January    
December 2003 - February 2004 Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, New York

Ralph Bunche: The Legend and the Legacy

Exhibit on Ralph Bunche

January 22, 2004
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Negotiating Middle East Peace: From Bunche To Bush

Panel I: Ralph Bunche and Multilateral Diplomacy
Chair: The Honorable Donald McHenry, Professor, Edmund A. Walsh
Speaker: Sir Brian Urquhart

Panel II: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Chair: Michael C. Hudson
Panelists: The Honorable Samuel Lewis, Dr. William B. Quandt, The Honorable Edward Djerejian.

January-March 2004
UCLA
Charles E. Young Research Library

Exhibit

“… the great good that is in us”
A Centenary Celebration of Ralph J. Bunche

February    
February 5, 2004
1:00-3:00 pm

United Nations & Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies

Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UNHQ

By invitation only

Then and now: Ralph Bunche and the Integrity of the International Civil Service

Keynote speaker: James O.C. Jonah

February 5, 2004 4:00 pm

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and the Political Science Department at CUNY Graduate Center

Rooms 9206/9207

Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar Program

A World View of Race: Its Contemporary Salience

Speaker: Paula McClain

February 18-19, 2004 The Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC)
The Maxwell School of Syracuse University

United Nations and Conflict Resolution
Professor Thomas G. Weiss

February 19, 2004 Northeastern University

A Black Scholar Investigates Colonialism
Campus Screening and Discussion with Professor Lawrence Finkelstein

February 20-21, 2004

The Bunche Center for African American Studies, UCLA
Haines Hall

Symposium

Ralph J. Bunche: Scholar, Activist, & Bureaucrat

February 22, 2004 UNA Greater Boston Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Screening and Discussion with Professor Lawrence Finkelstein
February 23, 2004
7:30 pm
UNA-USA Frankfort Chapter
Alumni House
Kentucky State University
An Overview of the African American History Month and International Black Leaders
Speakers: Dr. Anne Butler and Dr. Gashaw Lake, KSU
February 24, 2004

The University of Oklahoma, International Program Center
School of International and Area Studies
African/African-American Studies Program, Film and Video Studies Program, And the Department of History

Ralph Bunche A Centennial Appreciation

The Institutional and Diplomatic Legacies of Bunche's Career

Panel Discussion
Chair:
Ben Keppel

Panelists:
Joshua Landis
Suzette Grillot
Renee de Nevers

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Showing of the Emmy-winning documentary by William Greaves

February 25, 2004

6:00 pm

The School of International Service and Multicultural Affairs

American University
University Club
Washington , D.C.

The Dr. Ralph Bunche Tribute Award Ceremony

2004 Award Recipient: Ron Walters
Special Guest Speaker: Bill J. Fletcher

February 26, 2004
4:00 pm
Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
Joukowsky Forum

Trusteeship Then and Now

February 26, 2004

Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training

Washington

Ralph J. Bunche Award
February 27, 2004

University of the West Indies
Mona Campus
Jamaica

Ralph Bunche's Centenary Seminar

Speakers:
Julius Coles, Benjamin Rivlin, Rupert Lewis, Ivan Cesar

February 29, 2004
2:00-4:00 pm

United Nations Association-Westchester County Chapter

Scarsdale Public Library

Co-sponsored by:
The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies; The Association of Black American Ambassadors; the Westchester County,
The Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Non-Violence; and African-American Men of Westchester

Ralph Bunche: The United Nations’ African-American Diplomat for Troubled Times

Speakers:
George F. Saddler
Larry Spruill
Margaret K. Bruce

March    
March 2, 2004
3–5:00 pm

Global Alliance for Women's Health

United Nations Headquarters, N.Y.

Diabetes and Global Women’s Health Concerns

In commemoration of the Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Centenary and on the Occasion of the 48 th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

March 2, 2004
7:30 pm

SUNY Cortland

Sperry Center , Room 214
Ralph Bunche Centennial Celebration

Ralph Bunche: Man of Peace

Presented by George F. Saddler
March 15, 2004
4:00 pm

Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University

From the Promise of San Francisco to the Reality of Baghdad

Keynote speaker:
Sir Brian Urquhart

March 16-19, 2004 The Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC) and the Maxwell School of Syracuse University

Civil Rights and Civic Responsibility
Professor Paula McClain

March 16, 2004 The African American Studies Program and the International History Institute at Boston University

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Free Campus Screening

March 17, 2004
1:45–3:30 pm
International Studies Association
45th Annual Convention

Montreal, Canada

Dr. Ralph Bunche: The International Legacies of a Nobel Prize Laureate

Chair: Lawrence S. Finkelstein
Panelist:
W. Roger Louis
Ralph Bunche and Colonialism
David Malone
Ralph Bunche and Peacekeeping
Priceton Lyman
Ralph Bunche as Diplomat
Discussants: Benjamin Rivlin, Thomas G. Weiss, Nigel Young

