . Click here to RSVP for Day 2. (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=103098&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email)

** Taming Modernity: European Experiences in the 20th Century
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Monday, March 25:  Featuring Konrad Jarausch, Distinguished Scholar of European Studies at the Wilson Center and Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at University of North Carolina. Sponsored by the BMW Center for German and European Studies. 12pm, CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241).  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=103167&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) .

** Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
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Monday, March 25:  Featuring Casimir Yost, who is the Director of the Long Range Analysis Unit at the National Intelligence Council. The recently-released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds identifies a number of megatrends that will transform the world over the next 20 years. These trends include population growth and aging, the expansion of individual empowerment and increased competition for food, water and energy.  It also identifies a number of "game-changers" – critical political, economic and technological changes that will fundamentally affect how the world works and the role of the United States in it.. Sponsored by the Global Human Development Program. 6pm, ICC 302-P.  Click here to RSVP (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5520610294?utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) .

** A Conversation with JRS on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
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Tuesday, March 26: Jesuit Refugee Service Jordan Country Director Colin Gilbert will share his insights and experiences on the Syrian crisis with students and faculty. The aims of Gilbert's visit are to increase awareness of JRS Jordan and the work of JRS among students, to deepen understanding about refugees’ lives and their precarious situation and to garner support for JRS activities among the wider university community.  Sponsored by Institute for the Study of International Migration, the Human Security Working Group and the Center for Social Justice. 12pm, Riggs Library.  Click here to RSVP (http://jrssyrianrefugees.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) .

** Global Institutions of Religion
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Tuesday, March 26:  Religious institutions play diverse and often poorly understood roles in world affairs, even though many were among the first organizations to gain a global reach. A new book, Global Institutions of Religion: Ancient Movers, Modern Shakers, by Katherine Marshall, fills a gap in current literature by examining the wide range of bodies that govern and coordinate religious communities, their relations with other transnational institutions and their role in the world today. Marshall will discuss her latest book in the context of her career as a practitioner and scholar, and offer thoughts on the religious dimensions of issues such as human rights, human security, climate change, international development and humanitarian relief. Sponsored by the Berkley Center. 12pm, Berkley Center.  Click here to RSVP. (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=347&EventID=103169&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email)

** Democratic and Social Innovations to Strengthen Cities
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Tuesday, March 26:  Dr. Matthias Freise, Dr. Kai Pfundheller, Andrea Walter and Friedrich Paulsen from Münster University present their current research projects focusing on social and democratic innovation in cities and ask whether these innovations are more than smoke and mirrors. Sponsored by the BMW Center for German and European Studies. 12pm, ICC 302-P.  Click here to RSVP (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=103208&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email) .

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** A Look Ahead...
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* Tues., Apr. 2:  Refiguring the Commons in Morocco's New Enclosures (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=89&EventID=102030&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email)
* Fri., Apr. 5: China-U.S. Forum: New Trends in Policy and Economics (http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=116&EventID=103166&utm_source=Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service&utm_campaign=2354a241a2-Week_in_Preview_3_21_20133_21_2013&utm_medium=email)

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