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“Economic Relations Between U.S. and Canada: A Positive Note” 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
 
“Sino-European Relations: Key Issues and Impact on U.S.-China Relations” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“The Power and Limits of Law: Territorial and Maritime Disputes” 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
 
“Salsa Class: Beginners and Intermediate” 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
 
“United Nations Guidance for Effective Mediation"” 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
 
“The African Development Bank: Young Professionals Program” 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
 
“Cookie Hour” 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 
“Nagorno-Karabakh: Understanding Conflict” 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
 
“New Challenges in Europe and the Middle East: A Conversation With Julianne Smith” 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
 
“Advanced Salsa and Tango Class” 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
 
“NATO’s European Allies: Military Capability and Political Will” 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
 
“TEDxMassAveChange” 11:45 AM to 1:30 PM
 
“Ensuring Global Food Security in 2050: Building Resilience to Climate Impacts” 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
 
“Russian Security and Defense Policy: Why Russia Is Not Stuck in the Cold War and Why That Is a Problem” 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
 
“A Kingdom’s Future: Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of Twentysomethings” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“Colombia After the Peace Negotiations” 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM
 
“Central Asia’s Quest for a Useable Past: The Search for the Ancient Sogdians” 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
 
“Development and Security Conference on Asia” 8:45 AM to 4:15 PM
 
“Alternative Asset Management in the Age of Uncertainty” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“Changing the Security Environment in Asia and the Pacific: Perspectives of International Law” 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
 
“Why Growth Matters” 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
 
“The Grain Chain: Food Security and Managing Wheat Imports in Arab Countries” 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
 
“United States Institute of Peace: Off-Site Visit” 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
 
“Invisible Entanglements: Language, Religion and Politics” 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
 
CANCELLED: “How to End the Battle for Syria?” 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
 
“Trade and Development: World Trade Organization and the Doha Development Round” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“Toastmasters” 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
 
“The Albright Stonebridge Group Presentation” 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
 
 
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“Energy and Security in the Middle East and North Africa After the Arab Spring” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“Reflections on Washington: A Journalist’s Perspective” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“When God Means War, When God Means Peace: Explaining the Wild Variation in Religious Politics” 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“The April 26 Almaty ‘Istanbul Process’ Meeting: Toward Clarity on Post 2014 Afghanistan?” 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes: Towards Institutional Legitimacy” 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
 
“The European Parliament: America’s Legislative Partner for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 
“How the United States and Europe Can Cooperate in the Middle East” 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
 
“Unlocking the Peace Puzzle in Obama’s Second Term” 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
 
“U.S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade Presentation” 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
 
“Governance and Security in the Sahelian States: From Crisis to Sustainable Recovery - Day 1” 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
 
“SAIS Social Entrepreneurship Initiative General Meeting” 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
 
“From Abenomics to the Senkakus: A Report From Tokyo” 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
 
“Foreign Service Officer Test: Written Prep Session” 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM
 
“A New Economic Landscape: Promoting Women in Emerging Markets” 8:15 AM to 4:30 PM
 
“Governance and Security in the Sahelian States: From Crisis to Sustainable Recovery - Day 2” 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
 
“Sustainable Development Career Panel” 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
 
“Impact Investing and Sustainable Development” 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
 
“Carana Corporation: Off-Site Visit” 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
 
“Will Europe Go for Shale?” 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
 
 
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“Stanford University M.B.A. Program Information Session” 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 
 
 
 
“The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat” 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
 
 
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April 2013

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SAIS Washington DC
2013-2014 Academic Calendar

Fall 2013

TBD

Economics waiver exams, online: Micro, Macro, Trade, Monetary & Statistics

TBD

Economics waiver exams, online: Micro, Macro, Trade Monetary & Statistics

Monday, June 3-Thursday, July 25, 2013

Summer Programs

Friday, June 14, 2013

Deadline to meet requirements for May, 2013 degree conferral

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Independence Day-- SAIS is closed

Monday, July 12 , 2013

Course registration opens online

Monday, July 29-Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Pre-Term Program

Monday, August 19, 2013

Final day to submit to Registrar’s Office- request for Change of Concentration for fall semester

Monday, August 19, 2013

Part-Time/Non-Degree application/registration deadline

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Payment for Fall 2013 tuition is due at 5:00 p.m.

