INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE SERIES

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HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

 Fall 2009

Giddens/Alumni Learning Center 1S
Fridays, 11:30 a.m-12:30 p.m.  

International Roundtables are presentations on and/or discussions of international topics led by Hamline University faculty or campus visitors.  They are open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and friends of Hamline.  Bring a lunch.  We will provide dessert & beverages, a topic, and a venue.

9/18	Poonam Arora, Associate Vice-President for Diversity Integration, Hamline University “The Global Circulation of the ‘Afghan Girl’: Advertising or Advocacy”
9/25	Omid Mohseni, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota; Senior Water Resources Consultant, Barr Engineering Company “The 2009 Iranian Presidential Elections and the Current Political Turmoil”
10/2	Philipp Niemann, Lecturer, Department of Media Science, University of Trier, Germany "Online Journalism: Trends in German and American news websites"
10/9	John Reardon, Visiting Professor of Economics, Hamline School of Business "Energy and the Environment from a Global Perspective"
10/16	Ranjith Amarasinghe, Professor of Political Science, Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka "The Conflict in Sri Lanka and Prospects for Peace in the Aftermath of War"
10/23	Sam Imbo, Professor, Philosophy Department, CLA, Hamline University "European Muslims: Negotiations of Identity"
10/30	MIDTERM BREAK
11/6	Van Dusenbery, Professor of Anthropology, CLA, Hamline and Visiting Professor at Carleton College “Diaspora Philanthropy: The Case of Sikhs Giving Back to Punjab”
11/13	Fahima Aziz, Professor of Economics and the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics, Hamline School of Business “Has Globalization paid off?  China's Economic Growth, Trade Gains, Poverty and Rising Income Inequality”
11/20	Binnur Ozkececi-Taner, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, CLA, Hamline “Multiculturalism as an Approach to Ethnic Conflict Resolution: Opportunities and Challenges”
11/27	THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/4	Max Adrien, Assistant Professor of French, Modern Languages Department, CLA, Hamline “Revisiting Language as Palimpsest: A Case of French and Haiti in the Dissemination of Culture and Globalization”

The International Round Table Series is sponsored by the Global Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts at Hamline University
with additional support from the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics, Hamline School of Business,
and the CLA Dean’s Office.