(Summer activities will be posted after our return to the USA at the middle of June.)
United Nations Day Dinner October 20 (an annual dinner of the United Nations Association of Eastern Oklahoma, at the Oaks Country Club) The Director of the Center is the Honorary Chairman of the dinner and will also present the evening's speaker, Peter Graham Harris. Mr. Harris' visit to Tulsa is being sponsored by the Center. Mr. Harris is from England and is currently asociated with Oxford University.
Recent Past Events:
Global Vision Award Dinner May 21 (The annual dinner of the Tulsa Global Alliance was held this year at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Tulsa.) The Director of the Center was the Honorary Chairman of the dinner and presented Mollie Williford, one of the two 2009 honorees.
Colombia, Venezuela, and Bolivia: New Developments in the Andean Region. February 10 (reception was at 5:00pm, and talk at 5:30pm; location: Harwelden, 2210 South Main, Tulsa) An informal presentation by Mark Wells from the State Department in Washington. Mark is the current senior desk officer for Colombia, and beginning next summer will join the embassy in Bogotá. He has previously served in the embassy in Venezuela. The talk was open to the public, but is off the record to the press. The event was co-sponsored by Tulsa Global Alliance.
The Emerging Role of China. November 17 (6:30pm in the Faculty Lounge at OU-Tulsa) A talk by Fudan University Prof. Gu, Limei. Dr. Gu will be in Oklahoma on a visit sponsored by the Center. This event on Nov. 17 was one of several in which Dr. Gu spoke in Tulsa; the event was organized and sponsored by the Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia.
Happy Birthday, Fernando!. November 30 7pm till 9pm at the home of Center Director, Rodger Randle. Celebration of the birthday of the Portuguese poet and writer, Fernando Pessoa; part of a year-long celebration of Pessoa and his heteronyms. Please join us for cake, ice cream, and poetry. No charge; public invited. Please contact the Center office for details
The Outlook for the Middle East. November 5 Noon luncheon at Harwelden (2210 South Main, Tulsa) and talk by Dr. Muhsen Makhamared from Amman, Jordan. (Organized in cooperation with the Oklahoma State University School of International Studies and the Tulsa Global Alliance.)
A Nova "Mulher Nova" nos EUA. October 27 A talk by Center Director Rodger Randle at the 2008 conference of Unifas/World on the emerging new role of women in the United States. The conference will be held in Brasília, Brazil. (Conference proceedings will be conducted in Portuguese.)
Technology Changed the World, and Now It Is Changing Us. Thursday, October 23, U.S. Military Base at Kadena, Okinawa. Talk by Center's director, Rodger Randle, on the impact of technological change on modern society. Free and open to the public. Contact the OU office at Kadena for details (a base pass is required): apkadena@ou.edu
United Nations Day Annual Dinner. Tuesday, October 21, Oaks Country Club - Reception at 6:00pm, dinner at 6:45 pm. United Nations Day dinner event of the United Nations Association of Eastern Oklahoma, featuring a talk by Dr. Zach Mesitte of the OU International Programs Center in Norman. (The Center is a co-sponsor of this event sponsored by the UN Association; please contact the United Nations Association at 742-5481 for dinner reservation information.)
Happy Birthday, Álvaro!. October 15 7pm till 9pm at the home of Center Director, Rodger Randle. Celebration of the birthday of the Portuguese poet Álvaro de Campos; part of a year-long celebration of the birthdays of the poets of Fernando Pessoa. Please join us for cake, ice cream, and poetry. No charge; public invited. Please contact the Center office for details.
The US and the UN: Can This Marriage Be Saved?. October 14, luncheon talk at OU-Tulsa, 11:45am till 1:15pm. A talk by Gillian Sorenson on a visit to Tulsa that is sponsored by the United Nations Association of the USA.
Africa: Aid, Trade, and Time for the Glorious Revolution. 11:15am till 1:15pm, Monday, September 29, Tulsa Press Club (in the Atlas Building, 415 South Boston). A talk by Peter Graham Harris on the need to reform the foreign aid system, along with proposals for how to do it. This event is co-sponsored with the Tulsa Press Club and the English Speaking Union. Luncheon reservations should be made directly with the Press Club at 583-7737 (lunch is $15 for members of the Press Club and $18 for non-members)America in the Time of the Constitution. Noon - 1:00pm, September 5, Conf. Room 1J10, OU-Tulsa. A talk by Center Director Rodger Randle as part of OU-Tulsa's official observance of Constitution Day 2008. Free and open to the public. Link here.
The Americanization of England. A talk by Peter Graham Harris at the September 2008 meeting of the English Speaking Union in Tulsa. Click here.
A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007. A talk by Russell Evans at the annual meeting of the Coalition of Hispanic Organization (Tulsa), hosted by the Center at OU Tulsa in August 2008. Click here.
