Seminars
Each semester the Bush School hosts numerous seminars and presentations. Many of these fall under the aegis of two speaker programs, the "Brown Bag" series and the "Dean's Lecture Series." Our "Brown Bag" series meets weekly, providing free lunch to all attendees and hosting both Bush School faculty and speakers from around the world.
Past visiting lecturers have included the following:
- Ron Kaufman, Senior Managing Partner for The Dutko Group in Washington, D.C. 29 September 2006
- David Demarest, Former White House Communications Director
"Communications and Strategy in 21st Century Politics, Business, and Academia" 3 November 2006 - Mr. Gordon Zacks, author of "Defining Moments: Stories of Character, Courage, and Leadership" 1 November 2006.
- Dr. Michael Kevane (Santa Clara University)
"Conflict and Catastrophe in Darfur: Explanations and Policies" 9 October 2006 - Dr. John Minns (Australian National University)
"Globalization: A Skeptical Review" 28 April 2006 - Dr. James Galbraith (University of Texas)
"Economic Equality and Victory in War: An Empirical Investigation" 5 March 2007 - Professor Indivar Kamtekar (Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi)
"War Mobalization and State Power in India, 1939-1945" 9 April 2007 - Professor Jeff Bergstrand (University of Notre Dame)
"Open Forum on Multinationals, Outsourcing, and FDI" 3 October 2006 - Professor David Weimer (Lafollette School, University of Wisconsin)
"Assessing Surgical Success: The NYS Cardiac Surgery Report as Independent and Dependent Variable" 7 October 2005 - Dr. Samuel Huntington (Harvard University)
"Social Science and Policy: A Conversation with Samuel P. Huntington" 10 October 2005 - Dr. Shanker Satyanath (New York University)
"What Determines Long-run Macroeconomic Stability? Democratic Institutions" 7 November 2005 - Vijay Vaitheeswaran (The Economist) 14 November 2005
