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Dr. Ivan Berend Balch Auditorium, Scripps College Dr. Ivan Berend, former Professor of History at University of California Los Angeles and former director of the International Institute's Center for European and Eurasian studies, will deliver this address. His remarks will form part of the European Union Center of California's commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Dr. Berend's speech is followed by additional comments from Balazs Bokor Consul General of Hungary, Milan Kovak Vice Consul of Slovak Republic, and Ivo Mouskourov Consul General of Bulgaria. Listen
Dr. Craig Parsons Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College Dr. Craig Parsons is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon Listen
Dr. Charles G. Cogan Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College Dr. Charles G. Cogan, Associate of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cogan's articles and reviews have appeared in French Politics and Society, Défense Nationale, the Harvard French Review, and other publications. His book French Negotiating Behavior: Dealing with "La Grande Nation" was published by the United States Institute of Peace Press in December 2003. Listen
Mary Robinson Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, presented a lecture, "Ethical Globalization and Human Rights," in the Garrison Theater at Scripps College, Claremont, California, sponsored by the European Union Center of California. President Robinson was the first woman President of Ireland (1990-1997) and is credited with revitalizing and liberalizing a previously conservative political office. During her tenure, she fought for changes that helped bridge religious, social, and economic groups, raising Ireland to a new level of international status. She took up her acclaimed post as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 1997 and held that position until 2002. Listen
Shana Penn Author Shana Penn presented a lecture, "Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland," sponsored by the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons and the European Union Center of California. Penn's Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland (University of Michigan Press, Spring 2005) was the first book to reconstruct women's leadership in the rise of an independent press in Poland and the fall of the communist government. Solidarity's Secret was supported in part by an Open Society Institute Fellowship, which Penn received in recognition of her contributions to raising public awareness of gender issues in a newly democratic Poland. Listen
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