Sergio Ramirez- Class Of 1950 Senior Foreign Affairs Lecturer (4:30PM)

The Dickey Center is pleased to welcome

SERGIO RAMIREZ

Writer and Former Vice President of Nicaragua  (1985-1990)

as the Class of 1950 Senior Foreign Affairs Lecturer

 NICARAGUA: THE LOST REVOLUTION

Monday, November 9, 2009

4:30 p.m. 

Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

 

Sergio Ramírez is a Nicaraguan writer and currently a Robert F. Kennedy Professor in Latin American Studies for Fall 2009 in teh Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard. He was vice-president of Nicaragua from 1984-90 during the period of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government. In 1995 he broke from the FSLN to form the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista (MRS). He is the author of novels and essays that address culture, politics and society. His many books include Margarita, está linda la mar, (1998) El reino animal (2006); Adiós muchachos  ( 2007); Cuando todos hablamos ( 2008); and El cielo llora por mi  (2009). His works have been translated into fifteen languages, and have recieved many awards, including the Premio Internacional Dashiell Hammett and the Premio Internacional de Novels Alfaguara. 

 

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The Re-Talibanization Of Afghanistan - Sarah Chayes (4:30PM)

Sarah Chayes

The Re-Talibanization of Afghanistan

Special Advisor to US General Stanley McCrystal,  Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan

Founder of the Arghand Cooperative, maker of skin care products from botanicals produced in Khandahar, Afghanistan

Former reporter for National Public Radio

Monday, November 16, 2009

4:30 pm

Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

 

Sarah Chayes has been living and working in Kandahar, Afghanistan since 2001, when she covered the fall of the Taliban for National Public Radio. In 2002 she decided to leave journalism to help rebuild the shattered country, whose fate will help determine the shape of the 21st century.

Currently she runs a cooperative in the former Taliban stronghold, producing fine skin-care products from local fruits, nuts, and botanicals. (www.arghand.org) The aim is to discourage opium production by helping farmers earn a living from licit crops, as well as to encourage collective decision-making. From this position, deeply embedded in Kandahar’s everyday life, Ms. Chayes has gained unparalleled insights into a troubled region. Her book about Afghanistan since the Taliban is The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban (New York: Penguin, 2006)

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Global Climate Change: A Perspective From The World's Highest Mountains (4:30PM)

Global Climate change: A Paleoclimate Perspective from the World's Highests Mountains

 Lonnie Thompson, PhD, Byrd Polar Research Center

4:30-6:00pm, Filene Auditorium

Lonnie Thompson of the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from mountain glaciers and ice caps in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. A high altitude climber and paleoclimatologist who studies climate change by looking at the entire history of the Earth, Thompson has spent more time above 18,000 feet than any other person in the world, according to Rolling Stone magazine. As recently as this Fall, he recovered two of the deepest ice cores every recovered from the Andes (195 and 189 meters). In 2007, he received the National Medal of Science, the highest honor the U.S. gives to an American scientist

Contact Info : Lee McDavid, Institute of Arctic Studies 646-1278 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~arctic