Melissa Bokovoy, Ph.D., UNM December 8, 2019 Belgrade sits above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and the Danube. It has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans, and Serbs. Frequently attacked and destroyed,...
Steve Borbas and Anna Powless, UNM November 10, 2019 2100 years ago, the Celts settled in Buda, Budapest’s western half, on the banks of the Danube River. The city was only united officially with its counterpart, Pest, some 150 years ago, when the beautiful...
Robert B. Marks, Ph.D., Whittier College November 1, 2019 Dr. Marks will highlight the urgent environmental challenges facing China and explore these issues – and others too – within the context of China’s very long-term history of relationships between people and...
Diana McDonald, Ph.D. October 13, 2019 Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is in the very heart of Europe, and was the crossroads and battleground for the tug of power on the continent. The city itself, was lauded as one of the most beautiful in the past. Beautiful...
Jason Karaian, Global Finance Editor, Quartz October 4, 2019 A London-based business journalist who has been living through Brexit will tell us the story of the run-up to the Brexit referendum, the uncertain aftermath following the vote, the convoluted divorce...
Col. Christopher Costa, International Spy Museum September 27, 2019 The Trump administration quietly undertook a range of counterterrorism efforts during its first year, allowing President Trump to rightfully claim at the State of the Union address in January 2018...
by Marjolaine Greentree, Regional Protection Advisor, Swiss Cooperation Program, Middle East Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, from Libya in North Africa to Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula, have provoked[...]