{"id":3678,"date":"2018-12-29T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T19:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/?p=3678"},"modified":"2019-02-26T22:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T03:56:23","slug":"events-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/2018\/12\/29\/events-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

2019 Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The following are some events for 2019. Follow the links for more information and locations.
\nAll events are free unless otherwise noted. Listing of event does not imply endorsement.<\/em><\/p>\n

January<\/strong><\/h4>\n

January 14, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm : Seeking Resolution in Situations of Conflict (Panel)<\/strong>
\nHow do we transition from a state of war to a state of peace? Who are the actors involved? Which peacemaking strategies are most effective in helping to disentangle complicated situations of conflict? Diplomats, peacemaking experts, committed artists and journalists will share with us their views on these sensitive issues along with various innovative approaches to making long-lasting peace.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/panel-seeking-resolution-in-situations-of-conflict-tickets-50710851522?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

January 24 : Thursday Civil Society Briefing<\/strong>
\n2019 Opening Briefing
\nhttps:\/\/outreach.un.org\/ngorelations\/sites\/outreach.un.org\/files\/2019_briefings_and_chat_series_calendar.pdf<\/a href><\/a><\/p>\n

January 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm :<\/strong> When Did We Become So Polarized? A History of the US Since 1974<\/strong>
\nAmerican society is fractured, along economic, racial and partisan lines. Today we don’t even believe the same facts. But this did not start in 2016. In their new book,\u00a0Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974<\/a>, Princeton historians Kevin Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer trace nearly five decades of division. They start the story in 1974, when Watergate, the defeat in Vietnam, racial conflict and economic convulsions began an unsettling new political era.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/when-did-we-become-so-polarized-a-history-of-the-united-states-since-1974-tickets-53687331253?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

January 29, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm : Better Angels: Documentary Screening and Panel<\/strong>
\nChina\u2019s rise has become one, if not the most consequential developments for the world \u2014 an economic and geopolitical phenomenon that has not gone unnoticed by the U.S. The \u201cThucydides Trap\u201d of great power conflict due to a state of mutual distrust has, therefore, become a subject of discussion in recent years. Are the U.S. and China destined for war?
\nJoin us for a screening of\u00a0Better Angels, a documentary film that argues for the U.S. and China to overcome economic rivalries, ideological challenges and cultural differences to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes not only for both countries but also for the world.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/better-angels-documentary-screening-and-panel-tickets-52370011113?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

January 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm : Book Launch–Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf<\/strong>
\nPlease join us for the launch of Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf, the next book in the Center on Global Energy Policy Series published by the Columbia University Press. Author Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University\u2019s Baker Institute for Public Policy, traces the history of the Gulf states\u2019 energy use and policies, looking in particular at how energy subsidies have distorted demand. Krane expertly lays out the hard choices that Gulf leaders face to keep petro-states viable in a world increasingly focused on combating climate change.
\nGuests unable to attend in person can view a livestream of the event at energypolicy.columbia.edu\/livestream<\/a>.
\nhttps:\/\/events.columbia.edu\/cal\/event\/showEventMore.rdo<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

January 30, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm : Financing the SDGs, Privatization, and Human Rights<\/strong>
\nA Discussion with Jeffrey Sachs and Philip Alston<\/em>
\nThe UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to provide a roadmap for all governments to eliminate extreme poverty and achieve a range of other key economic and social goals by 2030. However, financing\u00a0to achieve these objectives,\u00a0including the eradication of extreme poverty,\u00a0currently falls trillions of dollars short. Achievement of the SDGs is at risk unless current finance trajectories can be shifted. Jeffrey Sachs, the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the SDGs, and Philip Alston, the UN\u2019s Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, will discuss the relationship between finance, human rights, and the SDGs, including a focus on current trends toward privatization.
\nhttp:\/\/ccsi.columbia.edu\/2019\/01\/30\/financing-the-sdgs-privatization-and-human-rights-a-discussion-with-jeffrey-sachs-and-philip-alston\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February<\/strong><\/h4>\n

