FSI Stanford Calendar of Events
As part of its educational and outreach mission to encourage thoughtful consideration of international issues and challenges, the Freeman Spogli Institute hosts public events, discussions and lectures on pertinent international issues involving Stanford faculty, as well as prominent outside politicians, officials, and academics.
The FSI Stanford events calendar provides a consolidated listing of events sponsored by the Freeman Spogli Institute and its centers.
Mar 4, 2008
- What Have We Learned from 100+ Years of Nation-Building Scholarship?
CDDRL Research Seminar
Jason Brownlee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Austin
paper available
- Should Japan Revise its Postwar Constitution? Historical Origins and Security Options for the Future
Shorenstein APARC Seminar
Takamichi Tam Mito, Professor, International Political Economy, Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mar 5, 2008
- Nuclear Forensics: Tracing Nuclear Material Before and After an Explosion
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Michael M. May
- Physician Training and Patient Outcomes: Results from a Natural Experiment
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Todd H. Wagner - 2008 Robert G. Wesson Lecture: Economic Growth, Poverty, and Democracy in Latin America--A President's Perspective
CDDRL, FSI Stanford Lecture
The Honorable Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico
Audio & Video transcripts available 
Mar 6, 2008
- Japan-China Relations in 2008: "Cautiously Friendly"
Shorenstein APARC Seminar
Benjamin Self, Senior Associate, The Henry L. Stimson Center - Between Hitler, Benes and Tito: Czechoslovak-German and Yugoslav-German confrontations in World War II
FCE Seminar
Arnold Suppan, Professor of History, the University of Vienna
Audio transcript available
paper, flyer available
Cancelled: China's Harmonious Society: Are Current Inequalities Unfair? The Citizen's View
FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC, SCP Seminar Series
Martin K. Whyte, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University- Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Philip Bobbitt, Thomas C. Macioce Professor of Law, Columbia University
flyer available
Mar 7, 2008
- Innovation, Regulation, and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific
Shorenstein APARC, AHPP Workshop
- "The Anschluss" in the Rear View Mirror: Austrian Historical Memories in Debate and Transformation, 1938-2008
FCE Seminar
Oliver Rathkolb, Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of European History and Public Spheres: Culture, Democracy and Media; Professor of the Institute for Contemporary History, University of Vienna (2005-2007)
Audio transcript available
flyer available
- The Second Economy: The Origin of Yushin System in South Korea
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Seminar
Tae Gyun Park, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
Cancelled: TBD
PGJ Workshop
Stephen Mecedo, Politics, Princeton University
Mar 10, 2008
- Islamist Terrorism and Antisemitism: The Mission against Modernity
FCE Seminar
Matthias Kuentzel, Author and political scientist
Audio transcript available
flyer available - Hidden Alliance: While the West Hears Only a Cacophony of Mutual Recriminations, Beijing and Tokyo are Quietly Making Sweet Music Together
Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series
Eamonn Fingleton, author
Mar 11, 2008
Mar 12, 2008
Cancelled: The Strategic Impact of Ballistic Missile Defense in Northeast Asia
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Dean Wilkening- Can Equity Concerns Be Incorporated in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses?
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MS
Mar 13, 2008
- What Do the Polls Say? Predicting the Winner of the 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election
CDDRL Special Seminar
Chia-hung Tsai, Associate Research Fellow, Election Study Center, National Chengchi University
presentation available
- The Supply and Demand of Nuclear Terrorism
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Paul Kapur; Martha Crenshaw - The Forgotten Frontline: Effects of War on Women
PGJ Special Event
Susan Purdin; Heidi Lehmann; Susan Dentzer
Mar 14, 2008
Mar 17, 2008
Mar 18, 2008
Mar 19, 2008
Mar 24, 2008
Mar 25, 2008
