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Monday, January 18, 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Principled Leadership in Times of Crisis

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Former Elliott School Dean Reuben Brigety will discuss the life and experience of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and its meaning for students of international affairs.  International events -- including anti-colonial movements in Africa and Gandhi's peaceful protests against British rule -- shaped Dr. King, who in turn has inspired human freedom movements for the past half-century.  Dean Brigety will explore Dr. King's example of moral

• Academic Events
• Diversity
• Guest Speakers

• Elliott School of International Affairs

Thursday, January 21, 2021

The Capitol Riots, QAnon, and the Internet

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Recent events such as the shocking attack on the US Capitol and armed protests planned around the US indicate that threats to US democracy continue to grow in the wake of the US election. This panel discussion will present views from Professor Chris Kojm, Dr.

• Guest Speakers
• International

• Elliott School of International Affairs
• School of Media & Public Affairs

Friday, January 22, 2021

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism with Aaron Jakes and Wael Gamal

12:00pm - 1:30pm

The history of capitalism in Egypt has long been synonymous with cotton cultivation and dependent development. From this perspective, the British occupation of 1882 merely sealed the country's fate as a vast plantation for European textile mills. All but obscured in such accounts, however, is Egypt's emergence as a colonial laboratory for financial investment and experimentation.

• Academic Events
• Guest Speakers
• International

• Elliott School of International Affairs

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Roundtable on Taiwan and Indo-Pacific Partnerships: Regional Trends

8:00pm - 9:30pm

The Indo-Pacific is the most critical region today for global prosperity and security. As the region continues in a state of flux, pivotal states are increasingly recognizing opportunities that Taiwan offers as a partner. Join us for a discussion on how relations are playing out between Taiwan and leading states India, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, with experts from the US and Asia. 

• Academic Events

• Elliott School of International Affairs

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Shaping S&T Policy

11:00am - 12:30pm

The Elliott School of International Affairs welcomes back Professor Scott Pace and Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund after their extended leaves of absence for government service. As Executive Secretary of the National Space Council at the White House, Dr. Pace was involved in defining and shaping national space policy, programs and budgets. Dr.

• Academic Events
• Faculty & Staff
• International

• Elliott School of International Affairs
• Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration

Soh Jaipil Lecture Series - How to Claim a Migrant

3:00pm - 4:30pm

In the late nineteenth century, Koreans suddenly began to cross the border to Russia and China by the thousands.  Their continuous mobility and settlement in the tripartite borderland made them an enduring topic of dispute between multiple countries (Korea, Russia, China, and Japan), and prompted a host of questions that concerned fundamental questions about states’ governance over people: Which country had the right to exercise

• Guest Speakers
• International
• Research

• Elliott School of International Affairs

Thursday, February 11, 2021

GW Lunar New Year 2021 Virtual Celebration

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The George Washington University is pleased to present our first Lunar New Year Virtual Celebration in special partnership with San Diego Southern Sea Dragon and Lion Dance Association.

• Academic Events
• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Diversity

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Elliott School of International Affairs

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Emerging paradigm on technology capability upgrading

7:00am - 11:15am

Traditionally technology upgrading of emerging economies has been framed within the catching up and economic growth perspective. A major new development is the changing nature of technology through the ongoing increasing application of artificial intelligence; the demise of the fossil-fuel-based growth regime; increasing concerns with equity and inclusiveness of technology.

• Academic Events

• Elliott School of International Affairs

Thursday, March 4, 2021

AMA: Legal Resources for DACA & Undocumented GW Student Entrepreneurs

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Many of the companies in today’s US market were all founded, completely or in part, by immigrants and DACA recipients. In major cities, many undocumented entrepreneurs have launched businesses ranging from street vending to tech startups. In fact, more than 5% of DACA recipients under the age of 25 have started a small business and 8% of Dreamers over 25 years old are entrepreneurs and employing workers.

• Academic Events
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Elliott School of International Affairs
• School of Business

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Book Talk Series on Chosŏn Korea

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In this presentation, Si Nae Park introduces her book The Korean Vernacular Story: Telling Tales of Contemporary Chosŏn in Sinographic Writing (Columbia University, 2020), the first book in the English language on the late Chosŏn literary genre of yadam. The presentation has two components.

• Guest Speakers
• International
• Research

• Elliott School of International Affairs