North America Events
New Book Discussion: Liberal Arts at the Brink
April 26, 2011 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
United States Studies
What is the future of liberal arts education in America?
America's Nuclear Energy Future
April 26, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
International Security Studies
A meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman, co-sponsored with the Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Left: Does It Have a Future? Global Perspectives
April 25, 2011 // 1:30pm — 3:30pm
United States Studies
Does the left have a future? This was the question posed by US Studies during its April 25 panel discussion of the prospects for progressive movements around the world.
Perspectives on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
April 19, 2011 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Jose W. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs; Moderated by: Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center; Discussant: William Krist, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
The Free-Market Path to Electric Cars
April 14, 2011 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Max Parness, Energy Fellow and Switzer Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy
Hydropower, Pipelines, and Petroleum: The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship [Duke University, Durham, North Carolina]
April 13, 2011 // 8:30am — 3:00pm
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute co-sponsored a conference held at Duke University that assessed ways to balance North American energy, security, and environmental goals.
Women's Rights, Family Values, and the Polarization of American Politics
April 08, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
United States Studies
Marjorie Spruill, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Professor of History, University of South Carolina
IMF Performance in the Run-Up to the Current Financial and Economic Crisis
March 28, 2011 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Program on America and the Global Economy
Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic Policy and Research; Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance; Ruben Lamdany, Deputy Director Independent Evaluation Office, International Monetary Fund; John W. Sewell, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Damon Silver, Director, Policy Department, American Federation of Labor-Council of Industrial Organizations
Report Release: "Organizations Working with Latina Immigrants: Resources and Strategies for Change"
March 25, 2011 // 1:30pm — 5:30pm
United States Studies
Is Senate Reform an Oxymoron?
March 14, 2011 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Congress Project
Former Senator Trent Lott, historian Richard Baker, and other experts discuss their hopes for and likelihood of Senate reform.