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Calendar of Events
Spring 2009
~Tuesday January 20~
Byron E. Shafer,
University of Wisconsin
“Where are We in History?
The 2008 Election and the Changing Structure of American Politics?”
2 pm, Graham Center
West Ballroom
University Park Campus
Co-Sponsor: The
Jack D. Gordon Institute for
Public Policy & Citizenship Studies, FIU
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~Monday February 2~
Juan Cole,
University of Michigan
“The US Occupation of Iraq: When Will
the War End?"
University
Park,
Graham Center 150, 2 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of
Politics & International Relations, with funding from
the FIU Graduate School, and Pi Sigma Alpha
~Tuesday February 3~
Thomas Farer,
University of Denver
“Confronting Global Terrorism”
University Park, MARC
International Pavilion,
2 p.m.
Sponsored by the Jack D.
Gordon Institute of Public
Policy & Citizenship Studies
“International Ethics in Times of Insecurity”:
A Mini-Conference
Day 1:
Thursday February 19
Graham Center 243
at 6 pm
University Park Campus
Florida International University
Speakers:
Anthony Lang,
University of St. Andrews
“Politicizing Rules and Responsibility in International Relations”
Brent Steele,
University of Kansas
“Accountability and Ethics: A Radical(’s) Alternative”
 Cecilia
Lynch, University of California – Irvine
“Humanitarian Agency and Ethics in a Neoliberal World”
Eric Heinze,
University of Oklahoma
“Norms of War in an Era of Non-States”
Day 2:
Friday February 20
Green Library 220 from
9:30 am onwards
University Park Campus
Florida
International University
Breakfast: 9:30 am-10am
Panel I: 10 am-12 pm
“Obligation and Justice”
Chair: Paul Warren, Department of Philosophy, FIU.
Discussants: Cecelia Lynch, University of California – Irvine and
Brent Steele, University of Kansas.
Panelists: Mohammad Houmayoun-Vash, Candidate,
Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU; and T.J. Liguori,
MA, Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU.
Lunch 12 pm-1:30 pm
Panel II: 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
“Norms in/of Conflict”
Chair: Harry Gould, Department of Politics and International Relations
Discussants: Anthony Lang, University of St. Andrews and
Eric Heinze, University of Oklahoma
Panelists: Amir Mirtaheri, Doctoral
Student, Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU; Leah
Blumenfeld, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Politics and International
Relations, FIU; and Mauro Carracioli, MA Candidate, Department of
Politics and International Relations, FIU
Coffee: 3:30 pm
Conference Co-Sponsors:
Dean's Office, College of Arts and Sciences and University
Graduate School, FIU
~Tuesday February 24~
Florida International University and
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Present
"America and
the Rising Powers:
A Geopolitical Summit"
Guest Speakers:
Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Parag Khanna, and Fareed Zakaria
University Park,
Graham Center Ballrooms,
9 a.m. onwards Tickets required for the sessions.
For details, please visit
summit.fiu.edu
~Friday February 27~
David Gibbs, University of Arizona
“First Do No Harm:
Humanitarian Intervention and
the Destruction of Yugoslavia”
University Park,
Graham Center 150,
1:30 p.m.
Co-Sponsored by the
Department of Political Science
and International Relations.
With funding from the University
Graduate School.
~Thursday March 12~
Daniel
H. Deudney,
Johns Hopkins University
“Losing
America? Omniviolence, Arms
Control, and Limited Government”
Labor Center 110,
University Park.
6 pm
Co-sponsor: Department of
Politics and
International Relations
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