Previous Events

2/19/09

Sanam Vakil

Visiting Scholar, Middle East Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Professor, SAIS, Bologna, Italy

Date February 19, 2009
Topic What's Next for U.S.-Iranian Relations?

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation

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2/18/09

Florida Business Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

A state-wide international business conference,sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office; Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay; Center for International Business Education & Research, University of Florida; Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida (USF); Florida A&M University; Florida International University; Fowler White Boggs Banker; Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce; International Affairs Center, USF; International Business Board, USF; Model United Nations, USF; University of Central Florida; University of Florida; University of North Florida

Date February 18, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location University of South Florida, Marshall Center
Access Open forum with advance registration
Topic Florida Business Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

2/17/09 Jonathan Morrow

Senior Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Kurdistan Regional Government

Date February 17, 2009
Topic The Politics of Kurdistan Region Petroleum and the Iraqi Constitution

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF LIFE, UCF Political Science Department,  UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program and the Global Connections Foundation

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2/10/09 Brendan O'Leary

Lauder Professor of Political Science and Director, Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Date February 10, 2009
Topic How To Get Out of Iraq with Integrity

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF LIFE, UCF Political Science Department,  UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program and the Global Connections Foundation

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2/03/09 Michael Gunter

Noted authority on Kurdish affairs and Professor of Political Science, Tennessee Tech University

Date February 3, 2009
Topic Kurds Ascending

Sponsors Rollins College in a partnership with the International Affairs Program of the Hamilton Holt School, International Relations Program/Political Science Department, UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative and the Global Connections Foundation.

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2/03/09 "The Kurdish Series"

(a lecture program, co-sponsored with UCF LIFE)

Date February 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th, 2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Limited access forum for UCF LIFE
Topic "The Kurdish Series"

2/02/09 Hooshang Amirahmadi

Professor, Rutgers University, and the founder and president of American-Iranian Council

Date February 2, 2009, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location Key West Ballroom, UCF Student Union
Access Open Forum
Topic Nuclear Geopolitics in U.S.-Iran Relations

Sponsors UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at UCF, UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Center for Humanities and Digital Research, the UCF Political Science Department and the Global Connections Foundation.

1/29/09 Vice Admiral (Ret.) Lee Gunn

President, Institute for Public Research, The CNA Corporation

Date January 29, 2009
Topic Strategic Challenges for the New Administration

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department,  UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program and the Global Connections Foundation

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1/28/09

General (Ret.) John Abizaid

Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

Date January 28, 2009
Topic Strategic Challenges in the Middle East

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, and the Global Connections Foundation

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1/22/09

Rob Gifford

NPR's China correspondent from 1999-2005, he now is NPR's London correspondent and the author of China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

Date January 22, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Access
Topic China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, C.T. and Jean Hsu Fund, UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE, OCI Associates Inc., UCF School of Communication and the Global Connections Foundation