Hilda Llorens, Allison Stanger, and Sylvia JalilGutierrez
“Reading the Literatures of India: Transnational and Vernacular Postcolonialisms” by S. Shankar, assistant professor of English, University of Hawaii, Manoa “How the New Security Regime Affects Women, Children, and Communities” by Anannya Bhattacharjee, program officer, Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program “Liberty versus Security? A Progress Report on the U.S. PATRIOT Act” by Ben Scotch, executive director, Vermont chapter, American Civil Liberties Union “Institutional Change and Firm Creation in East-Central Europe” by Gerald A. McDermott ’88, assistant professor of management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania “American Democracy: Freedom, Fairness, and Wealth” by Felix G. Rohatyn ’49, former U.S. ambassador to France; former managing director, Lazard Frères and Company; former chair, Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC) of the City of New York “Globalization and Democracy” by Michael Hardt, associate professor of literature and Italian, Duke University; coauthor of Empire (with Antonio Negri)
“We’re All Mexican Here: Gender, Migration and Work in the Poultry Industry” by Steve Striffler, assistant professor of anthropology, University of Arkansas
“China Conquers Nature: Human Rights and Environmental Degradation under Maoism” by Judith Shapiro, professor, American University; author, Mao’s War Against Nature
An evening of traditional Peking opera by the Yeh Yu Chinese Opera Association of the greater New York area
“War on Iraq: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Where Should We Go?” by Laurie Mylroie, American Enterprise Institute
“Slavery as a Medieval MuslimChristian-Jewish Interface:The ‘Trial’ (1330) of the Master-Murdering Slave ’Abd Allah of Mallorca, and its Implications” by Larry J. Simon, associate professor of history, Western Michigan University “Transnational Crime in the Era of Globalization” by Louise Shelley, professor, Department of Justice, Law, and Society, and founder and director, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American University
“Searching for Shuangqing, China's Peasant Woman Poet” by Paul S. Ropp, professor of history, Clark University “Empowering Gender: Zapatista Men and Women in Global Context” by Sylvia Jalil-Gutierrez, Department of Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University “Democratization of Indonesia” by Annette Clear, assistant professor of politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
“Good People in Evil Times” by Svetlana Broz, granddaughter of communist Yugoslavia’s leader, Marshal Tito A performance by Huun Huur Tu from the Tuvan Republic, known worldwide for its throat singing (xöömei) “Resource Wars: The New Geography of Global Conflict” by Michael T. Klare, director, Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College
Forest Hill, Buky Schwartz, artist
NOVEMBER “Chinese in Japan” by Robert Efird, University of Washington
JANUARY “VideoConstructions” by Buky Schwartz, visiting professor, Middlebury College; video artist; sculptor
Lectures and Events ROHATYN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003
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