Past Council Events | 2012
International Speaker Series (2012)
Fri, 04/27/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
The Question of Afghanistan
Sima Samar
Afghan human rights pioneer and Nobel Peace prize nominee Sima Samar has spent her life breaking barriers. The first Hazara woman to obtain a medical degree from Kabul University and an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, Dr. Samar was Deputy President of Afghanistan and the country’s first Minister for Women's Affairs. Read More ››
International Visitors (2012)
Thu, 04/05/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
International Visitor Mixer
In partnership with the World Affairs Council of Oregon's Young Professionals we invite you to come and mix and mingle with a diverse group of English teachers and professors from around the world! Read More ››
International Speaker Series (2012)
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Inside the American Mind
David Brooks
Acclaimed New York Times columnist and NPR commentator David Brooks (a self-professed “New York conservative”) is one of our shrewdest analysts of politics and culture. A protégé of William F. Buckley, Brooks has written for the National Review, Atlantic Monthly, and Wall Street Journal, among many others. Read More ››
International Speaker Series (2012)
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Economics, Ethics & Justice
Amartya Sen
Named as one of Time Magazine’s "100 most influential persons in the world," Amartya Sen won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on famine, human development theory, and welfare economics. Read More ››
International Speaker Series (2012)
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Politics and Principles
Jim Lehrer
For more than three decades, Jim Lehrer has been one of the most respected voices in broadcast news—lauded as an “island of sanity in the madness of television news” by the American Journalism Review. Lehrer is uniquely qualified to set the stage for our examination of American politics and global engagement. Read More ››
Headline and Cultural Forums
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Planning for People: An International Perspective
Enrique Peñalosa
Former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, is an influential thinker in the design of livable cities, with a particular interest in the relationship between urban design and sustainability, mobility, equity, public space, and well-being. Read More ››
Teach the World
Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:30am - 4:00pm
Teach Latin America: A Conference for K-12 Educators
This timely Conference will open with a Keynote Address on “Latin America: Today and Tomorrow” and continue with breakout sessions and curricular workshops on The Caribbean, Mexico, Central & South America. Read More ››
Headline and Cultural Forums
Wed, 05/09/2012
Evolutionary Modernization & Cultural Change with Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart winner with Harvard professor Pippa Norris of the 2011 Johan Skytte Prize, talks about the World Values Survey. Drawing on data from the six waves of the World Values survey, the project supports the thesis that political culture plays a crucial role in the emergence and survival of democracy. Read More ››
Headline and Cultural Forums
Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Global Struggles for Democracy: Reflections from the Front Lines
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond, a leading contemporary scholar of democracy studies, presents a talk assessing the current state of democratic progress throughout the world, and lays out strategic principles for nurturing and advancing global democracy. Read More ››
Young Professionals
Thu, 05/03/2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Face to Face: Conversations with Australian Visitor Thomas Woodroofe
Join the Young Professionals group of the World Affairs Council of Oregon for an evening of socializing and light appetizers with Australian visitor Mr. Thomas Woodroofe. Read More ››
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