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Event Date:December 3, 2015 – 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Matthew Bishop is the Senior Editor and former Globalization Editor of The Economist. Bishop will provide insight regarding the historical context behind the current global economic challenges and the importance of impact investing and social entrepreneurship in the global economy. […]

Event Date:September 17, 2015 – 3:30 PM to September 18, 2015 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Professor Goldstein will discuss his most recent book, Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry. Prof. Lyle J. Goldstein is an associate professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute, which was established at […]

Event Date:January 22, 2015 – 3:30 PM to January 23, 2015 – 4:59 PM Location:Dale Halton Reading Room, Atkins Library The spring installments of the 7th Annual International Speaker Series begin with Colonel Mykleby who will deliver a presentation entitled Sustainability: An American Grand Strategy for the 21st Century followed by questions from the audience. […]

Event Date:November 20, 2014 – 3:30 PM to November 21, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room Ramon Gil-Casares, Ambassador of Spain to the United States When Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and U.S. President Barack Obama met in January 2014, they reflected on the close cooperation the countries have that has culminated […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]