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 Thursday,
September 21, 2006
Dr. Greg Raymond, Frank Church Professor of
International Relations and Director of the Honors
Program, After
Iraq: The Imperiled American Imperium -
As
the year 2001 unfolded, the United States stood at the
apex of global power, possessing unrivaled military
capabilities, a vibrant economy, and self-confidence
about its security. The terrorist attacks of 9/11
shattered America's prevailing illusions of
invulnerability, prompting the world's sole superpower
to embark on a revolutionary national strategy.
Misunderstanding what it could achieve with unilateral,
preventive uses of military force, the Bush
Administration made a series of short-run decisions that
are now undermining the country's long-term strategic
interests. Rather than making the United States safer
and more secure, the presentation will discuss why this
new strategy is creating new perils for the next
generation of Americans.
 Thursday,
October 19, 2006
Nick Miller, History,
Testifying at The Hague --
Prof. Miller will talk about war crimes during the
Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, The Hague Tribunal for
Yugoslavia, and the experience of testifying before the
tribunal.
 Friday,
November 17, 2006 in Jordan A
Dewey Dykstra, Physics,
Engaging Tibetan Monks in Inquiry into Scientific
Questions...and travels in northern India
 Friday,
December 8, 2006
Brian Wampler, Political
Science,
Citizen
Participation in Brazil: Creating Political Institutions
to Increase Civic Participation.
Brazilian
municipalities are at the forefront of a global trend to
directly involve citizens in political and policy-making
institutions. Brazil's famous Participatory Budgeting
has been adopted by municipalities in over 40 countries.
This talk will focus on what makes some of Brazil's
Participatory Budgeting programs successful as well as
highlight the problems associated with poorly performing
programs. An analysis of eight municipalities, based on
a year of field research, helps to illustrate the wide
range of impacts derived from Participatory Budgeting.
 Thursday,
January 18, 2007
Cindy Salo, Research
Ecologist, US Geological Survey,
Nurturing the
Mother Continent: Natural Resources in Senegal --
Senegal is both a physical and a cultural crossroads.
Occupying the western-most bulge of West Africa and
previously the capital of French West Africa, it retains
strong ties to France. Senegal is also physically and
culturally located between the Islamic Republic of
Mauritania and the Casamace, the Christian and animist
southern region of the country. Summer monsoons in the
Casamance support the large buttressed trees that we
picture when we think of the tropics, but the rains drop
off quickly over the next 200 miles, leaving the
northern part of the country with a sparse covering of
shrubby, thorny acacia trees. As a Peace Corp volunteer
from 1989 to 1991, I lived in a Senegalese village on
the northern edge of the monsoons. We received enough
rain to grow crops of millet, peanuts, and even rice in
the low lying areas. A forest near my village was still
dense enough for the local Peace Corps volunteer to
become lost in. Returning to Senegal in 2002 on a
Fulbright Fellowship, I documented the spread of
mesquite trees, introduced from Central America and
planted by the Ministry of Forestry and by Peace Corps
volunteers.
 Thursday,
February 15, 2007
Tom
Trusky, English,
Caught in Canada, Smuggling
in England, Blushing in Italian
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Presenting
Idahoans Nell Shipman and James Castle abroad. The talk
will include "about Shipman films in Paris and Pordenone
(Italy) (the Paris in France--not the Idaho--one...) in
terms of successes, rudenesses, embarrassments, and
Castle (Canada and England) in terms of legal
entanglements and how to avoid them... "
 Thursday,
March 15, 2007
Christy Babcock Quintero, International Programs,
Gender Roles in Different Countries and Cultures
-- A panel of international students and faculty will
present on the gender roles in their native cultures and
the differences they have observed here in the U.S.
Thursday,
April 19, 2007
Michael Zirinsky,
History,
Iran and the US: A Vexed Relationship --
For
generations the US and Iran have been locked in mutual
antagonism. Days before the outbreak of the 1978 Iranian
revolution, President Carter famously toasted the head
of the Iranian state for presiding over an island of
stability in the midst of a sea of discontent,
apparently unaware that the object of his toast was
viewed by a majority of his subjects as a murderous
tyrant -- and an American puppet.
