Events
June 20 Discussion on Cuba & the US
on June 13, 13A Cuban scholar and a US political scientist report back from the Congress of the Latin American Studies Association 6:30 pm, Thursday,...
Doctors Without Borders in Minneapolis: "Access to the Danger Zone" Film Screening
on June 12, 13"Access to the Danger Zone" Film Screening followed by Q. & A. Wednesday, June 12, at 7 p.m. Lagoon Cinema, 1320 Lagoon...
Webinar about Peace Work in Northern Uganda, Wed. June 19, 11 a.m. EDT
on June 11, 13On Wed. June 19, 11 a.m. EDT, the Association for Conflict Resolution's International Section presents its last webinar of our Spring series...
June African Development Center Commerce and Community Conversation
on June 4, 13June 20th, 2013 · 7:30 - 9:00am African Development Center Main Office 1931 South 5th Street Minneapolis, MN For this month's breakfast...
United Nations Virtual Career Fair May 29
on May 28, 13The United Nations Secretariat, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children's Fund and United Nations Population Fund are piloting a Virtual Careers...
May 22: The role of America's private sector in reducing poverty and hunger worldwide
on May 20, 13Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Our Shared Opportunity: A Vision for Global Prosperity The role of America's...
Lloyd Axworthy speaking Tuesday, May 21
on May 17, 13The U.S. government is frequently called upon with requests for humanitarian intervention by foreign governments, the international NGO community and various other...
Former USAID Administrators Atwood & Fore speaking at CSIS-Humphrey School event May 22 showcases CSIS report on shared global prosperity
on May 15, 13Opening Remarks Eric Schwartz, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota and Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population,...
African Development Center Fourth Annual Gala June 14
on May 14, 13SAVE THE DATE - ADC Fourth Annual Gala Friday, June 14th Minnesota is extremely fortunate to possess a large and growing community...
Dr. Soraya Castro on U.S. Cuba Relations May 15
on May 14, 134 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in the Luann Dummer Center for Women, Room 103, O'Shaughnessy Educational Center, on the university's St. Paul...
Václav Havel And His Legacy by Dr. Martin Palous
on May 9, 13The Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota presents lecture and seminar in its series of "Shifting Landscape in Neglected Central Europe"...
May 18: Humphrey international student graduation
on May 8, 13International Students of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs will be celebrating the 2nd year International Students who are graduating this semester,...
May 10 IPID Presents: Global Policy Capstone Presentations
on May 7, 13Are you interested in Global Policy or in participating in the Global Policy capstone course next year? Attend the Humphrey Global...
Fulbright Information Sessions for Students
on May 7, 13The Graduate School Fellowship Office will hold four Fulbright Information Sessions for students who are interested in conducting research abroad during...
HHH students Amevor, Clancy & Winger discussing Global Policy Capstone Monday, May 6
on May 3, 13Interested in registering for a global policy capstone? Come join us to discuss our experience with the University of Minnesota Extension Global...
USAID Careers- Coffee with Madeline Williams - May 15, 11 AM, Room 280B
on May 3, 13Take a study break and talk about USAID careers! Dear HHH Students: Interested in learning what it is like to have a...
Perspectives on Global Food Security and Social Justice: A Roundtable Discussion
on May 2, 13May 8, 2013 3:30-5:00pm 180 Humphrey Center Please join us for a discussion of global food security and social justice on themes...
May 6: Professor Peter Andreas on "Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America"
on May 2, 13Lippincott Room, SS 1314, on Monday May 6th from 3:30-5pm. We are very pleased to announce that on Monday, May 6th, MIRC,...
May 3: Professor Tarak Barkawi on "States, Armies and Empires: Armed Forces and Society in World Politics"
on May 2, 13The Colloquium will meet from 1:30-3:00 in the Lippincott Room (Social Sciences Tower 1314) The Minnesota Political Theory Colloquium is proud to...
Volunteers needed for Crisis Simulation May 31-June 2
on April 30, 13Humanitarian Crisis Simulation Exercise http://www.globalhealth.umn.edu/education/disaster-camp/index.htm May 31, 2013 - June 2, 2013 (This overnight event starts at 1pm on Friday and ends...
Tarak Barkawi, New School, speaking Friday, May 3
on April 30, 13May 3 (FRIDAY) Tarak Barkawi, New School (co-sponsored with the Political Theory Colloquium) 3:30-5pm, in the Lippincott Room (1314 Social Sciences) Co-sponsored...
May 3 ICGC Brown Bag: "Plant a Tree, Save a Life: Urban Vitality, a Green Delhi, & the Water Poor
on April 30, 13Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall Plant a Tree, Save a Life: Urban Vitality, a Green Delhi, and the...
Perspectives on Global Food Security and Social Justice: A Roundtable Discussion
on April 30, 13May 8, 2013 3:30-5:00pm 180 Humphrey Center Please join us for a discussion of global food security and social justice on themes...
Why You Must Know The Differences Between Sunni and Shiah Muslims: Publicizing what Islam REALLY teaches
on April 30, 13Why You Must Know The Differences Between Sunni and Shiah Muslims Publicizing what Islam REALLY teaches islamicmediamn(at)gmail.com islamicmediamn.org Sat. May 11, 2013...
Tuesday Mock Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing in Cowles Auditorium
on April 29, 13REMINDER: Mock Senate Hearing in the Cowles Auditorium --- April 30th The class of PA 5890, Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy, will hold...
AFSA Luncheon with J. Brian Atwood on "Development Challenges in the 21st Century"
on April 29, 13The Upper Midwest Chapter of the American Foreign Service Association invites you to a luncheon meeting with J. Brian Atwood: Development Challenges...
Monday, April 29 Law School Humphrey Fellow Navjuvonov speaking on labor migration from Tajikistan
on April 28, 13APRIL 29, 2013 @ 12:10 P.M. - 2:10 P.M. | MONDALE HALL ROOM 45 HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW SPEAKERS SERIES 2013 LABOR...
Monday April 29 ICGC Distinguished Public Lecture, Premesh Lalu, Univ of W Cape, South Africa
on April 28, 13ICGC Distinguished Public Lecture Monday, April 29, 2013 3:30 - 5:00pm Stassen Room, 170 Humphrey School "The absent centre: human capital, nationalism...
Belarusian human rights activist speaking Tuesday
on April 28, 13Tuesday at 11:15 am in the Social Sciences building Room 1314, Andrei Sannikov will be speaking about his experiences as a human...
"Running for President in Europe's Last Dictatorship" a conversation with Andrei Sannikov
on April 24, 13Running for President in Europe's Last Dictatorship A Conversation with Andrei Sannikov, human rights activist and former Belarusian presidential candidate Tuesday, April...
April 26 Women in Public Policy Happy Hour
on April 23, 13WPP Happy Hour: Cutting edge student gender research at the Humphrey April 26 (4-6 p.m., Humphrey School Commons) Help us celebrate the...
April 29 ICGC Distinguished Public Lecture: "The absent centre: human capital, nationalism and the desire for a postcolonial episteme"
on April 23, 13Monday, April 29, 2013 3:30 - 5:00pm Stassen Room, 170 Humphrey School "The absent centre: human capital, nationalism and the desire...
April 30 Mock Hearing of the Senate of Foreign Relations Committee
on April 22, 13The class of PA 5890, Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy, will hold a mock hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Cowles...
April 23 MINN sponsors Humphrey Fellows Mkhaliphi & Coker presentation on Cooperatives-Based Sustainable Rural Livelihoods System: Swaziland & Sierra Leone
on April 18, 13COOPERATIVES- BASED SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS SYSTEM: SWAZILAND AND SIERRA LEONE April 23, 2013 HHH 55 (IFP) 1 to 2:30 pm. Refreshments served....
April 24 Humphrey Fellow Mishra documentary "Do I have a Choice? A Saga of Socially Sanctioned Sexual Servitude Special Screening"
on April 18, 13Screening: Do I have a Choice? A Saga of Socially Sanctioned Sexual Servitude Wednesday, April 24th 11:45 to 1:00 HHH Room 55...
April 25: Writing West African Lives: My Neighbors' Children Grow Up With Cellphones and Civil War
on April 18, 13Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:00 p.m. Reception, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Upson Room 102, Walter Library Writing West African Lives: My...
May 9 Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar
on April 18, 13Please join us for a very special Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar on May 9 at The Hindu Temple of Minnesota! May...
CAS and the MSP International Film Festival will show "Mama Illegal" next Tuesday at St. Anthony Main
on April 17, 13CAS and the MSP International Film Festival will show 'Mama Illegal' next Tuesday at St. Anthony Main.htm...
Friday's ICGC brown bag: "Behind the PowerPoint: Knowledge Production through International Development Evaluation Systems"
on April 17, 13ICGC Brown Bag Friday, April 5, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Monitoring and Evaluating Non-governmental Organization Water Projects: Lessons from 3...
Fulbright Information Sessions
on April 16, 13The Graduate School Fellowship Office is pleased to announce four Fulbright Information Sessions for students who are interested in conducting research abroad...
Reminder: Wednesday 4pm, International Fellows Graduation Ceremony, HHH Cowles Auditorium
on April 16, 13You are cordially invited to the International Fellows graduation ceremony for the 2012-2013 cohort of fellows We look forward to celebrating...
Luncheon Forum with Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer
on April 15, 13Friday, April 19, 2013 11:30 a.m. registration Noon --1:30 p.m. program Windows on Minnesota 50th Floor, IDS Center 80 South 8th Street...
"9 Billion Networks" invites you for a meet and greet- April 18
on April 15, 13WHEN: Thurs Apr 18, 2013 (1 - 2:30 PM) WHERE: University of MN, St. Paul Campus, 200 Hayes Hall We are representing...
You're Invited: Cross boundary anti-human trafficking events
on April 14, 13Breaking Free's Demand Change Project An interactive 2 day anti-human trafficking event Friday & Saturday, May 3 - 4, 2013 For more...
Dr. Christy Hanson speaking Ap 18 on "Global Public Health: Development's Rising Star"
on April 14, 13THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM Free and open to the public. Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis (at Lyndale...
HHH Prof. Atwood speaking to AFSA May 8 on Development Challenges in the 21st Century
on April 12, 13THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting with J. Brian Atwood: Development...
April 19 MIC luncheon with Canadian Ambassador to the US, Gary Doer
on April 12, 13Ambassador Luncheon 4.19.13.pdfCanadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer will be visiting Minneapolis next Friday, April 19th, as part of the...
5th Annual Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions, April 17
on April 12, 13Peace and Dialogue in the Plural Society: Common Values and Responsibilities Niagara Foundation of Minnesota cordially invites you to be our guest...
April 17 ICGC Lecture: "Regulating Wartime Migration of Chinese-Burmese in the 1940s: Racial Logics, Patriarchal Records, & International Norms"
on April 12, 13ICGC Distinguished Public Lecture Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:30 - 5:00pm, 1210 Heller Hall (refreshments will be served) "Regulating Wartime Migration of...
Law School Humphrey Fellow Bouity speaking April 15 on Services to Domestic Violence Survivors in Congo
on April 12, 13HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW SPEAKERS SERIES 2013 "SERVICES OFFERED BY WOMEN'S LEGAL CENTER OF CONGO TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STRATEGIES...
HHH Prof. Anu Ramaswami will present on "From Grand Challenges to Grand Solutions: Moving from Knowledge Generation to Real World Action" April 29
on April 11, 13President Eric W. Kaler and the University of Minnesota are hosting the regional meeting of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on...
Law School Humphrey Fellow Mubarak Zeb on "Drone Attack in Pakistan & Human Rights"
on April 11, 13Wednesday, April 17th , 2:15-3:15 in Freeman Commons. Topic: Drone Attack in Pakistan and Human Rights Time: 2:15-3:15, Wednesday, April 17th 45-50...
Conflict Week's Thursday Social Evening moved to Republic
on April 10, 13Previously listed as taking place at the Red Sea Bar, Thursday's Social Evening being hosted by IPID, MEIG, & DISP as part...
April 27 lecture & discussion: "Dynamics and complexities of transition from communism to democracy"
on April 10, 13Please join us at the next lecture and discussion (via wide screen SKYPE) sponsored by the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center on...
April 12th Student Speaker Conference
on April 9, 132013 Student Speaker Conference Friday, April 12th from 3-7pm U of M Law School, Room 25 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Conflict Week...
April 12 ICGC Brown Bag: "A Metastasizing Foreign Policy? Civil Rights, Education, & Transnational Citizenship under the Iran Sanctions Regime"
on April 9, 13ICGC Brown Bag Friday, April 12, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "A Metastasizing Foreign Policy? Civil Rights, Education, and Transnational Citizenship...
"Virgilio Piñera o el poder de la ficción" A lecture with Modesto Milanés
on April 9, 13Thursday, April 11 4:00 p.m. The Upson Room - 102 Walter Library On the occasion of the centenary of Cuban author Virgilio...
April 16: "Education Under Fire" a documentary & conversation
on April 9, 13Tues, April 16, 7-9pm Moos Tower Room 2-650 The University of MN Program in Human Rights & Health Presents: Education Under Fire,...
Conflict Week Events: Movie Night on Wed, Social Evening on Thurs
on April 9, 13Wednesday, April 10th 4-6pm, Humphrey School Freeman Commons Movie Night - 5 Broken Cameras, an Oscar nominated documentary about non-violent resistance...
Trauma, Faith and Healing in the Community: Conversations with South Africa's Tutu Sisters
on April 9, 13Tuesday, April 23, 6 p.m. Shiloh Temple International Ministries - 1201 West Broadway Ave. N., Minneapolis Wednesday, April 24, 2 p.m. Coffman...
April 11: J. Brian Atwood on "Alleviating Global Poverty"
on April 9, 13Thursday, April 11, 2013, 7 p.m. Continuing Education and Conference Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus To register, go to: http://www.cce.umn.edu/courses/HEDL-0008.html...
Global Volunteers gathering at Common Good Books
on April 9, 13Wednesday, May 1st at 7 PM Common Good Books 38 South Snelling Avenue St. Paul, MN Please join us for a very...
Daniel Wordsworth to Lead the April African Development Center Commerce and Community Conversation
on April 9, 13The African Development Center is proud to announce that this month's roundtable discussion will be led by Daniel Wordsworth, the President and...
HHH students Sande, Shen speaking at IPID Conference: Different Manifestations of Conflict Ap 12
on April 8, 132013 Student Speaker Conference Friday, April 12th from 3-7pm U of M Law School, Room 25 3:30-3:35 Opening and introduction Panel 1:...
MEIG hosting HHH alum Fadia Ap 8 for discussion about Syria
on April 4, 13MEIG is very excited to host Fadia, a HHH Alum, who currently works in Los Angeles. She is a very accomplished Syrian...
AP 8: "Beyond Security: (Para)Military Support of Private Interests in the Philippines"
on April 4, 13Apr. 8: BEYOND SECURITY: (PARA)MILITARY SUPPORT OF PRIVATE INTERESTS IN THE PHILIPPINES You are invited to a presentation by Law School Humphrey...
HHH students: APSIA GAP conference opportunity--respond by Monday April 8
on April 4, 13See below for opportunity to attend the Global Access Pipeline Consortium diversity conference April 26-27 in Washington, DC. The agenda is attached....
DISP April 17th 2:15-3:15 event -- Law School Humphrey Fellow Mubarak Zeb presentation "Drone attack in Pakistan & Human Rights"
on April 3, 13DISP (Dialogue on International Security and Peace) is going to host an event on Wednesday, April 17th at 2:15-3:15 in Freeman Commons....
Friday's ICGC brown bag: "Monitoring & Evaluating Non-governmental Organization Water Projects: Lessons from 3 Organizations in western Kenya
on April 3, 13ICGC Brown Bag Friday, April 5, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Monitoring and Evaluating Non-governmental Organization Water Projects: Lessons from 3...
Voices from Laos: You're Invited, Twin Cities!
on April 3, 13Voices from Laos: You're Invited, Twin Cities! Legacies of War is very excited to announce that "Voices from Laos: Clearing...
Myanmar/Burma: The Challenging Road to Democracy - Luncheon
on April 3, 13Join the Oslo Center on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:30am for a timely discussion on Myanmar/Burma: The Challenging Road to Democracy. ...
April 4: Professor Mark Anner on "The Limits of Voluntary Governance Mechanisms in Monitoring Workers' Rights in Global Supply Chains"
on April 3, 13Thursday, April 4 4pm in Social Sciences 1450 Professor Mark Anner, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations and Political Science...
April 5-6 Symposium on "Representing Genocide: Media, Law, & Scholarship"
on April 1, 13April 5-6, 2013 Representing Genocide: Media, Law and Scholarship Free and open to the public. Reservations required, to reserve please visit: http://repgenchgs.eventbrite.com/...
China Humphrey Initiative: China's Growing Global Role, Ted Farmer speaking at HHH April 3
on March 29, 13Please join us for the next CHI event Wednesday April 3, 2:15-3:15pm HHH55 (International Fellowship Program) China's Growing Global Role: An overview...
China Humphrey Initiative: China's Growing Global Role, Ed Farmer speaking at HHH April 3
on March 29, 13Please join us for the next CHI event Wednesday April 3, 2:15-3:15pm HHH55 (International Fellowship Program) China's Growing Global Role: An overview...
Ap 1 MIRC: Heikki Patomäki, On the "Complexities of Time & Temporality Implications for World History & Global Futures"
on March 29, 13Minnesota International Relations ColloquiumOn the Complexities of Time and Temporality (final AJPH)-1.pdf This coming Monday, April 1st, MIRC is honored to host...
Fri Mar 29 Ragui Assaad speaking at Dept of Geography Coffee Hour Talk
on March 28, 13Please join us this Friday, March 29th for the Department of Geography, Environment and Society Coffee Hour. Ragui Assaad, Associate Professor of...
April 22: Humphrey Fellow Mubarak Zeb on "U.S. Drone Attacks in Pakistan"
on March 28, 13U.S. DRONE ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN - presented by Humphrey Fellow Mubarak Zeb April 22, 2013 7-9:00 pm 4200 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis...
April 4-7 Italian Film Festival
on March 28, 13Italian Film Festival 2013 Tickets on sale now! Sponsor a film! See below to purchase. The Italian Cultural Center is pleased to...
April 11: "Virgilio Piñera o el poder de la ficción" A Lecture with Modesto Milanes
on March 28, 13Thursday, April 11 4:00 p.m. The Upson Room - 102 Walter Library On the occasion of the centenary of Cuban author Virgilio...
April 11: An Evening with Ehud Barak
on March 26, 136:00 p.m. · Thursday, April 11, 2013 · Beth El Synagogue 5224 west 26th Street · Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 Don't...
A Young Workshop: Crafting a Film Culture in the Czechoslovak Army
on March 26, 1303/29/2013 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 135 Nicholson Hall Cost: Free Over the course of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia's Army Film studio became...
March 29 ICGC Brown Bag: Black Afrikaans Writing: themes, forms, & issues"
on March 26, 13Friday, March 29, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall ""Die dice het verkeerd gaval vi' ons/ daai's maar al". Black Afrikaans writing:...
March 28: Turning Oppression into an Opportunity for Women Worldwide- A discussion of Half the Sky
on March 26, 13Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 4:30-6:00pm in Wilkins Room, HHH 215 A discussion on Half the Sky, based on the work of...
April 12 IPID Student Speaker Conference, Spring 2013: "Manifestations of Conflict"
on March 26, 13Friday, April 12th, 2012 • 3:00pm - 7:00pm Law School (West Bank), Room 25 Free dinner will be provided! This event is...
Reminder IPID Student Speaker Conference, Spring 2013
on March 15, 13Manifestations of Conflict Friday, April 12th, 2012 • 3:00pm - 7:00pm Law School (West Bank), Room 25 Free dinner will be provided!...
March 18 Livestream event: Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda
on March 15, 13http://psia.sciences-po.fr/content/beyond-millennium-development-goals-shaping-post-2015-development-agenda-live-streaming Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Shaping the post-2015 development agenda Pascal Canfin French Deputy Minister for Development Jeffrey D. Sachs Director...
MEIG Presents March 26- Modern Turkey: Culture & Regional Influence
on March 14, 13Tue Mar 26, 2013 4pm - 5:30pm Freeman Commons MEIG PRESENTS Modern Turkey: Culture and Regional Influence Chet Bodin, MPP Candidate, will...
The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia - Presentation by Diyah Larasati
on March 14, 1303/27/2013 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Cost: Free Rachmi Diyah Larasati discusses her new book, The...
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide: A March 28 Discussion on "Half the Sky"
on March 14, 13Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 4:30-6:00pm in Wilkins Room, HHH 215. Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide A discussion on Half...
May 9 Social Innovation Lab: From Convening to Transforming
on March 14, 13May 9, 2013 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, St. Paul What does it take to move from convening conversations to transforming communities?...
International Fellows Graduation - April 17
on March 13, 13Wednesday, April 17, 4-6:30pm Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School International Fellows Graduation You are cordially invited to the graduation ceremony for our 2012-2013...
Minnesota International Center Presents March 14: "The Future of Korea"
on March 13, 13Thursday, March 14, 2013 Registration: 6:30 pm Program: 7:00 - 8:30 pm Cowles Auditorium Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue...
March 14 Minnesota International Relations Colloquium: Michael J. Shapiro on "What does a Weapon See"
on March 13, 13Minnesota International Relations Colloquium March 14th, Thursday, 3:30-5pm Social Sciences 609 Michael J. Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawai'i Professor...
Persian New Year (March 16) at the McNamara Alumni Center
on March 12, 13Please join the Persian Student Organization of Minnesota (PSOM) in celebrating Norouz 1392 at the McNamara Alumni Center located on the University...
April 13 Panel Discussion with Congressman Keith Ellison on US Drone Policy
on March 12, 13You are invited to a panel discussion with Congressman Keith Ellison on U.S Drone Policy Panel members include: Robert Naiman Policy Director,...
Anna Lappé on "Building Real Food Communities" at March 14 Westminster Town Hall Forum
on March 12, 13Anna Lappé Building Real Food Communities Thursday March 14, noon Westminster Presbyterian Church Nicollet Mall and 12th Street Downtown Minneapolis 612-332-3421 Free...
Resources for the Enrichment of African Lives (REAL) Spring Fundraiser
on March 12, 13Saturday March 16, 2013 from 12:00pm--2:00pm Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard 4801 France Ave South, Minneapolis REAL is dedicated to the...
Dr. Grace Mose: Understanding Challenges of Domestic Violence Among Kenyan & Other East African Women in Kenya & the US
on March 12, 13April 10, 10:00AM - 12:00PM 215 Ben Pomeroy Student & Alumni Center On the University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus, 55108 across...
At the Guthrie March 18- Inuit Films: Sharing Our Stories
on March 12, 13Inuit Films: Sharing Our Stories VIP Reception and Free Screening at the Guthrie Theater Monday, March 18, 2013 Please join the Will...
Dean Schwartz and Brian Atwood - Development, Humanitarianism and the Power of Ideas - Video
on March 9, 13On March 8th, 2013, Dean Schwartz and Brian Atwood spoke on Development, Humanitarianism and the Power of Ideas. Citizens around the world...
Nobel Peace Prize Forum - Join Us Online
on March 9, 13Join us this weekend for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum - live streamed and discussed online (www.livestream.com/nobelpeaceprizeforum). This year's program is...
HHH event Thursday afternoon, March 7: Unique China
on March 6, 13Thursday, March 7, 2013 4.00pm - 6.00pm Room 55, Humphrey School Come and be part of this special event! Learn more about...
March 11 Discussion with Congressman Keith Ellison- Regarding his trip to Somalia & Kenya
on March 6, 134:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 11 Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis A Discussion with...
March 12 Viewing of Documentary "About a Village/Children of the High Woods"
on March 6, 13Documentary: "About a Village/Children of the High Woods"...
March 11: "Nostalgic Identities: German Refugees from Hungary on Film"
on March 6, 13March 11: "Nostalgic Identities: German Refugees from Hungary on Film"...
March 11 Special ICGC Brown Bag: "The Sharing Cultures Project: An Online Collaboration for Students in Developmental Reading and Writing Classes in South Africa, the USA, and Russia"
on March 5, 13Special ICGC Brown Bag Monday, March 11, 2013, 12:00 noon, ***1210 Heller Hall*** "The Sharing Cultures Project: an online collaboration for students...
Upcoming Events at the China Center
on March 5, 13March 27, 2013: Energy Expert Peggy Liu will speak at ENSIA Live to discuss what China's massively expanding energy infrastructure and...
