Doctors Without Borders: Lessons from the Frontline
Catherine Carr November 8, 2015 For five years Catherine Carr worked with the acclaimed and international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. During that time she served as an Administrator at both the project and country levels, worked in 10 different...
Southeast Asia and the U.S. ‘Pivot’: Neglected Target of Opportunity
Dr. Ellen Frost, East-West Center October 30, 2015 The Obama administration’s “pivot” policy assigns a higher priority to Southeast Asia than any of its antecedents. So far, however, the region has attracted less attention and fewer resources than...
The Great Escape: Bollywood
Dr. Nandini Kuehn, Ph.D October 11, 2015 Why is the term “Bollywood” such an iconic one? Why does this genre dominate India, where more commercial films are made than anywhere else in the world? In this session, we will look at clips from Bollywood movies, old and...
Washoku on the World Stage: Japanese Cuisine and National Identity
Dr. Theodore Bestor, Harvard University October 4, 2015 How has washoku (traditional Japanese cuisine) become such a popular part of the global scene? What does its global popularity mean for washoku in Japan? Dr. Bestor will examine several dimensions of the ways...
El Gran Sueno: China and the Nicaragua Canal?
Dr. Ken Carpenter, UNM (Retired) September 20, 2015 The government of Nicaragua recently signed a long-term lease agreement with a billionaire Chinese businessman to build a new interoceanic canal across southern Nicaragua to compete with the Panama Canal. Ground was...
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