Last Update: 10/14/11
PAST LECTURES
Charles W. Hostler Institute on World Affairs & Fred J. Hansen Distinguished Lecture Series
Spring 2011 “American Foreign Policy and the Challenges of the New Century”
January
January 31 Galia Golan, Professor, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Herzliya, Darwin Professor Emerita, Hebrew University
Title: “Is there a chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace?
February
February 7 Roberto Toscano, Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Former Italian Ambassador to India and Iran, former Head of Policy Planning, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Title: “Iran and Democracy”February 14 Michael Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, and Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), Hampshire College
Title: “Power Struggles: Energy, Resource Scarcity, and Global Security”February 21 Arif Ali Khan, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Homeland Security at the National Defense University's College of International Affairs, Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, former Deputy Mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles
Title: “From Foreign Insurgencies to Transnational Terrorism in the United States: Reducing Violence and the Importance of Community-Oriented Strategies”
March
March 7 Rajiv Chandrasekharan, National Editor of The Washington Post, best-selling author of the critically lauded, “Imperial life in the Emerald City”
Title: “The Longest War: A journalist's front-line assessment of America's entanglement in Afghanistan”March 14 Dipak Gupta Fred J. Hansen Professor of Peace Studies, Department of Political Science, San Diego State University
Title: “Trapped! US foreign policy in the era of terrorism”
April
April 4 Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University, Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Title: “Can Soft Power Resolve the Israel/Palestine Conflict?”April 11 Bruce Cumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Professor of History, University of Chicago
Title: “Dominion From Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power”April 18 Jorge Heine, CIGI Chair of Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Distinguished Fellow at CIGI and Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Former Ambassador of Chile to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, former Ambassador to South Africa
Title: “Looking Sideways: Latin America, Emerging Powers and the U.S. in the New Century”April 25 Brian Loveman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, San Diego State University
Title: “No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy in Myth and Practice”
May
May 2 Mike Shuster Award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent NPR News
Title: “Combating the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: Is it a losing battle?”
Spring 2010: Killing for a higher cause: Political violence in a world in crisis
January
28 Farhana Ali, Senior Analyst, RAND corporation [M. C. Madhavan Lecture]
"Radical Islam: An Examination of the Global Threat"
February
4 Marc Sageman, Sageman Consulting LLC, Adjunct associate professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
"The Turn to Political Violence" [Hansen-Hostler distinguished lecture]11Mike Ramsdell, Director
"The Anatomy of Hate" (Documentary flim)23 Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca
"The Causes of Terrorist Violence."25 David Gibbs, Associate Professor of History and Government, University of Arizona
"The Srebrenica Massacre: Evaluating its significance for Post-Cold War International Relations"
March
4 Ariel Merari, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University. Israel
"In their own voice: Interviews with, and psychological tests of suicide bombers, their commanders and families"
18 Lee Ann Fujii, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University,
"Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda"
April
8 Richard English, Queen’s University Belfast,
"Terrorism: How should we respond"
15 Zachariah Mampilly, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Vassar College,
"Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life During War"
22 Shampa Biswas, Chair, Department of Politics, Whitman College,
"Re-thinking political violence: Torture, democracy, and complicity"
29 Nick Beams, International Editorial Board, World Socialist Web Site
"Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust"
2009: Foreign Policy Challenges for the Obama Administration
January
22 Introduction and Overview - Ronald Bee, Director, Charles Hostler Institute on World Affairs,SDSU. John Stoessinger, University of San Diego. “Why Nations Go To War: Perspectives of A Holocaust Survivor.”
29 Christine Fair, Georgetown University “Why the U.S. Cannot Help Pakistan”
February
5 Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, "US and Mexico: Challenges for the Obama Administration."
12 David Rapoport, UCLA, Professor Emeritus, “Waves of International Terrorism.”
19 Tony Perry, LA Times, “Into the War Zone: Iraq and Afghanistan.”.
26 Walt Oechel, SDSU “Global Climate Change.”
March
5 Sumit Ganguly , Indiana University. “India”
Cosponsored by: M. C. Madhavan Distinguished Lecture Series.12 Barnett Rubin, Council on Foreign Relations and New York University. “Afghanistan”
19 Andranik Migranian, Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, New York. “Russia”
26 Michael Provence (UCSD), Farid Abdel-Nour (SDSU), Uri Ben-Eliezer (Haifa University). “Israeli/Palestinian Conflict”
April
2 Spring Break - no lecture
9 Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University. “Africa and Darfur: Humanitarian intervention” Cosponsored by: The Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies.
16 Dali Yang, University of Chicago. “China”
23 Eli Berman, UCSD. “Constructive Counterterrorism: Theory and Evidence.”
30 Ambassador Reno Harnish, Assistant Secretary (acting) for Oceans Environment and Science. “Energy and Climate Policy: Getting the Balance Right”
May
7 Synthesis: Mikhail Alexseev, Latha Varadarajan, Adam Branch, Lei Guang, and Jonathan Graubart
2008: In the Name of God: Religion in Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, and Terrorism
January
24 Introduction and Overview. Ronald Bee, Director, Charles Hostler Institute on World Affairs, SDSU
31 Dipak K. Gupta, San Diego State University. “In Our Own Image: Religion in the Context of Political Action.”
February
7 Benjamin Ajak. “Lost Boy” of Sudan, “When Religion Fills Refugee Camps: The Case of Sudan.”
14 David Rapoport, UCLA, “Religion and Modern Terrorism”
18 Mohammed Hafez, University of Missouri at Kansas, “Suicide Bombers in Iraq” Cosponsored by the Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies. (Monday night lecture. NH 100, 4:00-6:00 pm).
21 Peter Balakian, Professor, Colgate University. "Lessons of the Armenian Genocide." Co-sponsored by the Baron Lecture in Ethics Education and Kathy Justice.
28 Lawrence Baron, San Diego State University. "Christianities of Complicity and of Compassion: Religious Reasons for Persecuting and Protecting Jews during the Holocaust."
March
3 Richard English. Queens University, London. "For God and Ireland: Religion, Terrorism and Nationalism in Modern Ireland" (Monday night lecture, NH 100, 4:00-6:00 pm)
6 The Honorable Mahmud Ali Durrani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United States (Invited) (Lecture in ENS 280)
13 Partha Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. "Limits of Religious Politics in India." Cosponsored by MC Madhavan Distinguished lecture series.
20 Chris Soper, Pepperdine University, "Muslims in Europe: Singing God’s Song in a Strange Land."
April
3 Spring Break - no lecture
10 Common Chords
A musical celebration exploring the common roots of Muslim and Jewish music
SDSU Music Bldg - Smith Recital Hall at 7pm17 The Honorable Dr. Naser M.Y. Al Belooshi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States
24 Ahmet Kuru, SDSU, " Islam and the Secular State: Turkey between French and American Models "
May
1 “The Importance of Restorative Justice and Forgiveness: From Personal Tragedy to National Strategy.” Azim Khamisa and Brian Loveman, Professor, Department of Political Science, SDSU.
8 Roundtable wrap-up discussion: William Headley, Dean, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, USD; Rebecca Moore, Professor of Religious Studies, SDSU; Khaleel Mohammed, Professor of Religious Studies, SDSU.