Comments on the Economic and Social Impact of Anti-Ilegals Legislation (HB 1804) in Oklahoma. A talk by Dr. Scott Carter at the annual meeting of the Coalition of Hispanic Organization (Tulsa), hosted by the Center at OU Tulsa in August 2008. Click here.
Economics, Immigration, and America's Future. A talk by Dan Siciliano at the annual meeting of the Coalition of Hispanic Organization (Tulsa), hosted by the Center at OU Tulsa in August 2008. Click here.
Peter Harris, Long Time Friend of the Center, Returns to Tulsa in September.
For more than two decades, Peter Graham Harris served asan Assistant Secretary and was responsible to ministers for a wide range of polices and legislation relating to the justice system including the reform of family, tort, contract and property law, the courts, legal aid and the regulation of the legal services market.
He was instrumental in bringing economic analysis and strategic planning to bear on civil justice policy-making. During those 24 years, Harris had three periods out of the Ministry working for the Law Commission, the Cabinet Office, and the Court Service and also worked with the World Bank and was the UK representative in negotiations at the Council of Europe, The Hague Conference on Private International Law and the European Commission on international aspects of judicial and law reform. Harris left government service in late 2003. He is now based at the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy in the University of Oxford where he is teaching law and researching the policy and legislative process.
Harris met with OU students and spoke the September Sunday brunch of the English Spaking Union at Tulsa Country Club, as well as speaking at a luncheon at the Tulsa Press Club that was co-sponsored by the Center. (His visit to Tulsa this year is sponsored by the English Speaking Union.) Mr. Harris' speech to the English Speaking Union is available online in the "multimedia" section of this page (above).
Dr. Gu, Limei visited the Center in November.
Dr. Gu, limei accepted an invitation from the Center to visit in November, Dr. Gu is an associate professor in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of the prestigious Fundan University in Shanghai. She also serves as Director of the Development and Public Policy Center and is vice-director of Fudan's University's MPA program. Dr. Gu has traveled widely in the USA, Europe, and Asia. During her visit to Oklahoma she spoke to various student and community groups on a the emerging role of China in the world.
"Communicating in Latin America" Is the Topic of a New Video.
The Educational Video Group, a national publisher of multimedia materials, has added a new video to their catalogue featuring the Center's Director, Prof. Rodger Randle. The video, created at the Center, explains the ins and outs of effective communication in Latin cultures and offers tips for people who will be traveling or doing business in the region. Topics covered include cultural orientation in Latin America and its historic roots, language differences within the region, and social and business customs. The video is available for purchase from the Educational Video Gorup. To visit their website, click here.
Global Kids Connection to Be Lauched During 2008-2009 School Year.
The Center has recently received the good news that it has been selected to participate in an exciting and innovative program for K-12 education. The program has been titled “Global Kids Connection” and is designed to stimulate interest in world cultures and world geography. Participating schools are located in rural southern Oklahoma. The Center’s role in the project will include live video conferencing events between the students and the Center’s offices at OU-Tulsa. The events will feature guests from global cultural backgrounds. The Center will also be developing a special web site for the students and the creation of special video content. The program has been funded though a rural technology grant of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Center is very honored to have been selected as a content provider.
The Center was pleased to host one of Oklahoma's most distinguished political figures at a special event at Harwelden. Mickey Edwards was a long time member of the Oklahoma congressional delegation, and he rose to prominence in Washington as a national leader of the conservative movement. At the time of his election to congress from Oklahoma City he was one of only two Republicans in the delegation. After leaving Congress, Edwards spent several years at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is currently at the Woodrow Wilson Center at Princeton, and he continues to write and speak widely throughout the United States. Grandchildren in Oklahoma City give him a reason to return frequently to Oklahoma.
"Reclaiming Conservatism" was published by Oxford Press.
The Center Leads OU-Tulsa's Constitution Day Observances.
The Center has created a special website about the United States Constitution as the centerpiece of OU-Tulsa's observance of Constitution Day on September 14, and Center Director Rodger Randle provided a talk on "America in the Time of the Constitution" (see the schedule of Center events. Constitution Day is observed each year and colleges and universities that receive federal funding of any kind are required by law to observe the day with activities that promote understanding and knowledge of the Constitution. The Center has focused OU-Tulsa's study of the Constitution on the Bill of Rights and the guarantees it provides to each citizen. To visit the Constitution Day website, click here.
The Constitution Day website includes a link to a full text version of the Constitution as well as a number of self-study options for those who would like to learn more about the history and significance of the document. Also included are a number of quotes from notable Americans about the Constitution. Although the website was created especially for the obsevance of Constitution Day, it will be open all year and will remain available for the use of those who are interested in learning more about American heritage.
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