Previous Events
3/23/10
Isaac Kfir
Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, Syracuse University, and Senior Researcher, Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel
Date March 23, 2010Topic Political Violence and the Future of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle East Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
3/23/10
Iraq and Afghanistan In Flux
(an international forum, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle East Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation)
Date March 23, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Iraq and Afghanistan In Flux
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Invited Speakers - Isaac Kfir, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, Syracuse University, and Senior Researcher, Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel; Jeff Smith, Kraemer Strategy Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council; Scott Worden, Senior Rule of Law Adviser, Rule of Law Center of Innovation, United States Institute of Peace; among others. A feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
3/22/10
Norluck Dorange
Filmmaker and CEO of Laoka Studios
Date March 22, 2010, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Garden Key Room
Access Open Forum
Topic The Oblivion Tree
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Club Kreyol, UCF English Department, UCF Center for Humanities and Digital Research, and the UCF Task Force H.O.P.E. for Haiti
3/22/10
Congress and Bipartisanship: Can't We All Just Get Along?
(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 March 22, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic "Congress and Bipartisanship: Can't We All Just Get Along?"
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Invited Speakers - Jon Bond, Texas A&M University; Bill Frenzel, Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution; Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; John Paré, Central Florida Regional Deputy Attorney General, State of Florida; Lauren Rowe, News Anchor, Local 6 News and others.
3/04/10
Raj Patel
Visiting scholar, Center for African Studies, University of California at Berkeley, and author of Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Date March 4, 2010, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Key West Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
3/02/10
Florida International Business Summit 2010: Opportunities in a Transformed Global Economy
Date March 2, 2010, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location University Center at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Access Limited Access (with fee required)
Topic Florida International Business Summit 2010: Opportunities in a Transformed Global Economy
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For more information, please contact Mabel Cardec at mcardec@ufic.ufl.edu or (352) 392-5323
Topics include:
• Clean Technologies
• Professional Services
• New Markets
Invited Speakers - Lad Daniels, First Coast Manufacturers Association; Tongila Manly, Enterprise Florida; John Lefond, Deutsche Bank; Andy Naranjo, University of Florida; Alek Nowak, Dean, Warsaw University School of Management; among others.
Early Registration Deadline: February 22, 2010
2/25/10
Ambassador Gary A. Grappo
Minister Counselor for Political Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq
Date February 25, 2010Topic The Situation in Iraq and Washington: Baghdad Relations on the Eve of National Elections
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
2/23/10
Paul Hirschson
Deputy Consul-General, Consulate General of Israel, Miami, FL
Date February 23, 2010Topic Israel's Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF LIFE, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
2/18/10
Minxin Pei
Tom and Margot Pritzker Professor of Government and Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College, and author of China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy
Date February 18, 2010, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic China-Taiwan Relations: The Next Step
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
2/09/10
"Global Hot Spots Series"
(a lecture program, co-sponsored with UCF LIFE)
Date February 9th, 16th, 23rd and March 2, 2010, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Limited access forum for UCF LIFE
Topic Global Hots Spots Series
