International Scene Lecture Series – What’s Ahead?

The 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II and the Founding of the United Nations International Scene Lecture Series, Fall 2025 What’s Ahead? with Fergal Mythen, Irish Ambassador to the United Nations “Saving the future generations from the scourge of war”

With commentary by Hofstra Professors Carolyn Eisenberg, Department of History David Green, Department of Political Science

International Scene Series Co-Directors: Professor Carolyn Eisenberg, Department of History Professor Linda Longmire, Global Studies Program Professor Martin Melkonian, Department of Economics Hofstra University

Thursday October 30, 2:40 p.m. Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

International Scene Lecture Series, Fall 2024 – U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2024 Election

THE CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT’S INSTITUTE FOR PEACE STUDIES and the HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER in collaboration with L.I. ALLIANCE FOR PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES presents: U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2024 Election Aaron Maté

Journalist and Host, The Grayzone and Pushback International Scene Series Co-Directors: Professor Carolyn Eisenberg, Department of History Professor Linda Longmire, Global Studies Program Professor Martin Melkonian, Department of Economics

Thursday, October 10 ,11:20 a.m. Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

A Diplomat’s Perspective: Was the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Inevitable? With Yuriy Sergeyev

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine about two months ago the world has been shocked by the atrocities committed by Russian troops. The documented evidence includes pillage, torture and rape, mass executions of civilians, and bombardments of residential areas. Almost 5 million people have fled the country. The questions on everyone’s mind are: Was it possible to prevent such horrors? Could diplomacy have played a more significant role to prevent the invasion? And, most importantly, is a diplomatic solution still possible. We will hear from the former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Nations, Mr. Yuriy Sergeev via Zoom from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Tuesday, April 26, 1-2 p.m. Virtual Event: Advanced registration is required. More info and to RSVP visit http://tiny.cc/rn0ruz Registrants will receive an email with the Zoom link to join the event.

International Scene Lecture: Tomorrow the World A Discussion of U.S. Global Strategy with Stephen Wertheim

Wertheim is a historian of the United States in the world and analyst of contemporary American grand strategy. He is a Senior Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is also a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges at Yale Law School. He specializes in U.S. foreign relations and international order from the late nineteenth century to the present. In his book, “Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy” (2020), he reveals how U.S. leaders made a sudden decision to pursue global military dominance, which they had previously regarded as unnecessary at best and imperialistic at worst.

Thursday, March 31, 1 p.m. Virtual Event: Advanced registration is required. More info and to RSVP visit http://tiny.cc/564quz