Brown Bags

Discussion series featuring GWCSG-sponsored researchers

Each year, the GW Center for the Study of Globalization (GWCSG) hosts the Globalization Brown Bag discussion series. These informal talks are convened once a month and are designed to raise campus awareness on the many facets of the globalization debate. The Brown Bags are led by GW faculty who have received grants from the GWCSG to conduct cutting-edge globalization research. These events are open to all.

Last semester's Brown Bags were structured as teach-ins, providing a forum for everyone in the GW campus community, especially students, to raise questions, share their views, and learn more about the major issues and impacts of globalization.

Previous Globalization Brown Bags

Cultural Impacts of Globalized Media
Tuesday, April 5
Presenter: Jerome Barron, Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University
Harvey Feigenbaum, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
Peter Rollberg, Associate Professor of Slavic and Film Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University

Open Society, Democracy and Globalization
April 8, 2005
Presenter: Mark Notturno, Ph.D

2004 Globalization Brown Bags

The Europeanization of Global Governance?
Spring 2004 Globalization Week Event
April 23, 2004
Presenter: Elliot A. Posner, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Affairs

Innovation Networks and Complex Technologies: Policy Implications of the Unknown, and the Unknowable
January 29, 2004
Presenter: Robert Rycroft, Professor, International Science and Technology Policy and International Affairs

2003 Globalization Brown Bags

Digital Diasporas, Identity, and International Policy Processes (DIP)
November 11, 2003
Presenters: Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, Assistant Professor of Public Administration
Lori A. Brainard, Assistant Professor of Public Administration

The Chinese Currency: Valuation and Convertibility
October 23, 2003
Presenter: Jiawen Yang, Associate Professor, International Business

Globalization and American Hegemony: Is Globalization "Americanization" in Disguise?
April 23, 2003
Presenters: Jed Kee, Professor of Public Administration
Scheherazade Rehman, Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs and Director of the European Union Research Center
Stuart Umpleby, Professor of Management Science
Co-sponsored by the European Union Research Center and the American Consortium on European Union Studies

Global Corporations vs Global NGOs: Who's Driving Globalization?
March 27, 2003
Presenters: Robert Rycroft, Associate Professor of Political Science
Susan Sell, Associate Professor of Political Science

Linkages and Divides: Global Minority Groups and the Internet
January 30, 2003
Presenters: Lori Brainard, Assistant Professor of Public Administration
Jennifer Brinkerhoff, Assistant Professor of Public Administration

Globalization and Risk in the International Financial System
February 27, 2003
Presenters: Ted Barnhill, Professor of Finance
Graciela Kaminsky, Professor of Economics and International Affairs

Global Cities and Immigration: A View of Globalization from Below
February 28, 2003
Presenters: Lisa Benton-Short, Assistant Professor of Geography
Samantha Friedman, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Marie Price, Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs

2002 Globalization Brown Bags

How is Globalization Reshaping National Identities?
April 17, 2002
Presenters: Harvey B. Feigenbaum, Professor of Political Science
Jennifer W. Spencer, Assistant Professor of International Business

Who are the Winners and Losers in Globalization?
March 25, 2002
Presenters: Reid Click, Assistant Professor of International Business, GW
Holger Wolf, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgetown University

What's So Interesting About Globalization?
February 28, 2002
Presenter: John Forrer, Director GW Center for the Study of Globalization

Globalization and Trade
February 20, 2002
Presenters: Michael Moore, Associate Professor of Economics
Jiawen Yang, Associate Professor of International Business

More Private than Public?
January 23, 2002
Presenters: Muhiuddin Haider, Senior Associate, GW Center for International Health
Steven Schooner, Associate Professor, GW Law School