Hamilton College's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is continuing its series of lectures this spring focused primarily on the duties and roles of superpowers. The series is titled "The Responsibilities of a Superpower." The evening lectures are free and open to the public. Princeton Professor Alan Krueger, Columbia University Senior Fellow Jagdish Bhagwati and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Larry Diamond will be among speakers.
Monday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Chapel
Alan Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, will present "The Economics of Terrorism." He is the author of Education Matters: A Selection of Essays on Education, coauthor of Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage and the editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association.
Wednesday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. Chapel
Jagdish Bhagwati, Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Professor of International Economics at Columbia University, will speak about "In Defense of Globalization." Dr. Bhagwati is currently a member of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's high-level advisory group for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). He also served as external advisor to the director general of the World Trade Organization (2001) and special policy advisor to the U.N. on globalization (2000). Dr. Bhagwati is the author of several books and articles on international trade and immigration, including In Defense of Globalization (2004), and is founder-editor of Economics & Politics and The Journal of International Economics.
Monday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. Chapel
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and political science and sociology professor at Stanford University, will speak about "Democracy Development." Professor Diamond has lectured and written extensively on democratic development and regime change and on U.S. foreign policy affecting democracy abroad. During 2001-2002, he served as a consultant to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID). In addition, Diamond is co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and also co-director of the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies.
Hamilton's Levitt Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs. The center contributes to the community through its speakers series, research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies. For further information, call 315-859-4451 or e-mail stopi@hamilton.edu.
Monday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Chapel
Alan Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, will present "The Economics of Terrorism." He is the author of Education Matters: A Selection of Essays on Education, coauthor of Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage and the editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association.
Wednesday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. Chapel
Jagdish Bhagwati, Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Professor of International Economics at Columbia University, will speak about "In Defense of Globalization." Dr. Bhagwati is currently a member of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's high-level advisory group for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). He also served as external advisor to the director general of the World Trade Organization (2001) and special policy advisor to the U.N. on globalization (2000). Dr. Bhagwati is the author of several books and articles on international trade and immigration, including In Defense of Globalization (2004), and is founder-editor of Economics & Politics and The Journal of International Economics.
Monday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. Chapel
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and political science and sociology professor at Stanford University, will speak about "Democracy Development." Professor Diamond has lectured and written extensively on democratic development and regime change and on U.S. foreign policy affecting democracy abroad. During 2001-2002, he served as a consultant to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID). In addition, Diamond is co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and also co-director of the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies.
Hamilton's Levitt Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs. The center contributes to the community through its speakers series, research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies. For further information, call 315-859-4451 or e-mail stopi@hamilton.edu.