March 18, 2004
5:00 pm

African and Afro-American Studies Department, The International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, American Studies and Politics

Brandeis University

The Dr. Ralph Bunche Lecture

Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs


A presentation by Brenda Gayle Plummer

March 18, 2004 The African American Studies Program and the International History Institute at Boston University

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Free Campus Screening

March 18, 2004
10:30 am - 12:15 pm
International Studies Association
45th Annual Convention

Montreal, Canada

Hegemony and International Organization: Ralph Bunche’s Legacy and the Security Dilemmas of the 21st Century

Chair: Thomas G. Weiss
Panelists:
Letizia Paoloni
“Equality,” ”Justice” and “Peace”: Has There been Any Progress Toward the Realization of Human “Brotherhood”?
Diana E. Cassells
Emerging Insecurities in the Caribbean Region
Tatiana Carayannis
ONUC and MONUC: Ralph Bunche, Changing International Norms, and the Congo Wars
Peter J. Hoffman
Peace & Security in an Era of Privatization: the International Order of Ralph Bunche and Today’s Private Military Companies
Ingrid Naesen
Ralph Bunche and the Continued Conflict in the Middle East
Discussants: Fen O. Hampson, Kenneth Menkhaus

March 19, 2004
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

The African American Studies Program and the International History Institute at Boston University

Executive Leadership Center , Boston University School of Management

Ralph Bunche and the American Experience

Conference

March 21, 2004
1:30-3:00 pm

Humanist Chaplain,

Harvard University
Science Center

Ralph Bunche

Talk by Professor Lawrence Finkelstein
March 22, 2004 York University
Keele Campus
Toronto, Canada

Is The UN Still Relevent?

Guest lecturer: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information

March 29, 2004
8:00 pm

International House New York

RSVP. at 212-316-8472

The Plight of the Internally Displaced: A Challenge to the International Community

Dr. Francis Mading Deng

April    
April 1, 2004
7:30 pm

SUNY Cortland

Sperry Center , Room 214
Ralph Bunche Centennial Celebration

A Physician's View on Peace and Justice

Presented by Dr. Victor W. Sidel
April 5, 2004 Friends School , Kingsbury School , Miller School

Friends School Peace Day

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Screening and Discussion

April 6, 2004

Smithsonian Institute & University of Maryland
Washington, D.C.

Conference

Rhodes Revisited
With the participation of the representative from each signatory country

April 7, 2004 Boston College

Ralph Bunche: Legend and Legacy
Lecture by Lawrence Finkelstein

April 11 – July 4, 2004

Queens Museum of Art
New York

Exhibition
Ralph Bucnhe: Diplomat for Peace and Justice

April 13, 2004
6:30-8:30 pm

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies & The Center for Humanities CUNY Graduate Center

Segal Theatre

For reservations call 212-817-8215 General Admission $ 5.00. Free to CUNY Students  

The U.S. Commitment to the United Nations: Then and Now

Then: International Cooperation in 1945
Steven Schlesinger
Director, World Policy Institute

April 13, 2004
7:30-9:00 pm

Community Coalition and the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School

South Orange Middle School Little Theater

Ralph Bunche-Champion of Peace and Human Dignity

Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Rivlin

April 15, 2004

Whittier College

54th Session of Model United Nations Conference in Burlingame, California

Keynote address on Ralph Bunche delivered by Professor Charles Henry

April 15, 2004
7:30 pm

SUNY Cortland

Sperry Center , Room 214

Ralph Bunche Centennial Celebration Film

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

William Greaves Production

Introduction by Seth Asumah
April 17, 2004
8:30-10:15 am
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
Chicago, Palmer House Hotel
Panel: Ralph Bunche – Nobel Laureate, Scholar and Domestic Activist
Chair: Joseph Stewart, Jr., University of New Mexico
Paper: TBA
Paula D. McClain, Duke University
Paper: Ralph Bunche: A Political Scientist for the 20th Century
Dianne M. Pinderhughes, University of Illinois
Paper: A World View of Race
Charles P. Henry, University of California, Berkley
Disc.: Joseph Stewart, Jr., University of New Mexico

For more information, please visit:
http://mpsa.indiana.edu/2004Program/section1.pdf

April 17, 2004
1:30-3:15 pm
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
Chicago, Palmer House Hotel
Panel: Ralph Bunche – Nobel Laureate and International leader

Chair: Lawrence Finkelstein
Paper: A Critical Evaluation of Ralph Bunche as International Civil Servant
Y
ves Beigbeder, Webster University, Geneva
Paper: Ralph Bunche and Peacekeeping
James Jonah, City University of New York
Paper: Ralph Bunche and Africa
Princeton Lyman, Council on Foreign Relations
Disc.: Paul Diehl, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