"Is Communism Dead? Yes, but...." March 23 Talk with Dr. Tomáš Klvaňa
on March 5, 13Please join us for the fourth annual lecture series sponsored by the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota at City Bella,...
March 8 ICGC Brown Bag,"Preparing Publication in Graduate School"
on March 5, 13Friday, March 8, 2013, 12:00 noon, ***609 Social Science Building*** "Preparing for Publication in Graduate School" Presented by: Jason Weidemann, Senior Acquisitions...
New African Films Festival: March 7-12
on March 5, 13TransAfrica, afrikafé and AFI Silver are proud to present the ninth annual New African Films Festival featuring the vibrancy of African filmmaking...
April 5-7 Workshop on Critical Climate Change Scholarship
on March 4, 13Workshop on Critical Climate Change Scholarship Dates: April 5-7 2013 Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center for...
March 4: Andrew Latham on "Late Medieval 'Heternomy': Tyranny of a Construct"
on March 4, 13This Monday, March 4th, MIRC is pleased to host a presentation by Andrew Latham, Professor and Chair of Political Science at Macalester...
March 1: ICGC Brown Bag,"Globalizing through the Vernacular: Transnationalism, translation, & hegemony in the Indian GTB Movement"
on February 27, 13ICGC Brown Bag Friday, March 1, 2013, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Globalizing through the Vernacular: Transnationalism, translation and hegemony in the...
March 1: ICGC Brown Bag,"Globalizing through the Vernacular: Transnationalism, translation, & hegemony in the Indian GTB Movement"
on February 27, 13ICGC Brown Bag Friday, March 1, 2013, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Globalizing through the Vernacular: Transnationalism, translation and hegemony in the...
Tomorrow 2/28: Students of Iran vs. TCF Bank: Policy or Profiling
on February 27, 13Feb 28 4:30-6:00 U of M Law School, Room 385, Liquist & Vennum Conference Room No cost, open to all students, snacks...
April 10 Talk: Understanding the Challenges of Domestic Violence Among Kenyan and Other East African Women in Kenya & the U.S.
on February 27, 1310:00 am-12 Noon Location: Pomeroy Student-Alumni Center, Rm. 215 University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus Address: 1964 Fitch Avenue, St. Paul, MN...
March 13 Luncheon Meeting with Canadian Consul General Jamshed Merchant: MN-Canada Connections
on February 27, 13The Upper Midwest Chapter of the American Foreign Service Association invites you to a luncheon meeting with Canadian Consul General Jamshed...
Comparative Politics Colloquium Feb 21: Pablo Beramendi on redistribution and progressive taxation
on February 20, 13There will be a meeting of the Comparative Politics Colloquium on THURSDAY (Feb 21) @ noon in Lippincott (1314 Social Sciences Bld)....
What's Going on in Egypt? Feb 20 Discussion with Prof. Ragui Assaad & MPP Candidate Connor Molloy
on February 19, 13WEDNESDAY (2/20) in Freeman Commons from 4:30-6:00 Free, plus tasty Iranian treats Join Professor Ragui Assaad and MPP candidate Connor Molloy for...
Feb 21 IPID Spring General Assembly Meeting
on February 19, 13Thursday, February 21st, 2013 4:00pm - 5:30pm Blegen Hall (West Bank), Room 240 Food and Refreshments will be provided! Interdisciplinary Perspectives on...
March 8 MINN Coffee Hour at Peace Coffee
on February 19, 13Minnesota International NGO Network (MINN) Coffee Hour at Peace Coffee Date: Friday, March 8, 2013 - 7:00am to 9:00am Back by popular...
Feb 21 Brown Bag Lunch: Material/Economic Progress for Women & Changing Social Norms
on February 19, 13Noon to 1:30 p.m. in the International Fellows Lounge Humphrey Center 55, Basement, Humphrey Center International Perspectives on Gender: A Brown Bag...
Feb 26 Workshop on Global Policy: Professor Samuel L. Meyers, Jr. on "A Primer on Race & Ethnicity in China"
on February 19, 1312:45 - 2:00 pm Tuesday, February 26, 2013 170 HHH - Stassen Room Humphrey Institute, West Bank Campus Freeman Center for International...
Humphrey Fellow Donna Quintero on "The Effect of Corruption on the Right to Health in Colombia"
on February 19, 13February 19th from 10:10am-12:10pm. Location: University of Minnesota Law School room 473 Topic: *The Effect of Corruption on the Right to Health...
IPID General Assembly Feb 21 on Aid & Development Effectiveness in Post-Conflict Areas
on February 18, 13Please join us for IPID's Spring General Assembly The discussion topic for the meeting will be: Aid and Development Effectiveness in Post-Conflict...
Feb 22 ICGC Brown Bag: Quandrant Fellow, Nikhil Ananad on "Personal Development"
on February 18, 13This Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:00 noon 1210 Heller Hall Co-hosted by ICGC and Quadrant's Global Cultures Group, the February 22...
Feb 18-- Professor Neera Chandhoke on "The Debate on Global Poverty: Is Something Missing?"
on February 14, 13February 18, 12-1:30 pm 1314 Social Sciences While academics and activists in civil societies have invested a great deal of energy in...
March 6-7-- Develop Global Business Skills to Maximize Worldwide Results
on February 14, 13March 6-7, 2013 / 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. / $2,500 Are you as effective as you could be when working across cultures? Consider...
Feb 21- Young women in the 'Great Divergence': Textile labor, consumption, and marriage in Europe and China between the mid-17th and the mid-19th centuries
on February 14, 1302/21, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM 235 Nolte Center for Continuing Education A project presentation by Emily Bruce, Hui-han Jin, Kan Li,...
Feb 19- Trade: Evolution of Local, Regional and Global Trading Patterns in Eastern African and the Indian Ocean
on February 14, 13Tuesday, Feb 19, 4pm 125 Nolte Center Trade is a necessity, is ever-present in any system of exchange, and is the material...
Feb 26- Iraq War 10 Years Later: Journalists' First-Hand Reports
on February 14, 13Feb 26, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 130 Murphy Hall Cost: Free but registration required. Click here to register. Description: Operation Iraqi...
Feb 21-- 3rd Thurs Forum: Government Secrecy and Drone Warfare
on February 14, 13Thu, Feb 21st, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church 511 GROVELAND AVE MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55403-3223 Free and...
Feb 12 History Talk on "Empire of Difference: Religious and Ethnic Diversity in the Ottoman Empire"
on February 12, 136:30- 8:00, 2812 Anthony Ln S, St. Anthony Feb 12 The Turkish American Society of Minnesota will be hosting a History Talk...
Feb 15 ICGC Brown Bag- Carla Manzoni on "Kinetic Collages of Resistance: Argentina's Alternative Multi-Screen Memorials by Women"
on February 12, 13Friday, February 15, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Kinetic Collages of Resistance: Argentina's Alternative Multi-screen Memorials by women (Argentina 1936-2011)" Presented...
MEIG Presents: Waleed Mahdi & the 2nd Anniversary of the Yemeni Revolution
on February 12, 13Tue Mar 5, 4pm - 5:30pm, MEIG Presents: Waleed Mahdi (American Studies PHD Candidate) and the 2nd Anniversary of the Yemeni Revolution...
Feb 26 German Language Sing-Along at Kaiser's Klubhaus
on February 12, 13We are planning a "Sing-Along" sponsored by the "Kaiser's Klubhaus" (1079 Rice Street, St. Paul, MN) on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at...
Reminder Feb 12: Paul Vaaler on "How Well Do We Define Regions in International Research?" (paper available here)
on February 11, 13FAMV Regional Groups Working Paper, November 20, 2012.pdfFreeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs Presents a...
Feb 12 "How to Get a Fulbright" A Professional Development Series for Students, Staff, & Faculty
on February 11, 13Date: February 13, 12:00pm. 385 Peik Hall How to Get a Fulbright...From Application to Acceptance! A Professional Development Series for Students, Staff,...
Feb 8: Ending the Transition in Somalia - available via internet
on February 8, 13For those who are unable to attend the former Prime Minister's talk at the Humphrey School, please connect to us via...
Feb 8:Ending the Transition in Somalia: A Personal Account by Dr. Abdiweli Ali
on February 7, 13Friday, February 8, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School A successful and a transformative process has taken...
Feb 11 Minnesota International Relations Committee Meeting: What is the IRC?
on February 7, 13Feb 11th from 1:30-3pm in the Lippincott Room, Social Sciences 1314. The meeting will convene a faculty discussion panel on the question...
Feb 12: Astrid Ogilvie on "Seeking the Iceberg in the Mist"
on February 7, 1302/12/2013, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Seeking the Iceberg in the Mist: Reconstructing the Past Climate...
Feb 11: Daniel Schroeter on "Vichy in Morocco"
on February 7, 1302/11/2013, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 1210 Heller Hall Vichy in Morocco: The French Protectorate, the Sultan and His Indigenous Jewish Subjects...
Feb 20 MEIG Presents: Connor Molloy, MPP, "Recapping Recent Egyptian Events"
on February 6, 13Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:30pm - 6pm Freeman Commons, HHH Connor Molloy (2nd year MPP Candidate) will be joining us for an...
EuroConnect-- Europe in MN Networking Event, Feb 20
on February 5, 13Wed Feb 20, 5:30-10:30pm Chambers Hotel Rooftop Bar Meridien Hotel, 901 Hennepin Ave $20 in advance $25 at the door We are...
Feb 7 IPID Talk: "Broadening Dimensions of Human Trafficking"
on February 5, 13Thursday, February 7th at 4:30 p.m., location TBD IPID Talk is a discussion venue for members (you) of the Interdisciplinary Perspectives in...
Former Prime Minister Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali at the Humphrey - Feb 8, 5pm
on February 4, 13Ending the Transition in Somalia: A Personal AccountFormer Prime Minister Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed AliFriday, February 8 5 - 7 p.m. Humphrey School...
Feb 1 ICGC Brown Bag "Human Trafficking: An Overview Beyond Conventional Comprehension"
on January 31, 13Friday, February 1, 2013 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Human Trafficking: an overview beyond conventional comprehension" Presented by: Veerendra Mishra, Humphrey Fellow,...
Jan 30 9am, open meeting with the Director of UNESCO Chair for the Education to Sustainable Development
on January 29, 13HHH community welcome to join! Wednesday 30th from 9:00 to 10:30 am IFP Office- HHH 55 The Director of UNESCO's Chair on...
Feb 11 Middle East Interest Group Presents: A talk with a Bahraini Fulbright Scholar, Sara Musaifer
on January 29, 13Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am HHH, Freeman, Room 205 Middle East Interest Group Presents: A talk with a Bahraini Fulbright...
Feb 26 Middle East Interest Group Presents: An Introduction to Israeli Government and Discussion on Recent Election Results
on January 29, 13Tue Feb 26, 2013 4pm - 5:30pm Freeman Room 205 Middle East Interest Group Presents: An Introduction to Israeli Government and Discussion...
Progress in Human Rights in Health: Colombia, Argentina, Chile
on January 29, 13February 26, 12:00pm Mayo 3-100, East Bank Humphrey Human Rights Fellow Diana Quintero, J.D., who is Professor and Director of the Universidad...
Jan 29: J. Brian Atwood on "The Challenge of Creating a Meaningful Global Partnership for Development"
on January 28, 13The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. Most sessions are held in the...
International Perspectives on Gender: A Brown Bag Lunch Series
on January 28, 13Noon to 1:30 p.m. in the International Fellows Lounge Humphrey Center 55, Basement, Humphrey Center Please bring your lunch and join us...
Jan 30 Film & Panel- What's in Your Pocket? Congo's Minerals, Your Phone, & War
on January 22, 13Wednesday January 30, 7-9pm, Blegen Hall Free for students, faculty & staff, $10 general public Film: I am Congo When you think...
Thurs. Jan 24 Book Launch & Author Talk: Somalis in Minnesota
on January 22, 13Thursday January 24th from 6-8 pm African Development Center 1931 South 5th Street (@ Riverside Ave.) Minneapolis, MN 55454 Opening reception from...
Feb 8 Lecture Series on Internationalizing Higher Education
on January 22, 13Friday, February 8, 2013 2:00-4:00 p.m.; reception to follow 3M Auditorium, CSOM Building Twin Cities campus Internationalizing the Curriculum and Student Learning:...
Third Thursday Global Issues Forum: "Press Freedom 2.0: Opportunities and Threats Around the World"
on January 14, 13Thursday, January 17, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis (at Lyndale...
Westminster Town Hall Forum- Upcoming Schedule of Events
on January 14, 13Spring 2013 Thursday, February 7, Noon Al Gore Six Drivers of Global Change Vice President, U.S. Senator and Congressman Thursday, February 21,...
Nobel Peace Prize Forum - March 8-10, 2013
on January 8, 13Featuring Nobel Peace Prize laureates Tawakkol Karman (2011) and Dr. Muhammad Yunus (2006). March 8-10, 2013 in Minneapolis on the campuses of Augsburg...
Jan 12- Yolka, Russian Winter Festival
on December 20, 12The Cultural Center "Russian Soul" is happy to invite guests to our annual "Yolka" Russian Winter Festival! What can you expect: Games,...
Dec 19 Tropical & Travel Medicine Seminar
on December 10, 12December 19, 2012 6pm-8pm We are pleased to announce a special evening discussion on Myanmar/Burma. Save the date for the December 19...
Dec 11 Dr. Tariq Mahmood Khan on "Teacher Education in Pakistan"
on December 7, 1212 (noon) to 1:30 p.m. (light lunch to be served) Elliot Hall N647 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 RSVP CEHD International Connections Teacher...
Human Rights Day Dec. 10
on December 7, 12Please join us for Human Rights Cafe on Dec. 10, 2012 at 9 am Spannaus Commons (Outside Human Rights Center) A day...
Dec 6 Bassam Nasser on "An Eyewitness View From Gaza"
on December 6, 12December 6, 12 p.m. | Wilkins Room Get an eyewitness view from Gaza from Bassam Nasser (Humphrey Fellow 1998-1999) and learn about...
Dec. 7 ICGC Brown Bag: Garnet Kindervater, "What is Catastrophe?"
on December 4, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, December 7, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "What is Catastrophe?" Presented by: Garnet Kindervater, ICGC Interdisciplinary Doctoral...
Jaime Ginzburg on Brazilian Culture in Times of Violence, Dec 7
on December 4, 12Friday, December 7th 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. 112 Folwell Hall The Department of Spanish & Portuguese Presents Brazilian Culture in Times of...
Development Film December 6: GOOD FORTUNE
on December 3, 12Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez and IPID (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development) invite you to the sixth development-related film in this year's series....
Miss the Nov 9 Symposium on Human Trafficking?: Webcast now available
on December 3, 12https://umconnect.umn.edu/p39923141/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal Very informative symposium Symposium Webcast Recording (11/9/12) Human Trafficking: International Perspectives on Policing, Legal and Field Interventions • Introductory remarks &...
Global policy workshop Tues, Dec 4: Daniel Sokol on China's antitrust & mergers
on December 2, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Daniel Sokol, University...
Welcome Reception Monday Dec 3 for Rosa Tock, new IFP Associate Coordinator
on December 2, 12We in the Humphrey School International Fellows Program and global policy area are very pleased to announce that Ms. Rosa Tock will...
Dec. 11 Talk on Teacher Education in Pakistan
on November 30, 1212 (noon) to 1:30 p.m. (light lunch to be served) Elliot Hall N647 Click here to RSVP Teacher Education in Pakistan Dr....
IPID Talk Thursday 4pm in 50 Willey Hall
on November 28, 12Reminder: IPID Talk, Thur. Nov 29th - Tomorrow Please join Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development for the next IPID Talk, tomorrow! Thursday,...
HHH UK Fulbright Fellow Andrew Gordon speaking about UK taxes & transparency Nov 29
on November 27, 12I am giving a talk plus Q&A session on UK taxes; use of customer understanding to formulate tax strategy; and transparency issues...
Global policy workshop Dec 4: Daniel Sokol on Chinese Merger Control
on November 26, 12The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. The sessions are held from 12:45...
IPID Global Health Networking Night, Mon. Dec 3rd
on November 26, 12The Global Health Networking Night is back for another year after last year's great success. The Global Health Impact Group and Physicians...
Acara IonE Frontiers Presentation/IonE Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge
on November 26, 12There are two events this week you may be interested in. One is a Frontiers Series presentation from Julian Marshall about Acara....
Monday Nov 26: International Students & Diversity Panel
on November 25, 12Featuring Dr. Samuel Myers, Dr. Greta Friedemann-Sanchez, Dr. Sherry Gray and Dr. Kathy Quick. HSOCA is holding a series of events around...
Nov 30 ICGC Brown Bag: "Africans & Afro-Descendants in Portugal: Continuity & Ruptures from Late Medieval to Postcolonial Times"
on November 25, 12ICGC Brown Bag Noon, Friday, November 30, 2012, 1210 Heller Hall "Africans and Afro-Descendants in Portugal: Continuity and Ruptures from Late Medieval...
Nov 29 IPID Talk on "Household Bargaining & Decisions"
on November 23, 12Please join Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development (IPID) for the next IPID Talk. Thursday, November 29th 4:00pm in Room 70 of the...
Conversation with Howard Goldblatt, translator of Mo Yan, 2012 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
on November 21, 12Date: 11/27/2012 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: 140 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Cost: Free Description: Join us for a...
Nov. 27 Talk on "Ethnic Identity and Assimilation of Second-Generation Hungarian-America in New Brunswick, New Jersey"
on November 20, 12Tuesday, November 27 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 308 Andersen Library Timea Oláh, Fulbright visiting researcher at Rutgers, State University of New...
Reminder - Global Policy Workshop/Seminar - Nov 20, 2012 - Lalith Samarakoon Guest Speaker
on November 19, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Lalith Samarakoon, Chair & Professor,...
Nov 20 Humphrey Fellows' Cultural Presentations at UMN Law School (Ethiopia, Pakistan, Philippines)
on November 16, 12HUMPHREY FELLOWS' CULTURAL PRESENTATION (PART 5) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 6:30 P.M. MONDALE HALL ROOM 45 As a Humphrey Fellow, Mr. Zeb...
UMN Law School Human Rights Center student fellowship forum Nov 20
on November 16, 12NOVEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER STUDENT FELLOWSHIP FORUM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 12:15 P.M. MONDALE HALL ROOM 55 LUNCH PROVIDED! Exploring human rights...
Twin Cities Young Muslim Professionals Meeting Nov 17
on November 16, 12The second meeting for the Twin Cities Young Muslim Professionals will be this Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 1:00 p.m at Ghandi...
Fall 2012 IPID Student Speaker Conference
on November 15, 12**Fall 2012 IPID Student Speaker Conference**Topic: The Global Food Crisis: Problems and PossibilitiesDate: Friday, November 16th, 2012 Time: 3:30-7:00pmLocation: Walter Library Rm 101,...
Nov 19 Talk with Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer
on November 15, 12Monday, November 19 3 - 4:30 p.m. Humphrey School of Public Affairs Freeman Commons RSVP here Dr. Esther Brimmer was nominated by...
Wed Nov 14: Academy Award winning short documentary: Saving Face
on November 13, 12Reminder: Tomorrow @12:15 p.m. (Mondale Hall Room 50) // SAVING FACE We hope to see you there! Mubarak Zeb will be speaking...
Nov 19 Global Policy Capstone Presentation: No Time for Poverty Project
on November 13, 12November 19th 11 am-1 pm HHH 55 No Time for Poverty Project MPA Candidates Dario Kanevsky & Erica Schneekloth will present their...
Lecture Series: Shifting Landscape of Neglected Central Europe
on November 13, 12Fourth Annual Lecture Series sponsored by the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota: Shifting Landscape of Neglected Central Europe Past, Present...
Nov 16 & 17 Latin American-Themed Movie Night & Coffee Hour
on November 13, 12Movie Night-- November 16 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Coffee Hour-- November 17 from 10am to 11:30am 129 North 2nd Street, Minneapolis Global...
Nov 16th Gender, Sexuality, Power, & Politics Colloquium-- Helen Kinsella on "Afghan Good Enough: Gender & Counterinsurgency"
on November 13, 12Friday, November 16th 12:15pm 609 Social Sciences Helen Kinsella, assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison will...
Nov 16 IPID Student Speaker Conference-- The Global Food Crisis: Problems & Possibilities
on November 13, 12Friday, November 16th, 2012 3:30-7:00pm Walter Library Rm 101, University of Minnesota East Bank RSVP at http://ipidglobalfood.eventbrite.com We will provide free food...
Nov 20 Global Policy Workshop- The Eurozone Crisis: Policy Responses & Solutions
on November 13, 1212:45 - 2:00 pm Tuesday, November 20 The Stassen Room (Room 170) Humphrey School, West Bank Campus Freeman Center for International Economic...
Reinventing the Resistance: Organizational Adaptation in Wartime Lebanon, Nov 14
on November 13, 12Wednesday, November 14 11:15-12:30 p.m. 180 HHH School Sarah Parkinson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; and Post-Doctoral...
Humphrey and Law School Fellows speaking at Nov 9 Symposium on Human Trafficking
on November 10, 12Human Trafficking: International Perspectives on Policing, Legal and Field Interventions Friday, November 9 5:30-8:15 p.m. Mondale Hall (Law) 25 Live Webcast link:...
Talk by Helen Kinsella. Gender, Sexuality, Power, and Politics Colloquium
on November 9, 12Date: 11/16/2012 Time: 12:15 PM Location: 609 Social Sciences Cost: Free Description: The Gender, Sexuality, Power, and Politics Colloquium is a...
REMINDER: "Crime and Governance in Cape Town's Early Taxi Industry, 1908-1916" - Friday
on November 8, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, November 9, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Crime and Governance in Cape Town's Early Taxi Industry, 1908-1916"...
Luncheon talk Nov 21: "Minnesota's Trade: Where in the World Is It going?"
on November 8, 12THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting with Ed Dieter, Interim Director,...
Nov 14 Screening of Documentary "Saving Face"
on November 8, 12WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 @ 12:15 P.M. - SAVING FACE DOCUMENTARY Inbox UMN Law School Humphrey Fellow Mubarek Zeb will speak after the...
Reminder: Regina Bateson - Humphrey School global policy faculty candidate presentation - Friday, Nov 9 at 11:15
on November 7, 12Regina Bateson is a candidate for assistant professor of global policy at the Humphrey Institute. She will be giving a presentation to...
Reminder: International Cocktail Potluck Nov 8 in HHH 55, 3-5pm
on November 7, 12Just a friendly reminder about the International Potluck tomorrow from 3-5pm at IFP Lounge. HSOCA and the HHH International Students invite you...
Cullen Hendrix, global policy faculty candidate presentation Nov 12: Global Food Prices, Regime Type & Urban Unrest in the Developing World
on November 7, 12Cullen Hendrix is a candidate for assistant professor of global policy at the Humphrey Institute. He will be giving a presentation to...
Reminder to register for Nov 14 Arab Spring event
on November 7, 12http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=mmysuzeab&v=0016rCg-GFQumgsjsFmmmy_jinKV29OeydTpodgCYFyPnaDLRLiClynhQuP5ByIYY3_3k7Y2sZtidPZrBN6d50swtx-1JIGRG2cH66zhtkPj4YJfoTlf2HKB6TLxwFukuaeCZ-KjmjQqVUaaC24YkEwdIJ6_HhEd2XXymtxgNcscD0a0P6rGyVxFRWeNI5sma7PhfZSnhPmyVbcMRzlMH-lUpC4Dk9emPi1pbRVAlBsnUE%3D...
Nov 16 event at Economic Club of MN: ECOM's Post-Election Analysis featuring Major Garrett, White House Correspondent, The National Journal
on November 7, 12Friday, November 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM (CST) Radisson Plaza Minneapolis, 35 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, 55402 ECOM's Post-Election Analysis featuring Major...
Nov 14 The Buckman Fellowship Panel on Philanthropy's Role in Society
on November 7, 12"This Work Is Not For Those With Weak Constitutions" The Buckman Fellowship Panel on Philanthropy's Role in Society November 14, 2012 -...
International Education Week Nov 12-16, joint US Dept of State & Dept of Educ initiative
on November 7, 12http://iew.state.gov/ International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the...
Nov 14 University Libraries is hosting Library Information Fair for international students
on November 7, 12https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/internationaleducationweek University Libraries is hosting a Library Information Fair for international students on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 12 to 1:30 p.m., in 101...
Nov. 8 Theatre of Public Policy Performance @ HUGE Theater
on November 6, 127pm at HUGE Theatre (3037 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55408) The Theater of Public Policy uses live improvisational theater to bring...
