Center for International Studies (audio)

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, an expert in international security affairs and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), interviews Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, about the future of American foreign policy. Kagan, a foreign policy advisor to Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, asks the question, “Is the US indispensable?” The full conversation can be viewed here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/id548443210 or http://youtu.be/jxmbQc2yBvo

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, an expert in international security affairs and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), interviews Robert Kagan, a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, about the future of American foreign policy. Kagan, a foreign policy advisor to Republicans and Democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, asks the question, “Is the US indispensable?”

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Marshall Bouton, President of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, delivers a lecture titled “Reorienting America: How Americans are Shifting Their Foreign Policy Focus to Asia” at the Center in Beijing on September 19, 2012. After a decade of preoccupation with the terrorist threats and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are increasingly seeing Asia as the priority for U.S. foreign policy. They view Asia’s dynamism as an opportunity to help renew America’s economic vitality. China’s economic growth and rise to global influence are at the center of American thinking. This trend is especially pronounced among the Millennials, those Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 who came of age in the last decade. At the same time, Americans see the potential over the longer term for China to emerge as an economic and security threat to the United States. They put a high priority on U.S. alliances with Japan and South Korea, not to limit China’s rise but to help strengthen a regional structure of cooperation and engagement.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago trustee Jack Fuller has a conversation with two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek. Early in 2013, journalist Paul Salopek will embark on a seven-year foot journey around the world that retraces the pathways of the first human migration out of Africa some 50,000 years ago. This journalism project, called "Out of Eden," will explore untold stories that most other reporters miss because they are moving too quickly. Toting a small laptop and a satellite phone in his rucksack, Salopek will report on the major issues of our day—poverty, conflict, climate change, local innovations—from street-level, living among the people he will cover from Ethiopia to Patagonia. Along the way, he hopes to reexamine the creative tenacity of our wandering ancestors—a lesson that may help us on our collective walk into a tough new century. Paul Salopek was joined by Jack Fuller, University of Chicago Trustee and former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, for an engaging discussion detailing aspects of Salopek's upcoming journey and his inspiration for this project. Cosponsored by the Center for International Studies, UChicago Careers in Journalism, the Program on the Global Environment, International House Global Voices, and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Learn more about the Out of Eden project, and follow along at http://pulitzercenter.org. Learn more about UChicago Center for International Studies programs at http://cis.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Svanibor Pettan, Professor in the Department of Musicology at the University of Ljubljana, delivers a presentation titled “Musical Perceptions of the Turks in Slovenia, Croatia, and Kosovo” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. His research interests include applied ethnomusicology, interculturalism, and music and politics.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Trude Jacobsen, Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University, presents on the topic “Ascribing ‘Pomakness’ in Rural Muslim Communities of the Greek Rhodope Mountains” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. She is currently working on a new monograph that will examine the historical and cultural explanations for the prevalence of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking within the countries of and across the porous borders of mainland Southeast Asia.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Steven Fink, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, gives a presentation titled “Towards a Dynamic Vision of Muslim Identity: Progressive Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. His research areas include Islam in North America, Christian theology and practice, hermeneutics, and religion and the arts.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. An evening at the International House Assembly Hall on February 9, 2012, opened the conference “From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia” held at the Franke Institute for the Humanities February 10-12, 2012. Victor Friedman, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Balkan and Slavic Linguistics and Director of CEERES, offers opening remarks and introduces James Collins, senior adviser to the dean for international engagement at Northern Illinois University. Collins introduces keynote speaker Shamsul Amri Baharrudin, distinguished professor at Malaysian National University. Professor Baharrudin presented his thoughts on the study of Islam and Southeast Asia, drawing upon 25 years of work in the field. This conference is the third in a series comparing two edges of the Islamic world. The first conference entitled “Islam at the Edges: Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia” was held at Northern Illinois University on March 30, 2009, and the second conference entitled “Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia: Islam, Mergers, and Margins” was held at Malaysian National University January 4-5, 2011. The event was cosponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University, the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, International House Global Voices Lecture Series, and the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Chiara Formichi, Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong, presents a paper titled “Reshaping Shi’i Identities in Southeast Asia: Between Local Tradition and Foreign Orthodoxy" on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. Her current research projects examine Islam and politics in 20th century Indonesia, Shi’a Islam in Southeast Asia, and the impact of Mustafa Kemal’s secularization of Turkey on Indonesian nationalism.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alexander Arifianto, PhD candidate in Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies, gives a presentation titled “The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia and Turkey” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. His research interests include Islamic politics, Islam, democracy and globalization, and Islamic social movements in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stephanie Hanson, director of policy and outreach at One Acre Fund, gives a presentation titled "Can Smallholder Farmers Feed the World?" at Swift Hall on June 25, 2012. Her presentation provides an overview of One Acre Fund's outreach in East Africa in training and equipping small farmers and outlines One Acre Fund's ambitious plans for expansion by 2020. Hanson's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#hanson

