whats happening at SIPA next week COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

whats happening at SIPA next week COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog SIPA events are held each week but it begins to slow down around now as students get ready for exams and the winter break.   Events will be back in full swing in January.   But to keep you engaged for another week, below are some upcoming events at SIPA.   Guests are welcomed. MONDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2013 A New World of Migration and Development: A Discussion with Ambassador William Swing 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1512 A discussion with Ambassador William Swing.  Moderated by Professor Michael Doyle. Sponsor: Columbia Global Policy Initiative, Center on Global Governance at Columbia Law School MONDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2013 Augmented Humanity, Drones, Self-Driving Cars, Furbys, and Robot Politics: Freedom and Security in the Robotics Age 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1302 Camille François, Visiting Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and moderator Sean Lonergan, Captain, US Army and Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Columbia will debate current research and discuss freedom and security in the robotics age. Sponsor: Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies MONDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2013 Jamesian Precisions in Natsume Soseki: Contending with Light and Dark 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Kent Hall, Room 403 Lecture with John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. No registration required. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 The Seminar on Modern Europe 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Fayerweather Hal, Room 302 We will also host our last seminar of the semester with Anton Hemerjick, Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. He will discuss fault lines in European social models and will address the current Euro crisis, welfare reform, and the future of affordable social investment. Sponsor: Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013 Development Workshop: Stelios Michalopoulos 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1101 As part of Columbia Universitys Fall 2013 Development Workshop, Stelios Michalopoulos, Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University, will discuss his latest work. Sponsor: Center for Development Economics and Policy FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 Diversity Symposium: Public Policy: A Global Prospective 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center SIPA Alumni panel and SIPA student led policy roundtable discussions.   Please RSVP. Sponsor: SIPA Admissions Financial Aid Office Click here to see more events on the SIPA Calendar.