Celebrate the Horn of Africa with ARAHA
on November 6, 12Saturday, November 17, 2012 | 6:30 p.m. Crowne Plaza MSP 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN 55425 Please join us for this special...
Nov 9 event on The Informal Waste Sector: Ways Forward in the Context of Waste Management & Globalization
on November 6, 12Friday, Nov. 9 12:00-1:30, HHH 188 Brown Bag Discussion: A recap of the Cason Foundation's 3rd Annual Informal Waste Sector Conference Approximately...
Friday's ICGC Brown Bag: "Crime and Governance in Cape Town's Early Taxi Industry, 1908-1916"
on November 5, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, November 9, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Crime and Governance in Cape Town's Early Taxi Industry, 1908-1916"...
Please join the HHH International Cocktail Potluck this Thursday!
on November 5, 12November is International Students month. HSOCA and the HHH International Students invite you to the first of three events: International Cocktail Potluck...
HHH international students--contact Ido if interested in this show
on November 5, 12We got 14 tickets for International Students of the Humphrey to this show : http://www.intermediaarts.org/catalyst-series-viva-soul-power Thanks, Ido Sivan Sevilla...
CEHD's "Global Cafe": Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Wales, Fiji, Trinidad & Tobago
on November 5, 12Mark your calendars for CEHD's "Global Cafe" Eat food, win prizes, and learn about study abroad and global experiences for students. RSVP...
Reminder: Tuesday Nov 6 Freeman seminar "Immigration & Labor Market Outcomes"
on November 4, 12The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. The sessions are held from 12:45...
Ragui Assaad speaking at Nov 14 event on the Arab Spring
on November 2, 12Wednesday, November 14, 2012 McNamara Alumni Center - University of Minnesota Cost - Free Registration required, space is limited Box dinners can...
Nov 8 Development Film Series: "Becoming an American" & "Collateral Damage"
on November 2, 12Thursday, November 8, 2012, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Humphrey 35 Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, HSOCA (Humphrey Students of Color Association), and...
Nov 1 HHH Student groups organize discussion on US foreign policy & the US election
on October 31, 12Hello Humphrey, Foreign Policy! You heard the candidates talk about it last Monday night - now you can, too! Come to the...
FREE - Chinese Culture & Language for Business Education Abroad, Nov 30 (open to all)
on October 31, 12CIBER is excited to announce a FREE, half-day workshop on Chinese business culture and language designed for students who plan to study...
Inequality & Methods Workshop Series: This Week "Inequality of Opportunity in Child Health in the Arab World & Turkey"
on October 30, 12Friday 11/2 ~ 12:15-1:30 ~ MPC Seminar Room ~ Willey Hall This forum is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to...
"The Skyless City," Internationally Acclaimed Play Debuting in St. Paul
on October 30, 12Iranian director Kiomars Moradi (http://www.kiomarsmoradi.com/enaboutus/kiomars-moradi-biography.html.php) will soon make his U.S. debut in Minnesota with his internationally-acclaimed play, The Skyless City. The Skyless...
The Future of the Eurozone: The European Project at a Crossroads
on October 30, 1212:00 - 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31 in 614 Social Sciences Building The Center for Austrian Studies presents: Thomas Schnoell, Austrian...
China's Terracotta Warriors at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
on October 30, 12October 28, 2012-January 20, 2013 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Target Galleries Get a glimpse into the life and legacy of China's First...
Reminder: MINN Annual International Potluck
on October 30, 12Sunday, November 4th at Woodlake Nature Center, 5-7pm It's time for MINN's Annual International Potluck! We'll toast the time change, Dia de...
Democracy and Human Rights in Post-Election Mexico
on October 27, 12Monday, October 29, 4pm Humphrey Forum, Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Francisco Valdes Ugalde, Director...
Prof Nora Berend on "Violence as Identity: Christians and Muslims in Hungary in the Medieval and Early Modern Period"
on October 26, 12Thursday, November 8, 2012 in Andersen Library at 3:30 p.m. Please mark your calendars for the Center for Austrian Studies annual Robert...
MEIG Tea Time
on October 26, 12Monday, Oct 29, 1:30 PM - 3 PM Freeman Commons, Room 205, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Middle East Interest Group will...
2012 Award for Global Engagement Ceremony
on October 25, 12Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:30-6:30 p.m. (ceremony at 5 p.m.) West Wing, Campus Club 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis Please join in...
Friday, Oct 26 ICGC Brown Bag: "The Affordable Medicines Facility- Malaria: A health system intervention to improve access to effective antimalarials in eight African countries"
on October 25, 12Friday, October 26, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall Presented by: John Amuasi Health Policy and Management, Public Health Every year, 3.3...
Nov 26: Come learn about Acara courses & Acara Challenge
on October 24, 12Acara Courses & Challenge Humphrey School Center for Science, Technology & Public Affairs Monday, November 26, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 10:30...
PDIB Scandinavia - Sustainability and CSR, Denmark and Sweden
on October 23, 12June 9 - 20, 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark and Gothenburg, Sweden Carlson School in Copenhagen More info: http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/CIBER/events/PDIB-Scandinavia.aspx Apply: https://work.csom.umn.edu/forms/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=7lMKn69 Join us for...
Muslim Young Professionals Network: Twin Cities Eid Lunch
on October 23, 12Saturday October 27, 2012 @ 2 pm at Ghandi Mahal (3009 27th Avenue South, Minneapolis). This is the organization's first event, and...
MEIG Planning Meeting
on October 23, 12Jernberg Lounge, Wed. 10/24, 2 - 3 PM Middle East Interest Group (MEIG) is having a planning meeting for creating an agenda...
Arab Spring- What's Happening Now?
on October 23, 12Wednesday, November 14, 2012 McNamara Alumni Center - University of Minnesota Cost - Free Registration required, space is limited Box dinners can...
Oct 26: "Human Rights Diplomacy & the Emerging Powers: The Impact of the IBSATI Countries"
on October 22, 12Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Friday, October 26, 4pm Johnson Great Room McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE,...
Event & webcast Oct 23: "Upcycling Plastic Bags for International Relief, Aid, Health & Development"
on October 22, 12Tuesday, October 23 (Noon-1:15 pm, Niels Hasselmo Hall 2-110 Next to Coffman Union, one level below entrance) From Waste to Wares: Upcycling...
Global Policy Workshop/Seminar - Chandy John - October 23 - A Reminder
on October 22, 12The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. The sessions are held from 12:45...
Oct 25: "Los hombres que dispararon en los quioscos: los autores de la novela popular en España"
on October 21, 12The Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies presents: "Los hombres que dispararon en los quioscos: los autores de la novela popular...
AFSA Luncheon Nov 21, talk on Minnesota's Trade
on October 21, 12THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting with Ed Dieter, Interim Director,...
Reminder: Tuesday Oct 23: Chandy John speaking on "Global Health & Public Policy"
on October 21, 1212:45-2, Stassen Room (170 Humphrey School), West Bank Tuesday, October 23 Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of...
Reminder: International events at HHH week of Oct 22
on October 19, 12Oct 23, 12:45 p.m Stassen Room Chandy John on Global Health and Public Policy (Freeman Global Policy Seminar) October 23, 12:45 p.m....
Humphrey Fellows' Cultural Presentations in November, at UMN Law School
on October 19, 12The University of Minnesota Law School's Humphrey Fellow Program Cordially Invites You To: The Humphrey Fellows' Cultural Presentations In this series, each...
Dialogue for Peace: Arab Spring. What Happens Next?
on October 19, 12Wednesday, November 14, 2012- 6 - 9:30pm McNamara Alumni Center - University of Minnesota Norway House | Minnesota Peace Initiative presents THE...
"Social Entrepreneurship: A Solution to Development Sustainability," a panel discussion with MINN
on October 19, 12Thursday, November 15 at the African Development Center of Minnesota from 5:30-7 Join Minnesota International NGO Network for a panel discussion on...
MINN Global Potluck
on October 19, 12Minnesota's International NGO Network is hosting a global potluck on Sunday, November 4, 2012 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm Join us at the...
Regimes of International Giving: The Politics of Public and Private Foreign Assistance in Britain
on October 19, 12Monday, Oct 22 3:30-5pm in the Lippincott Room, Social Sciences building 1383 Minnesota International Relations Colloquium is pleased to host one of...
Frontiers in Global Health Research Symposium
on October 19, 12November 1-2 Various locations Over two days, speakers from three world-renowned research institutions--the University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, and the Karolinska Institute...
Human Rights Diplomacy and the Emerging Powers: the Impact of the IBSATI Countries
on October 19, 12October 26, 4-6pm McNamara Alumni Center Johnson Great Room Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch, will speak about the...
Celebrate the Horn of Africa with ARAHA
on October 19, 12Saturday, November 17, 2012 | 6:30 p.m. Crowne Plaza MSP 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN 55425 Please join the American Relief Agency...
MPC event Oct 22: "Global Ethnography/Social Demography of New African Migration"
on October 19, 12Seminar:Of German Children and African Mothers on the Move: Global Ethnography/Social Demography of New African Migration 22 October, 2012 12:15pm MPC Seminar...
Event Oct 24: "Ending Human Trafficking From Global to Local"
on October 19, 12Wednesday, October 24, 7 pm William Mitchell College of Law Auditorium 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul. Ending Human Trafficking From Global to...
Oct 23 event: "Upcycling Plastic Bags for International Relief, Aid, Health and Development"
on October 19, 12Tuesday, October 23 (Noon-1:15 pm, Niels Hasselmo Hall 2-110 - level below ground ) From Waste to Wares: Upcycling Plastic Bags for...
Oct 26: HRW Peggy Hicks speaking on "Human Rights Diplomacy & the Emerging Powers: the Impact of the IBSATI Countries"
on October 19, 12Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Friday, October 26, 4pm Johnson Great Room, McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE,...
Oct 29 at HHH: Democracy & Human Rights in Post-election Mexico
on October 19, 12Francisco Valdes Ugalde, Director General of Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Joy Langston, Professor of Political Studies, Centro de Investigacion y...
Dr. Tomáš Klvaňa on Building a Civic Society on the Ashes of Communism: The Czech Republic in an Era of Globalization
on October 18, 12Thursday, October 18, 2012 12 (noon) to 1:30 p.m. (light lunch to be served) Upson Room, Walter Library RSVP here Dr. Tomáš...
American Leadership in the 21st Century
on October 18, 12Friday, October 26, 2012 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Jake Sullivan, U.S. State Department Director...
Oct 22 Event "Factory Girl Literature: Sexuality, Violence & Representation in Industrializing Korea"
on October 17, 12https://events.umn.edu/021809 Factory Girl Literature: Sexuality, Violence and Representation in Industrializing Korea Date: 10/22/2012 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: 125 Nolte...
Oct 23 Event "The World in the Year 1000: The View from Beijing"
on October 17, 12https://events.umn.edu/022856 The World in the Year 1000: The View from Beijing - Presentation by Valerie Hansen Date: 10/23/2012 Time: 4:00 PM -...
Development Film Series- "The War We Are Living"
on October 16, 12Thursday, October 25, 2012, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Humphrey 35 Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, the Center on Women and Public Policy,...
The Center for Austrian Studies Presents the film "Mein Bester Feind" and discussion
on October 16, 126:00 pm Monday, October 22, 2012 Monday, Oct. 22 Mein Bester Feind (My Best Enemy) What happens when a treasured painting comes...
Upcoming ICGC Brown Bag on "Developing a Theory of Urban Drought Resilience"
on October 16, 12Friday, October 19, 2012, noon, 537 Heller Hall Presented by: Lawrence Baker Professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Global changes are increasing the...
Event Oct 26: American Leadership in the 21st Century
on October 15, 12With Jake Sullivan, U.S. State Department Director of Policy Planning and Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday,...
HHH students: Important event Oct 18 international internships panel, HHH 55
on October 15, 12Dear Students, Next Thursday, Oct 18th at noon, we kick off a series of three internship panels where 2nd year students will...
German language film Oct 22 "Mein Bester Feind"
on October 15, 12"Mein Bester Feind" to be shown on Monday, October 22.Flyer[1].pdf...
Czech journalist/political scientist Tomáš Klvaňa speaking Oct 17
on October 15, 12The Center for Austrian Studies presents Czech journalist and political scientist Tomáš Klvaňa, New York University Center, Prague winner, U of MN...
Oct 24: Global Emerging Infections Surveillance & Response in the US Military
on October 15, 12Please join us for the October Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminars... Seminar: October 24, 2012 @ 6pm-8pm AGENDA: 6pm-6:15pm Dinner and Introductions...
MURP Alum Katrina Mitchell hosting conversation on the Third Annual Informal Waste Sector Conference
on October 12, 12November 9, 12-1:30, HHH 188 On September 21-22 the Cason Family Foundation hosted the Third Annual Informal Waste Sector Conference "The Informal...
ICGC Brown Bag,"Revitalizing African Higher Education: Exploring Faculty Community Engagement in Malawi"
on October 11, 12Friday, October 12, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall Presented by: Nelson Masanche Nkhoma Organizational Leadership Policy and Development Although African governments...
Governor Bank of Mexico speaking in MPLS Oct 26--student tickets $25
on October 10, 12Message to HHH students from alum Carlos A. Echeverria-Estrada: "I just found this at the Economic Club-Minnesota calendar. Maybe some Global Notes'...
Norway House event Nov 14 on Arab Spring, features Norwegian Ambassador to Syria, Ragui Assaad speaking
on October 10, 12http://www.norwayhouse.org/peace-initiative/dialogue-for-peace/ The Arab Spring 2.0 What does it mean for the West? What does it mean for Women? What does it mean...
Oct 25: Half the Sky with Nicholas Kristof
on October 10, 12Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs presents Distinguished Carlson Lecture Half the Sky with Nicholas Kristof Thursday, October 25, 2012 12...
IPID call for speakers: Fall 2012 Biannual Student Speaker Series
on October 10, 12** IPID Call for Speakers ** Want to present your research in a conference of your peers? Fall 2012 Biannual Student Speaker...
Of special interest to international students & fellows
on October 10, 12Navigating U.S. Academic Culture In this workshop series designed for international faculty, scholars, and graduate students, we will discuss how differences in...
Call for Speakers: "The Global Food Crisis: Problems and Possibilities"
on October 9, 12** IPID Call for Speakers ** Want to present your research in a conference of your peers? Fall 2012 Biannual Student Speaker...
Political Leader of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Dr. Lobsang Sangay to Speak on U.S.-China Relations
on October 9, 12Friday, October 12, 2012, Walter Mondale Hall in Room 25. Doors open at 3:30pm and the event will begin at 4:00 On...
Oct 9 Global Policy Workshop Reminder: Prof Mario Solis-Garcia
on October 8, 12The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. The sessions are held from 12:45...
David Samuels: "Can Participation Shape National Politics?"
on October 5, 12This Tuesday, October 9, the Political Theory Colloquium is proud to present David Samuels of the Department of Political Science at the...
Opportunities of Mobilization vs. Opportunities for Success: the Zapatista Movement within Mexico's Democratization
on October 5, 12The Harold E. Stassen Chair for INternational Affairs and the Dept. of Political Science Present: Maria Inclan, PhD, Division de Estudios Politicos,...
Informative Session on Career Paths in International NGOs
on October 5, 12Would you like to hear about others' international experiences? Would you like to share your experience with like-minded people? This is an...
5th Annual Great Decisions Conference: Global Health Priorities in Today's WOrld
on October 5, 12Saturday, October 13th, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 3M Auditorium, Carlson School of Management, U of M, Minneapolis Campus The Minnesota International...
Women & Public Policy Happy Hour, Friday 4 p.m.
on October 4, 12Join us -- Center Director Debra Fitzpatrick, Concentration Head Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, Mariyam Naadha, Harshada Pravin Karnik, Ana Gabilondo, Chendong Pi, Dylan Flunker...
CFR 10/10 Academic Conference Call: Campaign 2012 & US Foreign Policy
on October 4, 12On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next session of the Fall 2012...
James M. Lindsay, Senior VP & Director of Studies, Council of Foreign Relations on "Campaign 2012 & Foreign Policy:
on October 4, 12Wed. Oct. 10, 11-12, HHH Room 80 (Fellows Lounge) Join Humphrey students and staff to participate in an academic conference call and...
Dr. Tomáš Klvaňa on Building a Civic Society on the Ashes of Communism: The Czech Republic in an Era of Globalization
on October 4, 12Thursday, October 18, 2012 12 (noon) to 1:30 p.m. (light lunch to be served) Upson Room, Walter Library Click here to RSVP...
Professor Mario Solis-Garcia, Dept of Econ., Macalester College on "Tax Policy News and Business Cycle Fluctuations"
on October 4, 1212:45 - 2:00 pm, Tuesday October 9th, Room 170 Humphrey School Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of...
Development Film Series- "China Blue"
on October 4, 12Thursday, October 11, 2012, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Humphrey 35 Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, the Center on Women and Public Policy...
Event Oct 16 The Role of International Institutional Partnership in Graduate Education at the University of Iceland
on October 3, 12CEHD International Connections Kristín Ingólfsdóttir, Rektor of the University of Iceland October 16, 2012 12 (noon) to 1:30 p.m. (light lunch to...
Global Policy Seminar Workshop Oct 9, 2012 Prof M. Solis-Garcia
on October 3, 12The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. The sessions are held from 12:45...
MIRC presentation Monday Oct 8: "South Asia in transition: India-Sri Lankan relations in the twenty-first century"
on October 3, 12MIRC presents Arijit Mazumdar on October 8th MIRC Presentation-1.docx Minnesota International Relations Colloquium We are pleased to host Arijit Mazumdar, assistant professor...
HHH students all invited to meeting Oct 4 to discuss international students representative for PASA, better integrating intern'l & local students
on October 3, 12From Ido Sivan Sevilla: Hey Everybody ! We are working these days to increase integration between International and Local students at the...
Reminder: Dean Schwartz speaking at Welcome Reception for International Fellows Oct 8
on October 2, 12You are cordially invited to the welcome reception for the 2012-13 cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, UK Fulbright Fellow, Edmund S....
Human rights event Oct 4: "Peruvian Political Theatre & its Connection to the Human Rights Movement"
on October 1, 12October 4, 12:15-1:30pm Social Sciences 710 In this presentation, Professor Luis Ramos-Garcia will discuss the work of a contemporaryPeruvian theater defined by...
Human Rights event Oct 2 "Kidnapped & Sold: The Adopted Children of El Salvador"
on October 1, 12October 2, 6:00-8:30pm Fraser 101 Ester Alvarenga, noted human rights activist and Salvadorian civil war survivor, will be speaking about human rights...
Frontiers in Global Health Research
on October 1, 12If you haven't yet already done so, now's the time to register for the "Frontiers in Global Health Research Symposium" this November...
Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2013 Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Yunus
on October 1, 12Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Economist, and "Father of Microcredit" "One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was...
Global Health Priorities in Today's World conference Oct 13
on October 1, 12Global Health Priorities in Today's World, October 13 at the 3M Auditorium, Carlson School of Management. The keynoter will be Lois Quam,...
Middle East Interest Group Reminder Ragui Assaad's Talk Monday Oct 1
on September 30, 12Here's a friendly reminder for next Monday's presentation Please join us on MEIG's first presentation: Political Transformation in Egypt, Dr. Ragui Assaad...
ICGC Brown Bag, "Shrink Wrapped Souls: Managing the Self in India's New Economy"
on September 28, 12Friday, October 5, 2012, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall Disscusion of Paper by visiting Scholar Carol Upadhya National Institute of Advanced Studies,...
Minneapolis Idealist Grad Fair
on September 28, 12Tuesday, October 9th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m, Humphrey School of Public Affairs The fair is free and open to the public...
Law Fellows Cultural Presentations on Turkey & Philippines, Oct 2
on September 27, 12We are planning some cultural presentations at the Law School. Our first presentation will be on October 2nd and details are below....
Women & Public Policy Happy Hour Oct 5
on September 27, 12Center Director Debra Fitzpatrick, Concentration Head Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, Mariyam Naadha, Harshada Pravin Karnik, Ana Gabilondo, Chendong Pi, Dylan Flunker and Josie Shardlow...
Monday Oct 1: MIRC presents Scott Gates of PRIO Norway
on September 27, 12Please join us next Monday, October 1st, as MIRC hosts Scott Gates, Director of the Center for the Study of Civil War...
Tomorrow's ICGC brown bag,"Toward A Sustainable Epistemology"
on September 27, 12REMINDER: ICGC Brown Bag Friday, September 28, 2012, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Toward A Sustainable Epistemology" Presented by: Naomi, Scheman,Professor, Philosophy...
Thursday lunch event at UMN Law School (RSVP req) on Human Rights in Colombia
on September 27, 12LUNCH EVENT tomorrow (Sept. 28th) 12:10pm to 1:10pm RSVP: gelvi003@umn.edu We hope that you will join us for a lunch session...
9/27 CFR Academic Conference Call on "Preventing Conflict in the Two Sudans"
on September 26, 12Please join us in HHH 55 at 11am for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Academic Conference Call series on Thursday, September...
Dialogues in International Security and Peace Kickoff Meeting!
on September 25, 12Tuesday 9/25, 3:30 Freeman Commons (Room 205), Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dialogues in International Security and Peace (DISP) is a student...
Mary Curtin Presents "Hubert Humphrey and Politics of the Cold War"
on September 25, 12Mary Curtin, Former Political Counselor, U.S. Department of State 12:45 - 2:00 pm Tuesday, September 25 The Stassen Room (Room 170) Humphrey...
The Horn of Africa: From Conflict to Regional Integration through Conflict Resolution
on September 25, 12Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and Affairs 2012 Conference Friday, September 28th 3pm to 8pm Saturday, September 29th 2pm to 8pm...
Damon Lynch Presentation on Tajik Civil War
on September 25, 12October 3rd, 12:15- 1:00, HHH 389 On July 24, 2012 Tajik government troops and local fighters fought each for 14 hours in...
ICGC Brown Bag, "Toward A Sustainable Epistemology"
on September 25, 12Friday, September 28, 2012, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall Presented by: Naomi, Scheman, Professor, Philosophy and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Epistemology,...
Date correction: International Fellows Welcome Reception is Oct 8
on September 23, 12Monday October 8, 2012, Humphrey Auditorium Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs Please join us in welcoming our 22 international fellows...
Reception with U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski
on September 21, 12Dean Eric Schwartz cordially invites you to a wine-and-cheese reception with U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski. This off-the-record session, at which...
Informational Meeting on CSE Global Seminar in India
on September 21, 12Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 12:15-1:15 p.m. Mechanical Engineering Building, Room 1130 Lunch is provided! If you are interested but unable to attend...
4th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Inequality
on September 20, 12October 11th-13th, Various locations throughout U of M The World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality in 2012 is...
Nuruddin Farah Reading
on September 20, 1210/29/2012, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 1011 Washington Ave. S., Mpls Loft Literary Center Cost: Free Join CLA, the Department of English,...
Baoting Li & Mao Autonomous County Song and Dance Troupe
on September 20, 12Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall (2128 Fourth Street South Minneapolis, MN 55455) Join us for a special...
Minnesota International Relations Colloquium, "Private Detention and the Immigration Industrial Complex," Roxanne Lynn-Doty
on September 19, 12Monday, September 24th, 11:30-1pm, Lippincott Room, Social Sciences Tower 1314 (West Bank) Professor Doty will be presenting her paper "Private Detention and...
EnRoute to Careers in Human Rights NGOs
on September 19, 12Monday, October 15; 5:30 - 7:30 pm The Happy Gnome, Fireplace Room, 498 Selby Ave St. Paul Meet representatives from some Minnesota-based...
Muslims in Western Societies: Perceptions and Realities
on September 19, 12Thursday, September 20; 5:30 - 7:30pm, Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center, Augsburg College, 625 22nd Avenue S, Minneapolis One of the fastest growing...
Delfos Danza Contemporanea, The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
on September 19, 12October 20th, 2012, 6:00pm pre-performance discussion, 7:30pm performance Post-performance Party Mazatlán, Mexico choreographers/dancers Claudia Lavista and Victor Manuel Ruiz along with a...
China Heavyweight Film at St. Anthony Main Theater
on September 19, 12Friday, Sept. 21 @ 7PM and Saturday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30PM The Confucius Institute is proud to sponsor the film China Heavyweight,...
Global Policy Workshop Series- Mary Curtin presents "Humbert Humphrey and Politics of the Cold War"
on September 18, 1212:45 - 2:00 pm, Tuesday, September 25, The Stassen Room (Room 170) Humphrey School, West Bank Campus Mary Curtin, former Political Counselor,...
