Previous Events
3/19/09
Chitra Divakaruni
Acclaimed author of The Mistress of Spices and The Palace of Illusions.
Date March 19, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Indian Culture in an Era of Change
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, OCI Associates, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
2/24/09 Lt. Gen (Ret.) Jay Garner
Former Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq
Date February 24, 2009Topic The Kurds and the Future of Iraq
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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2/19/09 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, 2009Topic 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, 2009Topic 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, 2009Topic 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, 2009Topic 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, 2009Topic 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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