International Speaker Series
International Speaker Series: Dr. Katherine Kaup (James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies and Political Science, Furman University)
Event Date:October 16, 2014 – 3:30 PM to October 17, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Dr. Katherine Kaup, author of Creating the Zhuang: Ethnic Politics in China and James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies and Political Science, Furman University Dr. Kaup has travelled to China for research and with study […]
International Speaker Series: Dr. Badrul Alam (author of Contours of India’s Foreign Policy: Changes and Challenges)
Event Date:September 25, 2014 – 3:30 PM to September 26, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room U.S.-India Relations: Prospects and Challenges Dr. Badrul Alam (author of Contours of India’s Foreign Policy: Changes and Challenges) from Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in New Delhi, India, will discuss current affairs between India and the […]
International Speaker Series: Lawrence J. Gumbiner, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative at the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States
Event Date:April 3, 2014 – 3:30 PM to April 4, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:SAC Salon A Prior to assuming his present position, Mr. Gumbiner served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), coordinating the U.S. Government’s preparation for the 2012 UN Conference on […]
International Speaker Series: A New Look at U.S.-Japan Relations
Event Date:March 20, 2014 – 3:30 PM to March 21, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:Student Union 340, spaces C and F The 6th Annual International Speaker Series continues with Ichiro Fujisaki, former Ambassador of Japan to the United States. The former ambassador will discuss U.S.-Japan relations with an opportunity for questions from the audience after […]
International Speaker Series: Dr. Stuart Hillmansen, Director of the Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Event Date:February 19, 2014 – 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Location:EPIC Building room G287 With nations such as Germany, China, and Japan dominating the high speed rail industry, the United States is slowly starting its own high speed rail transportation. North Carolina is in the process of developing two major passenger rail systems as part […]
International Speaker Series: Ambassador of the Russian Federation
Event Date:January 30, 2014 – 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Location:Student Union room 340 Ambassador of the Russian Federation Sergey I. Kislyak will present The Russian Federation and the United States: Current State of Relations with an opportunity for questions from the audience after his presentation. This will be the first visit to Charlotte, North […]
International Speaker Series: Ambassador of Switzerland
Event Date:January 27, 2014 – 3:30 PM to January 28, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:College of Health and Human Services room 128 The spring installments of the 6th Annual International Speaker Series begin with Manuel Sager, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States. Ambassador Sager will Swiss-U.S. relations in the context of global challenge with […]
International Speaker Series: Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Event Date:November 11, 2013 – 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Location:Harris Alumni Center, Allen Tate Great Hall Monday, November 11 Science and Technology in São Paulo, Brazil Time: 9:30-10:45am Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Harris Alumni Center, Allen Tate Great hall As Scientific Director at […]
International Speaker Series: Diana Untermeyer, Author of “Qatar: Sand, Sea and Sky”
Event Date:October 17, 2013 – 3:30 PM to October 18, 2013 – 4:59 PM Location:CHHS 128 As part of the 2013-2014 International Speaker Series, author Diana Untermeyer will share her experiences living in Doha, Qatar from 2004-2007 while her husband Chase Untermeyer served as U.S. ambassador. **** Faculty are encouraged to reserve space to attend […]
International Speaker Series: Richard McGregor, Author of “The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers”
Event Date:September 5, 2013 – 3:30 PM to September 6, 2013 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room The U.S. and Chinese Political Economies in the New Century Former Washington bureau chief of Financial Times Richard McGregor has also served as the Beijing bureau chief, a Shanghai correspondent, and deputy editor of Financial Times […]