Sexual Rights in Uganda, Distinguished Public Lecture by Prof. Sylvia Tamale
on September 18, 12Wednesday, September 26, 2012 , 3:30-5:00pm, 1210 Heller Hall Talk followed by reception Reconciling Sexual Rights with Cultural Specificities: The Case of...
"The Visual Economies of Sex Trafficking," Presentation with Julietta Hua
on September 18, 12The Visual Economies of Sex Trafficking: Public Images and National Identity September 21, 1:00-2:15pm, 140 Nolte Julietta Hua, Associate Professor of Women...
ICGC Brown Bag on "Global Political Theory?"
on September 18, 12Friday, September 21, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall Presented by: Joan C. Tronto, Professor, Political Science Department Contemporary western political theorists,...
IPID Talk and Agenda
on September 18, 12Thursday, October 4th at 4:00pm in Room 70 of the Minnesota Population Center (50 Willey Hall). We will be discussing the evidence...
"Trinkets and Beads," Development-Related Film Series
on September 18, 12Thursday, September 20, 2012, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM, Humphrey 35 Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez and IPID (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development)...
Half the Sky with Nicholas Kristof
on September 18, 12Thursday Oct. 25, 12pm, Ted Mann Concert Hall A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof is an...
Improving Teaching & Learning: Stories from the West of Scotland, Prof. Malcolm Foley
on September 18, 12Wed, Sept. 19, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Freeman Commons, Humphrey School of Public Affairs (UMN) ***RSVP to heapx004(at)umn.edu*** Join us for...
Carlson Global Institute Fall Reception
on September 18, 12Thursday • September 27 • 2012, 4:00-6:00 p.m. Atrium • Carlson School of Management This event celebrates the global initiatives of the...
Making Health and Development a Community Movement, Presentation and Conversation with Dr. Ramaswami Balasubramaniam
on September 13, 12Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, 5:30-7:30pm (5:30pm presentation, reception with light hors d'oevres immediately following) Carlson Private Dining Room, lower level Carlson School...
Coffee and Conversation with Brian Atwood, former Humphrey School Dean
on September 13, 12Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, 8am-9am Freeman Commons, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Brian Atwood will be returning to the Humphrey School to...
"Political Transformation in Egypt," a presentation by Dr. Ragui Assad
on September 13, 12The Middle East Interest Group would like to invite you to their first featured speaker of the semester! Dr. Assaad will hold...
Q&A session with Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General of NATO
on September 11, 12Students are provided the opportunity to publish and to have their policy ideas heard by senior officials through Atlantic-community.org's Q&A series, which...
Breakfast & conversation with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Dr. Reuben Brigety
on September 11, 12Friday, September 14, Freeman Commons (Room 205) 9 to 10 AM R.S.V.P. to Lynne Schuman at schum001@umn.edu by noon on Thursday, September...
"Global Health Priorities in Today's World," 5th Annual Great Decisions Conference
on September 11, 12Saturday, October 13th 2012 8:30am- 2pm 3M Auditorium, Carlson School of Management, U of MN 321 19th Ave S (parking across the...
Sylvia Tamale on Sexual Rights in Uganda
on September 11, 12Sylvia Tamale on Sexual Rights in Uganda September 26 3:30-5:00pm, 1210 Heller Hall Professor Sylvia Tamale, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of...
Human Rights and Terrorism Speakers, Mondays thru-out semester
on September 11, 12Human Rights and Terrorism Speakers 2:30-3:20pm, Blegen 150 This fall, the University of Minnesota will host numerous experts at the intersection of...
James Ron: "Popular Opinion and Human Rights: Preliminary Hypotheses for a Four-Country Survey"
on September 11, 12Tuesday, September 11 12:45 - 2:00pm, the Stassen Room (Room 170), Humphrey School of Public Affairs Transnational NGOs such as Amnesty...
"Foreign Policy in the Next Presidential Administration," St. Paul Committee on Foreign Relations
on September 11, 12"Foreign Policy in the Next Presidential Administration." Eric P. Schwartz, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Wednesday, September...
Luncheon Meeting with U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim
on September 11, 12THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting with U.S. District Court...
Informational Session on Professional Development Fellowships in Germany and Russia
on September 11, 12September 19, 12-1pm, Humphrey School 205 The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship and Alfa Fellowship are distinguished international initiatives that each year offer...
ICGC Brown Bag on "Obsessional whiteness"
on September 11, 12Friday, September 14, 2012 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Obsessional whiteness" Ross Truscott, Visiting Scholar, University of the Western CapeR.Truscott.9.14.12.pdf On the...
Middle East Interest Group: MEIG TEA TIME (9/12 @ 1:45 pm)
on September 10, 12Hello Humphrey, Here's MEIG's big welcome the first year students! I'm inviting you all to enjoy some tea, sweets, and informal talks...
Global Policy Seminar/Workshop Reminder--Jim Ron speaking on Popular Opinion and Human Rights
on September 10, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Professor James Ron,...
Creating Solutions to Global Challenges Open House, Wednesday, Sept 12, 4:00-6:30 pm, Coffman Theatre
on September 10, 12Environmental challenges are global, interdisciplinary in nature and require innovative solutions. This Open House highlights some UMN programs that give students opportunities...
Event reminder: Freeman Seminar Tuesday with Prof. Jim Ron
on September 9, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Professor James Ron,...
China course info session Wed., 12:15 to 1:15, with Jerry Zhao & Sherry Gray
on September 9, 12Interested in knowing more about the proposed January course in China? Please bring your lunch and join us in HHH 55 for...
Event Reminder: Middle East Interest Group Tea Time Sept 12
on September 9, 12Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:45 PM ‐ 3 PM Freeman Commons (Room 205), Humphrey School Persian tea and sweets will be served!...
Reminder 11am Wed. Sept 12: CFR Conference Call: "Iran: The Nuclear Challenge"
on September 9, 12HHH 55--everyone welcome to bring your lunch and listen to the call. On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I...
HHH students & fellows: Dialogues in International Security & Peace
on September 5, 12Who we are: Dialogues in International Security and Peace (DISP) is a student group focusing on the issues of International Security and...
MINN at Work Sept 12: Peer-to-peer networking for practitioners working in/with international NGOs
on September 4, 12The Minnesota International NGO Network is a forum for international practitioners and supporters to network and exchange professional experiences and best practices....
Vienna Arts event in Saint Paul Sept 7
on September 1, 12Special Austrian Community Event Heuriger flyer 1.pdf There is a special community event on Friday, September 7, from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.,...
Thai - US Education Roundtable September 13-14
on August 31, 12The College of Education and Human Development and Global Programs and Strategies Alliance will host 25 Thai higher education leaders on September...
Books for Africa Celebrates UNESCO Intern'l Literacy Day Sept 8 at Common Good Books
on August 31, 12Celebrate International Literacy Day with BFA! Join BFA for UNESCO's International Literacy Day African Story Hour at Common Good Books in St....
Minneapolis NGO Siberian Bridges info session Oct 6
on August 31, 12http://www.siberianbridges.org/contact.html Contact info(at)siberianbridges.org Welcome to Siberian Bridges, Inc. Siberian Bridges, Inc. (SB-US), formerly Musical Bridges, Inc., is a non-profit educational and cultural...
Save the Date for MEIG welcome event Sept 12
on August 29, 12HHH community interested in Middle East regional issues please look for later announcement of MEIG "Tea Time" Sept 12 3:45 to 5pm...
Thai - US Roundtable September 13-14
on August 27, 12The College of Education and Human Development and its Curriculum and Instruction; Organizational Leadership Policy and Development; Family Social Science; and Educational...
Minnesota International Center networking event Aug 30, Minneapolis, with the Young Turkey/Young America program
on August 21, 12Thursday, Aug 30 5:30 to 7:30pm Appetizers and cash bar Program:6:15 to 6:45pm Skygarden Crowne Plaza Hotel 618 Second Avenue DT Minneapolis...
Sept 12 HHH Dean Schwartz speaking on "Foreign Policy in the Next Presidential Administration"
on August 21, 12ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 2012-2013 Season FIRST PROGRAM Topic: "Foreign Policy in the Next Presidential Administration." Speaker: Eric P. Schwartz,...
Economic Club of Minnesota's Sept 7 Luncheon
on August 20, 12http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4105852716/?ref=eivte&invite=MjM2MTgwNC9ncmF5eDI2MEB1bW4uZWR1LzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invite&utm_term=respondhere Mark Kennedy and Tim Penny cordially invite you to the Economic Club of Minnesota's September Luncheon featuring David Wessel Economics Editor,...
Aug 21 event to celebrate Minnesota's first Congresswoman (proceeds benefit scholarships for women in public policy)
on August 17, 12The new publication of the book "Coya Come Home" arrived just in time for Coya Knutson's 100th birth date. Coya died in...
Aug 22 Breakfast Symposium on Immigration Policy at HHH
on August 16, 12Please join us for a breakfast symposium at which we present a draft report on immigration policy reform from the Chicago Council...
Minnesota Nobel Peace Prize Forum News: Tawakkol Karman, Science & Health Day, Peace Scholars
on August 16, 12http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2ed78b2d7af680a24d5aa55e7&id=bf08d33af2&e=d119cdad8b Laureate Lights: Tawakkol Karman As announced last month, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman will participate in and speak at...
Aug 16 HHH community invited to meet the 2012-2013 International Fellows
on August 15, 12Humphrey Staff are invited to a Meet & Greet for our 2012-2013 International Fellows Thursday, August 16th - 3:00-4:00 HHH Forum. This...
Bosnia documentary screening Aug 23
on August 15, 12Wednesday, August 23, 7 pm William Mitchell College of Law Auditorium 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul. Film Screening: I Came to Testify...
MINN at Work 2012: peer-to-peer networking for practitioners working in/with international NGOs
on August 15, 12HHH students, visiting scholars and Fellows, this is a great way to network with the local NGO community working internationally. MINN at...
Aug 20 Iranian music event, Brooklyn Rider with Kayhan Kalhor
on August 14, 12Here's an Iranian traditional concert that's coming up: http://www.thecedar.org/events/2012/08/20/cedar-and-kate-nordstrum-projects-present-brooklyn-rider-kayhan-kalhor sent by Sahar Angadjivand Hip string quartet Brooklyn Rider return to The Cedar,...
Aug 13 event Ending Torture Now: A Town Hall Forum Featuring Keith Ellison, Barbara Frey & Doug Johnson
on August 10, 12Ending Torture Now: Moving Forward by Looking Backwards HRP Program Director Barbara Frey will join U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison and former executive...
Global Youth Forum (ages 18-30), International Conference on Population & Development (Bali, Indonesia)
on August 8, 12Applications for Global Youth Forum For More Information, Please See: http://www.un-ngls.org/gyf/en/ GLOBAL YOUTH FORUM 4th - 6th OF DECEMBER 2012, Bali, Indonesia...
Australian & Chinese young people (ages 18-35) October dialogue conference (Chengdu, China)
on August 8, 12http://www.ywca.org.au/news/acyd-call-delegate-applications-2012-australia-china-youth-dialogue The Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) is currently accepting applicants for the 2012 ACYD, to be held in Beijing and Chengdu, China...
First Global South-South Development conference (Austria) Nov 2012
on August 8, 12http://www.southsouthexpo.org/default.asp Conference: Global South-South Development Expo, Austria The Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) is the FIRST EVER Expo solely from the...
Minneapolis Town Hall Forum marking 10-year anniversary of Torture Memos Aug 13
on August 6, 12Ending Torture Now: Moving Forward by Looking Backwards Amnesty International and Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) invite you and your neighbors...
July 27: Disability, Stigma & Development: Japan Case Study
on July 24, 12Friday, July 27 10:00 - 10:45 - Misa Kayama and Wendy Haight, "Disability, Stigma, and Development: A Japanese Case Study" Paper presented...
July 31 Documentary Film Screening on Armenian Genocide
on July 24, 12Tuesday evening, July 31, from 7:00-9:00 pm William Mitchell College of Law (room 123), 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul Over one million...
Aug 2 Oxfam Grubwithus event
on July 23, 12Grubwithus is a social network for connecting real people in the real world over really good food. With the launch of the...
Ramadan starting this week
on July 18, 12Ramadan is expected to begin on or around July 20, 2012 and will finish on or around August 19, 2012....
Peace Prize Winner Tawakkol Karman to Speak at 2013 Forum
on July 17, 122013 Speaker Announcement: Tawakkol Karman Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Journalist, Human Rights Activist "Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but...
Congo Briefing: 7.18.12 @ 8am/ ARC Headquarters
on July 16, 12Reuters is reporting that in the last 5 days alone, 17,000 people have fled from Congo into Uganda (read the news story)....
Ragui Assaad speaking at MINN event July 12 in Roseville: Elections & Civil Society: What Does this Mean for International Development?
on July 12, 12Thu, July 12, 4:30pm - 6:00pm Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Avenue, Roseville, MN 55113 (map) It is hard to forget that 2012...
African Summer on the Minneapolis West Bank
on July 11, 12Enjoy the season and African tunes all summer long at the Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis, MN). The Cedar, named Best World Music...
Save the Date: All day human rights seminar Oct 12 (Minneapolis, MN)
on July 11, 12Ms. Vigdis Vevstad - Oslo Center Norway board member and Human Rights Specialist On October 12 the Oslo Center US Foundation in...
Twin Cities to Host First DIASPORAS@ Conference on Minnesota Philanthropy & Service July 25
on July 9, 12(July 9, 2012 - Minneapolis, MN) - On July 25, 2012, the Diaspora African Women's Network (DAWN) and the University of Minnesota's...
July 12 Elections & Civil Society: What does this mean for International Development?
on July 9, 12Elections and Civil Society: What does this mean for International Development? Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM...
HHH's Carissa Schively Slotterback speaking on Sustainable Water Policy & Environmental Innovations in Austria, June 27
on June 27, 12Sustainable Water Policy and Environmental Innovations in Austria Date: 06/27/2012 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Location: 710 Social Sciences Cost: Free...
June 28 The Canada-U.S. "Beyond the Border" Initiative: What does it mean for Minnesota?
on June 27, 12June 28, 2 p.m. | Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank The Humphrey School, the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Trade...
UMN conference Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World
on June 27, 12http://www.carla.umn.edu/about/carla_email_imm2012.html Register Now! The early bird registration deadline is June 29, 2012. October 18-20, 2012 Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel St. Paul, Minnesota,...
MINN event in Roseville July 12 on "Elections & Civil Society: What does this mean for International Development?"
on June 26, 12http://electionsandcivilsociety.eventbrite.com/ Elections and Civil Society: What does this mean for International Development? Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM...
Attend the virtual Global Careers Fair
on June 22, 12The Global Careers Fair, the event to boost your career in the International Public and Non-profit sectors.Career Fair Times: Central European...
EVENT: The Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border Action Plans: What do they mean for Minnesota?
on June 20, 12Reposted from: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6k8h8veab&oeidk=a07e5z5ov4878a2fd93 Nearly one million dollars in goods and services cross the Canada-U.S. border every minute! The Beyond the Border Action...
Eric Schwartz speaking on human rights in US foreign affairs at June 20 luncheon
on June 18, 12THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting with Dean Eric Schwartz of...
Light Up the Midsummer Night with Song - June 23
on June 17, 12Nordic Singers 2012 Where: Minnehaha Academy 3100 West River Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55406 Driving Directions When: Saturday June 23, 2012 from 7:30...
June 2012 Events at the Humphrey
on June 13, 12The World In Turmoil - Challenges Emerging from the Post Financial Crisis Era June 11, 3 - 5 p.m. | Humphrey School...
The World In Turmoil - Challenges Emerging from the Post Financial Crisis Era / Monday, June 11, 2012, from 3:00 -5:00
on June 9, 12The World In Turmoil - Challenges Emerging from the Post Financial Crisis Era Monday, June 11, 2012, from 3:00 -5:00 Humphrey...
Rock the Vine 3 is Saturday June 9, 2012
on June 8, 12June 9, 2012 12 PM to 8 PM Saint Croix Vineyards - Stillwater, MN Halloween, Alaska - Haley Bonar -Solid Gold...
June 23, 2012 | Light Up the Midsummer Night with Song - Norway House
on June 8, 12REGISTER TODAY - June 23, 2012 | Edvard Grieg Society presents Light Up the Midsummer Night with SongFeaturing: Nordic Singers Danish...
Join MINN on Thursday, June 14th for its annual MINN at Work forum.
on June 5, 12Join MINN on Thursday, June 14th for its annual MINN at Work forum. Representatives from Educate Tanzania, Humanitarian Services for Children and...
New Deadline for Foreign Service Information Resource Officer: July 20, 2012
on June 4, 12We are pleased to inform you that we are still accepting applications for the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Information Resource...
Educational Partnerships in India/ Wednesday, June 6, 9:00 - 10:30 am
on June 4, 12Demand is increasing for study-abroad programs, faculty exchange, and research partnerships with Indian academic institutions. Does your college or university have a...
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy, calls for applications for the XI Edition Master of Arts in "Human Rights and Conflict Management" (a. y. 2012-2013)
on June 4, 12Applications shall be submitted online at www.humanrights.sssup.it Applications for admission by EU citizens shall be sent no later than 17th October 2012....
Missed the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum? Keynote session videos available
on May 24, 12http://nobelpeaceprizeforum.org/video-archive/ We're still riding high on the amazing turnout, energy, and buzz that all of you helped us to create this spring....
Norway House Midtsommer Celebration June 21
on May 22, 12Interlachen Country Club 6200 Interlachen Boulevard Edina, MN 55436 Thursday June 21, 2012 5:00PM Going Viking Reception 5:30PM Cocktail Reception / Auction...
Register for an Online Career Event: "How to Prepare for the FSOT" 5/22/2012, 1-4pm EDT
on May 21, 12Hello: You are invited to an *Online Career Event* with U.S. Department of State recruiters and Diplomats in Residence on *Tuesday, May...
Educate Tanzania June 1 Dinner & Auction
on May 21, 12Annual Fundraiser Dinner & Auction Friday, June 1, 2012 6:00PM Social Hour & Silent Auction, 7:00PM Dinner and Program Hazeltine National Golf...
May 30 event at CSOM Medical Industry Innovation in China
on May 16, 12Registration Required: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?shva=1#inbox/137509970a12480c Location Carlson School of Management - 3M Auditorium Contact Info: Jennie Meinz 612.625.9225 ciber(at)umn.edu Event Agenda: 8:00 a.m. -...
Reminder: MINN Coffee Hour @ Peace Coffee May 17 7:30am (good networking org for students interested in intern'l careers)
on May 16, 12Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 Time: 7:30am to 9:00am Location: Peace Coffee Shop: 3262 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406 About the Event:...
Concert May 11 to raise funds to deliver emergency aid for Central Sudan, the Nuba Mountains
on May 10, 12From MDP student Kit Martin: "Hey, there I am hosting a concert to raise funds to NGOs in Sudan. The situation is...
May 15 event on "Mothering & Prostitution" with Einat Peled, Tel Aviv Univ.
on May 10, 12From Jeffrey Edleson jedleson(at)umn.edu: Prof. Einat Peled, an alumna of the School of Social Work, will be speaking at Minneapolis City Hall...
May 14 Human Rights Film Series on Women in Turkey
on May 9, 12Voices Unveiled: Turkish Women Who Dare Monday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. Join The Advocates and The Friends of the St. Paul...
Global Knowledge Hubs: Lessons From Norway, Implications For Minnesota, May 15
on May 8, 12Global Knowledge Hubs with Torger Reve, May 15, 1:30-3:30 @ Humphrey School With Professor Torger Reve, BI Norwegian Business School Tuesday, May...
Medical Industry Innovation in China, May 30
on May 8, 12The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and the Medical Industry Leadership Institute (MILI) present Medical Industry Innovation in...
Reminder MINN Event: Somalia - Delivering Humanitarian Assistance in an Insecure Environment Tues, May 22
on May 8, 12http://www.minnesotangos.org/event/minn-event-somalia-delivering-humanitarian-assistance-insecure-environment MINN Event: Somalia - Delivering Humanitarian Assistance in an Insecure Environment Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm Somalia is...
Confucius Institute Chinese language class schedules
on May 8, 12The Confucius Institute is happy to announce our summer Chinese classes! Classes will run the week of June 11 through August 24,...
Reminder: 2 events on the upcoming Kenyan elections: May 9 discussion forum (RSVP req) & May 8 public event at Augsburg
on May 7, 12Please join us for a discussion forum to be held Wednesday, May 9th at UMN Humphrey School, Freeman Commons, 11:30am - 1:30pm....
Event reminder May 8 Int'l Perspectives on Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Health in Urban Settings (attend the lecture/lunch, or watch online)
on May 3, 12Global Spotlight 2Tuesday Series -- May 8, 2012 International Perspectives on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Health in Urban Settings by Eli Coleman...
Event reminder May 8: Ending Modern Slavery, global perspective
on May 2, 12Freedom Here and Now: Ending Modern Slavery May 8, 12:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall The Center for Integrative...
Reminder: Pakistan on the Brink: Ahmed Rashid & Walter Mondale May 7
on May 2, 12Pakistan on the Brink: A Conversation with Ahmed Rashid and Walter F. Mondale May 7, 5:30 - 7 p.m. | Cowles Auditorium...
May 15 "Global Knowledge Hubs: Lessons from Norway, Implications for Minnesota"
on May 1, 12Invitation to "Global Knowledge Hubs: Lessons from Norway, Implications for Minnesota" The State and Local Policy Program is hosting Dr. Torger Reve,...
May 10-11, 2012 participate in webcast conference on building international cooperation through summit meetings
on May 1, 12Livestream: How Summit Meetings Build International Cooperation please go to http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/promo/promoemailApexLIVE4242012.html. View via webcast Livestream: How Summit Meetings Build International Cooperation You...
Kenyan & Nigerian Ambassadors at Books For Africa event, May 8th at the University Club of St. Paul, special rate for students
on May 1, 12Thanks again for your assistance in helping Books For Africa to host the Kenyan Ambassador to the United States next week. As...
Well-Being Performances in Botswana: Centering Women's Roles in Popular Theatre - ICGC brown bag, Friday, May 4
on May 1, 12icgc Interdiscp Ctr for Study of Global Change ICGC Brown Bag Friday, May 4, 20912 12pm, 537 Heller Hall P A B...
Reminder May 2 Human Rights for the 21st Century: History, Practice & Politics Speaker Series--Jacqueline Bhabha.
on April 30, 12https://events.umn.edu/018065 Date: 05/02/2012 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: Heritage Gallery McNamara Alumni Center Cost: Free Description: On May 2, Jacqueline...
Reminder May 2 join the mob at Northrup Plaza where Signmark, Deaf Finnish hip hop artist, will lead the crowd in performing "Against the Wall" using American Sign Language (ASL)
on April 30, 12Silent Shout- join Signmark performing "Against the Wall" in ASL 11 to 1 at Northrop Plaza May 2 Excited about the Signmark...
Careers in International Education - Mon April 30- sponsored by the Minnesota International Center
on April 30, 12I am moderating a panel on Careers in International Education on Monday April 30 530 pm at Hells Kitchen in Downtown Mpls....
Amnesty International Leader to Speak at Humphrey School
on April 27, 12Former Obama Human Rights Aide to Deliver Commencement Address The Humphrey School of Public Affairs announced today that it will host Suzanne...
Westminster Town Hall Forum Thursday, May 3 Patrick McGrann, Playing for Peace in Gaza, part of Palestinian Art Festival events
on April 27, 12Westminster Town Hall Forum Thursday, May 3 Noon - 1:00PM Westminster Presbyterian Church Nicollet Mall and 12th Street Downtown Minneapolis 612-332-3421 Free...
World Conference on Remedies to Racial & Ethnic Economic Inequality - Conference Announcement & Call for Abstracts
on April 27, 12Here is the announcement for the 4th World Conference on Remedies to Racial, Ethnic Economic Inequality and for Call for Papers. World...
May 8, 2012 2Tuesday Global Spotlight Series International Perspectives on Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Health in Urban Settings
on April 26, 12Noon - 1:30 p.m. 101 University International Center (map) Lunch will be provided Also streamed live at https://umconnect.umn.edu/tuesday/ by Eli Coleman,...
Reminder Friday: IPID & DISP conference featuring original research by HHH students, April 27
on April 26, 12Join us this Friday, April 27th, 1:15-4:45pm in room 180 at the Humphrey School for a conference featuring original research conducted by...