A quarter century earlier, in collusion with Great
Britain the US government had secretly organized a
bloody coup d'etat to overthrow the parliamentary
government in Tehran, because Washington feared that the
civilian government of Iran would not be a strong
bulwark against Soviet subversion. Washington did not
acknowledge its role in crushing Iranian democracy until
the late 1990s, and its apology did little to ease the
tension in US-Iranian relations.
This presentation will explore the deep history of
US-Iranian relations, from their origin in the 1830s up
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Thursday,
September 19, 2007
Stan Steiner,
History, A Sabbatical of Kindness and Beauty: South
Korea" --
Dr. Stan Steiner from the Literacy
Department will give a lecture on his experiences in Korea. Of
his travels there, Dr. Steiner says “Taking a sabbatical leave
in Korea proved to be more than I expected. Three memorable
characteristics I found in Korea are the kind people, great food
and beautiful scenery. Through these three characteristics I
will share my teaching experience with students at the
university, elementary and secondary levels.”
Wednesday,
October 24, 2007
Ed McLuskie, Communications.
"Rebuilding the University in former Soviet Georgia"
Location: Student Union Building, Bishop Barnwell Room.
Since the Rose Revolution in 2003, the former Soviet state of
Georgia faced once again the problem of (re)building the
societys infrastructure. Part of that infrastructure is
represented by the university and higher education institutes
facing histories of corruption that mirrored the consequences of
failing states while eclipsing efforts to retain cultural
integrity and educational excellence since the Soviet era. A
state with better than 90% literacy and a centuries-old literary
artistic sphere, its reading public enjoyed a publishing
tradition that helped to keep the Georgian language vibrant with
expectations to read of daily events. Those expectations
extended to electronic media and tied university infrastructures
to the education of media workers, including journalists. With
aspirations to join the European community since 2004, the
influence not only of Europe but also the United States brought
models of how to build university programs. Professor McLuskie
will make a brief presentation summarizing his experience with
Georgian university reform in the field of communication and
media studies. The presentation will stress issues and debates
concerning the emerging influence of U.S. models of media
education and practices, based on his 2005 Fulbright experience
teaching at the Tbilisi State University journalism department
and the Georgian Institute for Public Affairs graduate program
in media management. A discussion will follow on the more
general question of cultural exports of university education as
a theoretical and practical issue. He will be joined for the
discussion by a Georgian native living in Boise, Lika
Alaverdashvili, who has experienced Georgian and American
education systems.
Ed McLuskie, Ph.D.
Fulbright Professor,
2004-05
(Tbilisi, Georgia) &
1996-1997
(University of Vienna, Austria)
Guest Professor,
University of Vienna,
2002,
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Professor,
Boise State University, Department of Communication
Boise, Idaho 83725-1920 USA
E-mail:
emclusk@boisestate.edu
or
emclusk@bigfoot.com
tel. 208.426.1927 or 208.426.3327
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Corrine
Henke, International Programs. "Tales from the Middle Seat: Tips
for Novice Travelers" Location: Student Union
Building, Look Out Room.
Do you want to travel internationally, but you aren't
sure how to plan, pack, or save money on your experience? Is there any way
to avoid the middle airplane seat? What’s the fastest way to get through
airport security? Find out the answers to these questions. Corrine M.
Henke, from the International Programs Office will present her thoughts and
experiences gained from traveling the world for business and pleasure. She
will give travel tips, ideas to pack better, and blend in with the locals.
In addition, she'll distribute travel resources, packing lists, and
demonstrate a well-packed bag.
Wednesday,
January 30, 2008
Nick
Miller,
History. The Hague War Crimes Tribunal. Location: Student Union
Building, Look Out Room.
In September, 2007, Nick Miller testified at the
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, which is located in the
Hague. His
testimony concerned six Croatian political and military leaders who
guided a small Croatian breakaway state in Bosnia from 1991 to 1994.
They are accused of a variety of war crimes, including mass murder,
rape, expulsion of populations, and many others. Miller's testimony was
sought by the prosecution as the result of his expertise in Yugoslav
history, culture, and politics. Now that he's finally testified, he
will have some interesting stories to tell.
Wednesday,
February 20, 2008
Kevin
Kiely, Fulbright Scholar in Literature at Boise State, 2007-08 "Celtic
Dawn to Celtic Tiger" Location: Student Union
Building, Hatch B Ballroom.
