Ethan Kapstein, Paul Dubrule Professor of Sustainable Development and the Director of the INSEAD Business in Society (IBiS) Centre at INSEAD, Fountainbleu, FR
"Between States and Markets: Global Civil Society and the Politics of HIV/AIDS"
Tuesday, February 19, 10:00 a.m., Orfalea Center Conference Room, Rob Gym 1005

Christopher Chase-Dunn, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems, UC Riverside
"The Evolution of Global Governance and Contemporary Transnational Social Movement Networks"
Friday, February 22, 12:00 Noon., Orfalea Center Conference Room, Rob Gym 1005

Louise Richardson, Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
"What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat"
Monday, February 25, 12:00 Noon, Orfalea Center Conference Room, Rob Gym 1005

James Der Derian, Watson Institute Research Professor of International Studies, Brown University
"Global Media, Global Security, & the Culture of War"
Monday, February 25, 2:00 p.m., 1714 Ellison Hall

David Chidester, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa (ICRSA) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
"Sacred Economy: Religion as the Mediated, Animated, and Politicized Economy of the Sacred"
Monday, February 25, 4:00 p.m., McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB (Humanities and Social Sciences Building)

Michael Curtin, Professor of Communication Arts & Director of Global Studies, UW Madison
"The Spatial Dynamics of Global Media: Capital, Creativity, and Cultural Variation"
Wednesday, February 27, 11:00 a.m., McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB (Humanities and Social Sciences Building)

Stephen Gill, Distinguished Research Professor, Political Science, Communications and Culture, York University
"The Clash of Globalizations: Reflections on Globalization, Global Governance, and Global Civil Society"
Friday, March 7, 10:00 a.m., Orfalea Center Conference Room, Rob Gym 1005

Gyanendra Pandey, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, Emory University
"The Question of Conversion in the Dalit Struggle"
Friday, March 7, 2:00 pm, Religious Studies Conference Room, 3041 HSSB

Clifford Bob, Associate Professor of Political Science, Duquesne University
"The U.N. Wants Your Guns! The National Rifle Association, Global Gun Control, and Theories of Transnational Activism"
Monday, March 10, 3:00 p.m., Ellison Hall 2824

Janet Afary, Professor of History and Women's Studies, Purdue University
"Globalization, Islam and Democracy in Iran"
Friday, March 14, 2:00 p.m., History Conference Room, 4020 HSSB (Humanities and Social Sciences Building)

Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"New Balance: 21C Globalization"
Wednesday, April 9, 3:00 p.m., Ellison Hall 2824

Peggy Levitt, Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College
"God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing Religious Landscape"
Monday, April 14, 3:15 p.m., Ellison Hall 2824