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APRIL 2014
The 2014 International Studies Association
annual convention featured a presidential
address by Professor and UNESCO Chair
Amitav Acharya, and honors for SIS faculty
members Abdul-Aziz Said, Patrick Thaddeus
Jackson, Christine Chin, and Craig Hayden.
Read More.
SIS graduate students and alumni have access
to AU’s powerful “backyard” in DC via a new
student-alumni engagement event series that
takes participants behind the scenes at some of
the top international relations organizations in
Washington, DC. Read More.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, a scholar, policymaker,
and think tank leader, spoke at a recent Dean’s
Discussion about women in the workplace and in
the global economy, and about the challenges
the United States faces around the world. Read
More.
In his award-winning book, The Thistle and the
Drone, Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair Akbar
Ahmed explores tribal Islam and concludes that
the United States is drifting into a global war
against tribal societies on the periphery of
nations. Read More.
Follow SIS on Facebook
and Twitter.
Commencement
SIS is pleased to announce
that Ambassador Paula
Dobriansky, a veteran
American diplomat and
foreign policy expert, will
be the 2014 SIS
commencement speaker.
Graduating? Save the
dates:
-Senior Barbecue Series
-Toast to Graduates
-Pinning Ceremony
Spotlight
Watch a new SIS Spotlight
video on youth activism in
the Gulf states with
Assistant Professor
Kristin Diwan.
Alumni
At the 15th annual Intercultural Management
Institute conference, Rosiland Jordan, a
correspondent with Al Jazeera English,
emphasized the challenge and importance of
reaching audiences cross-culturally. Read More.
Stay up to date on alumni
news and events. Keep up
with your classmates on
the Class Notes page.
SIS in Print
For additional commentary
on Ukraine, click here.
Assistant Dean Anya
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Schmemann: "Russia's
Empty Victory," The
National Interest, April 8.
Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Colgan: "Petroaggression: How Russia’s
oil makes war more likely,"
The Monkey Cage, The
Washington Post, April 1.
“Chico Vive: The Legacy of Chico Mendes and the Global Grassroots
Environmental Movement” conference took place on April 4-6 at SIS. Marina
Silva, Brazil’s former environment minister, and John Knox, the UN’s
independent expert on human rights and the environment, were keynote
speakers, and panel discussions, such as the one pictured above, explored
various aspects of Mendes’s legacy. Read More.
Scholar in Residence
Johanna Mendelson
Forman: "A Future of
Peace," Devex, March 27.
Professorial Lecturer
Michael Schroeder and
Instructor David Banks:
"Where Have All the Great
Powers Gone?" U.S. News
& World Report, March 21.
Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security
Challenges of NATO, discussed the role of NATO in Europe and beyond with
Dean Jim Goldgeier. Dr. Shea is a long-time instructor for the AU Abroad
Program in Brussels. Watch the Video.
Live Twitter Chat with Dean Goldgeier
Speaker: Dean Jim Goldgeier
Date: Wednesday, April 9
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
@AU_SIS; #AskSISDean
Did you miss the live Facebook chat with the Dean?
Check out the Storify summary.
Dean's Discussion: Engaging the World: Public Diplomacy Today
Speaker: Tara Sonenshine, former Under Secretary of State for Public
Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Date: Tuesday, April 15
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Webstreamed
The United States and Iran: Can Diplomacy Prevent an Iranian Bomb?
Speakers: Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Retired U.S. Career
Associate Professor Keith
Darden and Samuel
Charap: "Reaching for a
Deal on Crimea," The Great
Debate, Reuters, March 19.
Assistant Professor
Kristin Diwan: "Saudi
Arabia Brings the Fight
Back Home," MENA
Source, The Atlantic
Council, March 18.
Faculty Fellow Jessica
Trisko Darden: "What
the Search for Flight
MH370 Tells Us About
National Security in Asia,"
The Monkey Cage, The
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Ambassador; Michael Doran, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The
Brookings Institution; Shaul Bakhash, George Mason University
Date: Monday, April 28
Time: 6:00-7:15pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Webstreamed
Washington Post, March
18.
Professor Gordon
Adams: "Don't Poke the
Russian Bear," Foreign
Policy, March 17.
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Associate Dean Patrick Thaddeus Jackson and International Relations
Online student Emily Ham were featured in a Washington Post Express
article about online Masters degrees. Read More.
Scholar in Residence Johanna Mendelson Forman and her gastrodiplomacy
class were featured in the NPR blog "The Salt" about culinary diplomacy.
Read More.
Dean Jim Goldgeier appeared on WAMU's The Diane Rehm Show on March
20 to discuss Russia and Ukraine. Read More and Listen Here.
Professor Robin Broad won the Green Teacher of the Year Award from AU’s
Center for Teaching, Research and Learning and the Office of Sustainability.
Assistant Professor David
Bosco: "Pot, Meet Kettle,"
Foreign Policy, March 15.
Dean Jim Goldgeier,
featured in: "Does the
Academy Matter," Foreign
Policy, March 14.
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Assistant Professor Agustina Giraudy and Assistant Professor T. Garrett
Graddy-Lovelace are the co-recipients of the William M. LeoGrande Award
for the best scholarly book or article on Latin American or Latino Studies
published by a member of the AU community.
Associate Professor Sharon Weiner was awarded a CFR International Affairs
Fellowship in Nuclear Security for 2014-15.
Assistant Professor Thespina Yamanis was selected as a Fellow for the
2014-15 Fordham Research Ethics Training Institute.
SIS students Giselle Lopez and Kia Hall were selected as inaugural
Diplomacy and Diversity Fellows by Humanity in Action.
The School of International Service prepares graduates for global service.
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