The Department of International Affairs hosts several speakers each year to give thought-provoking talks on various research topics. Below are listed speakers for the current academic year as well as speakers that we have hosted in the past.

UPCOMING 2024-25 International Affairs Speaker Series:

Coming Soon!

Past Speakers (2024-2025)
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Department of International Affairs – August 2024 – Lunch-in-Learn/Brownbag Talk , Amanda Murdie on Diplomacy Lab – August 26th at 12:40

Department of International Affairs – Environment and Conflict Guest Speaker Dr. Idean Salehyan – September 24th at 12:30 and graduate student talk at 4:00

Department of International Affairs – “The UN – 79 Years Later” talk by Dr. Kannan Rajarathinam [In-person] – October 2nd at 12:40

Department of International Affairs – Dr. Stephen Chaudoin Talk [In-person] – “Economic Interdependence in the Global Economy with Gravity” – October 4th at 12:30 and then graduate student talk at 3:00

Department of International Affairs – Lunch-&-Learn/Brownbag Talk – September Talk – Now on October 7th with Dr. Ryan Powers – We move this talk from September 23rd to October 7th to accommodate the visitors on campus (Idean Salehyan and Stephen Chaudoin – October 7th at 12:40

Department of International Affairs – October 2024 – Lunch-&-Learn/Brownbag Talk with Dr. Naomi Egel – “Searching for Permissive Effects: Experimental Evidence on the Nuclear Taboo” – October 14th at 12:40

Department of International Affairs and Dean Rusk Center – Talk by Shannon N. Green [In-person] – October 14th at 2:00

Department of International Affairs – Co-Sponsored Talk on Dr. Park Jeong-Mi’s Book “The State’s Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea” – October 24th at 2:00

Department of International Affairs – Guest Speaker Dr. Grace Ballor (Bocconi University) – Joint Talk with History – November 4th at 12:30

Department of International Affairs – November 2024 – Lunch-in-Learn/Brownbag Talk  -Cas Mudde on Academics and the Media – November 18th at 12:40

Department of International Affairs –Ambassador Sarah Mendelson – November 21st at 12:30

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