A series of seminars introduced by the Office of Global Learning are facilitating a wide range of discussions on global topics.

David Dollar, director of The World Bank, son of John Dollar, professor emeritus of humanities (Ruth/Metro), will be the next guest speaker at the Metropolitan Campus’ Global Leadership Seminars. He will speak on “Foreign Trade or Foreign Aid: Economic Ideas for Poverty Reduction.” The luncheon seminar will be held on Monday, December 8, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Joseph Green Conference Room (Room 2245), Dickinson Hall.

The Global Leadership Seminars are designed to provide faculty, along with interested staff and students, with opportunities to hear from and engage in discussion with guest speakers on global issues. On October 8, Paul Martin, executive director, Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, N.Y.C., spoke on “Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility.”

The seminars are by invitation only; if you would like to be added to the invitation list, contact the Office of Global Learning at 201-692-7360 or e-mail dcvitan@fdu.edu.

The Office of Global Learning also has partnered with the English, communication and philosophy department at the College at Florham to create the “Interrogating Boundaries” seminar series. These interdisciplinary dialogues involving faculty and interested staff and students explore areas relevant to the study of globalization. The first event, in September, addressed “Women’s Rights in a Global Society” and featured perspectives from an Israeli scholar, Orly Lubin, from the NJCW (National Council of Jewish Women) Women Studies Forum, Tel-Aviv University, and a Palestinian academic, Rabab Abdulhadi from the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University, N.Y.C. The second event, in November, was titled “Globalization and Religious Fundamentalism” with guest speaker Rupal Oza from the Department of Women’s Studies at City University of New York, Hunter College.

Look for upcoming events in the spring. Attendance at these events is also by invitation only. Those interested should contact Nandita Ghosh, English (Flor), at 973-443-8718 or nghosh@fdu.edu, or Diana Cvitan, global learning initiatives (Metro), at 201-692-7161 or dcvitan@fdu.edu.

November 2003

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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