University of California, San Diego International Studies Program Events Newsletter October 2005 vol. III In this Newsletter: * IR/PS Asian Foreign and Security Lunch Series "Chinese Military Modernization: An Institutional Overview" * An Evening with Ambassador Charles Hostler * "Media (Mis)Representations of Peace and Conflict in Palestine/Israel" * Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies presents Cine latinoamericano * China/Taiwan EAP Info Session * Programs Abroad Expo and Info Session Information * European Studies Program Public Lecture "France and Europe after the Referendum 'NON'" ----------------------------------------------------------------IR/PS Asian Foreign and Security Lunch Series ----------------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, October 18th, Public Lunch and Lecture 12:30 p.m. IR/PS Dean's Conference Room David Finkelstein, Director, "Project Asia" & China Studies Center, The CNA Corporation Working Title: "Chinese Military Modernization: An Institutional Overview" This talk provides an overarching framework for understanding China's military modernization program. Unlike many discourses on this topic, Dr. Finkelstein does not focus on weapons systems and technologies, but rather drivers, aspirations, systemic processes and adjustments, and the elements of institutional change that define today's modernizing People's Liberation Army. Dr. Finkelstein's historical study, From Abandonment to Salvation: Washington's Taiwan Dilemma, 1949-50 (GMU Press, 1993), was hailed in Presidential Studies Quarterly as "blazing a new trail" and "will take an important place in the literature of U.S.-China relations in the mid-20th Century." A retired U.S. Army officer, Finkelstein is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, the Army War College, the U.S. Army Airborne School, and the U.S. Army Foreign Area Officer Course at the JFK Center for Military Assistance and Unconventional Warfare. Sponsored by UCSD Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. ----------------------------------------------------------------An Evening with Ambassador Charles Hostler ----------------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, October 18th, Lecture 6:30 p.m. Art Expressions Gallery, 2645 Financial Court, Suite C, San Diego, CA 92117 Charles Hostler, Former US Ambassador to Bahrain Come Join the Citizen Diplomacy Council of San Diego for a most interesting evening of stories and adventures lived and told by our honored guest Ambassador Hostler; there will be a Fascinating Lecture followed by your questions. Ambassador Hostler graduated from UCLA and later earned two masters and a doctorate degree. He retired from the U.S. Army Air Force as a Colonel where he was involved in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. He later served as ambassador from the United State to Bahrain during the Gulf War. In addition to serving as a past president of San Diego Consular Corps he has received Decorations from France, USA, Bahrain, Poland, Greece, Haiti, Lebanon, South Korea, and Taiwan. What is also nice about holding this event at this venue? There is an artist exhibition for our viewing: 'Focus Mexico: Two Painters, Two Photographers' This event has limited seating, so you MUST Reserve by calling 619 291-8105 or sending an email to Director@CDCSD.org PRICE: FREE to Supporter -Patron Level Members of CDCSD $10 to Friend Level Members $15 Non-Member/Prospective Member Sponsored by the Citizen Diplomacy Council of San Diego. ----------------------------------------------------------------A Town Hall Meeting on the State of Israeli and Palestinian Relations ----------------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, October 18th, Lecture and Discussion 7:30 p.m. IR/PS Robinson Auditorium Senior youth activists Palestinian Christine Soudah and Israeli Eran Schafferman What the Israeli & Palestinian People Actually Want? Forget What You've Been Told... Time and again campuses are filled with literature and speakers on the Middle East conflict. ProIsraeli and pro-Palestinian professors going head to head on whose history is truthful, parents of children killed through terror or occupation denouncing the 'other side'. We've heard from the people with the agendas, but what do average Israelis and average Palestinians think? Do they want peace? Are they able to compromise? The vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians want peace and are prepared to compromise for it and now they are asking for your help. Americans for Informed Democracy (www.aidemocracy.org <http://www.aidemocracy.org/> ) is a non-partisan organization working to raise global awareness on more than 250 U.S. university campuses and in more than 10 countries. The OneVoice Movement is a mass grassroots movement in the Middle East that empowers voices of moderation to stand up against extremism. Sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy and IR/PS. ----------------------------------------------------------------"Media (Mis)Representations of Peace and Conflict in Palestine/Israel" ----------------------------------------------------------------Wednesday, October 19, Lecture, check-in from 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. World Trade Center Seminar Room, 1250 Sixth Avenue San Diego, CA Professor Gary Fields, Ph.D. UCSD, Dept of Communications "Media (Mis)Representations of Peace and Conflict in Palestine/Israel" Professor Fields presentation focuses on misrepresentations and omissions of information by the major media in covering the recent Gaza "Disengagement" and the conflict in Israel/Palestine. It uses the Gaza events to raise questions about Israeli settlers and settlements, and the characteristics of Israeli military occupation in Gaza and the West Bank that are typically missing from media stories about the region. Finally, in raising these questions about settlement and occupation, this presentation discusses future prospects for peace. Gary Fields is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego and is the author of TERRITORIES OF PROFIT (Stanford University Press, 2004). His field of expertise focuses on communications and