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IICAS, the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies, supports collaborative international research and area studies, and encourages interdisciplinary research, discussion and information exchange on international, comparative, and cross regional topics through its multiple lecture series.
2012-13 Events
Benjamin Arditi, National University of Mexico (UNAM)
"Fidelity to Disagreement: Jacques Ranciere and Politics Without Ontology"
Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 3:00 PM, Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas (IOA).
Sponsored by Anthropology Department's New Directions in Culture, History, and Power Reading Group; CILAS; Center for US-Mexico Studies; and IICAS.
"The Other Face of Development in Colombia: Living as Minorities Amidst Civil War, Hydrocarbon and Mining Exploitation, and Generalized Human Rights Violations"
Wednesday, April 17, 2012, 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Hojel and Weaver in the Copley International Conference Center, Institute of the Americas Complex, UCSD.
Sponsored by CILAS, Critical Gender Studies, Cross Cultural Center, Eleanor Roosevelt College, Global Justice, Graduate Student Association, IICAS, Literature, Pomona College, Program Third World Studies, Student Sustainability Collective, and Women's Center.
Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002) and President of Ireland (1990-1997)
"Climate Justice"
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 7:00 PM, Price Center Ballroom East
Co-Sponsored by UCSD Center on Global Justice, UCSD Extension, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Academic Affiars (Executive VIce Chancellor, Suresh Subramani), UCSD Center for Energy Research, UCSD School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies, UCSD Division of Global Health, UCSD Surya Project, UCSD Urban Studies and Planning Program, UCSD Center for Urban Ecologies, and UCSD Food and Fuel for the Twenty-First Century.
Anita Spring, University of Florida
"Africa, Meet China"
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 3:30 PM, Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 101, *Light refreshments at 2:20 PM
Sponsored by the African and African-American Studies Research Center, and co-sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS), at UC San Diego.
“U.S.-China Relations After the U.S. Election and the 18th CCP Congress” Panel Symposium
Monday, December 3, 2012, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, East Villages 15th Floor, Room B
Sponsored by the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, co-sponsored by 21st Century China Program and the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS).
“Balancing the Dimensions of the U.S.-China Relationship” Evening Forum
Monday, December 3, 2012, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, IR/PS Robinson Auditorium
Sponsored by the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, co-sponsored by 21st Century China Program and the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS).
"Fidelity to Disagreement: Jacques Ranciere and Politics Without Ontology"
Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 3:00 PM, Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas (IOA).
Sponsored by Anthropology Department's New Directions in Culture, History, and Power Reading Group; CILAS; Center for US-Mexico Studies; and IICAS.
"The Other Face of Development in Colombia: Living as Minorities Amidst Civil War, Hydrocarbon and Mining Exploitation, and Generalized Human Rights Violations"
Wednesday, April 17, 2012, 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Hojel and Weaver in the Copley International Conference Center, Institute of the Americas Complex, UCSD.
Sponsored by CILAS, Critical Gender Studies, Cross Cultural Center, Eleanor Roosevelt College, Global Justice, Graduate Student Association, IICAS, Literature, Pomona College, Program Third World Studies, Student Sustainability Collective, and Women's Center.
Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002) and President of Ireland (1990-1997)
"Climate Justice"
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 7:00 PM, Price Center Ballroom East
Co-Sponsored by UCSD Center on Global Justice, UCSD Extension, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Academic Affiars (Executive VIce Chancellor, Suresh Subramani), UCSD Center for Energy Research, UCSD School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies, UCSD Division of Global Health, UCSD Surya Project, UCSD Urban Studies and Planning Program, UCSD Center for Urban Ecologies, and UCSD Food and Fuel for the Twenty-First Century.
Anita Spring, University of Florida
"Africa, Meet China"
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 3:30 PM, Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 101, *Light refreshments at 2:20 PM
Sponsored by the African and African-American Studies Research Center, and co-sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS), at UC San Diego.
“U.S.-China Relations After the U.S. Election and the 18th CCP Congress” Panel Symposium
Monday, December 3, 2012, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, East Villages 15th Floor, Room B
Sponsored by the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, co-sponsored by 21st Century China Program and the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS).
