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Book Launch: Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865
26 July 2010
US Studies Centre postdoctoral fellow Mark W. Geiger's first book is Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865. The book was launched at an event at the University of Sydney hosted by former NSW premier and current member of the Centre's Board of Directors Bob Carr. Geiger's dissertation, on which the book is based, received Columbia University's Nevins Prize, awarded by the Economic History Association.
Ethical supply chains: An executive roundtable
2 July 2010
Dan Henkle, Senior Vice President of Global Responsibility, GAP Inc., delivered the keynote address at the Ethical Supply Chains roundtable hosted by the US Studies Centre and NSW Department of State and Regional Development. The goals of the event were to inform Australian leaders about cutting edge business action and academic research in ethical supply chains and to catalyze a conversation on strategies for adapting and implementing notions of ethical supply chains in Australia.
Jeffrey Schott: Trade policy in the Obama administration and the outlook for Asia- Pacific economic integration
17 June 2010
Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics Jeffrey Schott was special guest at a US Business Leadership Forum hosted by the US Studies Centre and JP Morgan. Schott spoke about Trade policy in the Obama administration and the outlook for Asia-Pacific economic integration to a distinguished group of business leaders.
Race in America, race in Australia: A public forum featuring Glenn Loury, Waleed Aly and Bob Carr
7 June 2010
The election in 2008 of Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the United States and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generations were watersheds in the history of race relations in both countries. But political and policy tensions continue to surround African-Americans and indigenous Australians in both countries and race relations in Australia and the US span broader issues in both societies including multiculturalism, immigration, security and inequality.
Glenn Loury, one of the US’s most influential African-American public intellectuals and a distinguished economist on race and inequality, and Waleed Aly, one of Australia’s most sought after voices on multiculturalism, spoke to former NSW Premier Bob Carr about these issues at this event.
Workshop on Inequality
7 June 2010
The Workshop on Inequality brought together American and Australian scholars from economics, history, political science and sociology to assess the state of the art in inequality research as well as to discuss new research challenges and opportunities in the wake of the global financial crisis. Inequality was viewed through different lenses including race, immigration, gender, and class.
China-US relations: Partners or rivals
2 June 2010
A luncheon panel discussion to celebrate the release of the second issue of American Review at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong. Featuring James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine and Chair in Media at the US Studies Centre; Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator for the Financial Times and Geoffrey Garrett, CEO of the US Studies Centre and Professor of Political Science at the University of Sydney; the panel discussed "China-US relations: Partners or rivals".
Mark Tushnet: Current issues and controversies in the US
19 May 2010
Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, spoke on the subject of "Current issues and controversies in the US” at a business leadership forum co-sponsored by the US Studies Centre and Baker & McKenzie.
Gail Fosler: What the financial crisis tells us about ourselves - A US perspective on economic and governance challenges
18 May 2010
Gail Fosler, former CEO of The Conference Board, spoke on the topic of "What the financial crisis tells us about ourselves: A US perspective on economic and governance challenges" at a business luncheon co-sponsored by the US Studies Centre and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Jonathan Greenblatt delivers lecture to undergraduate students
20 April 2010
Social entreprenuer and founder of All for Good, Jonathan Greenblatt, spoke about government, business and social responsibility in the US to a class of undergraduate students at the University of Sydney. The students are learning about the political environment in which business operates, and the relationship between government and business.
Peter Katzenstein: Why the clash of civilizations is wrong
25 March 2010
One of America’s leading political scientists, Cornell University's Peter Katzenstein, is particularly interested in the relevance of cultural categories for the analysis of world politics. In his lecture for Sydney Ideas he offers a critique of the Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization theory that conflict between distinct groups based on religion and cultural identities (eg Western, Islamic, Sinic) is inevitable, and will dominate in the post cold–war period.
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
The first black president may be the exception that proves the rule of a racially divided United States, says Professor Kevin Gaines.
Dr Mark Geiger discusses the previously unknown financial conspiracy which funded guerrillas during the Civil War.
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