Political Policies Under Discussion at William Paterson University

The Presidential election, Iraq, the Sudan, and other political hot spots around the globe will be topics of discussion this month and next during a number of events at William Paterson University sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Program in Public Policy and International Affairs. All events will be held on the campus in Wayne. Admission is free and open to the public.

October 15
World Food Day Teleconference: The Politics of Hunger: What’s at Stake?
Participants include Dr. Werner Kiene, representative of the U.N. World Food Program to the Bretton Woods Institutions, and Ray Suarez, senior correspondent, PBS, Jim Lehrer NewsHour. This event will be held from noon to 3:00 p.m. in the Martini Teleconference Center, Hobart Hall.

October 20
The Iraq War and the Draft
Issues and policies of concern to the William Paterson community as they relate to the Iraq War. Participants include Mike Hoffman, Iraq Veterans Against the War, an ex-Marine who served in Iraq; and Sue Niederer, mother of a soldier killed in Iraq. This event will be held from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Science Hall 200A.

October 21
The Crisis in Darfur
The speaker is Dr. Amir Idris, assistant professor of African and African-American Studies at Fordham University. He is a native of the Darfur region of the Sudan and has intimate knowledge of the political and humanitarian crisis occurring there. This event will be held from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. in Raubinger Hall, Room 101.

October 28
The New Centers of Dynamic Change: India, China, Brazil
The speaker, Dr. Prem Shankar Jha, is an internationally renowned economist and journalist for a number of major Indian newspapers and journals. He is a former information advisor to the prime minister of India and a former U.N. official and has recently completed a book on globalization. He will discuss economic reforms in India and China: their impact on the region and implications for international politics. Also speaking is Anna Szterenfeld, Latin America editor of the Economist Intelligence Unit. She is responsible for analysis of major political and economic events in the region of interest to international business executives and organizations. She will speak on political risk in Latin America--market reforms versus democratic rewards. This event will be held at 11:00 a.m. in the Martini Teleconference Center, Hobart Hall.

November 9
Faces of Globalization: Argentina - Economic Collapse and Popular Response -An Illustrated Lecture
Photo journalist Jim Harney has spent the last two decades interviewing, photographing and accompanying people caught up in the violence of war and economic chaos in this hemisphere. In this lecture he will explain Argentina’s recent economic collapse through an analysis of global neo-liberal policies and discuss the forms of popular resistance and attempts at democratic governance that have grown up in its wake. The event will be held from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. in the Atrium Auditorium.

November 16
Roundtable on Latin American Politics
Participants include: Dr. Martin Weinstein, professor of political science, William Paterson University; Dr. Claudia Baez-Camargo, adjunct professor, William Paterson University; Jennifer Collins, Ph.D. candidate, University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor. This event will be held from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. in Raubinger Hall, Room 101.

November 19
Post-Election Analysis
This event will be held from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. in Science Hall, Room 200A. Speakers to be announced.

December 10
Faculty Research Seminar: Perspectives on the Crisis of the Nile Water Regime
This event will be held in the Atrium Auditorium from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. The speaker is Dr. Aaron Tesfaye, assistant professor of political science at William Paterson University.
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