IICAS Upcoming Events

IICAS is pleased to support interdisciplinary research, discussion and information exchange on international, comparative, and cross regional topics through the continuation of the IICAS speaker series in International Law, European Studies, Project on International Affairs, Middle East Studies, and South Asia Studies. For 2011-12, IICAS also presents the Thyssen Lecture Series: The History of German Colonialism and Imperialism.

May 17, 2012
Richard Finkmoore, California Western School of Law
"Tropical Forests and Global Climate Disruption: The Promise of a New International Effort to Reduce Deforestation"
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107. The 2011-2012 International Law Speaker Series is jointly sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), at UC San Diego, and the International Legal Studies Program at California Western School of Law (CWSL). Register, receive updates for this event. More.

May 21, 2012
Andrew Zimmerman, George Washington University
"Colonialism as Counterrevolution: Rethinking the Pre-colonial"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107. Commentator: Rebecca Plant, UC San Diego. The Thyssen Lecture Series is hosted by IICAS at UC San Diego, and the History Department at UC Irvine, and sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Foundation. Register, receive updates for this event. More.

May 29, 2012
Gilberto Conde, El Colegio de Mexico
“Do Opposites Attract?  The Syrian Framing Battle for Legitimacy”
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107. The IICAS Middle East Studies Speaker Series at UC San Diego is sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS). Register, receive updates for this event. More.

June 5, 2012
"Can the EU Survive the Euro Crisis?"
Roundtable: Simon Hix, Government Dept., London School of Economics, Christina Schneider, Political Science, UCSD, Miles Kahler, Rohr Prof. of Pacific International Relations, IR/PS. Moderator: Peter Gourevitch, IR/PS.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 107. Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) European Studies Speaker Series, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), and the Department of History at UC San Diego. Register, receive updates for this event. More.

June 7, 2012
Naomi Oreskes, UC San Diego
"Moving Beyond Doubt: History, Ideology, and Anthropogenic Climate Change"
12:10PM - 1:10PM, California Western School of Law, Room LH1. The 2011-2012 International Law Speaker Series is jointly sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), at UC San Diego, and the International Legal Studies Program at California Western School of Law (CWSL). Register, receive updates for this event. More.