2007 A panel discussion on the new book Democracy’s Good Name The Rise and Risks of the World’s Most Popular Form of Government By Professor Michael Mandelbaum Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of the American Foreign Policy Program. Professor Mandelbaum will make brief opening remarks and chair the discussion The Panelists include: Sunil Khilnani Starr Foundation Professor and Director, South Asia Studies Program, SAIS, Robert Guest Washington Correspondent The Economist, Edward Lucas Deputy Editor, International Section Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent The Economist. After an introduction and brief remarks by the author, each panelist will speak for 10 minutes. The floor will then be open for questions and comments from the audience. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:30-7:00pm Rome Auditorium 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. No RSVP necessary. 2005 SAIS Professor Gleijeses Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Piero Gleijeses, SAIS professor of American foreign policy, has been named a 2005 Guggenheim Fellow to pursue his research on Cuban and U.S. policy toward Southern Africa in the Carter and Reagan years. The 186 fellows, chosen from more than 3,000 applicants of artists, scholars and scientists, are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. This year, Gleijeses is one of six Johns Hopkins faculty members awarded Guggenheim Fellows. SAIS Professor Fred Holborn Passes Away at Age 76
SAIS mourns the loss of longtime American Foreign Policy Professor Frederick L. Holborn, who passed away at his home in Washington, D.C., on June 3. He was 76. For more than 30 years, Holborn served as a symbol of academic excellence at SAIS, where some of his most noteworthy accomplishments included teaching and advising hundreds of students, directing the annual Crisis Simulation seminar, hosting the Election Night party and advising the American Political Science Association’s Congressional Fellowship Program. At SAIS’s commencement ceremony on May 26, Holborn received the Johns Hopkins Founder’s Award for his outstanding service. Click here for more information. Crisis Simulation 2005 information can be found on http://www.crisissimulation.org
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