territorial development. He has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has contributed numerous opinion pieces on the conflict in Israel/Palestine to both the local and national media. He is currently working on a new book on the Wall in Israel/Palestine and has just returned from six weeks in Gaza and the West Bank. Cost: $15/members, $20/guests, $5/students To Register visit: https://host25.webserver1010.com/sdwac/reservation/ Sponsored by The San Diego World Affairs Council. ----------------------------------------------------------------Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies presents Cine latinoamericano ----------------------------------------------------------------Wednesday, October 19, Free Film Series 7 p.m. Copley International Conference Center Institute of the Americas Complex Todo el poder A brave film that dares to portray urban police in Mexico as ruthless, dangerous thugs, Todo el Poder is also a political thriller with sophisticated on-screen action. This film studies one of Mexico 's most disheartening realities: that much of the crime its citizens face is perpetrated either by the police themselves or by gangs with official protection. The movie, about a filmmaker who takes on a band of criminals with high-level protection, is based loosely on actual events. (102 min, Spanish with English subtitles) Sponsored by UCSD Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. ----------------------------------------------------------------China/Taiwan EAP Info Session ----------------------------------------------------------------Monday, October 24, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. International Center Oceanids Pavilion. Would you like to improve your Mandarin or just experience one of the world's fastest developing economies while making progress toward graduation? Come learn about the range of study abroad opportunities in China and Taiwan and meet students who have recently returned from programs in China and Taiwan at an information session sponsored by the Programs Abroad Office. For more information: http://programsabroad.ucsd.edu or e-mail tluo@ucsd.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------Programs Abroad Expo and Info Session Information ----------------------------------------------------------------Wednesday, October 26, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Library Walk UCSD’s annual Study-Work-Travel Abroad Information Fair. Meet representatives from over 70 programs worldwide! If you are thinking about study abroad and want to check out all of the options available, then now is your chance! This exhibit is only once a year, so don’t miss it! Sponsored by Programs Abroad Office and International Center Other PAO/International Center News and Events: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONDAY, OCT. 17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WORK, INTERNSHIPS & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION Mon, Oct. 17, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, International Center Lounge SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SESSION Mon, Oct. 17, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, International Center Pavilion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TUESDAY, OCT. 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STUDY ABROAD MEETING Tues, Oct. 18, 11:00 - 12:00 pm, International Center Lounge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNITED KINGDOM/IRELAND (EAP/OAP) INFORMATION SESSION Study in ALL Majors! Wed, Oct. 19, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, International Center Lounge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THURSDAY, OCT. 20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ITALY (EAP/OAP) INFORMATION SESSION Thurs, Oct. 20, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, International Center Lounge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRIDAY, OCT. 21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEADLINES: Germany (Spring), Italy (Siena Spring Qtr) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FALL EAP APPLICATION DEADLINES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, October 21: Germany (Spring), Italy (Siena Spring Qtr) Monday, October 24: Japan (Tohoku Engineering Spring) Monday, November 7 : Ireland (Year), Japan (Year and Tsukuba Fall), United Kingdom (Fall/Year) Wednesday, November 16: Costa Rica (Tropical Bio Spring) Friday, December 2: China (Summer/Fall/Year), Taiwan (Fall/Year) For more information: http://programsabroad.ucsd.edu/pao/deadlines.html ----------------------------------------------------------------European Studies Program Public Lecture ----------------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, November 1st, Public Lecture 5:00 p.m. Cognitive Science Building, Room 001 Christian Deubner, Economist: Centre d’Etudes Prospective et d’Information (CEPII) "France and Europe after the Referendum 'NON'" Christian Deubner is an expert in German and French Europe policies, German-French relationship, European Integration, German international economic policy and international regionalism. He is an economist with the Centre d’Etudes Prospective et d’Information (CEPII). Previously, Christian Deubner worked at the French Planning Commission, coming from The German Institute for International and Security Affairs of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) where he was the head of the Research unit on the European Integration. As part of his work on Europe, Christian Deubner is in charge of the European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes and organizes collaboration between the Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) and the CEPII within the framework of the French-German Analysis Council, set in 2004. Sponsored by IICAS and the American Council on Germany. ----------------------------------------------------------------International Studies Program University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0539 La Jolla, Ca 92093-0539 Phone: 858-822-5299 Email: isp@ucsd.edu Website: http://isp.ucsd.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------