The Global Energy Security Forum in FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), in collaboration with General Motors, is bringing the Chevrolet Volt to FIU on Thursday, October 28. FIU students, faculty and staff, as well as the South Florida community, will have the opportunity to be among the [...]
12th annual FIU Eric Williams Lecture focuses on Haiti Reconstruction
10/08/2010 By
The 12th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture at FIU will take place Friday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m., as part of FIU’s African & African Diaspora Studies Program. Due to the catastrophic devastation wrought by the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, this year’s Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture, “The Renaissance of [...]
FIU to host one-day conference on natural gas and renewable energy
10/05/2010 By
Concerns about climate change and energy security have converged to boost the development of alternative and renewable fuels that can be produced domestically. Efforts are underway to commercialize next-generation biofuels derived from agricultural residues and energy crops, but these remain several years away. Cleaner energy is needed now to bridge [...]
African Studies students to present research findings
08/20/2010 By
African & African Diaspora Studies (AADS) graduate students and instructors will present their research findings from this summer’s study abroad program to Senegal and The Gambia at the AADS & GSS Graduate Colloquium from 1:30 p.m. until 4 p.m., Sept. 3 in LC 110 on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus. [...]
Marr Appointed to U.S.-Japan Network for the Future
06/15/2010 By
FIU faculty member Matthew Marr has been selected to attend the meeting of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future this week in Washington, D.C. Marr was one of 15 emerging Japan specialists selected for the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future, a new program launched last year by the Maureen and [...]
FIU explores the roles of Creole and French in Haiti and the United States
03/12/2010 By
On March 22, 2010, FIU’s Department of Modern Languages is hosting two lectures by Albert Valdman, Rudy Professor Emeritus of French, Italian and Linguistics at Indiana University. The lectures are co-sponsored by FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs and the Latin American and Caribbean Center. Valdman is director of [...]
FIU explores the ascendance of China
03/12/2010 By
The School of International and Public Affairs presents “Will China Rise Peacefully?” with University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer. The lecture is part of the prestigious Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, March 25, in the International Pavilion of the MARC [...]
FIU explores the future of globalization with renowned scholar Jeffry Frieden
03/02/2010 By
The School of International and Public Affairs presents “The Current Financial Crisis and the Future of Globalization” with Harvard University professor Jeffry Frieden. The lecture is part of the prestigious Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 10 in room [...]
FIU explores Middle Eastern cinema
02/01/2010 By
Conference explores role of culture in transnational European identity
01/25/2010 By
Over the past six decades, various actors—institutions, groups, individuals—have attempted to shape a transnational European identity. While research about the existence of a European identity, based on historical, political, and other commonalities exists in abundance, there is no consensus about its overall meaning. What does a European identity consist of? [...]
