Part of the Romanian Film Festival
The first chapters in the narrative of Islam in the Malay-Indonesian world are dotted with some significant question marks. Nevertheless, it is commonly agreed that it was India that played a particularly important role as the conduit for diffusing the Islamic belief and ideas to the Malay-Indonesian world. It was only in the eighteenth century that the Middle East began to play a prominent role in the narrative of Islam in the Malay-Indonesian world.
This lecture will be presented by Anthony Grafton, the Short-term Fellow from Princeton. A reception will follow in the Frick Fine Arts Cloister from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual live television event watched by 125 million people in Europe, Australia, Canada and Asia. Nations compete for the best song and the winner is determined by televoting. Katrin Sieg analyzes the event as a venue where nations stake claims to European identity through music, and where we can observe changes in the concept of European community. This lecture will also examine the role of culture at a time when economic and political relations on the continent are fraying as a consequence of the financial crisis.
As global citizens, students need to have a working knowledge of other countries which are important in shaping the corporate, social and political world. As a rising state in the world economy, India's status in the business and in world affairs is shifting. This short course will explore how these three factors interact in India and in the perceived position of India as a world economy.
Muriel Zhou, Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education
Michael Miller of Central European University (Budapest) is the author of Rabbis and Revolution: The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation (Stanford University Press).
In this video-conference, Matthias Peter Sonn and Patrick Crowley will analyze the 2010 European Financial Crisis as well as its implications for fiscal sustainability, growth, and financial markets.
Dr. V. Page Fortna
-Contrary to the conventional wisdom, terrorism is not a weapon of the weak, nor is it effective.
-Civil wars involving terrorism are harder to end.
-Terrorists do not win.
An 'Economic Hit Man' details his experiences exploiting Latin America & the Middle East
