Migration Events
Demographic Shifts and Civil Conflict
June 13, 2007 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Speakers discuss their current research on demographic security, and argue for greater inclusion of demographics into the study of other social sciences, particularly in their field of political science.
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
May 14, 2007 // 3:00pm — 5:15pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Climate change's anticipated impacts such as sea level rise and forced migration can have multiplier effects, accelerating traditional security threats, conclude 11 retired flag officers in a new report from the CNA Corporation.
Environmental Film Festival Screening: Maquilapolis: City of Factories
March 20, 2007 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
ECSP hosts a screening and discussion of Maquilapolis: City of Factories. The film travels to Tijuana, Mexico, where Lourdes, Yesenia, and Carmen are three of many women fighting for better wages and conditions that will not irreparably harm the environment in which they live.
The Black Canadian Experience: From the Underground Railroad to Black Canadian Studies Today
March 02, 2007 // 8:00am — 4:00pm
Canada Institute
This event brought together prominent historians from Canada and the United States, who discussed the challenges faced by African Americans after resettling in Canada, and the need to look beyond the U.S. abolition experience to better understand shared experiences that led to the end of slavery.
Flash Points and Tipping Points: Security Implications of Global Population Changes, 2005-2025
February 27, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Jack Goldstone and Eric Kaufmann discuss the potential security implications of rapid urbanization, global epidemics, shifts in economic power, declining populations in many developed countries, and increased immigration.
The State of the Canada - U.S. Relationship
December 15, 2006 // 7:30am — 11:30am
Canada Institute
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) and the Canada Institute produced a special issue of The American Review of Canadian Studies (ARCS) on the state of the relationship between Canada and the United States, in which authors presented their papers on a variety of topics in Canada-U.S. relations.
The State of the Canada - U.S. Relationship
December 14, 2006 // 12:00pm — 4:00pm
Canada Institute
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) and the Canada Institute produced a special issue of The American Review of Canadian Studies (ARCS) on the state of the relationship between Canada and the United States, in which authors presented their papers on a variety of topics in Canada-U.S. relations.
"Migration" Icons: Politics and Serbian Cultural Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina before and after 1992
November 08, 2006 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
European Studies
Svetlana Rakic, Associate Professor of Art, Franklin College, Indiana
The Security Demographic: Assessing the Evidence
June 13, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Drawing on three decades of data, Richard Cincotta and Jack Goldstone explore the relationship between demography and conflict—critical to the USAID reexamination of the Fragile/Rebuilding States strategy.
Reception: Global Environment Change and Human Security
May 23, 2006 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Researchers from the GECHS network will be on hand to discuss the ways in which diverse social and environmental processes combine to affect human well-being, including people's health, economic opportunities, and political freedoms.