The Dean Rusk International Studies Program brings speakers, cultural presentations, conferences, and other international events to Davidson. Students and faculty inspire and help organize many of these program. If you have ideas you would like to share, please contact the Dean Rusk Program staff.

                      CALENDAR OF EVENTS 
                               Spring 2008

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24- Bank of America Lecture by Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon
7:00pm in the Duke Family Performance Hall- Free tickets required
Principles, Power and the Future of American Leadership: “Environmental Stress, Security and American Leadership"

One of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between environmental degradation, resource scarcity and violent conflict, Dr. Homer-Dixon will comment on the need for American leadership in environmental policy and the effects that inaction may have.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25- Tea Time Discussion, 3:30pm.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 @ 4 pm; THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 @ 7 pm; & WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ 5 pm- Grant Informational Meetings in the Duke Hall Meeting Room- #110.

Attend an information session and learn what is required to submit a successful application for individual or group travel, service, study, or research abroad.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1- Application deadline for the following Davidson study abroad programs:

Fall/Year/June in Tours, France; Fall in India; Summer in Cádiz; Summer in Moscow; Summer in Ghana; Summer in Cambridge

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8- Tea Time Discussion, 3:30pm.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22- Tea Time Discussion, 3:30pm.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28- Dean Rusk Fall Grant Applications Due 5:00pm to the Dean Rusk office (#125 Duke Residence Hall.)

Do you have a great idea for international study, service or experiential learning to take place during the summer, fall semester or full year? The Dean Rusk Program can help you fund it! You must have your application to us by 5pm on Thursday.

FRIDAY, MARCH 14- Tea Time Discussion, 3:30pm.

SUNDAY, MARCH 16- Irish Music by Nancy Whiskey
9:00 in the 900 Room

Come celebrate St. Patrick's day early with local Irish music group Nancy Whiskey featuring Henry Lebedinsky, Jon Singleton, Steve Burnside, and Kate Minogue '05.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20- Lecture by Franklin Foer
7:00pm in the 900 Room
Soccer and the New World Order

Franklin Foer, editor of the New Republic and author of the international bestseller How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization will give a lecture on the world wide appeal of soccer and its links to rise of globalization.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28- Tea Time Discussion, 3:30pm.

MONDAY, MARCH 31- Lecture by Larry Diamond
7:00pm in the 900 Room
The Spirit of Democracy: Global Prospects for Freedom in the Coming Decades

Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor at Stanford University will talk on the sources of global democratic progress over the last few years and look at the future prospects of democracy around the world.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11- Tea Time Discussion, 3:30pm.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16- Bank of America Lecture by Ambassador Richard Haass
7:00pm in the Duke Family Performance Hall- Free tickets required
Principles, Power and the Future of American Leadership: "Do We Want to be the New Rome?”

Ambassador Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the most widely recognized experts on American foreign policy, will deliver the final 07-08 Bank of America Lecture on the role of the United States as the principle world power and our future in such a position.

TUESDAY, APRIL 29- Lecture by Rebiya Kadeer- This event has been canceled

Davidson Students who want to become involved with the Dean Rusk Program can join the Student Advisory Committee to help plan speakers, cultural events, and raise international awareness on campus.