Feb. 21: Burma/Myanmar challenges
Georgetown professor to discuss challenges facing Burma/Myanmar
8:04 a.m., Feb. 19, 2013--David Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, will give a talk titled “Burma/Myanmar: Internal and External Challenges” at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in 202 McDowell Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.
The talk is part of a speaker series sponsored by UD’s Center for Global and Area Studies (CGAS) titled “Conflict and Cooperation in the Global Arena.”
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June 5: Blue Hen 5K
University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.
June 6-9: Food and culture series
The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.
A former a member of the Senior Foreign Service, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Department of State, Steinberg is a frequent analyst and commentator on the politics of Myanmar/Burma. His most recent book, Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know, is published by Oxford University Press.