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2009-10

Kosovo from NATO’s Intervention to Independence: An Appraisal
Veton Surroi, journalist and politician. November 5, 2009. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. (audio )

Purity and Danger in Romania’s ‘Transitional Justice’: Purging Enemies through the Securitate Files
Katherine Verdery, Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York Graduate Center. October 22, 2009. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Center for Russian and East European Studies. (audio  video)

Economic Crises as Transformative Events
William H. Sewell, Jr., Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science, University of Chicago. October 15, 2009. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. (video)

Where are Europe's Borders?
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005). Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Center for Russian and East European Studies. October 8, 2009. (audio video) 

A conversation in Polish with Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005)
CREES lecture and discussion. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. October 7, 2009. (audio )

The Foreign Policy Agenda of the Obama Administration: The Practitioner's Perspective
Ambassador Thomas J. Miller, U.S. ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999-2001) and Greece (2001-04); president of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. Sponsored by University of Michigan’s Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Ford School of Public Policy, and International Policy Center; and the Huron Valley Chapter of the United Nations Association. September 10, 2009. (audio )

2008-09

The Russo-Georgian War and the Prospects for Democratization in Postcommunist Space
M. Steven Fish, professor, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies and Center for Russian and East European Studies. April 2, 2009. (audio ) (details)

Challenges to Promoting Democracy from the Ground Up
Craig Calhoun, president, Social Science Research Council, and University Professor of the Social Sciences, New York University; and Lorne Craner, president, International Republican Institute. WCED Colloquium sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. March 30, 2009. (audio posted on U-M iTunes U, video) (details)

Europe’s Political and Economic Challenges
Jan Svejnar, director, International Policy Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Conversations on Europe Lecture sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center; Center for Russian and East European Studies; International Policy Center, Ford School of Public Policy; and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. March 25, 2009. (audio ) (interview with Jan Svejnar in the LSA Wire)

Afghanistan--The Once and Future War
David B. Edwards, W. Van Alan Clark '41 Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College; Alessandro Monsutti, 2008-09 postdoctoral fellow, Agrarian Studies Program, Yale University, and social anthropologist, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and M. Nazif Shahrani, Chairman, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, professor of anthropology, Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington. CREES Panel sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. March 12, 2009. (video posted on U-M iTunes U) (interview with David Edwards in the LSA Wire) (details)

U.S. Diplomacy, Civil Society, and Democracy in the Middle East and Europe
Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr., U.S. ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2005–08, and guest scholar, United States Institute of Peace; and Ambassador Ronald Weiser, U.S. ambassador to Slovakia, 2001-04. WCED Colloquium sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. February 12, 2009. (audio ) (details) (interview with Ambassadors Ricciardone and Weiser in the LSA Wire)

Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture
Leoluca Orlando, former mayor of Palermo, Sicily, and current Italian MP. Conversations on Europe Lecture sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. February 9, 2009. (audio video) (details)

From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe
Nina Bandelj, assistant professor, University of California, Irvine. Conversations on Europe Lecture sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. February 5, 2009. (audio ) (details) 

With or Without Women's Movements? Democratization, Economic Transformation, and Women's Equality in Central Asia
Marianne Kamp, associate professor, Department of History, University of Wyoming. WCED Lecture sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. December 3, 2008. (audio ) (details)

Harvesting on the Fields of Ignorance: On the Blessings of Not-Knowing and Not-Understanding in the Post State-Socialist Reforms of Higher Learning
Voldemar Tomusk, deputy director, Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute, London. WCED Lecture sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Center for Russian and East European Studies. November 12, 2008. (audio ) (details)

Political Institutions of the EU
George Tsebelis, Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan. October 16, 2008. Conversations on Europe Lecture sponsored by the Center for European Studies-European Union Center. (audio ) (details)

Communist Legacies and Democratic Survival: Liability or Advantage?
Michael Bernhard, professor, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University. WCED Lecture sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Center for Russian and East European Studies. October 8, 2008. (audio )  (details)       

Promoting Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland, 1995-2005; and Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership, Georgetown University. September 19, 2008. WCEE/WCED Inaugural Lecture sponsored by the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies-European Union Center, and Center for Russian and East European Studies. (video posted on U-M iTunes U)  (details)  

 

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