Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7pm VH 1010
Zoom recording
Patrick James, Dana and David Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California
International Relations – A Systemist Approach
Our world moves at a faster pace than ever before. In response, the field of International Relations has developed an ever-increasing range of theories and methods. Given the velocity of world politics, and the complexity of its academic study, how can we be expected to understand what is going on and communicate effectively about it? A systemist graphic approach is put forward as the answer to such questions. The systemist approach toward visualizing ideas will be presented through application to the Russo-Ukrainian War. This review of the war as it has unfolded so far is intended to show how systemism, a standardized graphic approach, can help with communication in and beyond the classroom.
Patrick James is the Dana and David Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California (PhD, University of Maryland, College Park). James is the author or editor of over 30 books and more than 170 articles and book chapters. Among his honors and awards are the Louise Dyer Peace Fellowship from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Lady Davis Professorship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Thomas Enders Professorship in Canadian Studies at the University of Calgary, Senior Scholar award from the Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, Quincy Wright Scholar Award from the International Studies Association (ISA) (Midwest), Beijing Foreign Studies University Eminent Scholar, Eccles Professor of the British Library, Ole R. Holsti Distinguished Scholar of the ISA (West), Official Visitor at Nuffield College of Oxford University, the Governor-General’s International Award in Canadian Studies, and the Albert S. Raubenheimer Award for outstanding teaching, scholarship and service at USC. James has been Distinguished Scholar in Foreign Policy Analysis for the ISA, 2006-07, Distinguished Scholar in Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration for the ISA, 2009-10, and Distinguished Scholar in Active Learning and International Studies for the ISA, 2021-22. James also has received the Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching Award and the Susan S. Northcutt Award from the ISA for actively working towards recruiting and advancing women and other underrepresented scholars in the profession. He served as President of the Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, 1998-99, President of the ISA (Midwest), 1999-2000, President of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2007-09, President of the International Council for Canadian Studies, 2011-13, President of the Peace Science Society, 2016-17, and President of the ISA, 2018-19. James is the Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations also served a five-year term as Editor of International Studies Quarterly.
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 7pm
Magruder 2001
Zoom recording
Fulbright in Uganda: Capacity Building and Fund Raising
Ernie Troy Hughes, Ph.D.
U.S. Department of State
Fulbright Specialist Program, Summer 2023
Makerere University Business School
Kampala, Uganda
Build Infrastructure to Create Philanthropic Opportunities
(FSP-P008061)
Come hear Dr. Ernie Hughes discuss his Fulbright experience in tropical East Africa, where he was a consultant for one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious universities, Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda. At Makerere, he was in the Fulbright Scholar Specialist Program, which was to help build infrastructure to create philanthropic opportunities for the university. His mission was to help Makerere raise money to keep its institution running effectively. To do so, Dr. Hughes had to navigate cross cultural barriers and seek common understanding to achieve the program’s goals.
The Fulbright Specialist Program sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at academic institutions abroad for 2 to 6 weeks. The cultural exchange through direct interaction in the classroom, field, home, and everyday life allowed me to gain an appreciation of Ugandan cultural practices. The exchange between the two universities continues to be a productive ground for creativity while facilitating innovation and building a solid partnership.
My Goal during my Fulbright onsite engagement was to encourage the team to build stronger partnerships and views with the following strategies:
Operational systems: Analysis of the host institution’s infrastructure to make recommendations to ensure that it has the appropriate operating system for fundraising and the internal capacity it needs to develop philanthropic resources.
Infrastructure: Analysis of the host institution infrastructure to make recommendations to the proposed development staff appropriate to ensure its fundraising goals and the program elements needed to reach those goals. It assists the host institution in defining clear goals and objectives, especially in developing a solid alumni base.
Capacity building: Analysis of the operational efficiencies to make recommendations to enable the host institution and its leadership to develop competencies and skills to make them more effective and financially sustainable, thus increasing the potential for philanthropic giving to enrich lives and address society’s most intractable operations.
Systems readiness: Analyze and evaluate the host institution’s current fundraising operations to determine where the need to focus efforts and resources is to get better results. Accounting systems are needed to record gifts and donor stewardship.
Structure proposal: International foundations, corporations, and high-net-worth donors
Ernie Toy Hughes, Ph.D.
Vice President for University Advancement
Office of University Advancement Office
McClain Hall 205
ehughes@truman.edu
660-785-4133