A fast forward cultural history of 20 Century Ireland
specifically based on its writers and in every respect how writers impacted
on their nation and people, commencing with those writers who are well
known: Wilde, Bram Stoker, Shaw, Yeats, Synge, Joyce, Beckett, O'Casey,
Behan, and others.
Wednesday,
March 12, 2008
Nancy
Napier, International Business. "Bending Bamboo: Boise
State's Nine Year Project in Vietnam to Start Up the Country's
First Business School." Location: Student Union
Building, Look Out Room.
In 1994, before the US and Vietnam had normal
diplomatic relations, Boise State was invited to become first American
university to work in Vietnam. From a one year project to deliver our MBA
degree to instructors at the National Economics University in Hanoi, Boise
State's involvement grew to nine-year $8.5 million Swedish and US government
funded project to help establish the country's first international standard
business school. In a country where the words "business," "management," or
"market" did not exist, with faculty members who saw Americans as "evil
devils," Boise State professors and administrators became ambassadors for
the U.S. Over the nine year project, 25% of the College of Business and
Economics faculty members were involved in the program. In addition, 84
Vietnamese came to Boise, Idaho, to do internships with organizations
ranging from the YMCA and the Idaho Statesman, to Boise Cascade,
Hewlett-Packard, and Penney's . To date, Vietnam still holds the record for
having the largest group of Boise State alumni outside of the US. Some of
the graduates have started their own companies - one brought ATMs to
Vietnam, a second runs Vietnam's software association, and a third is the
financial investment advisor to some of the countries largest and most
successful firms. In the process, Boise State gained notoriety and good
press in the Asian Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the Idaho Statesman
and NPR. Come hear about the program and learn more (perhaps even some of
the stories that DIDN'T make the newspapers!).
Wednesday,
April 16, 2008
Phillip Kelly,
Curriculum, Instruction and Foundational Studies "Teaching
in Northern Uganda" Location: Student Union
Building, Look Out Room.
Prof. Kelly spent six weeks in northern
Uganda in Summer 07, teaching high school physics and
chemistry as part of a volunteer program coordinated by
Invisible Children, an organization that assists children who
were abducted during the civil war in Uganda. Prof. Kelly will
talk about his experiences teaching and interacting with
students and teachers as well as his initiative to sponsor a
student from northern Uganda at Boise State this fall semester.
Thursday,
October 23, 2008
Evelyne Trouillot, a writer from Haiti. “The Linguistic Situation in Haiti: Languages and Instruction.” Location: Student Union
Building, Hatch A.
Although Haiti's constitution recognizes two official languages (French and Creole), Haiti is far from being a bilingual country. According to some estimates, just 5% of the population is fluent in French while the large majority speaks only Creole. While this statistic is not necessarily in and of itself alarming, it proves increasingly problematic given that the Haitian state does function at a bilingual level, and that fluency in French is often consistent with a privileged socio-economic standing that stands in stark opposition to the majority of the country's often illiterate Creole-speaking population. As Haiti looks to establish a more balanced bilingualism among its citizens and a growing number of the country's authors are writing in two languages, it is nonetheless true that Haitian language politics continue to present a considerable obstacle with respect to social and educational reform. In her International Connections Series talk, entitled "The Linguistic Situation in Haiti: Languages and Instruction," Ms. Trouillot will examine the current status of French and Creole in Haiti, and discuss her personal experiences with both languages from her point of view as an educator.
Évelyne Trouillot is an award-winning author from Haiti who has written essays, poetry, novels and a play, as well as short stories and fairy tales for children. Born in Port-au-Prince, she lived more than ten years in the United States (New York and Florida) before returning definitively to Haiti in 1987. In addition to being a university professor and writer who has published in French, Creole and English, Ms. Trouillot participates actively in Haitian cultural activities and organizes writing workshops for children and young adults.