Reminder: Danish born author Peter Adolphsen on Thursday, April 26 @ 3:00 p.m.
on April 25, 12http://adolphsenatcoffman.eventbrite.com/ Danish born author (and friend of Joe Soss) Peter Adolphsen will discuss his book Machine on Thursday, April 26 at 3:00...
2012 U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium
on April 25, 12Note from HHH alumnus Mandy Bai: "I attended the 2007 U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium and made lots of great professional connections. Plus...
Trade & Development Seminar, April 27, 2012 features Dean Yang from U of Michigan
on April 25, 12The final Trade and Development Seminar for Spring semester will be helf on April 27, 2012, Friday at 10:30 am in Room...
Webcast recording- Famine Relief, Prevention & Remittances for the Horn of Africa (Mohamed Idris, ARAHA or American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa)
on April 25, 12https://umconnect.umn.edu/p24375404/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal...
'To Sea' or 'Not To Sea' the Mediterranean in Recent Films: An Arab Perspective - Friday's ICGC Brown Bag
on April 25, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, April 27, 2012 Noon, 537 Heller Hall H A K I M A B D E R E...
Reminder: Ap 26 Comparative Politics Colloquim: David Art, Tufts University, on "Possible lessons from the Eurozone crisis"
on April 24, 12Dear everyone, We are glad to be hosting Prof. David Art from Tufts University next Thursday, April 26. He will give a...
AFRICA NIGHT - UM African Student Assoc - open to everyone - 4/28/12
on April 23, 12The UM African Student Association is presenting Africa Night 2012 "Made in Africa" At Coffman Union (East Bank) -- Saturday, April 28,...
Development Film Series "Black in Latin America, Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race" April 26
on April 23, 12Development Film Series: BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA. MEXICO AND PERU: A HIDDEN RACE Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, the Humphrey's School's Diversity Committee,...
2 events on Poland post-Communist period, May 1
on April 23, 12CEHD International Connections Presents:Building Civility in Post-Communist Poland Through legal education and trial monitoring Tuesday May 1, 12:00-1:30 p.m., 240 Burton Hall...
Susan Cutter speaking on "Disaster Resilience" April 27
on April 23, 12"Disaster Resilience" --- lecture in the Department of Geography Moving from Hazard Vulnerability to Disaster Resilience: The Experience from Mississippi's Gulf...
AFKAR ACADEMY IN JORDAN - SUMMER 2012 OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS
on April 23, 12Summer Intensive Language Program at AFKAR Academy in Jordan PROGRAM DATES June 10 - July 19, 2012 The National Council, in collaboration...
ACER (African Career, Education, & Resource Inc) Job Fair April 28
on April 23, 123rd Annual ACER (African Career, Education, & Resource Inc) Job Fair being held this Saturday. ACER Fair Flier 2012.pdf Saturday, April 28,...
CFR 4/25 Academic Conference Call: "Energy Dependence"
on April 20, 12On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the final session of the CFR Winter/Spring...
April 20: Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves
on April 20, 12Sheldon Garon, Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves Friday, April 20, 2012 11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. (reception...
April 25 Tropical & Travel Medicine Seminar, includes presentation: "International Organization for Migration (IOM) Experience in Nepal"
on April 19, 12Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar April 25, 2012 @ 6pm-8:30pm AGENDA: 6pm Dinner and Introductions 6:10pm Global Health Update Rebecca Zadroga, MD...
Reminder Minneapolis Saint Paul International Film Festival 2012 screening films through May 3
on April 18, 12http://www.mspfilmfest.org/2012/...
June 1st - Educate Tanzania's Annual Dinner & Fundraiser
on April 18, 12Join us June 1st - Educate Tanzania's Annual Dinner & Fundraiser Newsletter.APRIL.2012-1.pdf Attached is the April newsletter announcing our exciting speaker for...
Webcast Friday includes Brian Atwood keynote address, Oxfam event on the new global partnership for development: "Fulfilling the Promise of Busan"
on April 18, 12WEBCAST Friday! The new global partnership for development: "Fulfilling the Promise of Busan" Oxfam America 2012 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings Fulfilling the...
Reminder to RSVP by Ap 19 for "The Unbearable Liberalism of Constructivist IR Theory" April 23 talk
on April 18, 12If you plan to attend the talk by Ted Hopf next Monday, April 23, please RSVP to mirc(at)umn.edu by tomorrow so that...
HHH Career Conversation Michael Hurley: Intelligence, Diplomacy & National Security April 23
on April 18, 12Humphrey School Career Conversation Michael Hurley: Intelligence, Diplomacy & National Security April 23, 12:30-2pm Wilkins Room (215 Humphrey School) Humphrey School students...
Reminder Ap 26 event at CSOM on Arab Spring & impact on North African markets
on April 18, 12I wanted to make you aware of an event that CIBER and the Minnesota Trade Office are co-hosting next Thursday, April 26...
May 7 Pakistan on the Brink: Journalist Ahmed Rashid & Walter Mondale,
on April 18, 12Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Pakistan on the Brink A conversation with Journalist Ahmed Rashid and Vice...
Ap 24 Career Networking Session - UMN alum & State Dept Dep Sec Nides, Management & Resources
on April 18, 12Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Students! Register Today - Limited Space CAREER NETWORKING SESSION Thomas Nides, State...
REMINDER: Joint PS/HHH Seminar Series: Prof. Jeremy Weinstein (Friday, April 20)--RSVP needed
on April 16, 12I am writing to announce the fourth and final event of the 2011-12 academic year of the joint seminar series between the...
May 8 FREEDOM, HERE + NOW: Ending Modern Slavery
on April 16, 12Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota FREEDOM, HERE + NOW: Ending...
May 2 "Human Rights Dilemmas in Contemporary Child Migration"
on April 16, 12Wednesday, May 2 (7pm, McNamara Alumni Center) Human Rights for the 21st Century: History, Practice & Politics Speaker Series Jacqueline Bhabha, Director,...
EuroConnect invites you to join us in Europe via Mpls-St.Paul Film Festival: 4/17, 4/28 & 5/1
on April 16, 12I feel privileged to have joined a EuroConnect committee and happy to extend an invitation for you to join EuroConnect to celebrate...
9th Midwest International Economic Development Conference is April 20-21 at McNamara
on April 16, 12April 20-21, 2012 McNamara Alumni Center -- University of Minnesota, USA "Preliminary" PROGRAM * = presenter [ ] = discussant Session...
April 19 "Differences in the Volatility of Ethnic Identities: Religion, Tribe, & Communal Violence in Northern Nigeria"
on April 16, 12Thursday at the Comparative Politics Colloquium: Laura Thaut We are glad to be hosting a presentation by Political Science graduate student Laura...
May 4 talk on China's Cultural Revolution & Worker-Peasant-Soldier college students
on April 16, 12Curriculum & Instruction Diversity Dialogue The Oblivion of a Generation of College Students: The Historical Memory of Worker-Peasant-Soldier College Students in China's...
April 26 "Accounts of Mexican Immigrant Language in the New Latino Diaspora: Shifting Ideologies across Levels of Schooling"
on April 16, 12Accounts of Mexican Immigrant Language in the New Latino Diaspora The PsTL research colloquium on Thursday April 26th from 3:30-5pm in the...
April 16 MPP student Adam Roberts presents research on Iran nuclear program & US policy: "Impotent & Obsolete: The Case for Diplomacy with Iran"
on April 16, 12HUMPHREY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS STUDENT RESEARCH SERIES Freeman Commons (HHH 205) April 16, 2012 11:00 - 12:00 Noon Refreshments served...
Corbin Treacy & Leah Entenmann presenting at UMN Human Rights colloquium, April 23
on April 13, 12Dear friends of the Human Rights Program, I'm Hollie Nyseth Brehm, a 4th year sociology Ph.D. student with a human rights minor,...
Global Poverty Project Presentation Mon 23rd April 5:30pm Coffman Union, the Whole Music Club
on April 13, 12Global Poverty Project Presentation at the University of Minnesota: Mon 23rd April 5:30pm Coffman Memorial Union, the Whole Music Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1mp0t0qc80 Starting...
April 23: Lunch seminar on non-formal education
on April 13, 12The Transformative Powers of Non-Formal Education Non-formal education creates an environment where participants are both teachers and learners. Whether it is in...
Kufa University President speaks on Higher Education in Iraq 4/17
on April 13, 12Higher Education in Iraq: Strategic Opportunities for Partnership Dr. Akeel A. Yassenn, President, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq 3:30-5:00 Tuesday, April 17,...
April 19: "Nobility in Central Europe during the Late 19th/ First Decades of the 20th Century: The Counts Harrach, 1886- 1945"
on April 12, 12Konstantinos Raptis Lecture The lecture on Thursday, April 19 will be at 4:00 in 710 Social Sciences. raptis flyer-2.pdf The Center for...
One Health Talk April discussion on pandemic threats
on April 12, 12How do you communicate during a disease outbreak, where uncertainty and fear are the foremost concern in the minds of your target...
Taner Akçam on the Armenian Genocide - Monday, Apr 16, 7pm
on April 11, 12The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity Taner Akçam The Tenth Annual Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecture Monday, April 16, 2012, 7 pm...
April 20 Globalization & the Mismeasurement of Poverty
on April 11, 12Globalization and the Mismeasurement of Poverty - Presentation by Jim Glassman 04/20/2012 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM 445 Blegen Hall Cost: Free...
Macalester College hosting WHO task force meeting: "Measuring Enhanced Outcomes of Preventive Chemotherapy Interventions," this week
on April 11, 12Macalester will host the World Health Organization's task force meeting, "Measuring Enhanced Outcomes of Preventive Chemotherapy Interventions," on April 13-14. In addition...
Minnesota International Center presents "enRoute to Careers in International Education"
on April 10, 12WHAT: enRoute to Careers in International Education WHEN: Monday, April 30; 5:30 - 7:30 P WHERE: Hell's Kitchen, Fireside Room, 9th Street...
May 3: Old Turkey, New Turkey in a Complicated World
on April 10, 12https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/EventDetail.asp?cguid=045C189A-FBDB-4755-8568-62F2F58D652B&eid=%2041594&sid=8C1EBA56-4913-4174-9247-06EC21F9E0C1 Thursday, May 3; 5:30 P Join Minnesota International Center for a public forum with Ross Wilson, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey,...
April 17 Luncheon Pascal Lamy WTO Director-General
on April 10, 12http://lamy.eventbrite.com/?ref=eivte&invite=MTg5ODUzMy9ncmF5eDI2MEB1bW4uZWR1LzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invite&utm_term=respondhere Mark Kennedy and Tim Penny cordially invite you to the Economic Club of Minnesota's April Luncheon featuring Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World...
REMINDER: WED, April 11th: Dr. Imho Bae on People-to-People Dialogue between North & South Korea
on April 10, 12REMINDER: WED, April 11th, 3:00-5:30PM Dean Imho Bae, a graduate of the School of Social Work's Ph.D. program and a college dean...
This Friday 2pm - Former USAID mission director to DRC speaking at HHH
on April 10, 12All are invited to attend the keynote speech of the Global MDP Student Conference (Thurs-Sat April 12-14th): Global MDP Student Conference Keynote...
April 11 Low-Carbon & Sustainable Cities: People & Infrastructures at the Energy-Climate-Water Nexus
on April 9, 12Anu Ramaswami, Denny Chair Candidate Presentation: Wednesday, April 11 at 11:15 in the Wilkins Room Anu Ramaswami is a candidate for the...
April 20 "Policy Perspectives on Democracy Promotion: The Arab Spring & Beyond" (RSVP req)
on April 9, 12The Department of Political Science and The Harold E. Stassen Chair for International Affairs present "Policy Perspectives on Democracy Promotion: The Arab...
ICGC Brown Bag Friday, April 13 noon: Prof. Teri Caraway on workers' rights in Indonesia
on April 9, 12ICGC Friday: Adjudicating Worker Rights in Indonesia T E R I C A R A W A Y, Associate Professor, Political Science...
Apr 24 Humphrey Career Networking Session With Thomas Nides, State Department Deputy Secretary Management & Resources
on April 9, 12Career Networking Sessions for Humphrey Students The Career Services Office at the Humphrey School is hosting a series of career networking sessions...
Career Networking Sessions for Humphrey Students Apr 23 Humphrey Career Conversation with Michael Hurley: Intelligence, Diplomacy & National Security
on April 9, 12REGISTER HERE - limited space https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFBKR0x6bzJHTFBmejF0N042WGZ0dlE6MQ#gid=0. The Career Services Office at the Humphrey School is hosting a series of career networking sessions...
Ap 21 The Massacre of Lidice, 2 last survivors speak out
on April 9, 12"Remember Lidice" is a dramatic appeal to the people of the world not to forget the tragic event of May 1942 when...
Trade & Development Seminar, April 13, 2012
on April 9, 12Trade and Development Seminar, April 13, 2012, Friday at 10:00 a.m. (note early start time) in Room 119 Ruttan Hall. Lori Beaman...
4/12 CFR Academic Conference Call: "Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East" 11 am HHH 175
on April 9, 12On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next Academic Conference Call on Thursday,...
Haiti event April 11
on April 9, 12HAITI IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA: ACCOUNTABILITY & JUSTICE AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE Renowned lawyer and activist Brian Concannon, of the Institute for...
Today 10am Rep. Keith Ellison US Global Engagement in Times of Budgetary Constraint
on April 9, 12cspg Center Study of Politics and Governance Connecting with Government Series Congressman Keith Ellison: U.S. Global Engagement in Times of Budgetary Constraint...
April 11 event on Haiti
on April 6, 12HAITI IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA: ACCOUNTABILITY & JUSTICE AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE Renowned lawyer and activist Brian Concannon, of the Institute for...
April 10 event Jamaican Pride on LGBTI Rights
on April 6, 12On April 10th, JaMinn Link is hosting David Kato Vision and Voice Award Receipient Maurice Tomlinson in St. Paul, MN, to...
IPID Student Speaker Conference: Global Health & Development - Friday, April 6
on April 6, 12This spring's iteration of the biannual IPID Student Speaker Conference will take place this Friday, April 6 from 3-7pm in Walter Library...
Ap 20 1 day seminar Introduction to Chinese Language & Culture for Business
on April 6, 12http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/ciber/events/documents/Chinese_Language_and_Culture_for_Business_Registration_Form_April20.pdf The University of Minnesota's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and the Confucius Institute present: Introduction to Chinese Language...
Andersen Atrium Gallery exhibit on Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945, displayed April 2 - May 11, 2012
on April 6, 12Free and open to the public hours: http://andersen.lib.umn.edu/visitors.html 4.2-5.11 Descrimination by Design - Exhibit &Events.pdf Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi German...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaking Ap 13, Minneapolis
on April 6, 12Shirin Ebadi Public Address Apr 13, 2012 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (Friday) Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, MN...
April 18 talk on Korean education
on April 5, 12CEHD International Connections "Critical Issues and Key Policies in Korean Education" Hae Suk Lee April 18, 2012 - 12:00pm 240 Burton Hall...
Ap 10: The Socialist Monument in Post-(Socialist) Yugoslavia
on April 4, 12https://events.umn.edu/017792 Non-governmental Memory: The Socialist Monument in Post-(Socialist) Yugoslavia Quadrant presentation by Andrew Herscher Tuesday, April 10, 4 p.m., 125 Nolte Center...
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival April 12 to May 3
on April 4, 12http://www.mspfilmfest.org/2012/content/overview The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival runs April 12 - May 3 2012 at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in...
MPP candidate Bridget Marchesi speaking Wednesday April 4: "Is Lower Fertility a Path to Better Human Rights?"
on April 4, 12HUMPHREY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Student Research Series Freeman Commons (HHH 205) April 4, 2012 1:00 to 2:00 Is Lower Fertility a...
UMN Engineers w/o Borders features CTI's Roger Salway, April 26
on April 3, 12EWB-UMN 2012 Annual Spring Reception Thursday, April 26th 6:00PM to 8:00PM As a past, present, or future supporter, you are cordially invited...
April 9 US Global Engagement in Times of Budgetary Constraint, a conversation with Rep. Ellison
on April 3, 12April 9, 10 - 11:15 a.m. | Cowles Auditorium The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance (CSPG) at the Humphrey...
Reminder: April 10 "Supporting Healthy Youth Development in Rural Honduras" (RSVP for lunch)
on April 3, 12"There is a time they call adolescence..." Supporting Healthy Youth Development in Rural Honduras: A Community Perspective by Marti Kubik, Associate Professor,...
African Development Center's Gala May 11
on April 3, 12Jon McTaggart Confirmed as Gala Keynote Speaker! We are honored to announce this year's Keynote Speaker will Jon McTaggart, the President and...
Mano a Mano 3rd annual Spring Gala at the St. Paul Hotel , April 20
on April 3, 12"Mano a Mano International Partners, a Minnesota nonprofit that creates partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities to improve health and economic well-being, is...
IPID Student Speaker Conference THIS FRIDAY 3-7pm; Walter 101 - "Development & Global Health"
on April 3, 12IPID Spring Student Speaker Conference: Global Health and Development - This Friday, April 6; 3-7pm When: This Friday, April 6 from 3:00-7:00pm;...
Development film series: THE END OF POVERTY? April 12
on April 3, 12Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, the Center on Women and Public Policy, and IPID (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development) invite you to the...
ICGC Brown Bag Ap 6: Belonging "without colors": Restricted mobilities & quiet citizenship practices in Wash DC & Cochabamba, Bolivia
on April 3, 12ICGC Brown Bag Noon, Friday April 6 C H R I S T O P H E R S T R U...
Rockefeller Foundation hosting Catalysts for Change Global Game: April 3-5, 2012
on April 2, 12Catalysts for Change Global Online Game Announcement A new way to think about the future Can games change the way we think...
IPID Talk, MDP Sheila Nezhad on "Love" & Development - How the Development Industry Constructs Sexuality - Wed, April 4
on April 2, 12Sheila Nezhad, a second-year Masters of Development Practice student at the Humphrey School, will examine the ways that the international development industry...
April 26 The Changing Domestic & International Landscape for Agricultural Biotechnology & Biosafety
on April 2, 12Gregory Jaffe, J.D., Director, Project on Biotechnology, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC Thursday, April 26th from 2:00-3:00 p.m.,...
April 5 Jane Gingrich speaking on "Visibility, Values & Voters: The Welfare State & Vote Choice".
on April 2, 12Comparative Politics Colloquium: Jane Gingrich (U of M) Please join us next Thursday, April 5, for a presentation by Jane Gingrich (Political...
April 15 Media & the Middle East panel discussion
on April 2, 12April 15 - MEDIA & THE MIDDLE EAST PANEL DISCUSSION Sunday, April 15, 12pm-1pm, St. Anthony Main Theatre This panel is presented...
MN international development conference - registration deadline SATURDAY for lower prices
on March 29, 12The cost for students is $40, and it will go up to $50 on Saturday. http://faculty.apec.umn.edu/pglewwe/Minnconf/index.html For registration information they can go...
Globalization: The Promise & the Challenge, April 10, features former president of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo
on March 29, 12The Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute will present "Globalization: The Promise and The Challenge." This event will feature Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Yale...
Ap 2 Pharmaceutical Crises & Questions of Value: Terrains & Logics of Global Therapeutic Politics
on March 29, 12Monday, April 2, 4 p.m., 125 Nolte https://events.umn.edu/017566 Pharmaceutical Crises and Questions of Value: Terrains and Logics of Global Therapeutic Politics -...
March 29 MEIG event "Shariah: An Introduction to Islamic Law"
on March 28, 12CONFIRMED: AN INTRODUCTION TO SHARIAH The Middle East Interest Group and the Muslim Law Students Association invite you for a basic introduction...
May 7 at HHH Ahmed Rashid speaking on Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of US, Pakistan, & Afghanistan
on March 28, 12Minnesota International Center hosts: "Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan" When: Monday, May 7; registration 5:30 P;...
Minnesota International Center hosts Amb. Ross Wilson speaking on "New Turkey in a Complicated World" May 3 (RSVP required)
on March 28, 12Thursday, May 3; 5:30 P Old Turkey, New Turkey in a Complicated World Join us for a public forum with Ross Wilson,...
Norway House April 12 Roxana Saberi on human rights & Iran
on March 28, 12http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=mmysuzeab&v=001iPF_ovG5vaqhiw1jg731tMjpxqBLNLLjjcIR7avZYyQN3nRwoNST16EzpedrCAtrO_jUsT-DX1goWme5Dt8q6sVUFRAerIoNby5kBpPe_Ig%3D Thurs. April 12 | Roxana Saberi - "The World is Watching" Students are admitted free and Janet Dolan is offering a...
April 11 Dr. Imho Bae on People-to-People Dialogue between North & South Korea
on March 28, 12April 11th Dean Imho Bae, a graduate of the School of Social Work's Ph.D. program and a college dean in South Korea,...
May 8 "International Perspectives on Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Health in Urban Settings" (RSVP for lunch)
on March 28, 12May 8, 2012 2Tuesday Global Spotlight Series International Perspectives on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Health in Urban Settings Noon - 1:30 p.m....
April 10 "Supporting Healthy Youth Development in Rural Honduras" (RSVP for lunch)
on March 28, 12April 10, 2012 2Tuesday Global Spotlight Series "There is a time they call adolescence..." Supporting Healthy Youth Development in Rural Honduras: A...
2012 Family Medicine Global Health Workshop, Sept 6-8 (Minneapolis)
on March 28, 12Connect with people and places. Learn by experience at the 2012 Family Medicine Global Health Workshop, September 6-8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/aboutus/specialty/international/oia/cihi/workshop.html...
ICGC Brown Bag: Exploring the Unique Opportunities & Challenges of Small-Scale Carbon Finance in India
on March 28, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, March 30 12pm, 537 Heller Hall Sarah Burridge, PhD Student, Conservation Biology: Cookstoves and Carbon: Exploring the Unique...
Mahdism in Iranian Religio-Political Life, March 29
on March 28, 12Program in Religious Studies Faculty Lecture featuring Iraj Bashiri 03/29/2012 5:00 PM 275 Nicholson Hall Free Description: Mahdism in Iranian Religio-Political Life...
Monday Ap 2 ¡Si Hubo Genocidio!: Exhumations, Truth & Justice after the Guatemalan Genocide
on March 28, 12Monday, April 2, 4 pm Room 250 Blegen Hall Victoria Sanford, Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College, City College of New York...
Development film series: "When China Met Africa" March 29
on March 27, 12Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez and the Center on Women and Public Policy invite you to a development-related film series. The first film...
Izun/Mizan: A Film & Dialogue Series: City of Borders
on March 27, 12Date: 03/28/2012 Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location: 135 Nicholson Hall Cost: Free Description: A new film series will be launched...
Middle East Roundtable Discussion Arab Spring Update: North Africa Markets, April 26, 2012
on March 27, 12Hosted by the Minnesota Trade Office, in partnership with CIBER. This "Doing Business in the Middle East" roundtable discussion addresses Arab Spring...
Mar 30 noon: New HHH student group, Dialogues in International Security & Peace, invites you to a discussion on "Events in the Middle East & Their Impact on US Foreign Policy"
on March 27, 12Dialogues in International Security and Peace (DISP) is pleased to invite you to a special event: Events in the Middle East and...
ROOM CHANGE: Informal Career Conversation with US diplomat Tuesday, 3/27 11am
on March 26, 12CONFIRMATION & ROOM CHANGE: Informal Career Conversation with Experienced US Diplomat Tuesday, 3/27 11am Good morning Humphrey Students and Guests, HOMETOWN DIPLOMAT...
Online seminar: Brainstorming Global Security, Sponsored by: Atlantic Council, Security & Defense Agenda, & IBM
on March 26, 12SECURITY JAM: BRAINSTORMING GLOBAL SECURITY Date: March 19-23, 2012 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Online Speakers: Adm. James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe,...
Thurs, Mar 29 Preventing Mass Violence: The Expansion of R2P* & the Challenge of Statebuilding (* Responsibility to Protect)
on March 26, 12Thursday, March 29, 3:30 p.m. Room 1314 Social Sciences Building Jon Western, Associate Professor of International Relations at Mount Holyoke College This...
Event reminder Tuesday 7pm Ending Violence Against Women: From the Local to the Global
on March 26, 12Tuesday, March 27 (7-9 pm, William Mitchel College of Law) 875 Summit Ave, St. Paul Symposium Presenters: Cheryl Thomas, JD (Director,...
Global MDP Student Conference April 12-14--Minnesota development professionals welcome to join Ap 13 lunch
on March 25, 12Conference website: http://www.globalmdpconference.org/index.html Interested development professionals invited to join lunch on Friday 12:30-2:00pm. We ask that they register here: http://www.globalmdpconference.org/for-professionals.html They will...
