As part of its educational and outreach mission to encourage thoughtful consideration of international issues and challenges, the Freeman Spogli Institute hosts public events, discussions and lectures on pertinent international issues involving Stanford faculty, as well as prominent outside politicians, officials, and academics.
The FSI Stanford events calendar provides a consolidated listing of events sponsored by the Freeman Spogli Institute and its centers.
Nov 3, 2008
Nov 4, 2008
Nov 5, 2008
- Evidence from Imagery: The Iran and Syrian Nuclear Programs - An Open & Shut Case?
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Frank Pabian, International Research, Analysis, and Development Work Force, LANL - My Model is Wrong. Now What?
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert
- National Health Insurance in the Netherlands: A Model for Other Countries?
CHP/PCOR Special Seminar
Dr. Francesco Paolucci, Research Fellow at the Australian National University, Adjunct Lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Nov 6, 2008
- Four Myths About Nuclear Weapons: Hiroshima, H-Bomb, Deterrence and Usefulness
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Ward Wilson; Barton J. Bernstein - Film and War Memories in Asia: Devils on the Doorstep (film screening)
Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series
Nov 7, 2008
- Europe and the U.S. After the U.S. Presidential Election
FCE Seminar
Anton Pelinka, Professor of Political Science and Nationalism Studies, Central European University Budapest
flyer available - The Politics of War Crimes Trials: Truth or Memory
PGJ Workshop
Terry L. Karl, Professor, Political Science, Stanford University
Nov 10, 2008
Cancelled: TBD
CDDRL Research Seminar
Daniel Kaufmann, Director, Governance and Anti-Corruption, World Bank Institute
- Why is there no ethnic voting in Mali? Results from an Experiment in the Field
CDDRL Research Seminar
Thad Dunning, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
paper available
Nov 11, 2008
Nov 12, 2008
- Ukraine Again Mired in Political Turmoil
FCE Seminar
Steven Pifer, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution; Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former US Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000)
- Weapon-Grade Materials in Russia: A Status Report
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Pavel Podvig, Acting Co-Director for Research and Research Associate, CISAC
- Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of oil in the Niger Delta
CDDRL Research Seminar
Michael J. Watts; Ed Kashi - Hospital Characteristics Associated with Timeliness of Care in Lung Cancer
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Michael K. Gould; Ellen Schultz
Nov 13, 2008
- FSI International Conference: Transitions 2009
Special Event
Audio & Video transcripts available
2 conference agendas available
- Film and War Memories in Asia: Blue Swallow (film screening)
Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series
Nov 14, 2008
- Korea and the Next American Presidency
Shorenstein APARC, KSP Seminar Series
Victor D. Cha, Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University
Audio transcript available 
- Forensic Analysis of Second-Hand Smoke: Exposure, Dose, and Risk in Litigation
CDDRL Lecture Series
James Repace, Repace Associates - Security and Energy in the Black Sea Region - a Romanian Perspective
FCE Seminar
The Honorable Adrian Vierita, Ambassador of Romania to the US
Nov 17, 2008
- Mobilized Workers vs. Morphing Capital: Challenging Global Supply Chains in Vietnam
Shorenstein APARC, SEAF Lecture
Angie Ngoc Tran, 2008 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellow
- America and Europe After Bush
FCE Lecture
José María Aznar, Former Prime Minister, Spain
flyer available
- From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
Lecture
George C. Herring, Alumni Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Kentucky
Audio transcript available 
Nov 18, 2008
Nov 19, 2008
- Rethinking Nuclear Latency: When is a State a Virtual Nuclear Weapons Power?
CISAC Science, Technology and Security Seminar
Scott D. Sagan, Co-Director of CISAC (on sabbatical 2008-09) and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
- The Health Effect of Gardening: A Systematic Review
CHP/PCOR Research in Progress Seminar
Dena M. Bravata; Jennifer Schneider; Sarah Jane Selig - Support for Tuberculosis Care in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Shorenstein APARC, AHPP Special Seminar
Heidi Syren Linton, Executive Director, Christian Friends of Korea - Collateral Damage: The U.S. financial crisis and Asia
Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series
Richard Katz; Mark Spiegel
2 presentations available
Nov 20, 2008
- Gender, Aging, and Health in China
Shorenstein APARC, AHPP Seminar Series
Jeanne Shea, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Vermont
presentation available - Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making
CISAC Social Science Seminar
Rose McDermott; Herbert L. Abrams
2 papers available - The Impact of Entrepreneurs in Asia on the Evolution of Global Technology Development
Shorenstein APARC, SPRIE Seminar
Robert Eberhart; Shigeo Kagami; Michael Alfant; Richard Dasher
flyer available - Film and War Memories in Asia: Yamato (film screening)
Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series
- The Next President and Science Policy
Shorenstein APARC, SPRIE Seminar
Arthur Bienenstock, Special Assistant to the President for Federal Research Policy, Stanford University
flyer available
Nov 21, 2008
- Prospects for Independent Media in Putin's Russia
CDDRL Research Seminar
Manana Aslamazyan, Executive Director, Internews Europe
- Creating Global Norms to Regulate Climate Engineering
PGJ, PESD Workshop
David G. Victor, Director, PESD, Stanford University
paper available - The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
Shorenstein APARC, SCP Brown Bag Seminar
Michael Meyer
Nov 25, 2008
