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Emerging Leaders: Students Making an Impact
Wednesday, April 16, 2007, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam (Directions)
A panel discussion held in partnership with Student Affairs Caucus of the Columbia University Senate. The panel of Columbia University students will address student leadership and will be moderated by President Lee C. Bollinger.
Panelists:- Sashti Balasundaram, Mailman School of Public Health
- Melissa D'agostino, Columbia Business School
- Emma Kaufman, Columbia College
- Will Straw, School of International and Public Affairs
- Bilal Tanweer, School of the Arts
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India: The Global Partner
Tuesday, April 15, 2007, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam (Directions)
This program will feature a discussion with Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University.
Hosted by John Coatsworth, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
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Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam (Directions)
President Lee C. Bollinger will host a panel discussion with Columbia University's distinguished alumnus, David Rothkopf (Columbia College '77), on the topic of his provocative new book, Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making.
Moderator
- Alan Murray, Executive Editor of the Wall Street Journal Online
Participants
- Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
- Merit Janow, Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law & International Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and former member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body.
- Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
- David Rothkopf, President and CEO of Garten Rothkopf and author of , Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
- Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and member of The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 4:30–5:45 p.m.
Davis Auditorium, The Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research (Directions)
Nambaryn Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Moderator
- Myron L. Cohen, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
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Friday, September 28, 2007, 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
Bangladesh's Socio-economic Development: Successes, Challenges and Imperatives
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Moderator
- Vidya J. Dehejia, Director of the Southern Asian Institute
Participants
- Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
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Thursday, September 27, 2007, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
Željko Komšić, Presidency Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Moderator
- Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Director of the Harriman Institute
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
A Conversation with Toomas Hendrik Ilves (CC' 76), President of the Republic of Estonia and Mikheil Saakashvili (LAW' 94), President of the Republic of Georgia
Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute
Moderator
- Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
The Conversations Series: Improvisation in Everyday Life
Co-sponsored by the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University
The purpose of the Conversations Series is to explore the role of improvisation in the widest array of fields and practices. The guiding premise of the series is that the study of improvisation can present a new animating paradigm for scholarly inquiry in the humanities, arts and the social, political and natural sciences. Learn from experts in many fields about improvisation, a practice that subsumes jazz and many other musical and non-musical areas of endeavor.
Moderator
- George Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of Music, Director of the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
Participants
- Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist, composer, and co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)
- Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, professor and distinguished senior poet, New York University
- Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia University
- Margo Jefferson, professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University, former staff critic of The New York Times
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Monday, September 24, 2007, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Moderator
- John H. Coatsworth, Acting Dean, School of International and Public Affairs
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Monday, September 24, 2007, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Alfred Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Co-sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Moderator
- John H. Coatsworth, Acting Dean, School of International and Public Affairs
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Monday, September 24, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi
Co-sponsored by The Earth Institute at Columbia University
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Moderator
- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
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Monday, September 24, 2007, 9:00–10:00 a.m.
The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue at 117th Street
Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, President of Turkmenistan
Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute
A keynote address followed by a question and answer session with the audience.