TBA

Economics Waiver Exams Proctored on Site:
Statistics: 10:00 a.m.-12 noon & 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Trade: 10:00 a.m.-12 noon
Monetary: 2:00-4:00 p.m.  

TBA

Economics Waiver Exam Proctored on Site:
Microeconomics: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Macroeconomics: 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Thursday, August 29-Friday, August 30, 2013

Orientation

Friday, August 30, 2013

6 PM Deadline for registration for all Non-Language courses – ALL STUDENTS MUST BE REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN BIDDING.  ROUND ONE OF BIDDING OCCURS THE WEEKEND BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN.
Conferral date for summer degree completion

Monday, September 2, 2013

Labor Day -- SAIS is closed

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Classes begin 

Monday, September 9, 2013

9 PM DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR ROUND TWO OF BIDDING FOR THE FALL TERM.

Tuesday, September 3-Monday, September 16

Drop/Add non-language courses online  

Tuesday, September 3-
Friday, September 6, 2013

Language Placement/Proficiency Examinations

Friday, September 6, 2013

Core Exams: assigned rooms TBA
AFP: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Theories of IR: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
CNS: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Evolution of the Intl Sys.: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 10-Monday, September 23, 2013
Tuesday, September 17-Monday, September 30, 2013

Language registration drop/add
Exceptional Drop/Add in person in the Registrar’s Office for Non-Language Courses with faculty signature

Tuesday, October 1, 2013-
Monday, October 21, 2013

Course Withdrawal Period -- a “W” will be placed on a student’s transcript when a non-language or language course is dropped during this period.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Last day to register for an Audit or change course registration from Credit to Audit

Tuesday, October 28, 2013

Deadline to submit incomplete grades for Spring 12 without grade restriction

Friday, November 1, 2013

Deadline to request Leave of Absence for Spring 2014

Monday, November 25- Friday, November 29

Fall Break

Monday, December 2, 2013

Classes resume

Monday, December 9, 2013

Online Registration for Spring 2014 opens

Monday, December 2- Friday, December 6, 2013

Language Proficiency Examinations

Monday, December 9, 2013

Last Day of Classes for Fall Semester; incomplete grades from spring semester become failures; last day to change a course from Audit to Credit

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Reading Day; Oral Exams to qualify for Honors;
Core Exams: assigned rooms TBA
AFP: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Theories of IR: 1:00-4:00 p.m.  

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Reading Day; Micro A.M./Trade P.M all sections Final Exams

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Oral Exams to qualify for Honors;
Core Exams: assigned rooms TBA
CNS: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Evolution of the Intl Sys.: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Friday, December 13, 2013  

Reading Day; Macro A.M. /Monetary P.M. Final Exams

Monday, December 16-
Friday, December 20, 2013

Final Exams

Friday, December 27, 2013

Fall Semester final grades due

Monday, December 30, 2013

Conferral date for fall degree completion

Monday, December 23-Monday, January 24, 2014

Mid-Year Break


Spring 2014

TBD

Economics  waiver examinations – online
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics for Spring 13 admits;
Trade, Monetary, Statistics open to all first year DC Students

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Tuition payment for Spring 2014 is due no later than 5:00 p.m.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Orientation for students for Spring 2014 Deadline for Online Registration for all Non-Language Courses 6:00 p.m. 
ALL STUDENTS MUST BE REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN BIDDING.  ROUND ONE OF BIDDING OCCURS THE WEEKEND BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Classes begin

Friday, January 31, 2014

6 PM DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR ROUND TWO OF BIDDING FOR THE SPRING TERM.

Monday, January 27- Friday, February 7, 2014

Drop/Add online period for Non-Language Courses 

Tuesday, January 28, 2014-
Friday, January 31, 2014

Language placement/proficiency exams        

Friday, January 31, 2014

Core Exams: assigned rooms TBA
AFP: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Theories of IR: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
CNS: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Evolution of the Intl Sys.: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 4,- Friday February 14, 2014

Language classes begin students must submit proof of registration to their language instructor; Language Drop/Add after this period requires authorization from the language program coordinator or director. 

