Tuesday, September 2
International Economics Program:
"Multinational Spillovers Through Worker Turnover"
4:30 to 6 p.m. - Room 714, Bernstein-Offit Building
Jennifer Poole, assistant professor of economics at University of California, Santa Cruz, will discuss this topic. This event is open to the SAIS community only. For more information, contact 202.663.5685 or msenses@jhu.edu.

Office of the Dean:
"Deans' Welcome Reception"
5 to 6:30 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Dean Jessica Einhorn invites all SAIS students to this reception to kick off the new academic year.

Thursday, September 4
Conflict Management Program:
"PeaceKidZ Information Session"
12:30 to 2 p.m. - Room 535, Rome Building
William Zartman, professor emeritus in the Conflict Management Program, and Terrence Hopmann, director of the Conflict Management Program, will lead an information session about PeaceKidZ, a course designed for SAIS students to teach conflict management skills at local schools. This event is open to SAIS students only. For more details about the program, click here. For more information, contact 202.663.5745 or itlong@jhu.edu.

Monday, September 8
Office of Career Services and Consulting Club:
"Fall 2008 New York Consulting Trek Information Session"
12:30 to 1:45 p.m. - Room 517, Nitze Building
Colleen McCusker, associate director of the Office of Career Services, will discuss details about the Fall 2008 Consulting Trek to New York, scheduled for September 25-26. This event is open to first and second-year students. For more information, contact 202.663.5710 or ljimenez@jhu.edu.

Office of Career Services:
"Consulting 101"
4:30 to 5:45 p.m. - Room 417, Nitze Building
Colleen McCusker, associate director of the Office of Career Services, will lead this workshop. Consulting 101 is designed to give an overview of the consulting industry to students with little or no prior industry experience. NOTE: The Consulting 101 workshop is required of students planning to attend the New York Consulting Trek. For more information, contact 202.663.5710 or ljimenez@jhu.edu.

International Law and Organizations Program:
"Life As a Judge on the Law of the Sea Tribunal"
4:30 to 6 p.m. - Room 812, Rome Building
Helmut Tuerk, judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and former Austrian ambassador to the United States, will discuss the "waning freedom" of navigation of the seas. Refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5745 or itlong@jhu.edu.  

International Political Economy Program:
"Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism: After the War: Nation-Building From FDR to George W. Bush"
5 to 8 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
James Dobbins, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation’s National Security Research Division and author of After the War: Nation-Building From FDR to George W. Bush, will discuss his new book. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5650 or cramos@rand.org.  

The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS:
"The 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of Korea and the Future of U.S.-Korea Relations"
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building (A reception will precede the forum at 5 p.m.)
Chung Woo-Taik, governor of Chungcheongbuk-do province of South Korea, will discuss this topic. To RSVP, click here. For more information, contact 202.663.5830 or nbaillis@jhu.edu.  

Tuesday, September 9
Conflict Management Program and Search for Common Ground:
"Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum: Obama, McCain and American Foreign Policy"
9 to 10:30 a.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Steve Bartlett, president of the Financial Services Roundtable; Martin S. Indyk, director of the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy and former U.S. ambassador to Israel; and John Marks (moderator), president of Search for Common Ground, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.572.6294 or cprfnewsletter@sfcg.org.  

African Studies Program:
"W(h)ither Democracy in South Africa?"
12:30 to 2 p.m. – Room 410, Nitze Building
Robert Mattes, professor of political studies at the University of Cape Town, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5676 or imanitolbert@gmail.com.  

Wednesday, September 10
African Studies Program:
"Zimbabwe: Political Crisis and Regional Implications"
12:30 to 2 p.m. – Room 736, Bernstein-Offit Building
Akwe Amosu, senior policy analyst for Africa at the Open Society Institute, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5676 or imanitolbert@gmail.com. 

Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at SAIS:
"Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search For a Way Out of Iraq"
4:30 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Linda Robinson, author-in-residence at the Merrill Center, will discuss Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search For a Way Out of Iraq, her new book about General David Petraeus, the surge and the future of Iraq policy. John Nagl, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a retired Army officer who served in Iraq; Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and senior author of the Iraq Index; and Thomas Keaney (moderator), acting director of the Merrill Center; will provide commentary. A reception and booking signing will follow the discussion. For more information and to RSVP, contact ckunkel4@jhu.edu or 202.663.5772. 

