Talks

All events start on Friday mornings at 10.30 am in 311 Fayerweather Hall, unless otherwise stated.

September 24, 2009
ISRAEL & PALESTINE: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
A conversation between Avi Shlaim (Oxford) and Rashid Khalidi (Columbia)
Organized by the Center for International History and the Middle East Institute
Further information

Special location and time: 12-2 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Leia Reisner

October 2, 2009
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND ITS DISCONTENTS: THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE, 1945-1950
Devin Pendas (Boston College)

November 13, 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE REVOLT AGAINST REALPOLITIK IN THE 1970S
Daniel Sargent (University of California, Berkeley)

December 4, 2009
ANGLOBAL GOVERNANCE: EMPIRE, RACE AND UTOPIA, 1870-1914

Duncan Bell (University of Cambridge)

February 12, 2010
STATE OF THE FIELD: A DISCUSSION WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS
Akira Iriye (Harvard University)
Special event and time: 11.30 am

February 19, 2010
A NATION-BUILDING PEOPLE: AMERICAN EFFORTS AT INTERNATIONAL CONTROL WITHOUT EMPIRE, AND THE CONSEQUENCES
Jeremi Suri (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

March 5, 2010
MOVING PIECES IN A GLOBAL PROHIBITION REGIME: BRITISH ADMIRALTY LAW AND THE END OF SLAVERY
Lauren Benton (New York University)

April 16, 2010
USING AND ABUSING HISTORY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Margaret MacMillan (Oxford University)

April 23, 2010
THE ANTINOMIES OF CAPITALIST MODERNITY: REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY AND THE HOLOCAUST
Moishe Postone (University of Chicago)