Introduction to Chinese Language & Culture for Business (1 day course)
on March 25, 12http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/ciber/events/documents/Chinese_Language_and_Culture_for_Business_Registration_Form_April20.pdf Learn Chinese in the Year of the Dragon! Friday, April 20, 2012 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., followed by lunch at...
HHH students invited: Informal Career Conversation with US Diplomat Michael Ralles,Tuesday, 3/27
on March 24, 12Humphrey students are invited to meet informally with an experienced US diplomat next Tuesday, 3/27 from 11am - 12pm in room 131...
"Why did Roman Catholicism become the First World Religion?" March 26
on March 24, 12CEMH Workshop - "Why did Roman Catholicism become the First World Religion?" - Simon Ditchfield, University of York, Monday, March 26 A...
3/28 CFR Academic Conference Call: "Food Security in the Twenty-First Century"
on March 23, 12On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next Academic Conference Call on Wednesday,...
Reminder to RSVP for Joint PS/HHH Seminar Series: Lee Ann Fujii, "The Puzzle of Extra-Lethal Violence" (Fri, Mar 23)
on March 23, 12Joint PS/HHH Seminar Series: Prof. Lee Ann Fujii, "The Puzzle of Extra-Lethal Violence" Joint Seminar Series Poster--Fujii (revised).pdf Attached is an announcement...
Upcoming Chinese films in Twin Cities
on March 22, 12I recently received information about several Chinese movies that will be showing in the Twin Cities area, which I'm passing along to...
Rethinking Teaching & Learning at U of M: Conversation & Workshop KaosPilots & Knowmads March 30
on March 22, 12FULL EVENT DESCRIPTION: http://z.umn.edu/rethinking Friday, March 30 9 am - noon, lunch follows Shepherd Room, Weisman Art Museum Registration will be limited...
"Covering the Southern Borders: European & US Journalists Compare Reporting on Immigration & Immigrants in the Mediterranean & the Southwestern US" April 27
on March 22, 12Senior reporters and editors from American, British, French, and Italian media - including The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press, Corriere della Sera,...
Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves Friday, April 20
on March 21, 12Sheldon Garon, Nissan Professor in Japanese Studies and Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Princeton University Beyond Our Means: Why...
Culture Corps Project on Korean culture, Thursdays 12:15 to 1:15pm in Coffman #325
on March 21, 12See below for information on some upcoming presentations about contemporary Korean culture. This project is a part of Culture Corps project sponsored...
RESCHEDULED - Economic Club April Luncheon with WTO Director Pascal Lamy
on March 21, 12Due to a last minute G-20 Trade Summit, which requires the WTO's attendance,we are rescheduling our event with WTO Director Pascal Lamy....
Cifiscape project book launch party Mar 31
on March 21, 12The book launch party will be at University Baptist Church at 13th and University in Dinky Town, March 31st 6:00-8:00 P.M. The...
ROOM CHANGE: Joint PS/HHH Seminar Series: Prof. Lee Ann Fujii, "The Puzzle of Extra-Lethal Violence" (Friday, March 23)
on March 21, 12***Please note the room change*** to Room 609, Social Sciences Building. The paper for the event is now attached. Fujii--THE PUZZLE OF...
"The Vision for International Agricultural Development" - Special ICGC, HHH, CFANS, Gates Fdn event, 3/23
on March 20, 12D R. P R A B H U P I N G A L I, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development Policy and Statistics,...
This week's ICGC brown bag: The Rehabilitation of Mozambique's Sugar Industry
on March 19, 12Friday, March 23 12pm, 537 Heller Hall A L I C I A L A Z Z A R I N I,...
March 29: An introduction to Sharia
on March 19, 12Middle East Interest Group Members: Re: An introduction to Sharia (tentative) Freeman Commons (room 205) March 29, 2012 12:15 - 1:30 PM...
Ap 18 AFSA luncheon: Richard Virden on what we can learn from Iraq & Afghanistan
on March 19, 12THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting on What Can We Learn...
Peace Corps Info Session at UMN March 26
on March 16, 12Peace Corps info session March 26th at 5 pm. Watch a video, hear from a former volunteer, and learn about the application...
Apr 20 Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves
on March 16, 12Sheldon Garon, Nissan Professor in Japanese Studies and Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Princeton University Beyond Our Means: Why...
April 20 - Introduction to Chinese Language & Culture for Business
on March 16, 12http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/ciber/events/documents/Chinese_Language_and_Culture_for_Business_Registration_Form_April20.pdf April 20 - Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture for Business 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., followed by lunch at the...
Roundtable at Carlson School Apr 26 on doing business in Middle East/North Africa
on March 16, 12http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1075734 April 26 - Arab Spring Update: North Africa Markets 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Carlson School,...
Apr 12: Norway House Peace Initiative: Roxana Saberi speaking
on March 16, 122012 Minnesota Peace Initiative presents Roxana Saberi Register: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=mmysuzeab&oeidk=a07e5pituxxf8165fc6&oseq=a01htgku4s36i Limited seating, registration required. For more information about Roxana, www.roxanasaberi.com Thursday April 12,...
Thurs, Mar 15, 8:30am-10am Webcast - Humanitarian Corridors in Syria: A path to political intervention?
on March 15, 12Humanitarian Law and Policy Forum (Harvard) Click here to register for the event (required) https://hsphevents.webex.com/cmp0306ld/webcomponents/widget/detect.do?siteurl=hsphevents&LID=1&RID=2&TID=11&rnd=0230241602&DT=-300&DL=en-US&isDetected=true&backUrl=%2Fmw0306ld%2Fmywebex%2Fdefault.do%3Fnomenu%3Dtrue%26siteurl%3Dhsphevents%26service%3D6%26rnd%3D0.2816479538558577%26main_url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fhsphevents.webex.com%252Fec0605ld%252Feventcenter%252Fevent%252FeventAction.do%253FtheAction%253Ddetail%2526confViewID%253D280387448%2526siteurl%253Dhsphevents%2526%2526%2526 More details and RSVP on Humanitarian Law...
4th International Conference on Hmong Studies (Saint Paul, MN)
on March 14, 12Friday, March 30 - Saturday, March 31 Concordia University, St. Paul Topics will include: • Transnational Marriage between Hmong-Americans and Hmong-Lao •...
International Trade Networking Cocktail, Tues. March 20
on March 14, 12Tuesday, March 20; 5:30 - 7:30 P Currency Considerations: Identifying Foreign Exchange Risks for Exporters Speaker: Nabil Amra, US Bank Radisson Downtown...
Candidates interviewing at UMN for Director, Center for Austrian Studies
on March 14, 12The search committee for the Center for Austrian Studies director position has identified two candidates who have been invited to campus to...
MIRC Mar 19: Ontological Security & Conflict Resolution (includes lunch)
on March 14, 12MIRC presents Bahar Rumelili next Monday, March 19 @12:30pm MIRC is very pleased to host a talk by Bahar Rumelili (Koc University)...
Apr 16 Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China's Great Urban Migration
on March 14, 12Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China's Great Urban Migration - A book talk with award winning journalist Michelle Dammon...
April 12: Tales of the Diasporas, rethinking history of Arabs in America
on March 12, 12"Hikayat al-Mahjar (Tales of the Diasporas): Gibran and Beyond" Date: 04/12/2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UMN 125 Nicholson Hall Free Description:...
April 10: Globalization: The Promise & The Challenge
on March 12, 1204/10/2012 5:30 PM UMN Twin Cities,West Bank,Ted Mann Concert Hall A Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute event featuring Ernesto Zedillo and Timothy Kehoe...
Apr 10: Non-governmental Memory: Cultural Heritage & Political Activism in Post-Yugoslavia
on March 12, 12Tuesday, April 10 https://events.umn.edu/017792 125 Nolte Center, 4 p.m. Non-governmental Memory: Cultural Heritage and Political Activism in Post-Yugoslavia - Presentation by Andrew...
Sat Mar 17 in Minneapolis, event on Syria
on March 12, 12Syrian Revolution Anniversary Demonstration Syrian Revolution Anniversary flyer 2(NEW).pdf Saturday, March 17th 2012 2:00 pm - 4:30pm The event will take...
March 14: Update from the Ilula Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania
on March 9, 12We are now offering our colleagues the opportunity to join our seminars "remotely". Please click here to join the "live" seminar via...
Reminder Thurs, Mar 8, 11am in HHH 173 CFR Conference Call: "Japan: One Year Later"
on March 8, 12On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next Academic Conference Call on Thursday,...
Mar 23 at Carlson School: UMN Internationalizing the Curriculum campus conference
on March 7, 12INTERNATIONALIZING THE CURRICULUM AND CAMPUS CONFERENCE registration is free and open to all interested U faculty and staff. The conference will be...
Thurs Mar 8 1pm: Julian Marshall (UMN Engineers w/o Borders & Acara Challenge advisor) speaking at HHH on "Design of Clean, Healthy Cities: Interactions Between Urban Form, Physical Activity & Air Quality"
on March 7, 12Some of you GN readers may know Julian Marshall as some of the energy behind the Acara Challenge and EWB. His research...
Reminder: Mar 8 Yale Professor Ken Scheve speaking on "Technology & the Era of the Mass Army"
on March 6, 12Next week at the Comparative Politics Colloquium: Ken Scheve, Yale Please join us next Thursday for Prof. Ken Scheve's talk entitled "Technology...
MDP student Britta Hansen leading IPID Talk: Food Aid 101 - Thursday, March 8
on March 6, 12Food Aid 101: What is food aid and food assistance, where does the food come from and where does it go, what...
Reminder Wed Mar 7, Noon: Mark Boother (HHH UK Fellow) on measuring criminal justice outcomes
on March 6, 12REMINDER, THIS EVENT IS TOMORROW in Room 80 Peters Hall, St. Paul Campus. See attached flyer. Please circulate. Boother 03-12 Research in...
Reminder: MEIG FILM Showing Mar 8: The Price of Dignity in Syria
on March 6, 12****************************SHORT FILM************************** The Middle East Interest Group (MEIG) is pleased to invite you all to join us for a lively discussion...
Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization speaking to Economic Club of Minnesota, April 19
on March 6, 12Mark Kennedy and Tim Penny cordially invite you to the Economic Club of Minnesota's April Luncheon featuring Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade...
Friday Mar 9 ICGC Brown Bag: Fighting for Criminal Justice from Below: Private Prosecution & Judicial Responsiveness in Guatemala
on March 6, 12Special Brown Bag and Practice Job Talk Veronica Michel_March 9_Brown Bag flyer.pdf Friday, March 9 12pm, 537 Heller Hall V E R...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi at Humphrey School March 5, speaking on Middle East refugees
on March 5, 12The Humphrey School of Public Affairs Presents The United Nations Senior Official on Palestinian Refugees Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi, United Nations Relief and...
last chance to register for Mar 23 UMN Internationalizing the Curriculum & Campus Conference
on March 2, 12Register Now! http://global.umn.edu/icc/conference/index.html The Third Annual Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus Conference is free and open to all University of Minnesota staff...
MIRC talk Mar 5 "Fighting for Criminal Justice from Below: Private Prosecution & Judicial Responsiveness in Latin America."
on March 2, 12MIRC presents Veronica Michel (UMN) next Monday, March 5 @12:30 MIRC is pleased to host a practice job talk given by our...
Mar 9 Advancing Equality for Minnesota's Immigrant & Refugee Women: Integrating Gender Equity in Programming & Organizational Practices
on March 2, 12March 9, 4 - 6 p.m. | Humphrey School Room 180 The Center on Women and Public Policy and the Public and...
Mar 14 Tropical Med Seminar: Update from Ilula, Tanzania
on March 2, 12Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar March 14, 2012 @ 6pm-8:30pm AGENDA: 6pm Dinner and Introductions 6:10pm Global Health Update Megan Shaughnessy, MD...
Humphrey Fellow Shaymaa Reyad on the role of Women in Egyptian Spring, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Saturday Mar 3
on March 1, 12Religion and Politics in the Egyptian Spring: the Emerging Role of Women Shaymaa Reyad, Humphrey International Fellowship Program 10:45 - 12:00 P.M....
Nobel Peace Prize Forum now live streaming (March 1-3)
on March 1, 12http://nobelpeaceprizeforum.org/ THE 2012 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM, cohosted by the U of M and Augsburg College, will take place Mar. 1-3 at...
CEHD International Connections talk Mar 7 on China's Higher Education trends
on March 1, 12CEHD International Connections introduces Zhou Zhou (East China Normal University) speaking on "Historical Considerations & Current Trends in Chinese Higher Education" March...
Mar 19 at Mitchell College of Law: Iran in the New Century
on March 1, 12Monday, March 19; 6:30 - 8:30 P A conversation with Hooman Majd, author of "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ" Moderator: John Radsan...
Mar 13: How Will 7 Billion People Change Your Life?
on March 1, 12Population in Perspective Tuesday, March 13; 6:00 - 7:30 P How Will 7 Billion People Change Your Life? Panelists: Representative Betty McCollum,...
Mar 6 Jeh Johnson from DOD speaking at National Security Forum
on March 1, 12Tuesday, March 6; 6:30 P Jeh Johnson, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defence William Mitchell College of Law Auditorium, 875 Summit Avenue,...
HHH fac or students interested in Arctic conference in Montreal, please contact Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis
on March 1, 12You'll recall from the Arctic event last fall that one of the events on the horizon is the major Arctic conference happening...
Streaming live now: Nobel Peace Prize Forum opening ceremony
on March 1, 12http://www.livestream.com/nobelpeaceprizeforum...
Friday's ICGC Brown Bag: Football as Weapon of Acculturation Into Wage Labor & as a Way to 'Normalize' the Colonial Racial Hierarchy in South Africa
on February 29, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, March 2 12pm, 537 Heller Hall V I R G I L S L A D E, PhD...
Networking Session with Aryeh Neier - Feb 29, 2012
on February 29, 12Special Opportunity for Students Register Today - Limited Space The Humphrey School of Public Affairs Presents A Networking Session With Aryeh Neier...
Video & PowerPoint: Aseem Kaul on Global Integration
on February 28, 12Miss the event? Find video and powerpoint here: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/freeman/index.html Professor Aseem Kaul, Carlson School of Management speaking on: The Changing Nature of...
Cross-Cultural Leadership Retreat - 3/24/2012 - Minneapolis, MN
on February 28, 12CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT WHEN: Saturday, March 24, 9 am - 5 pm PLACE: 101 University International Center, East Bank, Minneapolis, MN, USA...
Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future - A Talk with David Cortright
on February 28, 12Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future A Talk with David Cortright In honor of International Women's Day. Opening comments from Congressman Keith...
Freeman Workshop Feb 28: Aseem Kaul on The Changing Nature of Global Integration
on February 27, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Professor Aseem Kaul,...
Tues Feb 28: ARAHA's Idris speaking on famine relief Horn of Africa (lecture & webcast)
on February 27, 12Tuesday, February 28 - Lecture & Webcast (Noon-1:15 pm, Mayo 3-125 (North Atrium) Webcast via UMConnect URL: https://umconnect.umn.edu/humanrights (Join via Guest box;...
Tues, Feb 28 Special ICGC Brown Bag: Socialist Mozambique through Photography, 1975 to 1982
on February 27, 12Special ICGC Brown Bag Tuesday, February 28 Noon, 531 Heller Hall. DREW THOMPSON, PhD Candidate, Department of History Reconciling Dueling Visual Nationalisms:...
Education & development: Assessing the impact of the Norwegian folk high schools, IPID Talk 2/29 @ 12:00
on February 25, 12Its been a while since we had an IPID talk, but for those of you who have been jones-ing for them to...
Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future -- Rep. Keith Ellison will join David Cortright in honor of International Women's Day, March 9
on February 25, 12Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future -- A Talk with David Cortright in honor of International Women's Day. Opening comments from Congressman...
Humphrey Fellow Fadia Afashe speaking at Nobel Peace Prize Forum March 3
on February 25, 12The Nobel Peace Prize Forum conference is occurring at the Humphrey School for Public Affairs and Augsburg College in one week....
Presentation by Indonesian filmaker Gotot Prakosa - March 2, 2012
on February 23, 12Presentation by Indonesian filmaker Gotot Prakosa Date: 03/02/2012 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Cost:...
Kantata Takwa Screening and Discussion Feb 29, 5:00 pm 155 Nicholson Hall
on February 23, 12Kantata Takwa (Indonesia 1992/2008) Introduced by Director Gotot Prakosa Q&A following the screening Date: 02/29/2012 Time: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi speaking at Humphrey School March 5 on Middle East refugees
on February 23, 12The Humphrey School of Public Affairs Presents The United Nations Senior Official on Palestinian Refugees Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi United Nations Relief and...
Naomi Tutu, Human Rights Advocate & Daughter of Desmond Tutu speaking March 3, Nobel Peace Prize Forum
on February 23, 12Buy Tickets: http://nppftickets.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event_listings.asp Featured Speaker: Naomi Tutu, Human Rights Advocate and Daughter of Desmond Tutu Interested in Human Rights? One of the...
Webinar available from USAID's Christy Hanson Feb 15 talk on global infectious diseases, health challenges in international development
on February 23, 12In case you were not able to join us for the February TTMS, we have posted information from the event on our...
March 7, Noon: Mark Boother from UK on measuring criminal justice outcomes
on February 23, 12See attached flyer. Please circulate. Boother 03-12 Research in Progress Flyer.pdf Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Noon to 1:00pm 80 Peters Hall, St....
ICGC Brown Bag Friday, February 24, 2012
on February 22, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, February 24 12pm, 537 Heller Hall A D O L F O G A R C É Visiting...
Special ICGC Brown Bag - 2/28/2012
on February 22, 12Special ICGC Brown Bag Tuesday, February 28 Noon, 531 Heller Hall. DREW THOMPSON PhD Candidate, Department of History Reconciling Dueling Visual Nationalisms:...
See Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi at the 2012 Forum
on February 21, 12Aung San Suu Kyi, 1991 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver a special video message to attendees of the Nobel...
Connecting with Government: Congressman Tim Walz/Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Noon - 1:15 p.m.
on February 21, 12Connecting with Government: Congressman Tim Walz (CD1) Building Coalitions for Government Reform Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Noon - 1:15 p.m. Cowles...
"Back on the Agenda? The Imperative of the Middle East Refugee Question/ March 5, 5 - 6 p.m. | Cowles Auditorium
on February 21, 12A Public Talk with UN Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi "Back on the Agenda? The Imperative of the Middle East Refugee Question" March...
Studying the Formation of Political Identities in the European Union: A Hermeneutics of Political Practices and the Case of the Eurozone Crisis/ MIRC/ Feb 27
on February 21, 12Please join us for MIRC next Monday, February 27 featuring Catherine Guisan, visiting assistant professor of Political Science at the University of...
Reminder Wed 11am Council on Foreign Relations conference call (brown bag), Amb. Sestanovich discusses Russia's upcoming election
on February 21, 12On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next Academic Conference Call on Wednesday,...
UMN Peace Corps Information Session Feb 20
on February 18, 12Thinking about exploring the world after graduation? Want to help others and learn more about yourself? For more information, attend the Peace...
March 9: Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future -- A Talk with David Cortright in honor of International Women's Day
on February 18, 12Friday, March 9, 6:30 p.m., Humphrey School Atrium David Cortright directs Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and...
Art exhibit featuring contemporary Iraqi female artists (Minneapolis)
on February 16, 12NOT ABOUT BOMBS, exhibit featuring 5 contemporary Iraqi female artists, opened on February 3 with more than 300 attending a reception at...
Video & powerpoint from info session with Eric James about the PA 5821 Humanitarianism class
on February 16, 12Please see video of his presentation here: http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embedqt/147339 Humanitarianism PreClass Feb 2012.ppt...
Feb 23: "Reframing the Access to Medicines Debate: Health as a Global Public Good"
on February 15, 12Reframing the Access to Medicines Debate: Health as a Global Public Good - Presentation by Jeffrey Sturchio Date: 02/23/2012 Time: 4:00 PM...
Feb 21: Japanese Tea Ceremony Performance
on February 15, 1202/21/2012 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM 140 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Cost: Free Description: FREE tea and sweets will be served....
Feb 23 Comparative Politics Colloquium: David Samuels on game theory
on February 15, 12Thursday at the Comparative Politics Colloquium: David Samuels Please note in your calendars that next Thursday, February 23 we will host a...
Registration Reminder: 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum March 1-3 (Minneapolis)
on February 15, 12Dear fellow peacemakers, We're writing to remind you that the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum (March 1-3) is fast approaching! Please distribute...
Policy Workshop Competition: A New Generation Advises NATO
on February 15, 12I would be grateful if you could forward to anyone who would be interested in this opportunity (colleagues, undergraduate and graduate students,...
poster presentations sought for 2012 Health Equity Conference in April on Eliminating Health Disparities
on February 15, 12The Center for Health Equity, the Program in Health Disparities Research, and the Minnesota Center for Cancer Collaborations are hosting the 2012...
Freeman Workshop Feb 14: Oren Gross "When Machines Kill: Criminal Responsibility for International Crimes Committed by Lethal Autonomous Robots"
on February 14, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Professor Oren Gross...
CEHD International Connections talk Feb 16 on International Survey of Statistics Teaching Practice & Beliefs
on February 14, 12CEHD International Connections: Development of an International Survey of Statistics Teaching Practice and Beliefs Audbjorg Bjornsdottir and Jiyoon Park Includes lunch- RSVP...
IPID Spring 2012 Student Speaker Conference: Health & Development - Friday, April 6
on February 14, 12The spring 2012 edition of IPID's flagship event, the Student Speaker Conference, is set for Friday, April 6, 3-7pm in Walter Library...
HHH's Camille Gage in Nobel Peace Prize Forum event: Illustrating the Cost of War: Artists Respond to a Decade of Conflict (Iraq)
on February 14, 12Illustrating the Cost of War: Artists Respond to a Decade of Conflict Camille J. Gage & Susanne Slavick With guest artists Sundus...
ICGC Brown Bag Feb 17: BIA's American Indian Adoption Project 1959-67
on February 14, 12Friday, February 17 12pm, 537 Heller Hall "Beyond Good Intentions: The Indian Adoption Project 1959-67" M E L I S S A...
PA 5821 Humanitarianism May term course information session Wed Feb 15, 11:15 to 12:30
on February 13, 12Eric James will hold an Information session for students taking or interested in taking PA 5821 Humanitarianism in HHH 175....
Feb 24 Emerging Markets Symposium at UMN Carlson School
on February 10, 12http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/emerging-markets/index.aspx Friday, February 24, 2012 7:30am - 2:30pm Carlson School of Management, Atrium About the Symposium: The Emerging Markets Symposium gathers business...
March 6: David Cole speaking on human rights after 9/11
on February 10, 12Constitutional Hope: The Surprising Resilience of Human Rights in the Decade After 9/11, and Its Implications for Constitutional Theory and the Politics...
Friday Feb 10 open discussion on post-Mubarak Egypt led by HHH's Andy Lei and Shaymaa Reyad
on February 9, 12The Middle East Interest Group (MEIG) is pleased to invite you all to join us for a lively presentation: "A Witness of...
Questions Without Borders: Why Future Research and Teaching Will Be Interdisciplinary Forum led by Myron Gutmann, National Science Foundation
on February 9, 12Comment by David Fox, J.B. Shank, and Dominique Tobbell; chaired by Provost Karen Hanson Monday, February 13, 3:30 p.m., Coffman Union Theater...
Mon Feb 13 noon, World Bicyclist & Agro Professor Paul Porter speaking biking Latin America last fall with UMN students (What's Up in Sustainable Agriculture seminar)
on February 9, 12Check it out! Dr. Paul Porter is recently back from a semester bicycling in South America leading a for-credit class with 3...
ICGC Brown Bag Feb 10: "Paradox of Community Participation"
on February 7, 12Friday, February 10 12pm, 537 Heller Hall Paradox of Community Participation Z I K A N I K A U N D...
Human Rights for the 21st Century: History, Practice & Politics Speaker Series: David Scheffer - Wednesday, Feb. 8
on February 6, 12David Scheffer, former Clinton administration's Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues and current Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law and Director, Center...
IPID seeking presenters
on February 6, 12Seeking Presenters for IPID Talks Thank you to those of you who have sent in ideas for IPID Talks so far! We're...