Thursday, September 11
European Studies Program:
"A Project of Union Between the United States and the European Union"
5 to 7 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Edouard Balladur, former French prime minister, will discuss his new book, A Project of Union Between the United States and the European Union. The lecture will be in French with English translation. A reception will follow the event. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5796 or ntobin@jhu.edu.  

Global Energy and Environment Initiative:
"The Coming Oil Supply Crunch"
5:15 to 7:15 p.m. - Room 806, Rome Building
Paul Stevens, senior research fellow at Chatham House, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5786 or anorris@jhu.edu.  

Friday, September 12
International Development Program:
"Implementing Foreign Aid Programs: The Risks and Tradeoffs"
12:30 to 1:45 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Andrew Natsios, distinguished professor in practice of diplomacy at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will lead this roundtable discussion. For more information, contact ewolkom1@jhu.edu.  

Monday, September 15
International Political Economy Program and The American Interest:
"Existential Threat or Historical Footnote? What Our Obsession With Islam Is Costing Us"
5 to 7 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Bernard-Henri Levy, French philosopher and author of Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism; Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; John Mueller, the Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at Ohio State University; and Adam Garfinkle (moderator), editor of The American Interest, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.223.4408. 

Russian and Eurasian Studies Program and Washington Group:
"Energy Options for Ukraine"
6:30 to 9 p.m. – Rome Building Auditorium
William S. Woodward, vice president of Holtec International; Michael Mariotte, executive director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Edward Chow, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Brian Castelli, chief operating officer at the Alliance to Save Energy; and Ken Bossong, co-director at the Ukrainian-American Environmental Association, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.297.2484 or andriy.blokhin@gmail.com.  

Wednesday, September 17
SAIS International Finance Club:
"Sovereign Wealth Funds: Assessing the Risks and the Opportunities"
Noon to 1:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Edwin Truman, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and William Miracky, senior partner at the Monitor Group, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 201.993.6608. 

South Asia Studies Program:
"John McCain and South Asia: Responding to Challenges and Opportunities"
12:30 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Ashley Tellis, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and SAIS professorial lecturer, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5722 or southasia@jhu.edu.  

SAIS:
"Memorial Service for Gretchen Osgood"
2:30 p.m. - Bethlehem Chapel, National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
There will be a memorial service to honor Gretchen Osgood, wife of former SAIS Dean Robert E. Osgood and dedicated advocate for the school. Following the service, SAIS will host a reception at 4 p.m. in the Nitze Building's Herter Room. 

Thursday, September 18
China Studies Program and the National Bureau of Asian Research:
"Challenges and Choices in Asia"
8 to 11:30 a.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
This conference will feature a keynote address at 9:40 a.m. by Chuck Hagel, Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. For a full conference agenda, click here. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5816 or zji1@jhu.edu. 

Friday, September 19
South Asia Studies Program:
"The United States and South Asia: New Directions for the Next President"
12:30 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5722 or southasia@jhu.edu.  

Tuesday, September 23
European Studies Program:
"The Future for European Union-United States Economic and Political Relations"
5 to 7:15 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
John Bruton, head of delegation at the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States and former prime minister of Ireland, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact 202.663.5796 or ntobin@jhu.edu.  

Wednesday, September 24
Global Energy and Environment Initiative:
"GEEI Leadership Forum"
Noon to 2 p.m. - Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building
Matt Cheney, CEO of MMA Renewable Ventures, will lead this forum. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5786 or annoris@jhu.edu. 

African Studies Program:
"Militants of the Niger Delta: Who, What and Why?"
12:30 to 2 p.m. – Room 736, Bernstein-Offit Building
Judith Asuni, visiting scholar at the African Studies Program at SAIS, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5676 or imanitolbert@gmail.com.  

Tuesday, September 30
European Studies Program:
"The French Presidency of the European Union: A Mid-Term Assessment"
5 to 7:15 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Pierre Vimont, ambassador of France to the United States, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact 202.663.5796 or ntobin@jhu.edu.  

Wednesday, October 1
African Studies Program:
"Failing the Congo: Local Violence and International Intervention"
12:30 to 2 p.m. – Room 736, Bernstein-Offit Building
Severine Autesserre, assistant professor of political science at Barnard College of Columbia University, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5676 or imanitolbert@gmail.com.