February 5, 7:00 pm : NYTimes at The New School: Civilian Casualties of the War on Terror<\/strong>
\nTickets $25 or $15 for NYTimes All Access Plus and Home Delivery subscribers
\nDoors open at 6:15
\nA rare convergence of experts on the human costs of war will discuss the often-ignored outgrowth of the global war on terror: two decades of civilian casualties.\u00a0New York Times<\/i><\/em>\u00a0journalist and Marine Corps infantry veteran\u00a0C. J. Chivers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 story about an Afghan war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, will moderate the discussion. The panelists are\u00a0Alissa J. Rubin, the Times Paris bureau chief who won a Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting on Afghanistan in 2015;\u00a0Azmat Khan, an investigative reporter and\u00a0New York Times Magazine<\/i><\/em>\u00a0contributor, who uncovered civilian casualties among nearly 150 airstrike sites across northern Iraq; and writer\u00a0Brian Castner, a veteran of the Iraq war and weapons expert for Amnesty International\u2019s crisis team, who also investigates war crimes and human rights violations.
\nhttps:\/\/events.newschool.edu\/event\/new_york_times_at_the_new_school_civilian_casualties_of_the_war_on_terror#.XCeaRVxKjIU<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 6, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm : Islamaphobia, Race and Global Politics<\/strong>
\nIslamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a powerful introduction to the scope of Islamophobia in the U.S. Drawing on examples such as the legacy of Barack Obama and the mainstream media\u2019s portrayal of Muslims, Professor Kazi highlights the vast impact of Islamophobia, connecting this to a long history of US racism.
\nProfessor Kazi shows how American Islamophobia and racism occur within the borders of the United States, and as a matter of foreign policy and global politics.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/islamophobia-race-and-global-politics-with-professor-nazia-kazi-tickets-53446921180?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 7: Thursday Civil Society Briefing<\/strong>
\nInterfaith dialogue organized in observance of Interfaith Harmony Week
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

February 7, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm : A Conversation with Scott Shay: Does Faith Unite or Divide Us?<\/strong>
\nFree for Students with Valid ID
\nThe Jewish Week in partnership with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is proud to present this conversation with Scott Shay and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Rabbit Elliot Cosgrove and Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/a-conversation-with-scott-shay-does-faith-unite-or-divide-us-registration-53311309562?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 10, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm : 2019 Civil Society Forum by the NGO Committee for Social Development<\/strong>
\nOrientation and overview
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2019-civil-society-forum-tickets-53336403619?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 11-21 : Commission for Social Development 57<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/dspd\/united-nations-commission-for-social-development-csocd-social-policy-and-development-division\/csocd57.html<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 11, 6:00 pm
\nThe Propensity to Hoard is Stronger than the Inducement to Invest: Keynes’s Critical History of Capitalism<\/strong>
\nLecture with Jonathan Levy,\u00a0Professor of US History and Fundamentals at The University of Chicago.\u00a0Part of Critical History Today, a public lecture series by the Department of Historical Studies at the New School in New York City.
\nhttps:\/\/events.newschool.edu\/event\/historical_studies_speaker_series_critical_history_today#.XCeaXFxKjIU<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 12: Tuesday Civil Society Chat Series<\/strong>
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

February 14: Thursday Civil Briefing<\/strong>
\nStart Local, Go Global: Bridging Sustainable Practices in Film, Food, and Waste
\nFood production, consumption and waste
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

February 15, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm: 2019 Civil Society Forum by the NGO Committee for Social Development<\/strong>
\nFull Day Forum
\n10:00 am – 1:00 pm: Panel Discussion on the Priority Theme
\n3:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Regional Breakouts and Plenary
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2019-civil-society-forum-tickets-53336405625?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 19, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm : Authors Discuss Investor vs. Human Rights in the Global Economy<\/strong>
\nLiberal legal systems can make economic life predictable, but have a spottier track record protecting the interests of those who lack economic power. Heading into the 2020 political cycle, what role do (or could) US institutions play in aggravating or lessening economic liberalism\u2019s downsides? Join CCSI, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and the Saltzman\u00a0Institute of War and Peace Studies,\u00a0for a discussion with\u00a0three authors on this tension.
\nSamuel Moyn,<\/em> professor of law and history at Yale; author of\u00a0Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World
\nTodd N. Tucker,<\/em> political scientist and fellow at the Roosevelt Institute; author of\u00a0Judge Knot: Politics and Development in International Investment Law
\nTonya Putnam,<\/em>\u00a0associate professor of political science at Columbia University;\u00a0author of\u00a0Courts without Borders: Laws, Politics, and U.S. Extraterritoriality<\/p>\n

February 22, 8:00 am – 5:00pm : UNA USA 2019 Global Engagement Summit<\/strong>
\nTickets $20-$45
\nThe Global Engagement Summit allows UN advocates to participate in a day of dynamic and informative discussions on the most pressing issues facing the United Nations. This event unites world leaders with our nation\u2019s top grassroots change-makers.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/una-usa-2019-global-engagement-summit-tickets-52093318518?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 27, 12:00pm-1:30pm : Faith and National Fratricide<\/strong>
\nWagner Professor\u00a0David Elcott<\/a>, will discuss insights from a book he is editing with political analyst and theologians in Indonesia, India, Israel, Central Europe and the United States. David will discuss the increased linkage of populism, nationalism and the use of religious identity to fuel anti-democratic values and policies across the globe. He will present findings on how a call to tribalism, xenophobia and anger are gaining strength and how religion is the propellant.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/faith-and-national-fratricide-tickets-53197315603?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

