| Events |
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Date |
Event |
April 16-17,
2005 |
"VII
Seminar" A collaboration between VII Photo Agency, Canon Photography and the Institute for Global Leadership |
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April 7-10, 2005 |
Inquiry simulation: The
World's Oceans |
| February 27, 2005 | WSSS Workshop "Water as a Source of Conflict and Cooperation: Exploring the Potential" |
February
24-27, 2005 |
EPIIC Symposium: Oil
and Water |
February 23, 2005 |
"Vanishing" Lecture and Discussion, 8:00 pm Antonin Kratochvil |
| February 17, 2005 | EPIIC Film Series presents: Thirst |
February 1-28,
2005 |
"Vanishing" Plasma Screen Exhibition Antonin Kratochvil, VII Photo Agency A de.MO photographic project by Giorgio Baravalle |
January 24-25, 2005 |
Practice
Session for the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition Budislav Vukas, Vice-President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
January 20,
2005 |
"The Politics
of Oil in Nigeria: |
December 9, 2004 |
"Should Climate
Change Drive Energy Policy?" Cabot 206, 6:00 pm Hear an environmental scientist, Professor Bill Moomaw, and a former oil executive, Professor Bruce Everett, share their views on oil, climate change, and the impacts they should have on business and the modern economy. Co-sponsored by Fletcher Environment & Sustainability Initiative
and |
December 3, 2004 |
"GIS Technical
Workshop: Using Spatial Analyst, Model Builder, and Implementing
ArcGIS Data Models" GIS Center in the Map Room at Tisch Library, 2:00 - 4:00 pm This hands-on workshop is an introduction to using ESRI's ArcGIS software
for GIS spatial analysis. |
December 3, 2004 |
"Problem Solving
using GIS: Applications in Oceanography, Geology, and Multidimensional
Modeling"
Anderson 212, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm This workshop will demonstrate how a GIS can be used to visualize key oceanographic concepts. Topics covered will include sea floor spreading, plate tectonics, bathymetry, and the layers of the Earth. ArcGIS will be used to demonstrate global ocean phenomenon including, exclusive economic zones, marine pollution, and oil pollution. There will be a focus on the hydrological and marine data models and demonstration of how they are used in GIS problem solving. Joe Breman, Editor; Marine Geography: GIS for the Oceans and Seas; Served as Vice-President on the board of directors of the Society for Conservation GIS; Member of ESRI's professional services division |
December 3, 2004 |
"Light on the
Hill Award: Nick Birnback" The Light on the Hill Award has been presented annually since 1995 to Tufts alumni who are leaders in their fields, who have offered constant support to Tufts and who are outstanding role models. It is the highest honor the student body bestows on an alumnus/a. Cabot Auditorium, 8-10 pm Nick Birnback received his B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University and also has a Masters degree in Public Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He was the recipient of the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, and he received the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity 2000 Humanitarian Award as part of his work with UNAMET. Mr. Birnback also was the recipient of the EPIIC Alumni Recognition Award in 2003. |
December 2, 2004 |
"The New Geography
of Conflict in the Middle East: Using GIS to Inform Decision-making
for Marine, Hydrologic, and Oil Resources" Barnum 104, 4:00 - 6:30 pm This workshop will provide an introduction to marine GIS, coastal resource management, and research challenges for oil and water, including a demonstration of how a GIS is used for global ocean analysis using examples from a marine archeology case study in Israel. It will also be an introduction to new ways that a GIS can be used to inform decisions on contested resource issues in the Middle East. Joe Breman, Editor; Marine Geography: GIS for the Oceans and Seas; Served as Vice-President on the board of directors of the Society for Conservation GIS; Member of ESRI's professional services division |
November 18, 2004 |
"The Closing of
the American Mind" EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation Barnum 008, 8:00 pm Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President, Institute for International Education (IIE), the leading not-for-profit organization in the field of international educational exchange and development training that administers the Fulbright program; former, Executive Dean of the School of Foreign Service and Professor at Georgetown University; Former Presidential Briefing Coordinator for the Director of Central Intelligence |
November 8 - 21, 2004 |
"Envoys of War" EPIIC/EXPOSURE/VII Photo Agency Exhibition, Aidekman Arts Center 20th Anniversary Event |
November 8, 2004 |
"Envoys of War" Reception and Lecture, 6:00 pm Remis Sclupture Court Peter Howe, Photographer, Author, Editor, Agent, Writer,
and Curator |
October 28, 2004 |
"Resource Wars" Michael Klare, Author, Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency |
October 25, 2004 |
"Waging an Effective
Fight Against Terrorism: The Role of Human Rights" EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation Braker 001, 8:00 pm Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch |
October 15, 2004 |
IGL/EPIIC Student Research Abroad Presentations Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, France, Iran, Israel, Kenya,
Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South
Korea, Uganda, United Arab Emirates |
October 13, 2004 |
"A Critique of US Foreign Policy" Professor Stanley Hoffmann, Buttenwieser University
Professor at Harvard University; |
October 7, 2004 |
"United Nations
Responses to Resource Based Conflicts"
EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation, 8:00 pm Braker 001 Julia Taft, Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development Programme; Headed the UNDP Task Force for Afghanistan; Former Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, United States Department of State; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, InterAction |
September 30 - October 21, 2004 |
Practitioner-in-Residence
Peter Droege, Chair, World Council for Renewable Energy, Asia Pacific; Director, 'Solar City,' International Energy Agency CERT; Adviser, Beijing Municipal Institute for City Planning and Design; Leader, Missions in Africa and the Middle East, United Nations Development Programme; Editor, Intelligent Environments: IT, Telecommunications and Urban Form |
September 21, 2004 |
"The End of the
Oil Age"
Lecture, 4:00 pm David Goodstein, Vice Provost and Professor of
Physics and Applied Physics at Caltech Co-sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts |
September 14, 2004 |
"Unocal and Afghanistan
- A Case Study in Oil and US Foreign Policy" Lecture and Discussion, 4:00 pm Barnum 104 Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning Managing Editor, Washington Post ; Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 and The Taking of Getty Oil: The Full Story of the Most Spectacular - and Catastrophic - Takeover of All Time EPIIC 20th Anniversary Event |
September 14, 2004 |
"The Saudi - US
Relationship: Oil Politics and the War on Terrorism" Brown Bag Lecture and Discussion, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Institute for Global Leadership (96 Packard Ave) Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist; Managing Editor and former South Asian (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan) Correspondent, Washington Post ; Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 EPIIC 20th Anniversary Event |
September 13, 2004 |
"The Politics
of Terrorism" Lecture, followed by Reception and Book Signing, 7:30 pm Cabot Auditorium Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist; Managing Editor and former South Asian (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan) Correspondent, Washington Post; Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Co-sponsored by the Tufts
Program in International Relations |
September 7, 2004 |
Course
registration and first day of class |