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We have an exciting and extensive line-up of programs for the Fall of 2008. Below please find a brief sketch of each: Sep. 9, 2008 7:00 p.m. “Turkey, a Mosaic” –
teacher panel and Ambassador Robert Finn, Princeton University, at
Marist College in the
Performing Arts Room, Student Center, 3rd floor. This is a follow-up program
to our Summer Study Tour to Turkey program. For a brief biography, visit
his entries at
Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs or at
Wikipedia. Nov. 11, 2008 6:00 p.m. “China: How China’s ‘Soft Power’ Is Transforming the World”, Joshua Kurlantzick, Carnegie Endowment for Int’l. Peace, at the Vassar Alumni House, 161 College Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-2804. This will also be our Annual Meeting and is for members’ only and their guest. Read about Mr. Kurlantzick and his accomplishments at the Carnegie Institute. December ?, 2008 Academic WorldQuest December ?, 2008 7:00 p.m. “Climate Change as a threat to the Developing World and to the U.S.” SUNY New Paltz, Speakers to be announced December ?, 2008 Panel discussion on the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, Hyde Park. For a map and directions, click HERE
Feb. 7, 2008, 7 p.m. “Will America’s Changing Face Change the Face of U.S. Foreign Policy?” Francis D. Gomez, formerly at NY Univ. at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, Hyde Park. For a map and directions, click HERE Mar. 8, 2008, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. “The U.S.’s Place in the World in Light of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” A community forum with panel discussions. Co-sponsored with the Gillespie Forum and Dutchess Community College. at the James & Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Community College. Visit the DCC web site for a MAP of the campus and DIRECTIONS from just about anywhere you might happen to be. Apr. 3, 2008, 6 p.m. “The Lula Regime in Brazil: a Giant Awakes” Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazilian Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. and formerly Washington correspondent for Estado de Sao Paulo, a leading Brazilian daily newspaper. For Mr. Sotero's biography, click HERE. Mr. Sotero will discuss Lula Ignacio da Silva, President of Brazil's policies to promote Brazil in international arenas, including its role as leader in Latin America and its new and growing voice as an emerging power - a part of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Brazil's economy has been growing steadily over the past 6 years, and Lula's programs for aiding the poor have reduced the number and percentage of poor in Brazil as well as increasing the availability of health services to the population as a whole. For years dubbed the "country of the future," Brazil seems poised to finally realize that future. The meeting will be at the St. Andrews Café of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park. This is a Members Only event. Reservations are required! Dinner is $35.00 and your reservation must be received by Wed., March 26. Send your check, payable to WAC-MHV, to PO Box 1055, New Palz, NY 12561. Need DIRECTIONS or a CAMPUS MAP? May 10, 2008. Summer Study Tour to Turkey Professional Development Workshop. Fellowships winners will attend this workshop on Turkey hosted by the World Affairs Council. The day-long workshop titled “Turkey: Ancient Civilization, Modern Nation” will take place on May 10, 2008 in the Multi-Purpose Room [2d floor of Main Building] at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. WAC Members and the Vassar community are invited to attend the afternoon program is as follows:
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