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Fall 2021 Group Fitness Classes

GW Campus Recreation is offering virtual and in-person group fitness for GW-affiliated students, faculty, and staff members in the fall 2021 semester. Whether you enjoy fitness from the comfort of your home or want to get back to our in-person fitness community, we are excited to reconnect with you! 

Call Me American

Join the Elliott School of International Affairs for a conversation with Abdi Nor Iftin, author of "Call Me American." Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of

The Impasse of Tunisian Democracy

The Middle East Policy Forum (MEPF) is excited to host The Impasse of Tunisian Democracy. Following Tunisian President Kais Saied's dismissal of the prime minister and suspension of Parliament this past summer, what are the near- and short-term prospects for liberal democracy in Tunisia? How have public attitudes shifted over the past few months? Join MEPF for a discussion of these questions with Dr. Robert P. Parks and Dr.

Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment

Elżbieta Korolczuk will present her new book, co-authored with Agnieszka Graff, Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment, which charts the new phase of global struggles around gender equality and sexual democracy: the ultraconservative mobilization against "gender ideology" and feminist efforts to counteract it.

LAHSP 50th Anniversary Celebration with President Laura Chinchilla

Celebrate 50 Years of LAHSP at The Elliott School of International Affairs with Former President Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica!

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 5:30-7:30pm EDT

HYBRID IN-PERSON/VIRTUAL EVENT WITH Q&A

In Person: Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 1957 E St. NW Washington D.C. 20052 Refreshments Provided!

Conflict Styles: A Session for Faculty & Staff

This workshop walks participants through identifying the different styles of conflict resolution. Participants will take a quiz to determine their preferred conflict resolution style, and then are walked through the situations where each style is most optimally used.

Participants will:

The Start of a Bold Journey for Peace Settlement of the Korean Peninsula by Na Kyung Won

In his speech at the U.N. General Assembly last month, South Korean President Moon Jae-in repeated a call for the end-of-war declaration on the Korean Peninsula. Under what conditions can an end-of-war declaration contribute to a peace settlement of the Korean peninsula?

Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments

This event will present the recently published book by Deborah Boucoyannis, Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments. The book offers a new explanation of how representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe. The answer has typically reflected the belief that representation resulted from weak ruling powers needing to concede rights to powerful social groups.

Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World

The Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Woodrow Wilson International Center will host Benjamin Young to launch his new book, Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World as the eighth edition of the Sigur Center's 2021 New Books in Asian Studies series. The webinar begins at 4:00 PM EDT.

2021-22 Walter Roberts Lecture

Amb. Osius will speak about U.S.- Vietnam relations; how a relationship fraught with tensions following a painful war that cost nearly 60,000 American and over two million Vietnamese lives, was able to reach reconciliation after a 20-year journey of daring diplomacy. Amb. Osius was U.S. ambassador to Vietnam during the Obama administration.

Fighting Food Insecurity at GW: A Session for Faculty & Staff

This session addresses the issue of food insecurity among GW students. The session will raise participants' awareness of the services and resources in place to help members of the GW community who are food-insecure, especially how individuals may sign up to access The Store, GW's food pantry, and how faculty and staff can get involved.

Participants will:

Israel's Impossible Coalition

Ofer Zalzberg explores the unprecedented alliance of Arab and Jewish religious conservatives with secular parties that ended Binyamin Netanyahu's 12 years in power. Zalzberg will trace the evolution of cooperation between the current government's diverse factions, its political potential and implications for Israeli society and Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy.

Introducing the Religious Freedom Data Spectrum

Join the Loeb Institute, 21Wilberforce, and Genocide Watch as we introduce the Religious Freedom Data Spectrum, a new initiative that collects, maps, and connects diverse religious freedom data. Demonstrating in one place the diversity of information undermines narratives that religious freedom is the concern of just a single religion or single ideology.

New Paths for U.S.-Taiwan Ties

Cemented by decades of positive engagement and shared history, the United States and Taiwan enjoy a very robust relationship that spans a multitude of public and foreign policy issues. Important to these efforts are the people-to-people ties between researchers, scholars, and practitioners that explore new avenues for cooperation and collaboration between both sides.

Spirits, Zombies, and Vampires Around the World

We will be discussing different and frightful perspectives on the afterlife in different religions and cultures around the world through the lens of popular fiction, film, and folklore. Please join us for analysis and free candy!

Are Pitcairn Island (UK), China and Taiwan really joining CPTPP?

Please join WITA and the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University as we discuss the potential for the UK and China to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

WITA Webinar Featuring:

Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Acting Deputy United States Trade Representative

Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine with Rebecca Stein and Imani Cheers

In the last two decades, amid the global spread of smartphones, state killings of civilians have increasingly been captured on the cameras of both bystanders and police. Screen Shots studies this phenomenon from the vantage point of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

Conflict Styles: A Session for Faculty & Staff

This workshop walks participants through identifying the different styles of conflict resolution. Participants will take a quiz to determine their preferred conflict resolution style, and then are walked through the situations where each style is most optimally used.

Participants will:

Trauma Informed Care: A Session for Faculty & Staff

This training will lay the foundation for practices in trauma informed care in any work setting. It will also discuss trauma at the individual level, community level, as well as the impact of secondary trauma on staff and faculty.

Participants will:

Politics of Debt: Financial Inclusion in Turkey with Ali Riza Güngen and Shana Marshall

Ali Riza Güngen will discuss financial inclusion in Turkey and the political ramifications of growing household indebtedness. His book Politics of Debt: Financial Inclusion in Turkey traces back the process of policymaking and locates financial inclusion within a shift in the developmental outlook in the 21st century.

Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited: Capital and State Building in the West Bank with Kareem Rabie and Nathan Brown

In 2008, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad invited international investors to the first-ever Palestine Investment Conference, which was designed to jump-start the process of integrating Palestine into the global economy.