Monday, February 10, 2014-
Friday, February 21, 2014

EXCEPTIONAL Drop/Add in Person for Non-Language Courses at the Registrar’s Office  

Monday, February 17, 2014

Presidents’ Day -- Classes will  be held

Monday, February 24- Friday, March 14, 2014

Course Withdrawal Period – a “W” will be placed on a student’s transcript when a non-language or language course is dropped during this period

Friday, March 14, 2014

Last day to register for Audit or change courses from Credit to Audit

Monday, March 17, 2014-
Friday, March 21, 2014

Spring break

Monday, March 24, 2014

Classes resume

Friday, March 21, 2014

Deadline to submit incomplete grades for Fall without grade restriction

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Deadline to request Leave of Absence for Fall 2014

Monday, April 28,-Friday, May 2, 2014

Language Proficiency Examinations

Friday, May 2, 2014

Last day of classes for Spring Semester;  incomplete grades from fall semester become failures; last day to change a course from Audit to Credit

Monday, May 5-May 9, 2014

Reading Days; Capstone completion;
Oral Exams to qualify for graduation with honors

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Core Exams: assigned rooms TBA
AFP: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Theories of IR: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Reading Day; Micro a.m./Trade p.m. all sections, Final Exams

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Core Exams: assigned rooms TBA
CNS: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon; Evolution of the Intl Sys.: 1:00-4:00 p.m. 

Friday,  May 9, 2014

Reading Day; Macro a.m./Monetary p.m. all sections, Final Exams

Monday, May 12,-Friday, May 16, 2013

Final Exams; consult the final exam schedule  

Monday, May 19, 2014

Spring semester grades due  

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Degree conferral /University wide commencement ceremony

TBA

Economics and Statistics Waiver Examinations – Online  

Monday, June 2, 2013-Thursday, July 24, 2014

Summer Programs

Friday, June 13, 2014

Deadline to meet requirements for spring degree conferral

Monday, July 28, 2014-Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Pre-Term for Academic Year 2014-2015


Spring 2013 Final Exam Schedule

Foundation Economics Final Exams - May 8 & May 10, 2013

Micro all sections Wednesday, May 8, 9:00am-12:00 noon Trade all sections Wednesday, May 8, 1:00pm-4:00pm Macro all sections Friday, May 10, 9:00am-12:00noon Monetary all sections, Friday, May 10, 1:00pm-4:00pm

Final Exam Week - Monday, May 13 - Friday, May 17, 2013

Monday

9am - 12pm

Monday 8am classes

1pm - 4pm

Monday afternoon classes

6pm - 9pm

Monday evening classes

Tuesday

9am - 12pm

Tuesday 8am classes

1pm - 4pm

Tuesday afternoon classes

6pm - 9pm

Tuesday evening classes

Wednesday

9am - 12pm

Monday 10:15 - 12:15 classes

1pm - 4pm

Wednesday afternoon classes

6pm - 9pm

Wednesday evening classes

Thursday

9am - 12pm

Thursday 8am classes

1pm - 4pm

Thursday afternoon classes

6pm - 9pm

Thursday evening classes

Friday

9am - 12pm

Make-ups

1pm - 4pm

Friday afternoon classes

Final Exams are generally scheduled during Final Exam Week on the same day the class meets throughout the semester, with a few exceptions:

Monday 10:15 am classes hold their final exams on Wednesday morning at 9am.

Foundation Economics courses (non-accelerated Micro, Macro, Trade, Monetary) hold final exams during the week prior to "Final Exam Week".

Core Courses may/may not hold a final exam during "Final Exam Week" please consult your syllabus if you are taking the Core course for credit

Exams meet in the same room assigned during the semester, unless specified by the instructor. If no final exam is noted in a course syllabus, you should inquire with the instructor to determine if you need to plan for a final exam.


Events in Bologna

April 2013

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Economic Crises and Democratic Response: Error Correcting or Error Compounding 2013-04-08 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire (Part I of a Four-part Series) 2013-04-11 10:30 to 12:30
 
Horizon 202, Creative Destruction of the Aid Industry 2013-04-11 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
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Populism and Democracy 2013-04-15 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire (Part II of a Four-part Series) 2013-04-18 10:30 to 12:30
 
Can Israel Adapt to a Changing Middle East? 2013-04-18 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
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A Fractured Nation?: Italian Unification and its Consequences (Part III of a Three-part Series) 2013-04-22 11:00 to 13:00
 
The League of Nations and the Meaning of Security, 1920-1946 2013-04-22 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire (Part III of a Four-part Series) 2013-04-25 10:30 to 12:30
 
