Previous Events
10/20/11
"Global Youth and the New Media"
(a regional forum sponsored by The Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, the Global Connections Foundation and the International Affairs Program of the Hamilton Holt School)
Date October 20, 2011, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Location Rollins College, Bush Auditorium
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Topic "Global Youth and the New Media"
10/13/11
Helle C. Dale
Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, The Heritage Foundation
Date October 13, 2011Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, CPH Engineers, Inc., LarsonAllen L.L.P., UCF Student Government Association, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme "People Power, Politics and Global Change"
10/13/11
Sam Graham-Felsen
Global emerging media strategist
Date October 13, 2011Topic Social Media 101 and the World Today
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, CPH Engineers, Inc., LarsonAllen L.L.P., UCF Student Government Association, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE, Global Connections Foundation and other partners
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme "People Power, Politics and Global Change"
10/13/11
People Power, Politics and Global Change
(an international global issues conference, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office in a partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, Florida Network for Global Studies, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, LarsonAllen L.L.P., UCF Student Government Association, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The India Program at UCF, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
Date October 13, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic People Power, Politics and Global Change
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Speakers - Sam Graham-Felsen, global emerging media strategist; Fiona Hill, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution; Stephen McDowell, Director, School of Communication, Florida State University; Ted Reynolds, Global Connections Fellow of Terrorism Studies, University of St. Andrews and UCF; among others. A feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide theme “People Power, Politics and Global Change”
10/11/11
Peter Bergen
Author of Holy War, Inc. and The Osama bin Laden I Know, CNN national security analyst, and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation
Date October 11, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic After Osama bin Laden: Terrorism's Future Prospects
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes "People Power, Politics and Global Change" and "Covering Crises from the Frontlines"
10/04/11
Roya Hakakian
Iranian author, journalist and founding member of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date October 4, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic An Insider's Guide to Iran's Turmoil
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Al Ghazali Islamic Studies Program, UCF Dipomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Human Trafficking Awareness Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF International Services Center, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
9/29/11
Mohamed Younis
Senior Analyst, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
Date September 29, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Muslim Life in the West: Addressing Muslim Integration in the U.S. and Western Europe
Sponsors A feature of the Al Ghazali Islamic Studies Program, which is housed in the UCF Global Perspectives Office, in partnership with the UCF College of Arts and Humanities, with the support of the UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, the UCF Political Science Department, the UCF Diplomacy Program, the UCF Nicholson School of Communication, the UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, the UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
9/27/11
James Traub
Author of The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Spread Democracy, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine
Date September 27, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic You Can't Mistreat People Forever: The Revolution in the Arab World
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Student Government Association, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Nicholson School of Communication, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2011-2012 university-wide themes “People Power, Politics and Global Change” and “Covering Crises from the Frontlines”
9/26/11
Campaign 2012: New Rules of the Road?
(a national symposium sponsored by The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at UCF, in a partnership with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.;The United States Association of Former Members of Congress; United States Department of Education; UCF College of Sciences; UCF Global Perspectives Office; UCF Department of Political Science; the Global Connections Foundation; and others)
Date September 26, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic Campaign 2012: New Rules of the Road?
9/26/11
Thomas E. Mann
The W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution, and author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
Date September 26, 2011Sponsors The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at UCF, in a partnership with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Department of Political Science, Global Connections Foundation, and others
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