Division of Global Affairs

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Fall 2009

 

Colloquium on New Security Risks in the 21st Century

 

Colloquium on Indigenous Peoples and Globalization

 

Spring 2009

 

The Economic Impact of the International Migration of Labor

Unless otherwise noted, this colloquium series will meet in in the Dana Library, 185 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102 from 5:00- 7:00 pm

 

Fall 2008

 

Workers in a Globalized World

 

Spring 2008

 

Global Change and Governance: Culture, Media, and Conflict

Unless otherwise noted, this colloquium series will meet on Wednesdays, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at the Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, Provost Conference Room 502, Newark Campus

The colloquium will explore how political biases and cultural assumptions affect media representations of conflicts. Student teams will dissect examples of international reporting of conflicts and engage in reporting excercises in which they produce news stories under real-life time constraints--within the classroom. The goal of the colloquium is to foster critical and self-reflective thinking about the media and our response to the media.

Dates:Wednesdays, January 23, January 30, February 6, February 13, a fifth session TBA.

 

Genocide and Human Rights

 

Unless otherwise noted, this colloquium series will meet on Tuesdays, 5:00pm–7:00pm at the Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, Provost Conference Room, Newark Campus

February 5 (note special time and place: Dana Room, John Cotton Dana Library, 11:30-1:30)

 

Fitting Memorials: American Jews Confront the Holocaust, 1945-1962
Hasia Diner

February 19

 

Holocaust Memories and the Formation of the Human Rights Regime
Daniel Levy

March 4

 

The Demographics of Genocide: Refugees and Territorial Loss in the Mass Murder of European Jewry
Manus Midlarsky

March 18

 

The Land of Pale Hands: Feminicide and Social Cleansing in Guatemala
Victoria Sanford

April 1

 

Genocide and Human Rights in Argentina
Marcello Raffin

April 4 (time and place, tba)

 

Documenting the Cambodian Genocide: Challenges and Mistakes
Youk Chhang

April 15

Race, Ethnicity and Genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Richard Wilson

 

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The DGA organizes occasional seminars (in addition to the Colloquia). The purpose of the seminars is to provide an informal forum for invited scholars and DGA affiliates to present their research to a broader audience than their own departmental seminars would lend.

Faculty and Graduate Students are invited to attend.

 

Unless otherwise noted, all occasional seminars will take place in the Provost's Conference Room located on the fifth floor of the Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, 502, Rutgers-Newark Campus.

 

Spring 2009

 

March 3, 2009

5:30 PM

President Obama and Europe: Between Hope and Skepticism

Professor Hubertus Buchstein

University of Greifswald, Department of Political Science and
President Elect of the German Political Science Association

 

Fall 2008

 

Wednesday, November 12th
12:00 noon
Global Environmental Change & Local Justice: Tourism & Environment
Dr. Gabriela Kütting, Deptartment of Political Science/DGA

 

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
12:00 noon
Recent US-Indian Nuclear Relations
Professor Ramesh Babu, Director of the Centre for Governance and Development and the Centre for Global Studies, Hyderabad, India

 

Spring 2008

 

Tuesday, January 29
5:00 p.m.
Crisis and Opportunity in China's Environmental Leadership
Dr. Katherine Morton Australian National University

The speaker will discuss the huge challenges that China faces in re-balancing its economic growth with environmental protection, the government's response to climate change, and its potential environmental leadership role at the global level.

 

For a listing of past occasional seminars, click here.

 

 

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Kemal Karpat: Migration from the Balkans and Integration in the U.S.

 

DGA Invites you to an Event Honoring Former Co-Directors Richard Langhorne and Yale Ferguson » [PDF]

 

A magnificent celebration will convene on March 26, 2009 at 7:00pm to honor the distinguished former DGA Co-Directors, Professors Richard Langhorne and Yale Ferguson.

 

Symposium on Conflict, Cooperation and Security in the New Century

 

The Journal of Global Change and Governance Symposium on Conflict, Cooperation and Security in the New Century will be held on Friday, 27 March 2009, from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM at Rutgers University-Newark's Center for Law & Justice, 123 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey.