The World Beyond the Headlines
Speakers at past World Beyond the Headlines events include former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, journalists William Langewiesche and James Fallows, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat.
The current schedule is posted quarterly here on the CIS website. Registration is recommended to ensure seating. Questions, comments, or suggestions for future World Beyond the Headlines events can be sent to jbender@uchicago.edu.
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January 25, 2012
The Future of the Eurozone: The European Project at a CrossroadsAustrian Consul General Thomas Schnöll will assess the broad effects of the monetary union's biggest monetary crisis since it was formed in 1999.
January 12, 2012
All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes TribunalsHuman rights lawyer and diplomat David Scheffer will provide new insights into the continuing struggle for international justice.
November 8, 2011
Climate Refugees - Film Screening & DiscussionNovember 8 — An encore screening of Michael Nash's documentary on the "human face of climate change."
November 3, 2011
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at SeaNovember 3 — Journalist Peter Eichstaedt explores the links between the pirates, global financiers, and extremists who control southern Somalia and whose influence extends well beyond the country's borders.
October 18, 2011
Human Terrain - Film Screening & DiscussionWATCH VIDEO – An examination of the controversial US strategy of embedding academics with combat troops to win over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi and Afghan people.
May 5, 2011
Creating Capabilities: The Human Development ApproachProfessor Martha Nussbaum discusses the Capabilities Approach to assessing human development.
April 14, 2011
Venezuela Speaks!Carlos Martinez gives a bottom-up account of Venezuela's bloodless uprising and reorganization.
April 7, 2011
Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International PoliticsPolitical Science professor John Mearsheimer provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft.
March 15, 2011
Islamist Movements Across the Globe: Re-Examining Vocabularies in the Public SphereJournalist Ahmed Rashid and professor Ebrahim Moosa discuss the often overlooked social and political context of Islamist movements in South Asia.
February 24, 2011
What is Red in Hungary's 2010 Red Sludge Disaster?Sociologist Zsuzsa Gille places the toxic spill and political reactions to it in context of Hungary's postsocialist transition and the rise of a peculiar right wing party.
