For more information on the following events, visit the Principal Center for Global Citizenship website.
Tuesday, Feb. 7: Li Yang, Fulbright Scholar, associate professor in the School of International Trade and Economics at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing
Topic: China’s Economic Miracle: Exploring Past Successes and Future Prospects
Location: Sussman Theater
Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 13: Consul General Xhavit Gashi (Kosovo)
Topic: Iowa and Kosovo: The Importance of Partnerships in State Building
Location: Sussman Theater
Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 21: Sheila Smith, Director, Japan Studies Program, Council on Foreign Relations
Topic: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-Japan Relations Under the New Trump Administration
Location: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
Sponsors: PCGC, Department of Political Science, and Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
Thursday, March 23: Harvest of Grief film, also part of the Engaged Citizen documentary series; featuring an introduction by Rekha Basu of The Des Moines Register, daughter of filmmaker Rasil Basu
Location: Olin 101
Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
Sponsors: Principal Center for Global Citizenship; Engaged Citizen program
Monday, March 27: Panel on the Trump Presidency and U.S. Foreign Policy
Panelists: Ambassador Ronald McMullen, Professors Mary McCarthy and Kieran Williams; Moderator Professor David Skidmore
Location: Sussman Theater
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
April 5-8: Nelson Institute Conference
- April 5: Stephen Rapp, LW’74
Topic: Bringing War Crimes Perpetrators to Justice
Location: Sussman Theater
Time: 7–8:30 p.m. - April 6: Fulbright event
Location: Cowles Library Reading Room
Time: Welcome 2–2:30 p.m., Breakouts 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Reception/Panel 3:30–6 p.m. - April 7: Global Connectivity Launch
Location: Shivers Hospitality Suite
Time: 5:30–7 p.m. - April 8: Student research panels and other presentations
Location: Cowles Library Reading Room
Time: 9 a.m–12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11: Globalization, Technological Change and the Rise of Populist Politics
Panelists: Jim McCaughan, David Skidmore
Location: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
The following event sponsored by The Susan Glaspell Writers & Critics Series is listed here as courtesy:
Wednesday, Feb. 22, Chigozie Obioma
Topic: The Fishermen
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Cowles Library Reading Room (2nd floor)
The following event sponsored by the Engaged Citizen Experience is listed here as courtesy:
Wednesday, April 19: Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: Japanese War Brides (documentary film)
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
Please see The Comparison Project’s Spring 2017 events listed online.
—Denise Ganpat, Principal Center for Global Citizenship