February 28, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Becoming Humanitarian: The Making of an ICRC Delegate<\/strong>
\nWhat makes a humanitarian? Is it an individual\u2019s altruistic motivations to come to the help of distant suffering others or instead simply one\u2019s contractual status as the employee of a humanitarian organization? This talk explores the relationship between the institution and the individual in the crafting of professional minds and bodies, and practices that foster exclusion and discrimination that are integral to processes of professionalization.
\nDr. Monique J. Beerli\u00a0is currently a visiting postdoctoral fellow at\u00a0the New School for Social Research<\/a>, where she is conducting a new project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on the professionalization of ICRC delegates.<\/p>\n

February 28 : Conference Townhall<\/strong>
\n68th United Nations Civil Society Conference Townhall
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

March<\/strong><\/h4>\n

March 4, 6:00 pm : Civil War and Critical History<\/strong>
\nLecture with\u2002Andrew Zimmerman<\/a>,\u00a0Professor of History and International Affairs at The Columbian College of Arts & Sciences.\u00a0Part of Critical History Today, a public lecture series by the Department of Historical Studies at the New School in New York City.
\nhttps:\/\/events.newschool.edu\/event\/historical_studies_speaker_series_critical_history_today#.XCeaXFxKjIU<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

March 10-22: NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO CSW63)<\/strong>
\nVolunteer Opportunities Available
\nhttps:\/\/www.ngocsw.org\/ngo-csw-forum\/learn-ngo-csw-forum<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

March 11-22 : Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63): Social Protection, Public Services, Infrastructure<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/csw\/csw63-2019<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

March 18, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm : The Singapore Convention: Compliance with Cross-Border Mediated Settlement<\/strong>
\nThe Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution and Touro Law Center are hosting a symposium on the forthcoming United Nations treaty on compliance with cross-border mediated settlement agreements\u2014to be called the Singapore Mediation Convention. The program will feature speakers who helped draft the Convention, as well as experts on the enforcement of mediated settlement agreements.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-singapore-convention-compliance-with-cross-border-mediated-settlement-agreements-tickets-50512064946?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

March 19 : Tuesday Civil Society Chat Series<\/strong>
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

March 28 : Thursday Civil Society Briefing<\/strong>
\nRemember Slavery: The Power of the Arts for Justice
\nOrganized in partnership with UN Education Outreach Programme in observance of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25 March)
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

March 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm : Keeping Up with the Nguyens: When Poor Immigrants Return to the Homeland<\/strong>
\nThis lecture\u00a0focuses on the social and personal sides of monetary flows in the Vietnamese diaspora. With few exceptions, the private use of money has been considered too personal and too mysterious for migration scholars to tackle, unless they examine \u201cdevelopment issues,\u201d such as daily household expenditures. Prof. Hung Cam Thai will focus on low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States, who make up a significant portion of the aging Vietnamese diaspora, but also pay equal attention to their left-behind family members in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon.\u00a0In this lecture, Prof. Thai documents why these immigrants give such generous financial support to their left-behind family members, and why they spend beyond their means upon return visits, despite living in precarious situations abroad.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/keeping-up-with-the-nguyens-when-poor-immigrants-return-to-the-homeland-registration-53183799175?aff=ebdssbdestsearch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

April<\/strong><\/h4>\n

April 8, 6:00 pm : Doing transnational history: The case of the Chinese Question
\nLecture with\u2002Mae Ngai<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University.\u00a0Part of Critical History Today, a public lecture series by the Department of Historical Studies at the New School in New York City.
\nhttps:\/\/events.newschool.edu\/event\/historical_studies_speaker_series_critical_history_today#.XCeaXFxKjIU<\/a><\/p>\n

April 11 : The Future of Work<\/strong>
\nOrganized in partnership with Lehigh University and International Labor Organization (ILO) to mark the 100th Anniversary of ILO
\nVenue: Bethlehem, PA; Lehigh University
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

April 30 : Tues Civil Society Chat Series<\/strong>
\n Full Listing of Spring 2019 DPI\/NGO Events<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the above UN news and events was made available through the DPI\/NGO news. Subscribe to DPI NGO Relations Announcements and E-mails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can access the DPI website\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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