International Speaker Series

Event Date:February 20, 2019 – 3:30 PM to February 21, 2019 – 4:59 PM Location:SAC, Salon D Appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) in September 2018, Mr. James A Walsh is responsible for supporting State Department programs and policies to combat illicit drugs […]

Event Date:January 15, 2019 – 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Location:SAC, Salon A Daniel Mulhall became the 18th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States in August 2017. Ambassador Mulhall’s initial appointments were in India, Austria, the European Union and Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2005, while Ireland’s Ambassador to Malaysia, he was conferred with an Honorary […]

Event Date:October 3, 2018 – 3:00 PM to October 4, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:University Cone Center, Room 208 Ms. Kirsti Kauppi became Ambassador of Finland to the United States in September 2015. Prior to her appointment as the Finnish Ambassador to the US, she began her career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of […]

Event Date:September 5, 2018 – 3:30 PM to September 6, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Ryan Crocker is a Diplomat in Residence at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, for the academic year 2017-2018. He served as U.S ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon. Ambassador Crocker has received […]

Event Date:March 15, 2018 – 3:30 PM to March 16, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Nancy Lindborg has served as President of the United States Institute of Peace, an independent institution founded by Congress to provide practical solutions for preventing and resolving violent conflict around the world since February of 2015. […]

Event Date:March 1, 2018 – 3:30 PM to March 2, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:Popp Martin Student Union, Movie Theater Former CIA Director John O. Brennan is currently a Distinguished Fellow for Global Security at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, a Distinguished Non-Resident Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, […]

Event Date:February 15, 2018 – 3:30 PM to February 16, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:Popp Martin Student Union, Movie Theater Hilarie Bass, President of the American Bar Association, Co-President of the International Law firm, Greenberg Traurig, and prolific attorney with a highly successful 30-plus year career and is one of the most recognized female attorneys […]

Event Date:January 25, 2018 – 3:30 PM to January 26, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:James H. Barnhardt Student Activity Center, Third floor- Salon D Honorable Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada), has enjoyed a decorated 35-year career with the Canadian Armed Forces including a variety of command and staff positions […]

Event Date:January 18, 2018 – 3:30 PM to January 19, 2018 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room ** Please note*** The International Speaker Series lecture featuring Ambassador Ryan Crocker has been canceled due to the worsening weather conditions on the UNC Charlotte campus. Please note that a decision about UNC Charlotte classes and […]

Event Date:September 21, 2017 – 3:30 PM to September 22, 2017 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Bernard L. Weinstein is Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Business Economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. From 1989 to 2009 he was […]