Members of the Carolina Friends of the Foreign Service may be interested in the following announcement:
Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professorship
@ UNC-Chapel Hill
Prof. Klaus Larres
Krasno Events Series - Fall 2017
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I would like to let you know about the forthcoming events in the Krasno Events Series. At present the series consists of our lecture series on "The U.S. in World Affairs" with eminent scholars and our "Ambassadors Forum" with distinguished diplomats.
Please be so kind as to have a look at the schedule below. All events are open to the public and free of charge (no RSVP required).
It would be wonderful to see you again this semester. For those of you living too far away or otherwise unable to attend the events, we will videotape all events and publish them on our you tube channel: www.youtube.com/KrasnoUNC
I will also send out reminders and individual flyers closer to the date of each event listed below.
September 14, 2017:
(5.30pm, Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library, UNC)
Prof. Robbert Dijkgraaf
(Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ; eminent Dutch scientist)
"The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge"
Lecture and panel discussion
Friday, October 13:
(4.00pm, Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library, UNC)
Ambassador Christian Prosl and Ambassador Franz Cede
(Dr Prosl is the former Austrian ambassador to the U.S. and Germany;
Dr Cede is the former Austrian ambassador to Russia and NATO)
"Small but Influential:
Austria, Europe, and the World from 1945 to the Present"
Lecture & book presentation and panel discussion
November, 9-10, 2017:
International conference:
TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TODAY:
HOW DO THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIES DEAL WITH TERRORISM?
(co-organized with Prof. Tobias Hof, UNC-Chapel Hill)
Keynote address by Prof. Bruce Hofman of Georgetown University on November 9, 5.30pm
(Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library, UNC)
Various panel presentations on November 10, starting at 9.00am, Pleasants Family Room. The panel presentations
deal with the most important aspects of the nature of international and also domestic terrorism and include many renowned scholars and policy makers.
All events: ALL WELCOME - students, faculty, administrators, and certainly also members of the general public.
I am greatly looking forward to seeing you at our first event this semester on September 14, 2017, 5.30pm.
Please do not hesitate to come and join us. There will always be an inspiring and fruitful Q and A session.
With my best wishes, see you soon,
Klaus Larres