Feminist International Relations: What, When, Why and How? 2013-04-25 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
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The Pussy Riot Case and the Media in Russia 2013-04-29 18:30 to 20:30
 
 
 
 
 
 

2013 - 2014 Academic Calendar for Bologna

  Pre-Term Program
Tue. & Wed. June 25 & 26Economics Waiver exams in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade Theory, International Monetary Theory, and Statistics
Mon. July 1Deadline for Registration for pre-term in Bologna
Mon. Aug. 12Housing service begins
Wed. Aug. 21 to
Tue. Sept. 17		Pre-Term Program (four weeks)
Micro- and Macroeconomics Courses, Intensive English and Italian, and Survival Italian
Mon. Sept. 9Course Registration opens online and academic advising begins
Tue. & Wed. Sept. 10 & 11Economics waiver exams: second sessions - this is the last opportunity to take the Micro- and Macroeconomics waivers.
 Fall Semester
Wed. Sept. 18 to Fri. Sept. 20Orientation and Registration: all students must be present at school by Wednesday, September 18. In addition to academic advising and information
Fri. Sept. 20Deadline for preliminary course registration and Deadline for payment of the first semester tuition fee
Mon. Sept. 23First day of classes (non-language)
Tue. Sept. 24 and Wed. Sept. 25Language placement tests
Wed. Sept. 25 & Fri. Sept. 27Language proficiency exams
Tue. Oct. 1First day of language classes
Mon. Oct. 7Deadline for changing course registration (all courses)
Mon. Dec. 9Deadline for preliminary course registration for the second semester (non-language courses only)
Tue. Dec. 17 and Wed. Dec. 18Final exams for language courses
Fri. Dec. 20Last day of classes for fall semester

Saturday, December 21 through Sunday, January 5: winter break (two weeks)

2014
Mon. Jan. 6 - Fri. Jan. 17Final examinations for the fall semester
Tue. Jan. 7Language proficiency exams
Mon. Jan. 13Deadline for registration for language courses for the spring semester

Saturday, January 18 through Sunday, January 26: semester recess (one week)


 Spring Semester

Mon. Jan. 27
First day of classes, 2nd semester
Change of Registration (drop/add) available online
Deadline for payment of 2nd semester tuition fee
Tue. Jan. 28 - Wed. Jan. 29Language placement tests (written/oral)
Fri. Jan. 31First day of language classes
Mon. Feb. 10Deadline for changing registration (all courses)
Sat. Mar. 15Last day of classes before spring break

Sun. Mar. 16 through Sun. Mar. 22: spring break (one week)

Mon. Mar. 24Classes resume
Mon. Apr. 21Holiday - no classes
Tue. Apr. 21Classes as usual
Tue. Apr. 22 to Mon. Apr. 28Last week of language classes (no bi-weekly Mon/Tue classes)
Tue. Apr. 29 to Mon. May 5Last week of classes
Tue. & Wed. Apr. 29 & 30Final examinations for language courses
Fri. May 2Language Proficiency Exams
Mon. May 5Last day of classes for the spring semester
Tue. May 6 to Fri. May 16Final exams for the spring semester (two weeks)
Fri. May 16Closing Ceremony and Commencement for graduating students
Fri. May 30Spring Semester grades due and end of academic yeaer

Events in Nanjing

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2012-2013 Academic Calendar for Hopkins-Nanjing Center

Academic Calendar

2012 - 2013

Fall Semester 2012

September 8-9Check-in
September 10-14Orientation
September 17Classes begin
September 30Mid-Autumn Festival holiday
October 1-7Chinese National Day holiday
October 12Drop-change period ends
November 17-25Fall Break
December 25Christmas Day holiday
January 1 / 2013New Year's Day holiday
January 11Last day of fall semester classes
January 12Winter vacation begins
January 16Last day of residence in the Center

The Center's facilities are closed from January 17 to February 20. (February 10, 2013 is Chinese New Year)

Spring Semester 2013

February 20First day of residence in the Center
February 25Classes begin
March 15Drop-change period ends
April 6-14Spring break
May 1International Labor Day holiday
June 12Dragon Boat Festival holiday
June 20Last day of spring semester classes
June 21Commencement ceremony
June 22Summer vacation begins
June 26Last day of residence in the Center

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