Global Crossroads Lecture Series
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2008-2009 Season
Join us for a dynamic line-up of speakers for the 2008-2009 season including: October 9, 2008 Ambassador Edward Peck, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Mauritania, will present Doing It All Wrong in the Middle East. Ambassador Peck argued against invading Iraq prior to the March 2003 invasion and has been a lively critic of US actions in Iraq ever since. November 2008 (date TBD) Pierre-Yves Dugua, Economics Correspondent in the United States for the daily newspaper Le Figaro and correspondent for Radio France and Radio France Internationale. Mr. Dugua will discuss the French perspective on the U.S. from a cultural and economic point of view. February 19, 2009 Majka Burhardt, Mountain Climber and Activist, will discuss Ethiopian Culture and Politics. Burhardt traveled to Ethiopia to climb a mountain and was transformed by her experience in the once war-torn and now Democratic nation. March 27, 2009 Henrique Salas Romer, who ran against President Hugo Chavez in the 1998 election, will discuss his campaign experiences, the current political situation in Venezuela and US/Venezuela relations. April 2, 2009 Barbara S. Harvey, Former Deputy Chief of Mission in Jakarta, will speak on God and Society in Indonesia, a vast country with the world’s largest Muslim population. May 28, 2009 Bill Abrams, President of Trickle Up, will discuss his organization’s unique strategy to providing microfinancing to people who cannot access or benefit from microcredit directly. Information on prices and subscription opportunities is forthcoming. No audio recording, video recording or photography is permitted throughout the duration of the program. |