For more information, please visit:
http://mpsa.indiana.edu/2004Program/section1.pdf

April 21, 2004
6:30 - 8:30 pm

The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies & The Center for Humanities CUNY Graduate Center

Skylight Room

For reservations call 212-817-8215 General Admission $ 5.00. Free to CUNY Students  

The U.S. Commitment to the United Nations: Then and Now

Now: In the Wake of Iraq and the Election in 2004
Edward C. Luck
Sir Brian Urquhart
Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani
Ambassador Gert Rosenthal
Thomas G. Weiss

April 24, 2004
2:00-5:00 pm

United Nations Association of the United States of America , New Jersey Division, and the Young Professionals for International Cooperation

The Newark Museum

Ralph Bunche Centenary at the Newark Museum

Presenters and Discussants:
Rep. Donald M. Payne
Patrick Hayford
Dr. Adolph Reed
E. Diana Cassells
Tomoko Yakoi

SVP to JimNelsonGlobal@yahoo.com

April 29, 2004
5:30-8:00 pm

United Nations Association of the United States and the Department of History, Geography and Political Science, Tennessee State University

Belmont United Methodist Church

59 th Annual Dinner and Plenary Meeting
The Life and Legacy of Ralph Bunche

Featured Speaker: Mr. George Saddler

April 29, 2004
7:30 pm

SUNY Cortland

Sperry Center , Room 214

Ralph Bunche Centennial Celebration

The Civil Rights: Decolonization Continuum in Ralph Bunche's Thought and Action

Presented by Dr. Benjamin Rivlin
April 30, 2004

The Department of History, Geography, and Political Science and the Tennessee State University International Affairs Society

10:00 am Room 202 Crouch Hall
11:00am Room 204 Crouch Hall

The Influence of Ralph Bunche on the Development of the United Nations

Speaker: Mr. George Saddler

May    
May 17 –June 27, 2004 United Nations University
Tokyo, Japan

Course
The United Nations System: International Civil Service and Contemporary Global Challenges

May 29, 2004

The OSS Society and the OSS-101 Association

Marriot Wardman Park, Washington, DC

The Office of Strategic Services
Posthumous William J. Donovan Award to Dr. Bunche

June    
June 3-4, 2004

Marcus Garvey Papers Project Globalization Research Center-Africa UCLA
Faculty Center , Royce Hall

Trustee for the Human Community: Ralph Bunche and the Decolonization of Africa

June 4, 2004
6:00 pm

Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church

Ralph Bunche Commemorative Reception

Viewing of William Greaves video module, Ralph Bunche. Early Years, Early Influence

June 5, 2004

University of New Mexico
Science Technology Park , Rotunda
Albuquerque , New Mexico

Ralph J. Bunche Commemorative Celebration

June 6-July 8, 2004 The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) at Duke University Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
June 10, 2004 UCLA Kenny Burrell premiers musical composition in honor of Ralph Bunche
July    
July 9, 2004 The American Society of International Law

Seeking Justice in Sierra Leone: Is the Special Court Working?

Speaker: Jane Stromseth, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

July 10-15, 2004 Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center
NAACP 95th Annual Convention, Philadelphia
Ralph Bunche photo exhibit and book display

July 30, 2004

12:30 – 2:00 pm

The American Society of International Law (Tillar House)

Washington, DC

Crisis in Darfur: International Law and the Prevention of Genocide

Speakers: Jerry Fowler and Gayle Smith

August    
August 2, 2004 Washington Regional Ralph Bunche Centenary Coordinating Committee, District of Columbia Public Schools

Union Station
Ralph Bunche Scholars Program Closing Event

August 4, 2004

Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training and
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Oral History Project of Minority Foreign Service and Foreign Affairs Officers

August 10, 2004

9:00 - 12:15 pm

Williams College
Williamstown , Massachusetts
Massachusetts Teachers Association Summer Conference
Workshop on Ralph Bunche
September    
September 3, 2004 – January 24, 2005 Smithsonian, National Museum of American History

Ralph Bunche: African American/Global Visionary

October    
October 14, 2004
8am-5pm
Howard University
Blackburn Center
Washington, D.C.

Ralph J. Bunche Centenary Conference

Moral Dilemma: A dialogue in Contemporary Issues in Domestic and International Affairs

November    
November 11, 2004
6pm-8pm
New School University Department of Media Studies and Film and The New School Diversity Committee

Parsons Auditorium

A Screening and Discussion with Bill Graves

Screenings:
The Making of a Scholar/Activist
A Black Scholar Investigates Colonialism

 


 

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