Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford Health Policy
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Forum on Contemporary Europe
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Program on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language StudiesFSI 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.
Apr 1, 2008
Apr 2, 2008
- The Dynamics of Change in Global Energy Systems
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Rajan Gupta, Group Leader, Elementary Particles and Field Theory, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Changes in U.S. Hospitalization and Mortality Rates Following Smoking Bans
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Kanaka Shetty
Apr 3, 2008
- Regional Challenges: A Romanian Perspective
FCE Seminar
Prince Radu of Romania
flyer available - Everything You Wanted to Know about Writing for International Security
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Steven E. Miller, Editor-in-Chief, International Security - Catalonia: Cultural Policy and Global Nation
FCE Seminar
Joan Manuel Tresserras i Gaju, Counselor of Culture and the Media, Government of Catalonia
Audio transcript available 
Apr 4, 2008
- The Laws of Others: Three Constitutionalist Responses to Interdependence
CDDRL, PGJ, FCE Workshop
Jan-Werner Mueller, Dept of Politics, Princeton University paper available - Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters
CISAC, CDDRL, PGJ Special Event
Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Apr 9, 2008
- Perverse Prosperos and Cruel Calibans: The (Con)text of Portuguese Postcolonial Positionality
FCE Seminar
Phillip Rothwell, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University Audio transcript available flyer available
- Chinese ASAT Capabilities: Threat and Response
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Geoffrey Forden, Senior Research Associate, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Carrier Couples of Cystic Fibrosis
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Lynn B. Davis
Apr 10, 2008
- Victor and Yuliya: Repeating 2005?
FCE Seminar
Steven Pifer, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies Audio transcript available 
- Assessing Social Support for Suicide Bombing
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Giacomo Chiozza, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley - The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project: Evaluating the Impact of the FCTC
CDDRL Lecture Series
Geoffrey T. Fong, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo - 2008 Payne Lecture Series: Can the Poor Afford Democracy? A Presidential Perspective (Lecture 2)
FSI Stanford, CDDRL Lecture Series
Alejandro Toledo, Payne Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, CDDRL Visiting Scholar, and Former President of Peru
presentation available
Apr 11, 2008
Apr 14, 2008
Apr 15, 2008
Apr 16, 2008
- Understanding Massacre: Exploring the Genocidal Process (the Holocaust - Bosnia - Rwanda)
FCE Seminar
Jacques Semelin, Research Director, Centre d'études et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). - Is Mother Nature the Best Bioterrorist?
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
David Relman, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
- Health Insurance for the Poor in Latin America: Experience with Colombia's "Subsidized Regime"
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Grant Miller - Europe and North Africa: Rethinking the Meaning and Search for International Security
FCE Seminar
Amine Kherbi, Algerian Ambassador to the United States
Apr 17, 2008
- Military Biodefense: A Casualty of Kinetic Warfare?
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Frank Smith; Rebecca Slayton - The Failures of Identification and Response to Trafficking of Women in Eastern Europe
FCE Lecture
Madeleine Rees, Head of the Women's Rights and Gender Unit, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Audio transcript available 
Apr 18, 2008
- Trafficking of Women in Post-Communist Europe
FCE Conference
Jacqueline Berman; Eva Brems; Antoaneta Vassileva; Donna Hughes; Martina Vandenberg; Simona Zavratnik; Theodore Gerber; Sarah Mendelson; Stana Buchowska; Daniel Horodniceanu; Oksana Horbunova paper available
- Uncivil War: North Korea Policy Factionalism in the U.S. and South Korea
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Seminar Series
David Straub, Pantech Fellow, Stanford University
Apr 21, 2008
- Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the New Middle East
CDDRL Research Seminar
Robin Wright, Diplomatic Correspondent, The Washington Post
- Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan
CDDRL Special Event
Richard Madsen, Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego
- Resuscitating American Power: Overcoming the Bush-Rice Legacy
CISAC Lecture
Marcus Mabry, International Business Editor, The New York Times flyer available
Apr 22, 2008
- Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains: A Source for Innovation
CDDRL, PGJ Conference - Cross-Coupling of International and National Law. Gender Labor Market Non-Discrimination Legislation 1958 - 2005
CDDRL Research Seminar
Miriam Abu Sharkh, Visiting Scholar, CDDRL
- Implementation of European Law in the New Member States of the EU
FCE Seminar
Andreas Wiebe, Chair for Information Law and Intellectual Property Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Apr 23, 2008
Apr 24, 2008
- The Economics of Tobacco Control and Healthcare Reforms in China
Shorenstein APARC, AHPP Seminar Series
Teh-wei Hu, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
- Justice or Farce? The Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia
Shorenstein APARC, SEAF Seminar Series
John Hall; John Ciorciari - Between Elite and Mass: Scientists, Corporate Management and the Military-Industrial Complex
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Charles Thorpe, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego - The Evolution of Venture Capital in Japan--A Case Study
Shorenstein APARC, SPRIE Seminar
Michael Korver, Managing Partner, Global Venture Capital Audio transcript available presentation available
Apr 25, 2008
- The European Union - entering the big league?
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, FCE Seminar
Dick Leonard, Journalist and author - The Legacy of Liberalism in Mexico: Some tension with North American (Rawlsian) liberalism
CDDRL, PGJ Workshop
Faviola Rivera Castro, Visiting Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center and Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico paper available
Apr 28, 2008
Apr 29, 2008
- Beyond the Surge: Prospects for stability and democracy in Iraq.
CDDRL Research Seminar
Abbas Kadhim, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
- Pennywise and Pound Foolish: The Fiscal Investment Loan Program and the Politics of Public Spending in Japan
Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series
Gene Park, 2007-2008 Shorenstein Fellow, Shorenstein APARC
- Varieties of Islamism: From Radical to Democratic
Shorenstein APARC, SEAF Special Event
Robert W. Hefner, 2008 NUS-Stanford Lee Kong Chian Distinguished Fellow, Shorenstein APARC and Professor of Anthropology, Boston University
Apr 30, 2008
- The Strategic Impact of Ballistic Missile Defense in Northeast Asia
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Dean Wilkening - Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Swati Tole - Poland in an Integrated Europe: Perspectives for sustainable development, greater innovation and strategic partnership in the globalized economy
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, FCE Seminar
Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Poland Audio transcript available 
- Schooling Islam: Madrasas and the Remaking of Muslim Modernity
Shorenstein APARC, SEAF Special Event
Robert W. Hefner, 2008 NUS-Stanford Lee Kong Chian Distinguished Fellow, Shorenstein APARC and Professor of Anthropology, Boston University
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