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lisa Ainsworth, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, presents a lecture titled "Effects of Climate Change on Crop Yields and Implications for Food Security" at Swift Hall on June 25, 2012. Her presentation provides detailed data on the developing changes in the global climate and outlines biotechnological advances that could be utilized to counteract the problem. Ainsworth's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#ainsworth

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Sam Loewenberg, the 2011-2012 Nieman Foundation Global Health Reporting Fellow at Harvard University, delivers a presentation titled "The Hunger Season, A Cynical Cycle" at Swift Hall on June 25, 2012. Loewenberg uses case examples in Kenya and Guatemala to illustrate that the increase in the percentage of the population living in hunger since 1974 continues unchecked, despite promises made at past global summits to eradicate the problem. Loewenberg's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#loewenberg

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Erin Koepke, communications and outreach associate at World Food Program USA, delivers a presentation titled "Hunger: The World's Greatest Solvable Problem" at Swift Hall on June 25, 2012. Her talk provides an overview of global hunger as a problem with many underlying causes that can be solved with the implementation of a few effective programs and aid policies. Koepke's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtm

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Rochelle Davis, president and CEO of Healthy Schools Campaign, delivers a presentation titled "School Food: An Important Strategy for Addressing Children's Nutritional Needs " at Swift Hall on June 27, 2012. Her lecture provides an overview of the history of school meals programs and developments in nutritional guidelines, and examines Chicago Public Schools as a case study for improvements in students' health and well-being. Davis's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#davis

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Daniel Block, Professor in the Department of Geography at Chicago State University and director of the Fred Blum Neighborhood Assistance Center, delivers a presentation titled "Food Deserts, Food Sovereignty, and Urban Food Security" at Swift Hall on June 27, 2012. His lecture addresses the existence of food deserts, particularly in African-American communities in urban areas, and provides an overview of recent initiatives to provide access to high-quality produce and food. Block's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#block

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Mark Winne, Food Policy Council director for the Community Food Security Coalition, presents a lecture titled "Closing America's Food Gap: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities" at Swift Hall on June 27, 2012. His talk addresses the issues of food poverty and obesity simultaneously facing the US and examines the role of local food councils to influence policy and bring about effective change. Winne's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#winne

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Susanne Wengle, a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, delivers a presentation titled "Industrial Agriculture and its Alternatives in the US and Russia: The Case of Genetically Engineered Crops" at Swift Hall on June 26, 2012. Her talk examines the role of industrial agriculture in the US and Russia, the recent development of genetically engineered crops in both countries, and the increasing demand for labeling of genetically engineered food products. Wengle's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#wengle

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Kathleen Morrison delivers a presentation titled "Food Security in India: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Concerns" at Swift Hall on June 26, 2012. Her talk traces historical issues of food distribution in India and examines hunger issues in India today. Ms. Morrison is Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Social Sciences, and the College, and director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago. Morrison's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#morrison

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Ray Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, delivers a presentation titled "Understanding Food Access as a Human Right, " at Swift Hall on June 26, 2012. His lecture examines the global factors that have led to rising food prices and volatility in the markets and outlines the goals of Oxfam's GROW program to address these issues. Offenheiser's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative. The resources associated with this lecture can be found at: http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#offenheiser