Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, the founding director of SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, has been teaching on issues of state, self-determination, diplomacy, and crisis diplomacy at Princeton since 1988. The violent death and destruction wrought through the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel – including kidnappings of Israelis on their territory and deliberate civilian killings such as those at the Tribe of Nova Music Festival – represent a potential inflection point in the Middle East and beyond.
The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) invites members of the Princeton University community to a lecture and High Tea featuring David M. Beasley, former Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) and former Governor of the state of South Carolina on May 10, 2023 at 4:00 pm. Mr. Beasley will be in conversation with Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Founding Director of LISD, about critical issues of global food and water security in today’s crisis-prone world. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during a Q&A session following the lecture. Mr. Beasley was Executive Director of the WFP from April 2017 until April 2023. During his tenure, he restructured the WFP and raised over $50 billion to enable this UN organization to feed nearly 400 million people. Mr. Beasley will discuss global challenges to food supply, and lessons learned from his leadership of the WFP. A biography of Mr. Beasley is available for further reading. This event will be held in the C
How can moments with potential for transformational change be recognized and acted upon? What can be learned from the dramatic change in efforts to loosen the grip of organized crime on public institutions in America in the 1960s, the reform of the Teamsters Union in the 1970s-1990s, and the current battle against corruption in international sports competition? Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Founding Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, is pleased to invite you to this seminar featuring Edwin H. Stier, Esq. Reflecting upon his career in law - in private practice and at the state and federal level in New Jersey - Mr. Stier will consider three illustrative examples of recognizing and acting on the opportunity for change, weaving together the value of the media, cultural sensitivity, and understanding psychopathy. Send an email to Lauren Schwartz to join in-person in the Cyril Black Seminar Room, 019 Bendheim Hall; or register here to join
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Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Founding Director of LISD, is pleased to invite you to a virtual lecture by José Casanova, Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, and Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University. The lecture is part of the PORDIR and GDSC Seminar Series, and is open to all on Zoom.
Princeton students, faculty, and staff who are permitted on campus are welcome to attend the event in person in the Cyril Black Conference Room, 019 Bendheim Hall. Due to Princeton University Covid restrictions, we are obligated to keep a record of every person that attends. Therefore, in order to attend the event in person, you must RSVP. A tea reception will follow the talk.
There will be a Zoom link provided for those who RSVP and would like to join remotely.
José Casanova is one of the world's top scholars in the sociology of religion and a senior fellow at the Berkley Center, where his work focuses on globalization, religions, and secularizati