Teleconference presentations featuring financial experts associated with Dickinson College.

Monday, October 22, 2008 – 12:00 p.m.
Stern Center, Great Room

Panelists:
Jim Chambers ’78, Conundrum Capital Partners
Burt Sheaffer ’87, Sr Fx Options Trader, Bank of America
Jonathan Williams ’87, Investment Director, PNC Wealth Managment & Institutional Investments
Hance West, Investure (Dickinson College’s Investment Office)
Moderator: Tim Timura ’83, McGlinn Capital Read more

Monday, October 6, 2008 – 12:00 p.m.
Stern Center, Great Room

Teleconference presentations featuring financial experts associated with Dickinson College.

Panelists:
Michele Richardson ’85, Managing Director, Babson Capital Management
Brian Ruszczyk ’88, Managing Director, Latin America Investments, Citi Private Bank
Craig Weeks ’77, Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase Bank
Hance West, Investure (Dickinson College’s Investment Office)
Moderator: Annette Parker, Vice President and Treasurer, Dickinson College

Follow-up Discussion:
Monday, October 22, 2008 – 12:00 p.m.
Stern Center, Great Room

Panelists:
Jim Chambers ’78, Conundrum Capital Partners
Burt Sheaffer ’87, Sr Fx Options Trader, Bank of America
Jonathan Williams ’88, Investment Director, PNC Wealth Managment & Institutional Investments
Hance West, Investure (Dickinson College’s Investment Office)
Moderator: Tim Timura ’83, McGlinn Capital Read more

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Social Justice and Prosperity in a World City? Rethinking the ‘Flat World’ Thesis in Bangalore, India

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Stern Center, Great Room – 7:00 p.m.

Topical Background
Bangalore, India has skyrocketed to prosperity in the global economy as a result of success and innovation in research and development (R&D).

The Indian city has been equated to the ‘Silicon Valley’ of California because of its surge in high-tech development. Numerous multinational Informational Technology (IT) firms are flocking to the region in an effort to outsource their IT services and generate products at a cheaper cost.

The Bangalore model is export-based and thrives on off-shore development directed at the United States firms and consumer markets. While it has created jobs and generated income to a certain extent, some argue that the Bangalore development model has not benefited the majority of the local population.

Has this prosperity led to equity in Bangalore, which was once the prototype of the global south? Are the bold new changes occurring in Bangalore, India improving the living conditions of the majority? Or has this development model simply exacerbated socio-economic divides in the city? Is the ‘Bangalore model’ — solving ‘megacity’ Read more

Director, International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University,

Washington College of Law

Guantanamo and the Nation’s Narrative: From Enemy Combatants to Lawfare

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Stern Center, Great Room – 7:00 p.m.

This presentation will explore the unique, complex and sometimes puzzling language and culture of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and its contribution to our understanding of war and the rule of law since it began operations in early 2002. This talk presents the perspective of a lawyer and law professor who has has visited and worked with detainee clients at Guantanamo regularly since 2004.

Topical Background
The War on Terror has yielded a number of questions regarding the law and conduct of war. One of the more contentious debates concerns the detention and treatment of those captured during these hostilities. The Geneva Conventions defines POWs and affords them certain rights. However, the Bush Administration has determined that those captured in the War on Terror do not fit this definition or the Conventions do not apply, and have therefore withheld these rights from detainees. As a result, detainees who deny ever fighting against the United States have been detained incommunicado for years at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Read more

Collegiate Professor of law and humanities, New York University School of

Law

American Wars: Citizenship and Warmaking Responsibility in the Age of the Professional Army

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium – 7:00 p.m.

Topical Background
Politicians often stress the importance of “doing one’s civic duty” in a democracy. Historically, one of a citizen’s most important responsibilities in a democracy is to defend one’s own rights and the rights of others.

The professional American military created in the aftermath of the Vietnam War undercut the obligation of America’s youth to contribute to the nation’s defense. As of June 30, 2008, about 1,427,546 people serve full-time in the U.S. Armed Forces, an all-volunteer, professional standing military.

Youth disengagement is viewed as a growing problem in American society. The majority of young Americans do not vote, and far fewer join the armed forces. Does this detachment from civic life pose a problem for American society? How important is a common civic identity in our diverse society? Who holds the responsibility for warmaking if the current generation of American youth is uninterested in exercising their civic rights?

About the Speaker
Dr. Tom Gerety joined the faculty of the NYU School of Read more

Panel Discussion

Russell Bova, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson College
Andrew Wolff, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson College
Craig Nation, Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, US Army War College
Elena Aysakova, Russian State University for the Humanities
Neil Weissman, Provost and Dean, Dickinson College
Russell Bova, Moderator, Professor of Political Science and International Studies

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Stern Center, Great Room – 7:30 p.m.

Topical Background
In July 2008, conflict between Ossetian militia and Georgian armed forces boiled to a new high, causing Georgia to launch a surprise operation in order to seize control of South Ossetia. However, tension within Georgia began more than a decade ago in 1990 when Georgia abolished South Ossetia’s autonomy eventually resulting in ethnic fighting. When Georgia and Russia signed a peace treaty in 1992, Russian troops began patrolling the South Ossetia border. Over the years, Moscow has viewed itself as the protector of the enclave, which has been under pressure from the central government in Georgia.

On August 8, 2008 while countries around the world joined together in a display of unity during the Opening Ceremony of the 29th Olympic Read more