As part of the US policy and international security program at the Institute of North American Studies (IEN) and the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI), IEN Senior Fellow Dr. Jeffrey Michaels has organized a series of seminars that will be held in the first semester of 2021.
The seminars will feature a combination of academics, PhD students and American policy makers as speakers. The sessions will last for 60 minutes (5-minute introduction, 30-minute presentation, 30-minute Q&A, 5-minute conclusion)
Programme (online)
| 12 January | Curating and Re-Curating the Wars in Vietnam and Iraq Professor Christine Sylvester, University of Connecticut |
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| 19 January | The Evolution of US Climate Change Diplomacy Dr. Mara Oliva, University of Reading. |
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| 2 February | The US Senate and Arms Control Dr. Lowell Schwartz, Senior Professional Staffer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
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| 16 February | American Exceptionalism in the Post-Trump era Dr. Hilde Restad, Bjørknes University |
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| 2 March | The Global Policeman: Past, Present, and Future Dr. Stuart Schrader, Johns Hopkins University |
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| 16 March | US-Spanish Relations and the Biden Presidency Dr. Carlota Encina, Real Instituto Elcano |
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| 12 April | Contemporary US-India Relations Dr. Rudra Chaudhuri, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
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| 26 April | US Cultural Diplomacy Professor Giles Scott-Smith, Leiden University |
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| 11 May | Race and American Foreign Policy Professor Michael Krenn, Appalachian State University |
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| 25 May | US Foreign Policy: A Political Psychology Perspective Professor David Houghton, US Naval War College |
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| 1 June | US-Spanish Relations Mr. Robert Riley, US Consul General, Barcelona |
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