Rosenfield Sponsored Events, 2001-2002

Date Event Speaker
Sept. 13 An Open Discussion on Terrorism: Domestic & International Implications Grinnell College Faculty: Robert Grey, Tissa Jayatilaka, Wayne Moyer, Russell Osgood, Ira Strauber, Barbara Trish, Eliza Willis)
Sept. 30 - Oct. 7 Europe as a Global Actor, Pipe Dream or Emerging Reality?
Globalization - Challenges & Opportunites
Informal Discussion on US-EU Relations		 Christian Leffler (German Marshall Fund Visiting Fellow, Deputy Head of the Private Office of the Rt. Hon. Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations)
Oct. 20 Sharing the Spirit of Survival David Faber (Polish-born Holocaust Survivor)
Oct. 4 - 6 Culture, Politics & Change in Contemporary Cuba - A Symposium at the University of Iowa & Grinnell College
Oct. 8 Out of the Past & For the Future of the Maya Forest: The El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora & Fauna (co-sponsored by the GC Dept. of Anthropology) Anabel Ford (Archaeologist, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Symposium: The Palestinian/Israeli Conflict in Perspective, (Oct. 8 - 11)
Student Presentation: Witness to Injustice: Personal Experiences from the Intifada Elizabeth Koch '02 (Grinnell College student - intern for B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Jerusalem) & Leah Uberseder '02 (Earlham College Student - intern for Alternative Information, Jerusalem; participant in the Great Lakes Jerusalem Program)
De quoi s'agit-il? (What is it all about?) Prof. David Shoenbaum (Dept. of History, Univ. of Iowa)
Religious Dimensions of the Israel-Palestine Conflict & the New World Crisis Prof. Fred Astren (Jewish St. Prog., San Francisco State Univ.)
Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Issues in the Conflict Joseph Stork (Washington Director, Middle East & North Africa Div., Human Rights Watch)
Scholars' Convocation: Picking Up the Pieces: From Diplomacy to Confrontation & Back Robert Malley (Sen. Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Sen. Policy Adv., Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Dev.; Clinton Administration NSC Staff Middle East Dir.)
The Relevance of Human Rights to a Renewed Israeli/Palestinian Peace Process Edward Kaufman (Exec. Dir., Harry S. Truman Research Inst. For the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew Univ.)
Oct. 18 Panel Discussion: Crime & Punishment: Context and Consequences Alice Kim (Nat'l Organizer, Campaign to End the Death Penalty), Louva Bell (mother, death row inmate), & David Bates (ex-prisoner)
Oct. 28 - 30 The Making of and Response to A Long Night's Journey Into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth & Reconciliation (co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities) Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann (Filmmakers)
Symposium: New Faces in Iowa: The Challenges & Prospects Created by Recent Immigration, (Nov. 6 - 8), (co-sponsored by Prarie Studies)
The Historical Context of Immigration to Iowa Professor Dorothy Schwieder (Dept. of History, Iowa State Univ.)
The Demographics of Diversity & Immigratio in Iowa Sandra Charvat Burke (Census Surv. & Dept. of Sociology, Iowa State Univ.)
Panel: Iowa As Seen Through the Eyes of Newcomers representatives of the most recently arrived groups
Scholars' Convocation: Iowa 2010 - The New Face of Iowa David Oman (Chm., Governor's Strategic Planning Council)
The New Iowans: The Historic & Economic Context for Recent Immigration and What It Means for Iowa Communities Prof. Mark Grey (Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Northern Iowa)
Panel: Challenges and Prospects representatives of offices and agencies that deal with the needs of recent immigrants and refugees in Iowa