Global Leadership Seminars

The Global Leadership Seminar series started in fall, 2002 as a development opportunity for faculty and a forum for the discussion of important global issues. Each seminar focuses on a specific topic in any of a number of areas including business and economics, human rights, and health and the environment, and is facilitated by an outside speaker specializing in the discussion area. The events are structured as informal luncheons and are limited in the number of attendees, so as to foster easy dialogue among participants. For the 2003-2004 academic year, the events are based on the Metropolitan Campus.

Current seminars:

Fall 2004:

Women's Rights and Democracy
Date: October 6, 2004
Speaker: Marina Ottaway
Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Project
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Past seminars:

Spring 2004:

Infectious Disease in a Globalized World
Date: May 3, 2004
Speaker: Dr. Richard Alderslade
Senior External Relations Officer
World Health Organization

The Global Debate on Genetically Modified Foods
Date: April 2, 2004
Speaker: Dr. Calum Turvey
Director, Food Policy Institute
Rutgers University

Fall 2003:

Foreign Trade or Foreign Aid?: Strategies for World Poverty Reduction
December 8, 2003
Speaker: David Dollar
Director of Development Policy
World Bank

Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility
October 8, 2003
Speaker: Dr. J. Paul Martin
Executive Director
Center for the Study of Human Rights
Columbia University

Spring 2003:

Post-War Reconstruction – Beyond Peacekeeping
April 28, 2003
Speaker:
Dr. Necla Tschirgi
Vice-President
International Peace Academy

Global Water Issues: Crisis and Conflict
March 31, 2003
Speaker:
Diane Raines Ward
Author of Water Wars: Drought, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst

Fall 2002:

Developmental Potential of the Postcolonial World
December 2, 2002
Speaker:
Yvonne Acosta
Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations

Peacekeeping Operations - Successes and Failures
November 18, 2002
Speaker:
Sunaina Lowe
Department of Peacekeeping at the United Nations

Global Citizenship - the Role of Higher Education
October 7, 2002
Speaker:
Demetrios Argyriades
Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations

Seminars are open to FDU full-time and adjunct faculty. Reservations are required. If you would like to receive an invitation to the next event, please contact Diana Cvitan in the Office of Global Learning, dcvitan@fdu.edu or 201-692-7161.

Interrogating Boundaries Symposia

New for 2003-04 Academic year, the Office of Global Learning has partnered with the English Department at the College at Florham to deliver the “Interrogating Boundaries” seminar series. Each event hosts a speaker specializing in the area of discussion and reviews a critical issue related to globalization. Similar to the Global Leadership Seminars, the structure of these events is an informal luncheon setting. This series is based at the College at Florham campus.

Current seminars:

Fall 2004:

Globalization, Reproductive Rights and the Family
September 22, 2004
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Franceour
Professor Emeritus of Human Sexuality and Embryology
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Globalization and Refugees
November 10, 2004
Speaker:
Mr. Mian Qadrud Din
Former Chef de Cabinet
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Spring 2005:

Globalization, History and the Politics of Reconciliation
February 16, 2005
Speaker:
Dr. Elizabeth Cole
Senior Program Officer, Studies and Education
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs

Globalization, Nationalism, and International Law
April 13, 2005
Speaker:
Dr. Nathaniel Berman
Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School

Past seminars:

Spring 2004:

Women's Rights in a Global Society: Palestinian and Israeli Perspectives
September 17, 2003
Speakers:
Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University
Dr. Orly Lubin
University of Tel Aviv, Israel

Globalization and Religious Fundamentalism
November 12, 2003
Speaker:
Dr. Rupal Oza
Department of Women's Studies
Hunter College, CUNY

Globalization and Sexualities
March 10, 2004
Speaker:
Dr. Arnaldo Cruz Malave
Department of Modern Languages
Fordham University

Globalization and the Media
April 21, 2004
Speaker:
Dr. Awam Amkpa
Tisch School of Arts
New York University

Seminars are open only to FDU full-time and adjunct faculty and students. Reservations are required for the events, as seating is limited. If you have questions or would like to be included on the invitation listing, please contact either Dr. Nandita Ghosh at nghosh@fdu.edu or via phone at 973-443-8718, or Diana Cvitan at dcvitan@fdu.edu or via phone at 201-692-7161.