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Sophal Ear, associate professor, diplomacy & world affairs, Occidental College,

PBRC Faculty Fellow Presentations #1 by

PBRC Faculty Fellow Presentations #2 by

Nahum Chandler, Professor in the School of Humanities, the University of California, Irvine,

Jennifer Rudolph (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), “Integrating Liberal Arts and STEM to Tackle Wicked Problems.”

(Democracy International), “Opportunities in International Development Assistance”

and Rey Cuerdo, Documentary Screening of . 

Dr. Ajay Verghese (University of California, Riverside), “Ancient Hatreds: Evidence from 12 Centuries of Hindu-Muslim Conflict in India.”

(Youngstown State University), ”Humanity’s Penchant for Violence: Patterns of Religious Expressions.”

(Universität Heidelberg), ”How to Have Your Soul and Eat It Too: Moments of Translational Indeterminacy on the Indonesian Island of Bali.”

(Pepperdine University), ”Warriors into Peacemakers.”

(Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana), “México, Asia, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.”

 (University of British Columbia), “Constituent Power in Latin America.”

(University of California, Irvine), “Children of Immigrants, Belonging, and Citizenship.”

Tom McLean (Arnold and Porter, LLP), “The Value of Foreign Direct Investment In Bringing Nations Together.”

Lynda Stone (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), “Education’s Hero? Icons, John Dewey, and Ethics.”

Michael R. Curtis (Office of Sustainable Development Bureau of Africa), “Sub-Saharan Africa and the Bottom Billion.”

 (Yale University), “The Business of the Environment: Trends and Challenges of Natural Resource Management.”

 (University of California, Santa Barbara), “Water Barons vs. Water Warriors: New Water Wars.”

 (Princeton University), “African Underdevelopment: Historical Perspectives.”

 (University of California, Los Angeles), “Oil Wealth as an Obstacle to Peace and Democracy.”

 (Princeton University), “A Vision of UN Reform: Global Challenge to Governments and Citizens.”

Natalia S. Mirovitskaya (Duke University), “International Development and Poverty-Insecurity Nexus.”

(University of California, San Diego), “From Humanities to Ecology.”

(University of California, Berkeley), “The Rise of China and India: A Comparative Economic Assessment.”

 (University of Washington), “Contemporary India in Comparative and Global Perspective: The View from Beijing and Washington.”

Arif Dirlik (University of Oregon), “Asia Pacific Studies in an Age of Global Modernity.”

 (University of California, Los Angeles), “The Globalization Question and Education.”

“The 2018 Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (WCAAS).” Held at �������� of America. 

“Governance, Internal Migration, and Urbanization Workshop.” Jointly co-sponsored by the PBRC and the . The workshop was held in Honolulu, Hawai’i. For the workshop issue paper, please click here.

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“Cultural Communications and Cultural Dissemination in the Asia-Pacific.” Jointly co-sponsored by the PBRC and the Asian Cultural Studies Research Institute at Kyungwon University.

“Workshop on Sustainability and Policy-making: Reconciling Short and Long-term Policy Needs in Democratic Governance.” Organized in cooperation with the  and the . The workshop was held in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

“Workshop on Economic Development Strategies and Averting Violence.”

“Study Group of Eminent Scholars on Civil Society Engagement in National and Global Governance.”  Jointly co-sponsored by the PBRC, the , , and . The workshop was held in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

“Armed Conflict and Political Violence”. Panel with Andrew Ivey, , and . 

“Grad Life: What to Expect in Life as a Graduate Student.” Conducted as a follow-up to “Armed Conflict and Political Violence.”

“History Across Ocean Worlds”. A panel with , , and . 

“Social Resistance in Asia”. A panel with Aries Arugay, Ming Chee Ang, and Duyen Bui. 

“PBRC Environmental Sustainability Panel”. A panel with George Busenburg, Deike Peters, Kayleigh Levitt, and the Sustainability Committee.

“The Limits and Possibilities of Social Mobilization”. A panel with , , and Shane Barter.