October 3: Susan Ariel Aaronson
Topic: Data-based Technologies and Trade
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 6–7:30 p.m.
Co-Sponsor: Department of Political Science
Susan Ariel Aaronson is Research Professor of International Affairs and GWU Cross-Disciplinary Fellow at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She is also a Senior Fellow at the think tank Center for International Governance Innovation (GIGI) in Canada. Aaronson was also the Carvalho Fellow at the Government Accountability Project and the Minerva Chair at the National War College. Aaronson’s research examines the relationship between economic change and human rights. She is currently directing projects on digital trade and protectionism, and she also works on AI and trade and a new human rights approach to data. Source: https://elliott.gwu.edu/susan-aaronson
October 8: The New Americans: Nigerians Film Screening & Community Discussion
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Hometown Heritage
This is part of Hometown Heritage’s nine-week program series called “Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience.” The series features documentary films and scholar-led discussions designed to encourage an informed discussion of immigration issues against the backdrop of our immigration history. Hometown Heritage is one of 32 sites nationwide to host this program series which is made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor. Find additional information.
October 9: CHINA Town Hall featuring an interactive webcast with the Honorable Condoleezza Rice and on-site discussion with Prof. Wenfang Tang
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 5–6:30 p.m.
CHINA Town Hall provides Americans the opportunity to participate in a national conversation about issues in the U.S.-China relationship, via an interactive webcast and in-person discussion with leading experts. Join the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations for a conversation on China featuring the Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
The webcast will feature Secretary Condoleezza Rice, currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Standford Graduate School of Business, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, and professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates, LLC. From January 2005 to 2009, Secretary Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and the first African American woman to hold the post. She also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001 to 2005, the first woman to hold the position.
The webcast will be followed by an in-person discussion with Wenfang Tang, the Unversity of Iowa’s Stanley Hua Hsia Professor of Political Science and International Studies. His current research focuses on public opinion and political change in contemporary China, as well as comparative political behavior. He has authored and coauthored several books and many articles in academic journals.
Denise Ganpat, Drake International