February 24 Economic Club of Minnesota event: "Cocktails & Conversation" Congressman Kevin BradyChairman, Subcommittee on Trade, House Ways & Means Committee
on February 6, 12http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2898935795/?ref=eivte&invite=MTY2ODI2My9ncmF5eDI2MEB1bW4uZWR1LzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invite&utm_term=respondhere Economic Club of Minnesota invites you to February "Cocktails & Conversation" Congressman Kevin... (Feb 24, 2012) http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2898935795 Mark Kennedy and Tim...
PASA Career Engagement Fair welcomes local nonprofits, companies, agencies to participate (no charge, no need to have openings, great way to connect with students)
on February 4, 12PASA Career Engagement Fair 11 am to 2 pm, Friday, February 24, 2012 Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis 55455 Welcoming...
Feb 8 Council on Foreign Relations conference call (brown bag): "The United States & Iran: On the Brink"
on February 4, 12HHH 173 noon to 1pm. Bring your lunch and participate. Everyone welcome! This is a rare opportunity to engage in Q&A with...
Freeman Workshop Feb 14: Oren Gross on "International Crimes by Autonomous Robots"
on February 4, 12February 14, 12:45 - 2 p.m. | Stassen Room (Room 170) The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy at the Humphrey School...
Feb 8 lecture & lunch: "Europe and the 'German Question' (Or Is It Now Germany and the 'Europe Question'?)"
on February 3, 12If you have not already done so there is still time to Register for the February 8th AFSA Luncheon THE UPPER MIDWEST...
Feb 10 Adam Kosto on history of international law
on February 3, 12Legal History Workshop - "Medieval Hostages, Contract Theory, and the History of International Law," Adam Kosto, History, Columbia University, Friday, February 10 ...
Feb 9 UMN Comparative Politics Colloquium: David Samuels on Brazil's party system evolution
on February 3, 12Next Thursday at the Comparative Politics Colloquium: David Samuels Next Thursday, February 9, the Comparative Politics Colloquium will be host a talk...
Networking session for students with David Scheffer Clinton Administration Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes
on February 2, 12The Humphrey School of Public Affairs presents A Networking Session With David Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law and...
enRoute to the Foreign Service Feb 13 at Hell's Kitchen
on February 2, 12Monday, February 13; 5:30 - 7:30 P Hell's Kitchen, Fireside Room, 9th St and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis Cost: MIC members and...
USAID's Christy Hanson speaking at Feb 15 Tropical & Travel Medicine Seminar
on February 2, 12"Moving toward the elimination of selected neglected tropical diseases: the USAID experience in mounting a large-scale public health response" Christy Hanson,...
Feb 1: US Foreign Policy Outlook for 2012 with Tom Hanson
on February 1, 12February 1, 5:30 p.m. | Cowles Auditorium Minnesota International Center presents U.S. Foreign Policy: The Outlook for 2011 Tuesday, January 25, 2011...
Feb 9 "Subterranean Scenographies: Time Travel through 'Miraculous' Mexico"
on February 1, 12Subterranean Scenographies: Time Travel through 'Miraculous' Mexico Thursdays at Four presentation by Luis Castañeda Thursday, February 9, 4 p.m., 125 Nolte Center...
"A Separation" Oscar-nominated Iranian Film Feb 3
on February 1, 12Tickets: https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Ticketing.aspx?TheatreID=266&ShowDate=2/3/2012 Trailer: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony/aseparation/ A Separation Set in contemporary Iran, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage....
Feb 8 David Scheffer speaking on "All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals"
on January 31, 12February 8, 2012, 7 PM presentation, followed by a small reception McNamara Alumni Center, Maroon & Gold Room 200 Oak Street SE,...
Feb 7 U of M Job Fair Preparation Session for Diverse Students
on January 31, 12Students! Need a job or internship? The U of M Job Fair is coming up soon - see the detailed information below....
IPID meeting today featuring discussion of Egypt with Humphrey Fellows Reyad, Einshouka & MPP student Lei
on January 31, 12General Assembly Meeting: Tuesday, January 31, 4pm in Walter Library Room 101 Our first General Assembly meeting of the semester will be...
Feb 2: Saint Paul-based urban planner Lu Weiming on "Re-envisioning Chinese Cities"
on January 31, 12Shan Shui, Ren Qing: Re-envisioning Chinese Cities with Eastern Genius Loci - Presentation by Weiming Lu: Thursday, Feb. 2 4pm, 125 Nolte...
Feb 3 Friday ICGC Brown Bag on community based theatre in Peru
on January 31, 12Friday, February 3 12pm, 537 Heller Hall I V O N E B A R R I G A, PhD Candidate, Theatre...
Feb 6, Monday at MIRC: Laura Sjoberg (UFL) on "Transgendering IR, Security, & War"
on January 31, 12Hello all, Please join MIRC next Monday, February 6 from 12:30-2pm for a talk by University of Florida Professor Laura Sjoberg. Prof....
Feb 21: The Non Nonprofit: For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success
on January 30, 12Tuesday, February 21, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Humphrey Forum, Humphrey School of Public Affairs ***Seats are limited, so please RSVP at...
9th Midwest International Economic Development Conference April 20-21, 2012
on January 27, 129th Midwest International Economic Development Conference April 20-21, 2012 McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota East Bank Campus Conference...
Jan 28 World Without Genocide conference "Water, War & Conflict" (Saint Paul, MN)
on January 27, 12Saturday, January 28 (1-4:30 pm, William Mitchel College of Law) http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/Jan28 1.28.12 Water, War and Conflict Conference.pdf Dr. Charlie Clemens Executive...
Feb 2: Travis Workman on "Leadership Change in North Korea & its Effects"
on January 26, 123:30 PM - 4:30 PM 121 Folwell Hall Description: The recent death of Kim Jong Il and his succession by son Kim...
March 2: Presentation by Indonesian filmaker Gotot Prakosa
on January 26, 12Date: 03/02/2012 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Cost: Free Description: Filmmaker Gotot Prakosa will...
OneVillage Partners social gathering Jan 29
on January 25, 12Happy New Year! I hope 2012 is off to a great start for you and your families. It's looking to be a...
Doug Johnson speaking Jan 25 on "Restoring the Dignity of the Human Spirit: Torture Survivor Rehabilitation as an Advancement of Human Rights"
on January 24, 12Global Health & Human Rights Seminar Series "Restoring the Dignity of the Human Spirit: Torture Survivor Rehabilitation as an Advancement of Human...
Eric Schwartz speaking on Responsibility to Protect, Jan 31
on January 23, 12Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Dean Eric Schwartz,...
MINN's Chinese New Year Happy Hour, Jan 24th
on January 23, 12Ring in the Year of the Dragon with MINN! When: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 5:30-7:30pm Where: Pagoda in Dinkytown (1417 4th Street...
Jan 19 at Augsburg College: Photo exhibit, cultural presentation features Oromo women
on January 23, 12FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: January 19, 2012 Contact: Tsehai Wodajo Phone: 612-724-2096 MINNEAPOLIS - A photography exhibit and cultural presentation that documents...
ICGC Brown Bag Jan 27 on decaying Havana Cuba architecture
on January 23, 12The Sky is Falling: Architectural Ruin and Daily Life in Havana: The New Art of Making Ruins ICGC Brown Bag Friday, January...
Jan 27: PASA skills workshop: Making a book
on January 23, 12This event is useful for anyone interested in getting writing available to an audience without having to swallow the costs of an...
UMN International Research Conference Feb 17, registration open
on January 19, 12Registration is Open: https://oipsecure.umn.edu/doregistration/reg-one.php The Global Programs and Strategy Alliance is sponsoring the inaugural international research conference on Addressing Global Challenges through...
Upcoming Human Rights speaker series
on January 18, 12Human Rights for the 21st Century: History, Practice, Politics On February 8, David Scheffer, former Clinton administration's Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes...
Jan 27: "Dancing Salsa Wrong: Pausing on Latinidad in Los Angeles."
on January 18, 12Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Location: 400 Ford Hall Cost: Free Description: "Dancing Salsa Wrong: Pausing on Latinidad in...
Feb 10: Amy Chua giving annual Griffin Lecture on building US-China understanding
on January 18, 12The eleventh annual Bob and Kim Griffin Building U.S.-China Bridges Lecture Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: Increasing Mutual Understanding Between U.S....
Jan 30: "Ending Domestic Violence Worldwide: Research on Men in Anti-Violence Work"
on January 18, 12Juliana Carlson January 30, 2012 - 12:00pm 320 Education Sciences Building Includes lunch- Please RSVP to lauraw(at)umn.edu Ending violence against women is...
Global Health Impact Group Event Jan 19
on January 18, 12The Global Health Impact Group January Journal Club session will feature Dr. Alan Lifson, Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health in the...
HIV/AIDs talk this Thurs noon @ med school - Global Health Impact Group January Journal Club: Dr. Alan Lifson
on January 17, 12The Global Health Impact Group January Journal Club session will feature Dr. Alan Lifson, Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health in the...
"Civil War & the Challenge of Political Order" Joint Political Science/Humphrey School seminar series
on January 17, 12Joint Political Science/Humphrey School seminar series--Spring semester schedule We are very pleased to announce the two speakers for the 2012 Spring semester...
MIRC presents Renee Buhr on Identity in World Politics, Monday January 23 @ 12:30pm
on January 17, 12Minnesota International Relations Colloquium Please join MIRC next week (Monday 1/23) for the first event in our Spring 2012 series "Identity...
Jan 22: ARAHA forum on sustainable solutions for Horn of Africa
on January 16, 12ARAHA Action Forum on Sunday, January 22 at 3:00 p.m. Cowles Auditorium | Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South...
Feb 8: Europe and the 'German Question' (Or Is It Now Germany & the 'Europe Question'?)
on January 16, 12THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Invites you to a luncheon meeting with Wayne Merry on Europe...
Jan 23: Paul Glewwe speaking on employment of young adults in China
on January 16, 12MPC Seminar Series Spring 2012 Monday, January 23 Cognitive Skills, Non-Cognitive Skills, and the Employment and Wages of Young Adults in Rural...
ICGC Brown Bag Jan 20: Neo-liberal Higher Education Reform Processes at Makerere University (Uganda)
on January 16, 12ICGC Brown Bag Friday, January 20, 2012, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Neo-liberal Higher Education Reform Processes and their Implications to Learning...
UMN global health seminar Jan 18
on January 16, 12Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar January 18, 2011 @ 6pm-8:30pm AGENDA: 6pm Dinner and Introductions 6:10pm Global Health Update Rebecca Zadroga, MD...
Third Annual UMN Internationalizing the Curriculum & Campus Conference Mar 23
on January 16, 12Click here to registerhttp://global.umn.edu/icc/conference/index.html Internationalizing the Curriculum & Campus Register Now! The Third Annual Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus Conference is...
Jan 27 - Introduction to Chinese Language & Culture for Business
on January 12, 12http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/ciber/events/documents/Chinese_Business_Language_and_Culture_RegistrationForm_Jan2012.pdf 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., followed by lunch at the Tea House University International Center Celebrate China's Year of the Dragon...
UMN Peace Corps Information Session Jan 30
on January 11, 12Students can start planning to become a Peace Corps volunteer. For more information, students can attend a general information session on Monday,...
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday & commemoration events in Minnesota
on January 11, 12MLK, Jr. Concert The 2012 event will take place on Sunday, January 15, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Ted Mann...
Jan 23 Turkish Foreign Policy & the Arab Spring
on January 10, 12https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/EventDetail.asp?cguid=045C189A-FBDB-4755-8568-62F2F58D652B&eid=%2040235&sid=98D4B275%2D9F6C%2D433B%2D8178%2DF3189BF005BB January 23 - Turkish Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Carlson School A public forum with Dr....
Jan 14: Russian Cultural Center "Yolka" party for kids needs event volunteers
on January 10, 12Please see a flyer for our annual Russian Cultural Center "Yolka" party for kids (Russian/English bilingual) attached. Please see the message from...
2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum registration open
on January 10, 12Registration for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum is now open! Join professionals, students, activists, world leaders, scholars, performing artists, and others...
Jan 14 discussion event on Sierra Leone
on January 10, 12Since the end of the military rule in 1996, three elections have taken place in Sierra Leone with the support of international...
Peace Revolution Fellowship for Young People (ages 18-30), conference in Thailand
on January 9, 12Global Peace on the Move VIII 18 June-1 July 2012 Thailand Countless conferences on peace have been held. Endless peace treaties have...
14th International WSV Symposium on Victimology
on January 9, 12Justice for Victims: Cross-cultural perspectives on conflict, trauma and reconciliation 20-24 May 2012, The Hague, the Netherlands The World Society of Victimology...
Feb 17: UMN Inaugural International Research conference registration open
on January 5, 12Registration is Open! https://oipsecure.umn.edu/doregistration/reg-one.phpThe Global Programs and Strategy Alliance is sponsoring the inaugural international research conference on Addressing Global Challenges through International...
Jan 30: "Salaam Dunk" Documentary of an Iraqi Women's Basketball Team
on January 5, 12Tucker Center Film Festival to Feature "Salaam Dunk"; A Stirring Documentary of an Iraqi Women's Basketball Team TheTucker Center Film Festival will...
Jan 12: Renewable Energy in US & Europe in the next decade
on January 5, 12The Center for Austrian Studies is presenting a panel discussion, "What is the future of Renewable Energy in the U.S. and Europe...
IPID TALK Dec 13: Improving Education in Indonesia: Focus on Islamic Schools with Humphrey Fellow Dr. Zuliati Rohmah
on December 12, 11The last IPID Talk of the year will be on Improving Education in Indonesia: A Focus on Islamic Schools. Dr. Zuliati Rohmah,...
Tropical & Travel Medicine Seminar Dec 14--you can participate in person or online via UConnect
on December 10, 11Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar December 14, 2011 6pm-8:30pm TTMS December 14 2011 Invitation.pdf SEMINAR AGENDA: 6pm Dinner and Introductions 6:10pm Global...
Dec 13 Post-conflict Liberia event at HHH
on December 10, 11I am contacting a few people and organizations who I think may be especially interested in this December 13 program. I hope...
IPID screening "Crude" film about oil drilling in Ecuador, Dec 9, 7pm; MPP students Brandon Wu & Mary Small discussion leaders
on December 8, 11This Friday, December 9 at 7pm, IPID is hosting a screening of the film Crude at the apartment of Humphrey students Brandon...
Global Spotlight event Dec 13: "Assessment, Accountability, & Opportunity to Learn in Guatemala"
on December 8, 11by Michael Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, CEHD Professor Michael Rodriguez's work with USAID established a national academic content and achievement standards...
Dec 8 Comparative Politics Colloquium presents Ralitsa Donkova on comparative foriegn aid, funding for development from US, UK, & Sweden
on December 7, 11Please join us at the Comparative Politics Colloquium tomorrow at noon in the Lippincott seminar room, 13th floor Social Sciences building. Ralitsa...
Dec 15 at African Development Center Open House celebrating local artist Abdulasis "Aziz" Osman
on December 7, 11Afro Universal: A Night for Aziz For anyone that has ever visited the Main Office of the African Development Center and its...
Dar course info session Dec 13 with Prof. Ed Goetz
on December 7, 11PA 5290: Cities of the Global South (Dar es Salaam) Information session with Prof. Goetz for students December 13, Tuesday, 1:30pm HHH...
Dec 12 Renewable Energy Policy Innovation: The Future of Wind & Solar Power forum w/ Minnesota & German energy policy leaders
on December 6, 11Monday, December 12, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey School Refreshments provided Free and open to the public In...
Freeman Workshop Dec 6:Ruth Okediji on "Innovating Around Intellectual Property: Culture, Traditional Knowledge & Trade in the Goods that Embody Them"
on December 6, 11Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Professor Ruth Okediji,...
IPID is hosting a screening of the film Crude/ December 9 @ 7pm
on December 6, 11This Friday, December 9 at 7pm, IPID is hosting a screening of the film Crude at the apartment of Humphrey students Brandon...
ICGC Brown Bag Dec 9: Financial instruments for transforming the apartheid city?
on December 5, 11ICGC Brown Bag Friday, December 9, 2011 Noon, 537 Heller Hall Financial instruments for transforming the apartheid city? Infrastructures and anxieties around...
CFR 12/8 Academic Conference Call "Global Brazil"
on December 5, 11On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the final CFR Academic Conference Call of...
Mexico Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan speaking at Economic Club of Minnesota Dec 9
on December 5, 11Mark Kennedy and Tim Penny cordially invite you to the Economic Club of Minnesota's December Luncheon featuring His Excellency, Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador...
Panel Discussion: Somalia & the Twin Cities Area Somali Community Saturday, Dec 3
on December 2, 11Panel Discussion: Somalia and the Twin Cities Area Somali Community Saturday, December 3, 2:30 p.m. Walker Library, 2880 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis. In...
The African Music Ensemble Fall Concert at UMN Dec 2, 8pm
on November 30, 1112/02/2011 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall - Ferguson Hall Cost: Free The African Music Ensemble Fall Concert for...
Dec 7 Panel Discussion on Doing Business in Africa at Carlson School, will include local nonprofit leaders working in Africa
on November 30, 11Join Us on December 7 for a Panel Discussion on Doing Business in Africa DoingBusinessInAfricaPanelFlyerDec2011-1.pdf The Carlson Global Institute of the Carlson...
Reminder: MEIG discussion event Dec 6 on Iran nuclear program
on November 29, 11The Middle East Interest Group (MEIG) is pleased to invite you all to join us for a lively discussion on the: "Reflections...
Human Rights & Development: IPID Student Speaker Conference Dec 2
on November 29, 11Friday, December 2, 3:30 pm, Room 101 Walter Library Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development is hosting our biannual student speaker series on...
Dec 6: Mekong Mosaic- Using Digital Media to Foster Global & Cultural Understanding in the Classroom
on November 29, 11Tuesday, December 6, 12:00 p.m. 240 Burton Hall Catherine Solheim (FSS) & Linda Buturian (PsTL) Catherine Solheim and Linda Buturian will discuss...
Reminder: IPID Talk Dec 1 on Microfinance
on November 29, 11IPID Talk: Microfinance - Mighty or Maligned? Thursday, December 1, 1:00 pm, Minnesota Population Center Room 70 (50 Willey Hall) Aryn Baxter,...
Ann Tickner speaking on feminist and postcolonial perspectives on international relations, Dec 5 MIRC (RSVP)
on November 29, 11MIRC is pleased to present a talk by Professor J. Ann Tickner (USC) next Monday, December 5, 12:30-2pm, in 1314 Social Sciences.Tickner.MIRC.pdfProf....
Dec 13 New documentary on Post-Conflict Liberia
on November 29, 11Post-Conflict Liberia: Challenges and Opportunities Tuesday, December 13; 5:30 - 7:30 P Speakers: Kira Kay and Jason Maloney, journalists, and Dr. Wilhelmina...
ICGC Brown Bag Dec 2: The Slums of Aspen: Race, Immigration, & Environmental Privilege
on November 28, 11Friday, December 2, 2011 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall The Slums of Aspen: Race, Immigration, and Environmental Privilege Lisa Sun-Hee Park (Associate...
Film screening of "They go to die" for World AIDS Day
on November 28, 11TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29th Macalester College http://www.macalester.edu/ JBD Lecture Hall - Campus Center 7:30-9:30 PM Filmmaker Jonathan Smith will show his documentary-in-progress "They...
MIRC presents Moira Lynch practice job talk on Monday, 11/28 @12:30
on November 28, 11Please join MIRC this Monday, 11/28 at 12:30pm in 1314 SocSci for a practice job talk by PhD candidate Moira Lynch....
Dec 9 luncheon Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador from Mexico to the United States
on November 27, 11Mark Kennedy and Tim Penny cordially invite you to the Economic Club of Minnesota's December Luncheon featuring His Excellency, Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador...
Council on Foreign Relations 11/30 Acad Conf Call: "Female Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan"
on November 27, 11On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next CFR Academic Conference Call on...
Freeman Workshop Nov 22: "Pop Internationalism, Has a Half Century of World Music Trade Displaced Local Culture?
on November 22, 11The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. Sessions are held from 12:45 to...
Lisa Kubiske US Ambassador to Honduras meeting students at HHH 2:30pm Monday, Nov 21, HHH 274
on November 21, 11MPP student Connor Molloy is organizing this short meeting: connormolloy59(at0gmail.com Lisa Kubiske, US Ambassador to Honduras Ambassador Kubiske will be discussing US...
Nov 18 ICGC Brown Bag on human rights, gender, redemocratization in Argentina
on November 17, 11Friday, November 18 12pm, 537 Heller Hall Thresholds: Impunity, Gender, and Testimonio in Argentina Ana Forcinto, Associate Professor, U of M...
Dec 2: Why it Takes the Heart & the Fist, conversation with Eric Greitens, humanitarian & Navy SEAL
on November 16, 11Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy Eric Greitens ImageEric Greitens graduated from Duke University where he studied ethics, philosophy, and public...
IPID Talk 12/1: Magical Microfinance - Mighty or Maligned?
on November 16, 11By Rachel Garaghty Date: December 1, 2011 Time: 1:00 pm Location: Room 70, Minnesota Population Center (50 Willey Hall) Aryn Baxter, Tam...
IPID Winter Student Speaker Conference: Righting Human Wrongs
on November 16, 11By Rachel Garaghty on October 26, 2011 4:14 PM | Date: December 2, 2011 Time: 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm (food and...
HHH Career Talk Nov 17: Careers in Humanitarian Relief, Reuben Brigety, US Dep Asst Sec of State
on November 16, 11Dr. Reuben E. Brigety, II, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State will speak 1:00 - 2:30 pm concerning his work at the...
Reminder: Careers in Humanitarian Relief Thurs, Nov 17 1 to 2:30pm with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees & Migration
on November 15, 11Dr. Reuben E. Brigety, II, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State will speak 1:00 - 2:30 pm concerning his work at the...
Nov 18 International Educ conference at St. Cloud State Univ.
on November 15, 11Please see the announcement below. If adequate interest is generated from the U of M, St. Cloud State has offered to provide...
ROOM CHANGE for Tuesday, Nov 15 Special ICGC Brown Bag on naming & the Arab revolutions
on November 14, 11CHANGE OF VENUE: 1210 Heller Hall Noon, Tuesday, November 15 Special ICGC Brown Bag Deceptive words: The nuances of re-naming the Arab...
Nov 22 Lloyd Axworthy to Present "The Responsibility to Protect"
on November 14, 11NOVEMBER 11, 2011--Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United Nations, will present "The Responsibility to Protect" on...
IPID Documentary Night - Iraq - "The Unreturned" with director present for discussion, Tues., Nov 15 6pm
on November 13, 11IPID Documentary Night on Iraq - THE UNRETURNED http://www.theunreturned.com/ MN-born DIRECTOR, Nathan Fisher, will be present to discuss! Why haven't 4.7 million...
Videos & blog highlight Rashmi Singh, Mission Convergence
on November 11, 11http://www.leadership.umn.edu/Singh_Nov3_2011.html and http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/freeman/index.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cil/myblog/2011/11/reflections-on-meeting-rashmi-singh-from-cil-student-leadership-team.html...
MDP students present Bolivia fieldwork project at ICGC Brown Bag Fri., Nov 11, noon
on November 11, 11ICGC Brown Bag Friday, November 11, 2011, 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall presented by Britt Cecconi Cruz, Britta Hansen, and Kaying Vang,...
Event- IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP- Nov 11
on November 11, 11THIS WEEK'S TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PLEASE JOIN THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION LIVE BY PHONE AND SKYPE WHEN: FRIDAY,...
Video posted from "How (and Why) I Started My NGO" discussion forum, Oct 12
on November 10, 11http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed.php?subclip_id=2723&live=true&chrome=true How (and Why) I Started My NGO Discussion Forum with Minnesota-based Globally-Operating Social Entrepreneurs Humphrey School of Public Affairs Wednesday Oct...
Nov 15 Special ICGC Brown Bag on "The nuances of re-naming the Arab revolutions"
on November 9, 11Special ICGC Brown Bag Tuesday, November 15 12pm, 537 Heller Hall Lunch provided Deceptive words: The nuances of re-naming the Arab revolutions...
Call for Workshop Proposals on issues relating to theme "The Price of Peace" for the March 3, 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum
on November 9, 11DEADLINE: NOV 11, 2011 (from Sherry Gray: Please, readers, if you have an idea, do contact me soon, even if formal...
Dec 1 IPID holding critical discussion on microfinance (really as great as it's cracked up to be?)
on November 9, 11The next IPID Talk will be on Thursday, December 1st at 1:00pm in Room 70 of the Minnesota Population Center (50 Willey...
