Thursday, December 18, 2008 The Great Inflation: The Impact on Globalization106152 Robert Samuelson, Columnist for the Washington Post and Newsweek, and author of The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath



Monday, November 24, 2008 Presidential Administration Transitions: Public Service during Periods of Change106020 Campus Center, Multipurpose Room Presidential Administration Transitions:

Public Service during Periods of Change



Bard Globalization and International Affairs (BGIA) Director Carter Page will discuss the internal dynamics of presidential transition teams during the change of administrations and the roles of individual participants in these processes.



The presentation will include a discussion of the opportunities that these changes offer for junior personnel within a new administration as well as steps BGIA is taking to adapt to the opportunities that the 2008 election has created for the next generation of foreign policy practitioners.



Monday, November 24, 7:00 p.m.

Bertelsmann Campus Center MPR



Carter Page previously worked with the Clinton Administration transition team in 1992-1993 while serving as a Research Fellow on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Capitol Hill. During his Fellowship, HASC Chairman Les Aspin was selected by President Clinton as the Secretary of Defense in December 1992. From May 1993 – December 1994, Carter went on to serve as the Arms Control Action Officer for Counterproliferation Policy in the Nuclear Affairs and International Negotiations Branch of the Navy Staff in the Pentagon.









Thursday, November 13, 2008 Russia105106 Steve LeVine, Correspondent in BusinessWeek’s Washington Bureau and author of Putin’s Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia



Thursday, October 23, 2008 Foreign Policy in Campaign 2008105105 116 E. 55th St. New York, NY Christopher Cox, John McCain's presidential campaign's New York Executive Director; Edward Cox, John McCain's presidential campaign's New York Chairman; Jeh Johnson, Foreign policy adviser for Barack Obama's presidential campaign and member of Barack Obama's national finance committee; Josh Rothstein, Volunteer for Barack Obama for America Foreign Policy Team



Thursday, October 16, 2008 War for Wealth106715 Gabor Steingart, Senior Correspondent, Der Spiegel and author of The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization, or Why the Flat World is Broken



Thursday, October 2, 2008 Implications of Globalization106712 Robert Shapiro, Former Undersecretary of Commerce and author of Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work



Monday, September 22, 2008 Global Issues and Values-Based Foreign Policy106707 Paula Dobriansky, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs



Thursday, September 18, 2008 Leadership in International Affairs106709 Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel and Adviser to President John F. Kennedy and author Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History



Thursday, September 11, 2008 The Second World106703 Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative and Senior Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order



Friday, May 23, 2008 Moving out of Bard Hall103397

Thursday, May 22, 2008 BGIA Graduation103396

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Advising & Registration for Fall 2008103395

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Has Multiculturalism Failed?104479 Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism, Bard College; Author, Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance and Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of its Enemies. Paul Scheffer, Professor of Urban Sociology, University of Amserdam; Author, The Multicultural Drama.



Saturday, March 29, 2008 Spring Recess103393

Friday, March 28, 2008 Mid-Term Grades and Criteria Sheets due Moderation Papers due103392

Thursday, March 27, 2008 Pakistan: What Happens Now104259 Arif Jamal, Lahore based scholar and journalist; Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University. Robert Templer, Director, Asia Programs, International Crisis Group



Friday, March 21, 2008 Spring Recess105500

Thursday, February 21, 2008 Venture Philanthropy: Can Social Investors Transform Nonprofits?104115 Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green; Beth Cohen, Senior Director, Global Philanthropists Circle, Synergos; Diana Ayton-Shenker, President, Global Momenta, Senior Fellow, Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program



Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Drop/Add Period Ends103391

Thursday, January 31, 2008 Can the CIA Get it Right?104260 Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the New York Times, author of the books Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA and Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames: An American Spy



Tuesday, January 29, 2008 First Day of Classes and Internships103390

Saturday, January 26, 2008 First Day of Classes105485

Saturday, January 26, 2008 First Day of Classes105486

Saturday, January 26, 2008 First Day of Classes105487

Saturday, January 26, 2008 First Day of Classes105498

Sunday, January 20, 2008 Arrival Day for all Students103388

Sunday, January 20, 2008 Orientation Week103389