Hot Spots (Archive)
Sep. 2002-April 2009
| Date |
Speaker and Title |
|---|---|
| 4/23/09 | Dr. Ahmed Ispahani, Professor of Business Administration and Economics, Inaugural Lecture of the Benazir Bhutto and Ahmed Ispahani Lectureship |
| 3/5/09 | Ambassador Asher Naim, Israel, "The Jews of Ethiopia, Then and Now" |
| 2/19/09 | Dr. Marcos Pedlowski, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil and Ederson Locatelli, S.J. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil, "Inequality in Brazil" |
| 11/13/08 |
ULV Debate Team, “Eco-Terrorism: Are We Holding the Environment Hostage?” |
| 10/16/08 | Dr. Richard Gelm and Dr. Janis Deitz, “Presidential Debate – McCain v. Obama (Dietz v. Gelm)” |
| 9/25/08 | Dr. Gitty Amini, “Cold War II? The Re-emergence of Russia and What it Means for the United States” |
| 4/10/08 | Dr. Michael Wessells, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, “Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection” |
| 3/27/08 | Dr. Richard Gelm, Dr. Jack McElwee, and Dr. Jason Neidleman, “Election 2008 – A Race to Remember: Who will be President?” |
| 3/6/08 | Senator George McGovern U.N. Special Ambassador on Hunger, “Ending Hunger in Our Time” |
| 11/15/07 | Dr. Johanna Kardux, Director, American Studies, University of Leiden, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, and Richard Rose, Department of Philosophy and Religion, "Slavery Today: How Do We Respond?" |
| 10/18/07 | Dr. Jack Meek, College of Business and Public Management, "Local-Global Implications on Brazil: Notes on a Distant Proximity" |
| 04/19/07 | ULV Debate Team, "This House Believes that Human Rights Should Take a Backseat to Economic Development" |
| 03/15/07 | Prof. Gulnara Zakirova, Kazakh Ablai Khan University and Fulbright Scholar, "The Integration of Kazakhstan into the World Community: Problems and Perspectives" |
| 02/15/07 | John Linarelli, College of Law, ULV, "Might Does Not Make Right: The Rule of Law in a Time of Terrorism" |
| 11/16/06 | Fathia Husain Al Joumaily, Former Professor, Sociology Department, Baghdad University, Fulbright Scholar, College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Crime in Iraq: Then and Now" |
| 10/19/06 | Dr. David Hollinger, Chair, Department of History, UC Berkeley, "Religious vs. Secular Liberals: Finding Common Ground Against the Religious Right"
More info... |
| 09/21/06 | Dr. Ahmed Ispahani, Department of Applied Business Sciences and Economics, ULV, "The Impact of Islam on Contemporary Geopolitics" |
| 04/20/06 | Ambassador George McGovern, U.S. Senator and U.N. Special Ambassador on Hunger "The Art of Diplomacy"
More info... |
| 04/18/06 | Film showing, One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern, followed by Q & A by filmmaker Stephen Vittoria More info... |
| 03/16/06 | Julius Walecki, Department of Applied Business Sciences and Economics ULV "How Free is Free Trade? NAFTA, EU, and the Environment" |
| 02/16/06 | Jonathan Reed, Department of Philosophy and Religion, ULV, "Talking Religion: Making Historical Sense of the Middle East" |
| 11/17/05 | Marcus Pedlowski, Fulbright Scholar, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro "The Amazon, Deforestation, and Climate Change: Local and Global Connections" |
| 09/22/05 | Bob Neher Chair, Natural Sciences Division, ULV "Environmental Challenges for the 21st Century" |
| 04/21/05 | Jerome Garcia, Biology Department, ULV "Stem Cell Research and the Making of the Modern World" |
| 03/17/05 | Sister Mary Dennis Peters, Librarian Emerita, ULV "Peace in Our Time: The Case of Ireland" |
| 02/24/05 | Matt Witt, Department of Public and Health Administration "The Holographic State: Security, Disorder and American Imperialism" |
| 11/18/04 | Sheriff Leroy Baca Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department "Acting Locally/Thinking Globally: Los Angeles and the War on Terror" |
| 10/28/04 | Jason Neidleman and Gitty Amini Department of History, ULV "Bush vs. Kerry: What Are the Issues?" |
| 09/23/04 | ULV Debate Team "Should Veterans be Exempt from Taxation?" |
| 05/20/04 | Dan Merritt, Christine Broussard, and Jeremy Korr, Departments of Biology and American Studies, ULV "From Local to Global: What's Happening to Our Environment?" |
| 03/11/04 | Gitty Amini and International ULV Students "International Perspectives on America in Iraq" |
| 11/20/03 | Reed Gratz, Department of Music, ULV "The Netherlands: An Advanced Society or Only Arrogant About It?" |
| 10/02/03 | Edward Peck, Former US Ambassador to Iraq "Iraq: Pandora's Box is Open" |
| 09/18/03 | Jason Neidleman, Department of History and Political Science, ULV "Two Years After 9-11: Civil Liberties and Homeland Security" |
| 04/24/03 | Franklin Larey, University of Cape Town, South Africa "The Politics of Arts and Culture in Post-Apartheid South Africa" |
| 03/20/03 | Peter Hunt, British Consul General, Los Angeles "Britain and the United States: Shoulder to Shoulder on the Big Issues" |
| 02/20/03 | ULV Panel: Phil Hofer, Al Clark, Abe Helou, and Kamol Somvichian "Peace in the Middle East?" |
| 11/21/02 | ULV Debate Team "This House Believes that Developing Nations Should Have the Right to Produce Nuclear Weapons" |
| 10/17/02 | Richard Gelm, Department of History and Political Science, ULV "Crisis in the Catholic Church: Sex Scandals and Undermined Authority" |
| 09/19/02 | Ahmed Ispahani, School of Business and Global Studies, ULV "Pakistan: American Partner in War Against Terrorism?" |
