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The Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies sponsors and facilitates collaborative interdisciplinary scholarship on crucial problems facing the world. Our activities promote dialogue on international affairs enriching the educational program at Northwestern. Working with a variety of organizations and communities we contribute to preparing exemplary global citizens.

Events

Human Rights Talks » “If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die”: How Genocide Was Stopped in East Timor
Geoffrey Robinson, University of California, Los Angeles
Wednesday, February 10 at 4pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » Who Gets the Job Referral? Evidence from a Social Networks Experiment in India
Lori Beaman, Economics
Friday, February 12 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Haiti in Need: A Reporter’s Perspective on the Earthquake and its Aftermath
Peter Slevin, Washington Post
Tuesday, February 16 at 7pm - Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St., Evanston

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium » The Sociology of Nationalism: A View From the Ottoman Balkans
Dean Kostantaras, History
Friday, February 19 at 12pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Cancelled
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies » Istanbul: Between the Global and the Local

Caglar Keyder, SUNY-Binghamton & Bogazici University, Istanbul

Mughal Gazetteers, Central Asian Observatories, French Maps, British Instruments: The Emergence of Cartography in South Asia and Britain, 1760-1830
Kapil Raj, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Wednesday, February 24 at 3pm - Buffett Center Conference Rm.

Stage Fright: Musical Contests and Religious Differences in Turkey (1923-1938)
John O'Connell, Cardiff University
Thursday, February 25 at 4pm – Music Building #109, 711 Elgin Rd., Evanston
co-sponsored with the Musicology Colloquium

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Featured Spring Speakers

Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

John L. Esposito, editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Modern Islam and The Oxford History of Islam and author of Unholy War, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam.

Roxana Saberi, Iranian-American journalist and Medill alumna, who was imprisoned in Iran in 2009.

Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate in economics and specialist in development.

Human Rights talks

Haiti in Need: A Reporter’s Perspective on the Earthquake and its Aftermath

Peter Slevin, Washington Post

Tuesday, February 16 at 7pm

Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center
633 Clark St., Evanston

Peter Slevin of the Washington Post shares his experience of the past two weeks in Haiti.

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Ambassador Richard S. Williamson

Ambassador Richard S. Williamson to Give Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture

As the 20th Century came to a close, mass atrocities and ethnic killing seemed to take place at a quickening pace. The Cambodian Killing Fields. Rwanda. Bosnia. Kosovo. Now Congo and Darfur. How should America act? What is our “responsibility to protect”? And how can America act with the international community to give meaning to the pledge: Never Again?

Ambassador Richard S. Williamson, Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies, will deliver the lecture “In The Face Of Mass Murder and Atrocities: What should America Do?” on Tuesday, March 9, at 4pm, in the Guild Lounge, Scott Hall, 601 University Pl., Evanston, Illinois.

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Jonathan Caverley   Hendrik Spruyt
Working Group co-directors Jonathan Caverley
and Hendrik Spruyt, Political Science

New Security Studies Working Group Focusing on Causes, Conduct and Consequences of Violent Conflict

The Buffett Center has launched a new Working Group on Security Studies that seeks to build an interdisciplinary community, at Northwestern and beyond, interested in research on the causes, conduct and consequences of violent conflict—be it civil war, terrorism or interstate competition. Research on the security consequences of international institutions, climate change, religious fundamentalism, and competition for energy is also most welcome.

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Webcasts

Haleh Esfandiari Webcast My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran
Haleh Esfandiari recounts her incarceration in Evin Prison, the most notorious penitentiary in Ahmadinejad’s Iran, and discusses recent events in Iran.
Bulent Aliriza Webcast Turkey’s Changing Foreign and Energy Policy Priorities
Bulent Aliriza, Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses Turkey's foreign policy and trade strategy.
Roger Cohen Webcast A Revolution in Crisis: Iran after June 12
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen recounts his experience in Iran during the post-election protests and reflects on the future of Iran.
Kilcullen Webcast The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
David Kilcullen, former advisor to General Petraeus in Iraq, discusses modern warfare, illuminating the "War on Terrorism" and the associated "small wars" across the globe.
Kara Webcast Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
Siddharth Kara investigates the mechanics of the global sex trafficking business across four continents and takes stock of its devastating human toll.

News

Ambassador Williamson to Give Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Lecture
Ambassador Richard S. Williamson, Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies, will deliver the lecture “In The Face Of Mass Murder and Atrocities: What should America Do?” on Tuesday, March 9, at 4pm.

Buffett Center Faculty Affiliates Named to Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Chairs
Frank Mulhern, Journalism, Hamid Naficy, Communication, and Carl Petry, History, have been named Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professors.

Richard Joseph Op-Ed: Confronting the Greater Nigerian Challenge
Faculty affiliate Richard Joseph discusses challenges and opportunities in Nigeria in a Brookings Institution Op-Ed.

Buffett Center Announces Four Grants
Grants for Northwestern faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates for Middle East research and Turkish studies, and grants for graduate students for summer research and conference travel.

Buffett Center Lauches Security Studies Working Group
New Security Studies Working Group will focus on causes, conduct and consequences of violent conflict.

Stephen Kinzer Op-Ed: Voting for failure in Afghanistan
Faculty affiliate Stephen Kinzer argues in The Guardian that by forcing a flawed model of democracy on Afghans, the U.S. has made Afghanistan less stable and less democratic.

NU GO Website Will Profile International Programs
The Buffett Center is building a comprehensive profile of international programs at Northwestern: the Northwestern University Global Opportunities (NU GO) website.

 
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