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April 17, 2014
On Thursday, April 17, the Mortara Center for International Studies hosted a panel to discuss the future of global internet governance and its implications for contemporary society, from economic development to free speech.
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March 25, 2014
At a recent event with Professors Charles King, Kathleen McNamara and Angela Stent, Dr. Stent answered the now common questions: “Is this a new Cold War?” “No,” she said, “but it sure feels like it.” During the Cold War, both sides behaved according to fairly predictable patters, but Stent noted that with the annexation of Crimea, “we [the West] do not know what the rules of the game are anymore.”
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February 27, 2014
Before a room of several dozen students, faculty, and community members, six of the current Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellows (MURFs) presented their research projects and discussed their experience with Georgetown University’s newest undergraduate research program. The program, launched in the Spring of 2012, provides the opportunity for three SFS freshmen per year to engage in a 4-year long research relationship with a faculty mentor and learn the hands-on research skills they need to be able to generate high-quality, independent research by the time they graduate from Georgetown.
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February 20, 2014
On February 20, Professor Jeff Colgan of American University discussed his new book Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War (Cambridge University Press 2013).
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February 2, 2014
In a talk given February 6th, author Gary Bass discussed his book The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide. The talk was moderated by Christine Fair and introduced by Mortara Director, Kathleen McNamara. The Blood Telegram explores the role that Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger played in supporting Pakistanâs military dictatorship, a decision that led to a string of consequences that dramatically altered Asiaâs future.
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January 13, 2014
The Mortara Center kicked off the new year with a documentary film showing and interesting conversation on January 13, 2014. Eva Orner (Oscar winning producer) and Saad Mohseni (head of Afghanistan’s MOBY Media Group), together with Amb. Cynthia Schneider (Georgetown) discussed Orner’s documentary “The Network” and the effect that media has had within Afghan society.
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November 21, 2013
In the November 21st discussion of her book Hot Spotter's Report: Military Fables of Toxic Waste, Georgetown Professor Shiloh R. Krupar challenged biopolitical aspects of the military complex. She discussed the damaging effects of military industrialism on the environment and public health.
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November 11, 2013
On November 11th, the 2012 Lepgold Book Prize recipient Professor Fontina Christia (MIT) discussed her book, Alliance Formation in Civil Wars, at the Annual Lepgold Lecture at the Mortara Center. Lepgold committee member Andrew Bennett presented her with the medal honoring the late Georgetown professor, Joseph Lepgold. Other committee members, Kathleen McNamara and David Edelstein, were joined by a number of faculty and students for the lively lecture and Q&A session.
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October 10, 2013
On Thursday, October 10, Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University) introduced his new book, The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations, to a packed room at the Mortara Center.
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October 2, 2013
On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, Georgetown Professor Lahra Smith presented her new book, Making Citizens in Africa: Ethnicity, Gender, and National Identity in Ethiopia, to 30 students and faculty members.
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September 12, 2013
The day after the twelfth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Mazzetti relayed the story of how this tragic and historic event transformed the Central Intelligence Agency and propelled it toward its current campaign of targeted killings in Pakistan.
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September 4, 2013
In the Mortara Center’s kick-off event of the 2013-14 academic year, professors Charles King, Kathleen McNamara, James Vreeland, Diana Kapiszewski discussed the recent protests in Egypt, Turkey, and Brazil.
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September 9, 2013
The 2012 Lepgold Prize has been awarded to Professor Fotini Christia (MIT) for her book, Alliance Formation in Civil Wars (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
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