In 2004, her novel Rosalie l’Infâme (The Infamous Rosalie), which recounts the life of a young slave growing up in Saint-Domingue (present day Haiti) during the 1750’s, won the Prix Soroptimist de la Romancière Francophone (Grenoble). Her first play, Le Bleu de l'île (The Blue of the Island), won the Prix Beaumarchais (ex æquo) in 2005. A short story, “The Chareron Inheritance,” was recently published in English in Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers — An Anthology (Anchor Books, 2007). “Today more than ever,” she has said, “to write in Haiti is to say no to ugliness, mediocrity, and sloth, for a little more happiness at the end of the road.”
The title of Ms. Trouillot’s International Connections Series talk is “The Linguistic Situation in Haiti: Languages and Instruction.”
Thursday,
November 13, 2008
Nere Lete, Assistant Professor of Basque and Director of the Basque Studies Minor. Location: Student Union
Building, Hatch B.
Nere Lete, visiting Assistant Professor at Boise State and a native of Spain’s Basque country, grew up and attended school in Spain during the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. She received her first Basque language teaching certificate from Euskaltzaindia when she was 15, and later studied Basque Philology. While pursuing her studies, Lete worked for Basque television and film translating and adapting scripts. In 1994 she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in translation from the University of Iowa. She has taught Basque and Spanish in the Basque Country and in the United States at the University of Nevada, Reno, the University of Iowa, and Boise State University.
In her talk, “Bridging Heritage and International Studies,” Lete will discuss how Boise State University has embarked on the unprecedented journey to link the Basque Diaspora, the Basque Country and U.S. higher education. Boise State University joined forces in 2005 with the Treasure Valley’s vibrant Basque community, the U.S. Department of Education and the Basque Government to create the Basque Studies program. Three years later we have a strong program that is gaining prestige in the local, national and international spheres. Lete will also explain how Boise State is building a bridge between Heritage Studies and International Studies.
Please join us at 12:30 p.m. on November 13, 2008, in the Hatch B Ballroom. Light refreshments will be provided or feel free to bring your own lunch. The event is sponsored by the Albertsons Library and Boise State University International Programs. For more information, call 426-3652.
Thursday,
February 19, 2009
Christina Bruce-Bennion, Director, Agency for New Americans in Boise: The Global becomes Local--Welcoming Refugees to our Community
Location: Student Union
Building, Lookout Room.
Events around the world often seem disconnected from our lives, but those events may cause people from other nations to move to Boise through the refugee resettlement program. This session will present information about refugees in Boise: who they are, why they are here, how they get here, and how their presence impacts our community.
Presenter Christina Bruce-Bennion is the Director of the Agency for New Americans, a refugee resettlement agency in Boise. She has been with the agency for over ten years, and has served as Director for almost 9 years. She has worked with refugees both domestically and overseas in various capacities including case management and women's and youth programs. She holds a Master's degree from Boston University.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
"Forging New Ties Between the United States and China --Training the Next Generation of Global Leaders"
Leon Maynard, President, Idaho Council on Economic Education and the International Economic Summit, and Rick Frisch, University Advancement:
Location: Student Union Building, Lookout Room.
Leon Maynard, Executive Director of Boise State's International Economic Summit Institute, will discuss how this unique program is forging new relationships between top high schools and universities in China and the United States. He will further describe Boise State's strategy for expanding this promising program to hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S., China and other countries.
The International Economic Summit is an educational program designed to teach students, from high school through the first years of college, about globalization, the free enterprise system and international economics. Last July Boise State led a delegation of seventeen Idaho high school students and teachers to Shanghai to facilitate the first International Economic Summit program, which involved 350 Chinese students from 25 high schools.
Please join us at 12:30 p.m. on March 19, 2009, in the Student Union Lookout Room to learn more. Light refreshments will be provided or feel free to bring your own lunch. The event is sponsored by Albertsons Library and Boise State University International Programs. For more information, call 426-3652.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
“Project 60 – Growing Idaho’s Economy Despite Challenging Economic Times”
Damien Bard, Director, International Business Division, Idaho Department of Commerce.
Location: Student Union Building, Lookout Room.
“Project 60” is Governor Otter’s economic development strategy for increasing Idaho’s state gross domestic product from $51 billion to $60 billion. The plan relies on three-tiered to:
1. Foster systemic growth through enhanced workforce, improved transportation and technical infrastructure and increased technology commercialization.
2. Attract new and diverse businesses to the state
3. Increase foreign direct investment and international trade
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