2014-2015 Teachers’ Workshop Agenda

*As of December 4th, 2014*

Adobe Connect Meeting URL: http://middlebury.adobeconnect.com/cifteachers/

Streaming from the MIIS Digital Learning Commons Studio

All listed dates and times are US Pacific Standard Time (PST) unless noted otherwise. For local time conversion, use this site. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

 

Tuesday, December 2nd

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM (PST)
Welcome Remarks
Bryan Lee, Interim Deputy Director and Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at CNS

Overview of the CIF Project and Teachers Workshop
Masako Toki, Project Manager, Nonproliferation Education Program and CNS Research Associate

 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (PST)
Introduction of 2014-2015 Mini-Projects
Masako Toki, Project Manager, Nonproliferation Education Program and CNS Research Associate

 Wednesday, December 3rd

10:00 AM -11:30 AM (PST)
Lecture 1: Introduction to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regimes, Amanda Moodie, Research Associate, International Organizations & Nonproliferation Program

12:00 PM -1:30 PM (PST)
Lecture 2: 2015 NPT Review Conference and the Humanitarian Initiative, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Director, International Organization and Nonproliferation Program CNS, Washington DC

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (PST)
Lecture 3: Nuclear Weapons in Today’s World: Where Are We, How Did We Get Here, and the Future, Dr. Jeffrey Knopf, Program Chair, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, MIIS

 

Thursday, December 4th

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (PST)
Lecture 4: What are nuclear weapons? Scientific Perspectives. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Adjunct Professor & Scientist in Residence

Friday, December 5th

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (PST)
Lecture 5: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Impact of the actual use of nuclear weapons Masako Toki, Project Manager, Nonproliferation Education Program and CNS Research Associate

Monday, December 8th

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (PST)
Lecture 6: Effects of the Use of Nuclear Weapons, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Adjunct Professor & Scientist in Residence

 Tuesday, December 9th

 3:00 -4:30 PM (PST)
Lecture 7: Advancing Nuclear Disarmament: The Role of P-5, Benjamin Pack, CNS Research Associate

 Wednesday, December 10th

 10:30 AM -12:00 PM (PST)
Lecture 8: Role of Civil Society in Nuclear disarmament, Rhianna Kreger, Managing Editor, The Nonproliferation Review & WMD Junction

Thursday, December 11th

 2:30 PM-3:00 PM (PST)
Introducing Peace and Disarmament Education in Hiroshima by Chinobu Takami and Gerald O’Sullivan, Hiroshima Jogakuin High School

 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM (PST)
Introducing Useful Resources, Masako Toki

3:30 PM-4:30 PM (PST)
Wrap Up Session, and Discussion for the Spring Conference, Masako Toki

 THIRD WEEK (TBD)

 Monday, December 15th

10:00 AM -12:00 PM (PST)
Lecture 9: Economic Impact of Nuclear Weapons, Stephen Schwartz, Editor, The Nonproliferation Review & WMD Junction

 

Tuesday, December 16th

 10:00 AM-12:00 PM (PST)

Workshop 1: How to Cite Sources Correctly, Stephen Schwartz

Workshop 2: How to Make Effective Presentations, Stephen Schwartz

Workshop 3: Focusing Your Message, Stephen Schwartz