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Past Conferences and Symposiums

Date: October 11, 2024

Details: The State Cybersecurity Awareness Symposium serves as a platform for fostering collaboration, disseminating vital information and promoting cybersecurity awareness among state agencies, while engaging a diverse group of partners across industry, academia and government. 

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Date: October 4, 2024

Details: This symposium of experts will aim to analyze and investigate the role of AI technology in international relations and its role in elections. The keynote interview, "Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from AI" will also discuss the negative consequences of AI usage in elections and how it affects racial and ethnic minorities. The symposium includes many speakers and moderators with experience in various fields such as area studies, human geography, cyber security, and law.

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Date: May 29, 2024

Details: This symposium of experts will delve into the critical aspects and significance of 45 years of the Taiwan Relations Act. This anniversary comes at a time of new leadership in Taiwan with the inauguration of President Lai Ching-te on May 20. Understanding the continued ties between Taiwan and the United States is key for comprehending the intricate dynamics of international trade and diplomacy, both in East Asia and globally.

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Date: May 10-11, 2024

Details: The Transpacific Intercultural Collaboration (TIC) Research Symposium is the culmination of a multi-year, interdisciplinary research group at the University of South Carolina. The TIC Research Group consists of faculty belonging to four different programs across campus, specializing in fields of literature, visual arts, and musicology, and over the past two and a half years has fostered a lively cross-disciplinary dialogue on Transpacific Studies.

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Date: October 13, 2023

Details: Featuring over 10 expert speakers, this conference explored the current state of cybersecurity and raised awareness of its increasing importance in South Carolina and the United States. 

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Date: September 27, 2023

Speakers: Dr. Tuo-Hung (Alex) Hou, Director General of the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute; Russell Hsiao, Executive Director of Global Taiwan Institute; Dr. Chris Miller, Associate Professor, Fletcher School, Tufts University, Author of Chip Wars; Dr. Andrew Spicer, Associate Professor, Sonoco Dept. of International Business, Darla Moore School of Business, USC

Details: This symposium brings together experts on trade and diplomacy to discuss the critical role of Taiwan in supplying the world’s advanced semiconductors (chips).

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Date: March 21, 2017

Guests of Honor: Moncef Marzouki, Former President of Tunisia from 2011-2014; Jim Hodges, Former Governor of South Carolina

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Date: November 18, 2016

Speaker: Lauren Eldridge, Spelman College

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Date: November 17, 2016

Details: This informational session allowed students to ask advisors any questions about the global studies degree.

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Date: November 15, 2016

Details: This talk was a part of the 2016 International Education Week at the University of South Carolina.

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Date: November 14, 2016

Speaker: Dr. Maxim Romanov-Research Fellow, Universitat Leipzig

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Date: April 15, 2016

Details: A celebration for the end of the semester and our awardees for the academic year of 2015-2016! 

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Date: April 12, 2016

Details: The democratization of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe since 1989 stands in marked contrast to the political travails seen in the region during the 1920s and 1930s. An obvious difference between the two periods is the vastly more conducive and supportive environment for democratization that existe

Date: February 18, 2016

Details: Latin American Studies Program hosted a Capoeira Master Class held by Jesse Colon from Capoeira Charleston.

Date: November 11, 2015

Speaker: Dr. Phil Dorroll, Assistant Professor of Religion at Wofford College.

Date: September 22, 2015

Details: Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, the School of Music at University of South Carolina, and the Society of Indian Performing Arts hosted sitarist, Anupama Bhagwat on Saturday, September 5, 2015 for a free Indian Classical Music Concert. She is accompanied by Amit Kavthekar on tabla.

 

 

 


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