Video posted from Oct 10 "Forum on Libya: The Humanitarian Perspective"
on November 8, 11https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCcZGi3fkTo&feature=player_embedded Attached is the link to the entire forum, as well as some media coverage on the event. Please feel free to...
Nov 16: "Challenges of the Challenged in the Global South: The Case of India"
on November 8, 11Dr. Santoshi Halder "An Insight into the Challenges of the Challenged in the Global South: The Case of India" November 16, 2011...
Palestinian-Israeli Peacebuilding Efforts in the Middle East Bereaved Families & Combatants for Peace
on November 7, 11Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Noon to 1:00pm Umbreit 11-11 Research in Progress Flyer.pdf 280 Peters Hall, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota...
Nov 10 CFR Academic Conference Call: "US Spotlight on Human Trafficking"
on November 6, 11On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next CFR Academic Conference Call on...
Stathis Kalyvas, "The Marxist Paradox: Marxist Rebels & Civil Wars" Fri, Nov 4
on November 4, 11Attached is an invitation to the second event of the new joint seminar series between the Department of Political Science and the...
Nov 16: Global Health seminar with focus on Uganda social medicine course
on November 3, 11Please join us for the November Tropical and Travel Medicine Seminar November 16, 2011 AGENDA: 6pm Dinner and Introductions 6:10pm Global Health...
Students planning to apply for summer internship fellowships: Grants budgeting workshop Fri Nov 4, 3pm
on November 3, 11Grants Budgeting Workshop A Grants Budgeting Workshop will be offered to train applicants to prepare an accurate and responsible budget. This workshop...
2012 LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference
on November 2, 11I was wondering if you could pass this along to your students who may be interested in Finance. If they have any...
Community Development Finance Conference in Minneapolis
on November 2, 11From Lynne Schuman, Director of Career Services at Humphrey School of Public Affairs: "For all interested in community development finance, including microlending,...
Nov 9 lunch & talk: "Transn'l Perspectives on Youth Citizenship, Schooling, & Soc Change"
on November 2, 11The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development invites you to join us for a talk and discussion by: Dr. Roozbeh Shirazi...
MIRC talk Nov 7: "Politics & Principles in Humanitarian Governance
on November 2, 11MIRC is pleased to host a practice job talk next Monday (11/7) by UMN Political Science PhD candidate Denis Kennedy. He will...
Nov 3: UMN students get free entry to India Chamber of Commerce Global Trade Summit 2011
on November 2, 11http://www.indiachamber.org/GlobalTradeSummit/index.php the India Chamber of Commerce Global Summit is Thursday, Nov, 3 and registration is free for UMN students with a valid...
Please Join: IPID / MDP Field Site Documentary Series Part 3 : Liberia: Pray The Devil Back To Hell
on November 2, 11Please Join: What: IPID / MDP Field Site Documentary Series Part 3 : Liberia: Pray The Devil Back To Hell; Discussion following...
Nov 10: HHH's Merrie Benasutti on Cedar-Riverside immersion course "study abroad" w/o leaving Minneapolis
on November 1, 11Merrie Benasutti "West Bank Immersion: May Term in Minneapolis" November 10, 2011 - 11:00am 5 Peters Hall, St. Paul No RSVP Required...
Dean Schwartz to Lead Nov African Development Center Business Breakfast Roundtable Nov 17
on November 1, 11New HHH Dean, Eric Schwartz to Lead November ADC Business Breakfast Roundtable We invite you to join us for this month's ADC...
Lunch & talk Nov 1: Rashmi Singh on the empowerment of women
on November 1, 11Rashmi Singh on The National Mission for the Empowerment of Women November 1, 2011 11:30--12:30 Lunch and Informal Discussion 12:45--2 A Global...
IPID student conference: grad student papers solicited
on November 1, 11Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development is hosting our biannual student speaker series on December 2nd 2011! The title is: "Righting Human Wrongs;...
Nov 9: Event on Haiti
on November 1, 11Hunger and Injustice in HAITI: How to Move Forward with Lavarice Gaudin, the director of What If Foundation's (www.whatiffoundation.org) work in Haiti...
Students invited to join a Celebration of Minnesota & Tanzania Working Together, Nov 7, 2011
on October 31, 11UPDATE: Special student price for the celebration $5 fee. See more below. If you are interested in attending please contact Jill at...
HHH students: Latin America Interest Group/ Happy Hour/ Nov 2nd @ Acadia
on October 31, 11There has been some renewed chatter in 40 about the Latin America Interest Group. Last year we met on and off, to...
Video of Eric Schmitt talk "Counterstrike: the Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign against al Qaeda"
on October 31, 11http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embedqt/132091 Eric Schmitt, Pulitzer Prize-winning Senior Writer at The New York Times, speaking from his co-authored book Counterstrike: the Untold Story of...
Freeman Workshops Nov 22 & Dec 7
on October 31, 11Sessions are held every other Tuesday from 12:45 to 2:00 pm in the Stassen Room (Room 170) of the Humphrey School of...
Arab Film Festival in Minneapolis, Nov 10-13
on October 31, 11http://mizna.org/ As always, Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival guarantees some excellent Minnesota premiers as well as a number of U.S. premiers....
Nov 10: Event on role of art in Arab uprisings, features Humphrey Fellow Fadia Afashe
on October 31, 11In conjunction with Mizna's 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, the Feminist Studies Graduate Student Association presents: Art in Revolution: A panel...
Nov 10: Event on understanding the Somali people, their history & culture
on October 31, 11Somalia_Seminar_Brochure_PDF[1].pdf FYI. Upcoming workshop on Somali history and culture. Flyer is attached. Merrie Benasutti benas021(at)umn.edu Understanding the People of Somalia Topics Covered:...
Oct 27: Attend at HHH or watch online: Intern'l Coop & Develop in the Arctic
on October 27, 11The Changing Arctic: International Cooperation and Development October 27, 2011 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Can't join us in person? Watch the...
Nov 7 conf: Minnesota & Tanzania Working Together
on October 27, 11MINN: Power and Purpose - Minnesota and Tanzania Working Together Monday, November 7, 2011 (All day) UPDATE: Special Opportunity through MINN. 4:30...
Nov 8: Cultural Differences in Conceptualizations of Power
on October 27, 11All are welcome but RSVPs are appreciated https://oipsecure.umn.edu/doregistration/ November 8, 2011 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Lunch served at noon) 101 University International...
HHH/PSC joint seminar: "The Marxist Paradox: Marxist Rebels & Civil Wars" Fri, Nov 4
on October 27, 11Attached is an invitation to the second event of the new joint seminar series between the Department of Political Science and the...
Oct 26 in Wilkins at HHH: Meet Aarhus (Denmark) municipal officials for open discussion on youth initiatives & community policing
on October 26, 11The delegation, which will be led by Aarhus Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard, will include senior municipal and law enforcement members of his team,...
Nov 2: Amy Hewitt "Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Zambia"
on October 26, 11Amy Hewitt "Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Zambia" November 2, 2011 - 12:00pm 320 Education Sciences Building Presentation includes lunch - RSVP...
Wish you hadn't missed that interesting Freeman Seminar? View recent lecture videos by Ed Goetz, Paul Vaaler, Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, Scott Gates
on October 26, 11http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/freeman/index.html...
ICGC Brown Bag Fri Oct 28: Urbanizing Water, Marginalizing Farmers: Urban Growth, Irrigated Agri & Water Develop in NW India
on October 26, 11Noon, Friday, October 28 ***445 Blegen*** Urbanizing Water, Marginalizing Farmers: Urban Growth, Irrigated Agriculture and Water Development in Northwestern India Trevor Birkenholtz,...
Nov 1 lunch & presentation: Rashmi Singh National Mission for the Empowerment of Women
on October 25, 11November 1, 2011 11:30--12:30 Lunch and Informal Discussion The Center on Women and Public Policy 12:45--2 Freeman Center for International Economic Policy...
Healthcare for Burmese/Karen in MN: Community Conversation - 29 Oct
on October 25, 11BurmeseKarenEventOctober2011.pdf 10/24/2011 5:05:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time FYI - attached is a flyer for a dialogue I've been asked to moderate...
Reminder Tuesday program: Ed Goetz on planning in Dar es Salaam
on October 24, 11The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. Sessions are held from 12:45 to...
Vaaler on credit rating agencies & developing country budget cycles
on October 24, 11Friday Leadership Research Forum, 2011-2012 "Leadership Research In and Across Sectors" During the 2011-2012 academic year CIL will host a monthly...
Oct 26 "The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square" Council on Foreign Rels conference call
on October 24, 11On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next CFR Academic Conference Call on...
Follow up to the international internships panel/Oct 19
on October 24, 11On Wednesday's Oct, 19 the "Internships Near and Far" panel in our 3-part series focused on the "far" - 2nd year students...
Meet author and genocide survivor Eric Irivuzumugabe/ Oct 28
on October 24, 11Location: U of M Bookstore Coffman Memorial Union Cost: Free Description: Eric Irivuzumugabe, author and founder of Humura Ministries, will discuss...
Oct 27 MINN Fall Happy Hour at Moscow on the Hill in Saint Paul
on October 23, 11Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 5:30pm Join MINN at Moscow on the Hill from 5:30 - 7:30 pm on the corner of...
Oct 25: Ahmed Samatar on Leadership & Development Lessons from Somalia
on October 23, 11Hey everyone -- this looks interesting, especially for those interested in education or LCGers... Fall International Forum.pdf About: This year our theme...
ICGC Brown Bag Oct 21: Constructing Mental Health & Stigma in Guatemala City
on October 20, 11Friday, October 21, 2011 537 Heller Hall 10-21-2011 C. Figueroa.pdf ClaraMente: Constructing Mental Health and Stigma in Guatemala City presented by Chantal...
IPID talk Oct 20: Emerging Indian Economy & Globalization
on October 20, 11The next IPID talk will be on Thursday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 70 of the Minnesota Population Center (50...
Freeman Workshop Oct 25: Ed Goetz on planning in Dar es Salaam
on October 19, 11The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday. Sessions are held from 12:45 to...
Oct 18: Dean Eric Schwartz speaking on humanitarian response & US foreign policy
on October 18, 11http://schwartzspeech-eorg.eventbrite.com/ "Saving Lives, Securing Interests: Reflections on Humanitarian Response and US Foreign Policy" Insights and conversation with Eric P. Schwartz. Tuesday, October...
HHH's Khadra Abdi panelist on 2011 Norway House Dialogue for Peace Empowering Women for the Future Forum & Expo Nov 15
on October 18, 112011 Dialogue for Peace Empowering Women for the Future: A Forum & Expo for Engagement and Mobilization Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:30pm...
Attention Grad students: Research presentation opportunity
on October 18, 11ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS: RESEARCH PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITY! The Global Spotlight is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the inaugural international research...
Foreign Policy & Media conference Oct 29 (students ask for special conference rate)
on October 18, 11MIC's Conference, Foreign Policy and the Media, October 29th, Continuing Education and Conference Center, U of M St. Paul. GD Conference Flyer...
"Internships Near and Far" panel
on October 18, 11This Wednesday's "Internships Near and Far" panel in our 3-part series focuses on the "far" - 2nd year students will talk about...
Oct 18: NY Times senior writer Eric Schmitt speaking about his book Counterstrike: the Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign against al Qaeda
on October 18, 11Humphrey School of Public Affairs Minnesota International Relations Colloquium (MIRC) Department of Political Science Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) Present ERIC SCHMITT, Pulitzer...
Rashmi Singh Lecture / November 8, 2011, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
on October 18, 11RASHMI SINGH Lecture on The National Mission for the Empowerment of Women 11:30--12:30 Lunch and Informal Discussion 12:45--2 A Global Policy Workshop...
2011 Mestenhauser Lecture Nov 11 Internationalizing Higher Education
on October 17, 112011 Josef A. Mestenhauser Lecture Series on Internationalizing Higher Education "Cultural Diplomacy and International Understanding" Dr. Richard Arndt will present the third...
Nov 10 at HHH: "Winners & Losers in the Globalization of Sport"
on October 14, 112011-2012 School of Kinesiology Colloquium Speaker Series Lucie Thibault Event Poster.pdf "Winners and Losers in the Globalization of Sport: A Sport Management...
UN Assn Oct 24 event: "The UN & Refugees: from the Local to Global"
on October 14, 11The United Nations Association of Minnesota sent us an invitation for their event on October 24th called "The UN & Refugees: from...
Oct 27: "Making Health & Development a Community Movement"
on October 14, 11Dr. Ramaswami Balasubramaniam October 27, 2011 ˜ 6pm-7:30pm Balu talk 2011.pdf 2-520 Moos Tower Reception Sponsored by the Center for Integrative Leadership...
Special ICGC Brown Bag Oct 18: Prof. Lalu from Univ of W. Cape (S. Afr)
on October 13, 11Tuesday, October 18, 2011 537 Heller Hall "Subversive Genealogies and the Subject of the Black Humanities" Presented by: Prof. Premesh Lalu, Director,...
Oct 19: Daniel Taylor (founder Future Generations NGO) on Seed-Scale model of development
on October 13, 11The session with Dr. Dan Taylor noted below and on the attached flyer is sponsored by the Global Health Impact Group, a...
Thurs: "Justice Beyond the Hague: Supporting Prosecution of Intern'l Crimes in Nat'l Courts"
on October 12, 11On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next CFR Academic Conference Call on...
Oct 27: Intern'l Coop & Devel in the Arctic
on October 12, 11The Changing Arctic: International Cooperation and Development October 27, 2011 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public...
Oct 14: "Arabic Studies & the Prophet Muhammad in Early Modern England"
on October 12, 11Join the Center for Early Modern History this Friday, October 14, at 12:15 p.m. for a talk by Nabil Matar, Department of...
Africa related lectures at UMN Institute for Adv Study
on October 12, 11Muslim Princes and Catholic Sisters: Missionaries as Migrants in 19th Century North Africa, c. 1830-1881 Mediterranean Identities presentation by Julia Clancy Smith...
Oct 17: Human Rights Framework Strategies to meet the MDGs
on October 12, 11http://cla.umn.edu/news/magraw/ Pursuing the Human Rights Framework Strategies to meet the Millennium Development Goals with Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief Medical Officer, Partners in...
Oct 18: Oxfam Hunger Banquet
on October 12, 11Tuesday, October 18 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, Coffey Hall, Room 120 At an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, guests randomly draw...
Oct 19: Intern'l Internships Panel
on October 12, 11Wed, Oct. 19 - noon-1pm -- International Fellows Lounge (room 55) -- International internship panel -- Andy Lei - Arab Council to...
Austrian film Oct 26: "Lourdes"
on October 11, 11The Center for Austrian Studies is showing the 2009 International Film Festival's Vienna Film Prize for best film, "LOURDES" by Jessica Hausner....
Oct 20: "Human Rights Education in India" (includes lunch, so pls RSVP)
on October 11, 11Dr. Monisha Bajaj on "Human Rights Education in India: Policy, Pedagogy and Practice" October 20, 2011 - 12:00pm 250 Wulling Hall Includes...
Wed reminder: "How (and Why) I Started My NGO" 11am to 1pm Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School
on October 11, 11To RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2255251518?utm_source=Minnesota+International+NGO+Network+List&utm_campaign=3aa9cfc24d-Libya_Event9_21_2011&utm_medium=email Discussion Forum with Minnesota-based Globally-Operating Social Entrepreneurs Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota,...
Oct 17: "South-South Educational Cooperation in SE Asia"
on October 11, 11Dr. Yukuru Murata speaking on "South-South Educational Cooperation in South East Asia" October 17, 2011 - 10:30 am 250 Wulling Hall No...
Humphrey events this week: Tuesday Vaaler on credit rating agencies & developing democracies, Wednesday NGO forum, Thursday ARAHA's Idris on E. Africa famine, Thursday CFR call on "Justice beyond the Hague"
on October 10, 11HHH students, reminder of important events this week: Freeman Seminar http://blog.lib.umn.edu/gpa/globalnotes/2011/10/freeman-workshop-oct-11-paul-v.php IPID/MINN event "How (& why) I started My NGO" http://blog.lib.umn.edu/gpa/globalnotes/2011/10/how-and-why-i-started-my-ngo-o.php ARAHA...
MN Intern'l Relations Colloquium Oct 17: "What's Wrong with Counterfeit? Explaining China's (Non)Compliance with the Global Trademark Regime"
on October 10, 11Next Monday (10/17), MIRC will host our second practice job talk of the semester. Recent UMN PhD and current Princeton-Harvard China and...
Oct 21 Career Talk, civilians in the US Navy: US Asst Dep Chief Naval Operations for Information Dominance
on October 10, 11Humphrey School Career Conversation with Dave Weddel, Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, US Navy When: 11:30am - 12:30pm,...
Freeman Workshop Oct 11: Paul Vaaler on "How Credit Rating Agencies Constrain Political Budget Cycles in Developing Democracies"
on October 10, 11Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Professor Paul Vaaler,...
Monday reminder: Rep. Keith Ellison speaking at Medical Teams Intern'l Event Libya humanitarian issues
on October 10, 11Monday, October 10, 2011 10-11:30 a.m. libya flyer 9-30-2011.pdf Please RSVP by Oct. 6: Libyarsvp(at)medicalteams.org or call 763.331.0023. Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School...
Oct 13: ARAHA's Mohamed Idris discusses Somalia development projects, famine relief
on October 7, 11Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, 10-11:30am 609 Social Sciences Building (6th floor) ARAHA_update_Call_Oct13.pptx Updates from the Horn of Africa: Interested in what happened...
Nov 3: "Integrative Leadership In India" with Rashmi Singh, Founder of Mission Convergence & Exec Dir, Nat'l Resource Centre for Women Gov't of India
on October 7, 11Integrative Leadership In India: A Journey from Theory to Practice Public Forum and Award Ceremony honoring Rashmi Singh http://www.leadership.umn.edu/news/newsletters/Rashmi_Singh.html Founder of Mission...
Oct 19 Tropical/Travel Medicine Seminar features "Seed-Scale Development Model"
on October 7, 11October 19, 2011 6pm-8:30pm TTMS October 19 2011 Invitation.pdf All are welcome free of charge and dinner will be provided. AGENDA: 6pm...
MIRC Oct 10: McCracken talk on Humanitarians & Migrants in Global Politics
on October 6, 11MIRC is proud to present a practice job talk by UMN Political Science graduate student Darrah McCracken on Monday, October 10 at...
Nov 1: Non-Market Environmental Valuation: Australian view
on October 6, 11The Minnesota Lectures on Applied Economics and Policy presents Dr. Jeff Bennett, Professor & Director, Environmental Economics Research Hub, The Australian National...
Oct 14: Land & Water in Chennai (India) Development - presentation by Karen Coelho
on October 5, 11From the Frying-Pan to the Floodplain: Negotiating Land and Water in Chennai's Development - A presentation by Karen Coelho Date: 10/14/2011 Time:...
Oct 14: "China's Green Revolution & African Agricultural Development: Dis-Oriented Histories & Misapplied Lessons" William Moseley
on October 5, 1110/14/2011 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Location: 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education Cost: Free and open to the public...
Foreign policy & media conference Oct 29, speakers include Eric Schwartz
on October 5, 11Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. UMN Continuing Education & Conference Center, St. Paul Campus 1890 Buford Avenue, St....
Join us Oct 12 to celebrate 3 MPP & 6 MDP student recipients of 2011 Judd Fellowships (RSVP req)
on October 4, 11Several MDP and other HHH students received Judd Fellowships to finance research and work abroad this past summer. You are cordially invited...
Oct 11 documentary about journalist Thet Sambath investigating Khmer Rouge atrocities
on October 4, 11"ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE" FILM SCREENING Tuesday, October 11, 4:00 PM 25 Mondale Hall, 229 19th Avenue S.University of Minnesota West Bank...
Oct 10: Human Rights Conference (one day)
on October 4, 11MY LETTER TO THE WORLD: NARRATING HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE Monday, October 10 Coffman Memorial Union Theater, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., University of...
Lecture Oct 17: Ulf Hannerz on "Soft Power: The Politics of Culture in Globalizing Times"
on October 3, 11Daphne Berdahl Memorial Lecture Ulf Hannerz, University of Stockholm Soft Power: The Politics of Culture in Globalizing Times 10/17/2011 4:00 PM Cowles...
ICGC Brown Bag Oct 7 on postcolonial movement and human rights in Kenya
on October 3, 11Friday, October 7, 2011 12:00 noon, 537 Heller Hall "Genealogies of Human Rights in Postcolonial Africa: Ethnographies from Kenya" Steve Ouma`s Flyer.pdf...
Reminder Wednesday Oct 5 Social Entrepreneurship Career Panel Featuring Social Entrepreneurs from Peace Coffee, Finnegans, Union Gospel Mission
on October 3, 11http://igsadvising.tumblr.com/post/10248940668/social-entrepreneurship-career-panel Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 Time: 6pm Social Science Building Rm 614 Come listen to and engage with social entrepreneurs from Peace...
HHH students interested in international internships--save the date Oct 19
on September 30, 11HHH first year students: panel on international internships Wednesday, October 19, noon to 1pm. 55 Humphrey Center IFP Lounge...
Oct 11: Nicaragua 2011, A Rural Perspective
on September 29, 11Global Spotlight 2Tuesday Series -- Oct. 11, 2011 October 11, 2011 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Lunch served at noon) 101 University International...
Who will win the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize? Contest to pick the winner
on September 29, 11Did you know that the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner will be selected next week? The official announcement will be issued by...
Oct 7: The Future Global Food System
on September 29, 11http://foodindustrycenter.umn.edu/NewsEvents/index.htm 2011 Learning and Leadership in Food Event Encouraged to attend are food industry professionals; public sector professionals working on food-related...
Sept 29, 10am Culture Corps discussion on perspectives of humanitarian aid & asylum policies in developed nations and recent political trends in Norway
on September 29, 11ISSS Culture Corps invites you Norway_Conservadurism_Call-1.pptx Are perspectives of humanitarian aid and asylum policy changing in developed nations? Are Neo-Conservatism and Xenophobia...
Prof. Katherine Fennelly speaking on racial justice & immigration, Oct 17, YWCA event
on September 28, 11United States of Immigrants? A look at today's dynamic racial and ethnic landscape. Join the YWCA of Minneapolis for an insightful panel...
Reminder: Jim Harkness, President, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP) speaking at HHH Wednesday, Sept 28, starting at 11:15am
on September 28, 11Bio: http://www.iatp.org/about/staff/jim-harkness Humphrey School Career Conversation with Jim Harkness, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy 11:15am - 12:30pm, Wednesday, September 28...
The Cassinga Massacre of Namibian Exiles in 1978
on September 27, 11ICGC BROWN BAG LECTURE ENDURING SUFFERING: THE CASSINGA MASSACRE OF NAMIBIAN EXILES IN 1978 AND CONFLICTS BETWEEN TESTIMONIES AND SURVIVORS' MEMORIES. Presented...
Issuing Social Security Numbers to 1.2 Billion People in India/ Lecture / 9-28-2011
on September 27, 11CSE Lecture Issuing Social Security Numbers to 1.2 Billion People - Issues and Challenges in India's Unique ID Project Wednesday, September 28,...
Inaugural International Research Conference, Feb 17, 2012, grad student proposals welcome
on September 27, 11The Global Spotlight is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the inaugural international research conference Addressing Global Challenges through International...
International Planning Course / Kerala, South India / Dec 27 - Jan 15, 2012
on September 27, 11International Planning course - "Eco-sensitive Low-cost Housing" University of Iowa, urban and Regional Planning Program From December 27, 2011 to January 15,...
Freeman Workshop Sept 27: Greta Friedemann-Sánchez on Unpaid Caregiving in the Development Process
on September 26, 11Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, presents a Workshop on Global Policy Greta flyer.doc Professor...
Sept 26: Career Conversation with Ray Menard, CEO of Cheetah Development
on September 26, 11Cheetah Development, located in Minnesota, supports economic growth in the developing world. Ray will discuss the work of Cheetah Development, and his...
Event Sept 26: Public Finance Reform in China
on September 25, 11HHH Visiting Scholar Yang Quanshe speaking on Beyond Transparency, the Path of Public Finance Reform in China HHH Visiting Scholar Yang Quanshe...
Council on Foreign Rels conference call Sept 28 11am HHH 173
on September 24, 11On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next CFR Academic Conference Call on...
Sept 29: Are Neo-Conservatism & Xenophobia gaining support in Norway?
on September 24, 11ISSS Culture Corps invites you Are perspectives of humanitarian aid and asylum policy changing in developed nations? Are Neo-Conservatism and Xenophobia gaining...