“Balancing the Dimensions of the U.S.-China Relationship” Evening Forum
Monday, December 3, 2012, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, IR/PS Robinson Auditorium
Sponsored by the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, co-sponsored by 21st Century China Program and the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS).
2011-12 Events
There were no additional events for this year.
2010-11 Events
There were no additional events for this year.
2009-10 Events
There were no additional events for this year.
2008-09 Events
Cancelled:
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, U.S. Dept. of State:
"Update on Issues of Counterterrorism"
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
I-House Great Hall
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) and the I-House International Affairs Group
Siddharth Kara, Author
"Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery"
Monday, May 4, 2009, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
I-House Great Hall
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).
Perspectives on the Gaza War- A Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM,
I-House Great Hall
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) and the I-House International Affairs Group
2007-08 Events
Professor Eve Zucker, from the University of California, Irvine:
"Distrust and Trust in the Aftermath of Violence: An Ethnography of Two Communes in Cambodia's Southwest"
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).
*Rescheduled from February 11, 2008
Gillian Sorensen, from the United Nations Foundation:
"International Law and Humanitarian Crisis"
Monday, February 25, 2008, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
ERC Great Hall
Co-sponsored by the International Affairs Group (IAG), the United Nations Association, and IICAS.
*Rescheduled from October 29, 2007
Professor Saul Friedlander, University of California, Los Angeles
"Toward an Integrated History of the Holocaust"
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas
Co-sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program, the Department of Literature, the Department of History, and the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).
Professor Evelyn Zucker, University of California, Irvine
"Distrust and Trust in the Aftermath of Violence: An Ethnography of Two Communes in Cambodia's Southwest"
Sunday, March 12, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Social Sciences Building Room 104
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), the Department of History, and the Department of Sociology.
"Distrust and Trust in the Aftermath of Violence: An Ethnography of Two Communes in Cambodia's Southwest"
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).
*Rescheduled from February 11, 2008
Gillian Sorensen, from the United Nations Foundation:
"International Law and Humanitarian Crisis"
Monday, February 25, 2008, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
ERC Great Hall
Co-sponsored by the International Affairs Group (IAG), the United Nations Association, and IICAS.
*Rescheduled from October 29, 2007
Professor Saul Friedlander, University of California, Los Angeles
"Toward an Integrated History of the Holocaust"
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas
Co-sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program, the Department of Literature, the Department of History, and the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).
Professor Evelyn Zucker, University of California, Irvine
"Distrust and Trust in the Aftermath of Violence: An Ethnography of Two Communes in Cambodia's Southwest"
Sunday, March 12, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Social Sciences Building Room 104
Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), the Department of History, and the Department of Sociology.
2006-07 Events
Asbjorn Skaeveland
"Which Party Gets the Mayoralty?"
Friday, October 13, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Mary Bucholtz
"¿Qué onda, güey?: Slang, Gender, and Latino Migrant Youth Styles"
Friday, October 20, 2006, 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 105
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
Molly Melching, founder of Tostan
"Mass Abandonments of Female Genital Cutting in Africa"
Thursday, February 1, 2007, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Robinson Auditorium
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Critical Gender Studies Program
Torcuato di Tella, from the University of Buenos Aires
"Latin American Political Contrasts: Argentina vs. Brazil and Chile"
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas
Co-sponsored by IICAS and CILAS
A Series of Panel Discussions: "Challenges to the Welfare State: States Markets, and Social Provision Conference"
Friday, May 18, 2007; Panels at 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:15 PM
Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas
Co-sponsored by IICAS and CILAS
"Which Party Gets the Mayoralty?"
Friday, October 13, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Mary Bucholtz
"¿Qué onda, güey?: Slang, Gender, and Latino Migrant Youth Styles"
Friday, October 20, 2006, 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 105
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
Molly Melching, founder of Tostan
"Mass Abandonments of Female Genital Cutting in Africa"
Thursday, February 1, 2007, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Robinson Auditorium
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Critical Gender Studies Program
Torcuato di Tella, from the University of Buenos Aires
"Latin American Political Contrasts: Argentina vs. Brazil and Chile"
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas
Co-sponsored by IICAS and CILAS
A Series of Panel Discussions: "Challenges to the Welfare State: States Markets, and Social Provision Conference"
Friday, May 18, 2007; Panels at 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:15 PM
Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas
Co-sponsored by IICAS and CILAS
2005-06 Events
Volodymyr Kulyk
"Language Ideologies and the Media in Post-Soviet Ukraine"
Friday, September 23, 2005
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Anthropology
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
Dr. Elizabeth Borgwardt
"Once you state a moral principle you are stuck with it: The 1941 Atlantic Charter as a Humanitarian Rights Instrument"
Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Galbraith Conference Room, HSS 4025
"The 2006 Canadian Elections: Majority Impossible?"
Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
ERC Admin Building, IICAS Seminar Room 115
Sponsored by IICAS
Robert Kittle, Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune
"The Media and International Politics"
Monday, February 27, 2006, 7:00 PM
ERC Great Hall
Co-sponsored by IICAS and IAG
Zach Rabinor
"International Business and Environmental Conservation"
Monday, March 6, 2006, 7:00 PM
ERC Great Hall
Co-sponsored by IICAS and IAG
Suzanne Romaine, from Oxford University
"Reversing language shift and the future of linguistic diversity: Where ideology and theory meet"
Friday, March 10, 2006, 2:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 107
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Anthropology
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
Bartolomé Clavero
"Indigenous Peoples Between Mexican and American Constitutions (19th Century)"
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
deCerteau Room, 3155 Literature Building
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Literature
Juan Diez Medrano
"Europeanization and the Emergence of a European Society"
Friday, April 14, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 101
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Sociology
Melissa Moyer
"Language, Migration and Citizenship: Multilingual practices in a Primary health Care Site in Catalonia"
Friday, April 21, 2006, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 105
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Anthropology
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
"Language Ideologies and the Media in Post-Soviet Ukraine"
Friday, September 23, 2005
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Anthropology
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
Dr. Elizabeth Borgwardt
"Once you state a moral principle you are stuck with it: The 1941 Atlantic Charter as a Humanitarian Rights Instrument"
Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Galbraith Conference Room, HSS 4025
"The 2006 Canadian Elections: Majority Impossible?"
Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
ERC Admin Building, IICAS Seminar Room 115
Sponsored by IICAS
Robert Kittle, Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune
"The Media and International Politics"
Monday, February 27, 2006, 7:00 PM
ERC Great Hall
Co-sponsored by IICAS and IAG
Zach Rabinor
"International Business and Environmental Conservation"
Monday, March 6, 2006, 7:00 PM
ERC Great Hall
Co-sponsored by IICAS and IAG
Suzanne Romaine, from Oxford University
"Reversing language shift and the future of linguistic diversity: Where ideology and theory meet"
Friday, March 10, 2006, 2:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 107
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Anthropology
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
Bartolomé Clavero
"Indigenous Peoples Between Mexican and American Constitutions (19th Century)"
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
deCerteau Room, 3155 Literature Building
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Literature
Juan Diez Medrano
"Europeanization and the Emergence of a European Society"
Friday, April 14, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 101
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Sociology
Melissa Moyer
"Language, Migration and Citizenship: Multilingual practices in a Primary health Care Site in Catalonia"
Friday, April 21, 2006, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB) Room 105
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Anthropology
This event is part of the series of workshops on Language Ideology and Change in Multilingual Communities.
2004-05 Events
Arun Agrawal
"Poverty, Conservation, and Development: Shooting in the Dark"
Friday, April 8, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
James Robinson
"The Causes of Modernization"
Friday, April 15, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Susan Stokes, University of Chicago
"Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism"
Thursday, April 21, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Steve Picnus
"A Revolution in Political Economy? A Neglected Aspect of the Revolution of 1688 - 1689"
Friday, April 22, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Philip Keefer
"Democracy, Credibility, and Clientelism"
Friday, April 29, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
"Poverty, Conservation, and Development: Shooting in the Dark"
Friday, April 8, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
James Robinson
"The Causes of Modernization"
Friday, April 15, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Susan Stokes, University of Chicago
"Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism"
Thursday, April 21, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Steve Picnus
"A Revolution in Political Economy? A Neglected Aspect of the Revolution of 1688 - 1689"
Friday, April 22, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
Philip Keefer
"Democracy, Credibility, and Clientelism"
Friday, April 29, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Social Sciences Building (SSB), Room 104
Co-sponsored by IICAS and the Department of Political Science
