SIPA Events for the Week of September 23 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

SIPA Events for the Week of September 23 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog The semester just began and we are already have a great roster of speakers and discussions scheduled. Below is a flavor of the events happening at SIPA next week.   Some of these events are opened to the public, so you are welcome to register for those events (if you are interested in a particular topic).   See more events on the SIPA Web Calendar. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 CGEG: Reforming Europe Out of the Crisis Nordic and Danish Perspectives and Solutions 10:00 am to 11:00 am International Affairs Building, Room 1501 A conversation with Villy Søvndal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark. Registration required. Sponsor: Center on Global Economic Governance MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Ramush Haradinaj on Challenges to Kosovas Democratization and European Integration 11:00 am to 12:15 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 Discussion with Ramush Haradinaj, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosova and Chairman for the Alliance for the Future of Kosova. Event facilitated by David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia Universitys Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Sponsor: Institute for the Study of Human Rights MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Moral Interventionism: The Gas Question and Syria 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Heyman Center, 2nd Floor Common Room A roundtable discussion addressing the issue of moral interventionism from the perspectives of political theory, international security, and the history of peacekeeping. Sponsor: European Institute MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 China/Brazil: Two Tales of a Growth Slowdown 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 802 Talk with Octaviano Canuto, Senior Advisor on BRICS in the Development Economics Department. Sponsor: Institute of Latin American Studies MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 CGT Undergraduate Film Screening: Ten Years of Terror 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 The Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought invites you to a film screening of Ten Years of Terror followed by a discussion with director, Brad Evans. The film explores the impact of 9/11 and reflects on the subsequent political and military responses. Sponsor: Committee on Global Thought MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Remembering Edward Said 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Cinema On the tenth anniversary of the passing of Professor Edward Said, we invite you to join us as we reflect on his legacy. We will also screen excerpts from documentaries on Edward Said. Sponsor: Center for Palestine Studies with the Department of English and Comparative Literature, the Heyman Center for the Humanities, and the Middle East Institute TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CGEG: FED Tapering and the Fortunes of Nations 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1512 Panel discussion with Guillermo Calvo, Director, Program in Economic Policy Management and former Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank; Jan Svejnar, James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy; Director, Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG), Columbia SIPA; Andrés Velasco, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia SIPA; former Finance Minister of Chile; with introduction by Miguel Urquiola,Vice Dean of SIPA. Sponsor: Center on Global Economic Governance TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 Effective Policies in Poverty Reduction Beyond the Millennium Development Goals 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 A lecture and discussion on effective policies in poverty reduction with José Antonio Ocampo, Professor of Professional Practice and Economic and Political Development Concentration Director at Columbia Universitys School of International and Public Affairs, and Esther Duflo, Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sponsor: Economic and Political Development Concentration WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Geopolitics of the Global Energy Revolution 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1512 A presentation by Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the U.S. State Department. Sponsor: Center on Global Energy Policy WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Comfort Women Wanted 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 A video screening and panel discussion with Chang-Jin Lee, visual artist; Charles Armstrong (moderator), Professor of History, Columbia University; Elazar Barkan, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Pablo Castillo-Diaz, Protection Analyst, Peace and Security at the UN; Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Womens Studies and Professor of Humanities, University of Delaware; Joyce Yu, UN Resident Coordinator. No registration required. Sponsor: The Center for Korean Research WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 CGEG: French Proposals for the Future of Europe, with Laurent Fabius, Foreign Minister of France 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 CGEG: Lecture with Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister. Registration and ID required. Sponsor: Center on Global Economic Governance WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Abe and the LDP Are Back. Now What? 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm Davis Auditorium, Room 412 Ninth Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics with Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. Moderated by Hugh T. Patrick, R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus; Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School. Followed by reception. Registration required. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Russian Politics and the Sochi Olympics 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Ave 5th Floor Conference Room A discussion among experts focusing on the influence that this global event has on Russian politics, and vice versa. Sponsor: Harriman Institute WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 New Avenues for Global Illicit Drug Policies 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 Presentation and discussion on global illicit drug policies with Otto Perez Molina, President of the Republic of Guatemala, and Luis Fernando Carrera Castro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala. Moderated by Professor José Antonio Ocampo, Director of Economic and Political Development Concentration at SIPA. Registration required. CUID only. Sponsor: Economic and Political Development Concentration, Institute of Latin American Studies THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Building Resilience in a Climate and Resource-Constrained World: Investment Strategies and Policy Innovations 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th floor) A presentation by James Cameron, Chairman and Founder of Climate Change Capital on how investment in sustainable energy, low-carbon, and resource-efficient infrastructure is expanding rapidly and what this means for investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. Sponsor: Center on Global Energy Policy THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Development Workshop: Jan Christoph von der Goltz 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1101 As part of Columbia Universitys Fall 2013 Development Workshop, Jan Christoph von der Goltz will discuss his latest paper. Topic and paper title to be announced. Sponsor: Center for Development Economics and Policy THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Do you want to make a profound difference on global poverty and climate change? A book talk with Sam Daley-Harris 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Earl Hall, Auditorium A book talk with Sam Daley-Harris, author, activist and founder of Results Global Microfinance Campaign and Citizen Climate Lobby on the 20th anniversary edition of his book Reclaiming Our Democracy. Sponsor: Columbia’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, Economic and Political Development Concentration, Management Concentration THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Cuba-U.S. Relations: Possibilities for the Future 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 Lecture with Dr. Josefina de la Caridad Vidal Ferreiro, Director, North America Division, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations. Doors open at 6:00 p..m. Registration required. Seating is limited; first come, first seated. Sponsor: Institute of Latin American Studies FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 Tadeusz Dabrowski: Twelve Poems From Black Square 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 Tadeusz Dabrowski will be reading from his book, Twelve Square. A discussion with Anna Frajlich will follow. Sponsor: Harriman Institute