World Affairs Series
Since 1966 the World Affairs Committee - originally known as the Institute on World Affairs - has offered an annual series on a topic of international interest. The Committee on Lectures coordinates, reviews, and approves speakers and events planned by this committee.
Membership on the World Affairs Committee is open to all interested members of the university community. The Committee on Lectures appoints up to four representatives to World Affairs. These appointments are for three-year, renewable terms. The Office of the Provost appoints a faculty chair.
Students and faculty interested in joining should contact the Lectures Program director for upcoming meeting dates and times.
2017-18 World Affairs Series: The U.S. Role AbroadClick here for upcoming events in the series
Past World Affairs annual themes include:
| 1970 | Latin America: Que Direccion? |
| 1971 | The Role of the Military in the World |
| 1972 | World Power in Flux |
| 1973 | World Power in Flux |
| 1974 | The Human Prospect: Interrelationships of People and their Material World |
| 1975 | A Better Life? Agrarian Change in Developing Areas |
| 1976 | Gulliver's Troubles: The United States Role Abroad |
| 1977 | Human Dignity, Survival or Disaster — South Asia |
| 1978 | Humankind in the 1980s |
| 1980 | What's Ahead: The Challenge of the Eighties |
| 1981 | Prospects for Peace |
| 1982 | North-South Dialogue: Cooperation and Confrontation |
| 1983 | International Communications |
| 1984 | Central America and the Caribbean: Reform and Revolution |
| 1985 | Tyranny or Freedom: Which Side Are We On? |
| 1986 | Breaking the Barriers: The U.S.S.R. and the U.S. |
| 1987 | Revolution and Social Change |
| 1988 | The Pacific Rim Nations in the Twenty-First Century: Challenge for America |
| 1989 | Global Tomorrow: Transforming the Ecological Crisis |
| 1990 | Eastern Europe an the World in Transition |
| 1991 | The New World Order |
| 1992 | The New Economic Order |
| 1993 | Africa: Old Myths, New Realities |
| 1994 | Fifty Years after Hiroshima |
| 1995 | Religions in the World |
| 1996 | Population Development and Human Rights |
| 1997 | Who Owns the World: Biodiversity, Bioethics, and World Trade |
| 1998 | Why Should America Care? |
| 1999 | Globalization: Prospects for Democracy and Freedom |
| 2000 | Globalization: Trade, Debt, and Civil Disorder |
| 2001 | What Is Terrorism? Death and Globalization in the New Millennium |
| 2002 | Religion and Conflict |
| 2003 | Outside Looking In: International Perspectives on Foreign Policy |
| 2004 | Cultivating Democracy |
| 2005 | Global Justice and Human Rights |
| 2006 | Where Do We Go From Here? |
| 2007 | Global Justice and Human Rights |
| 2008 | Why Should We Care? |
| 2009 | Can We Save the World? |
| 2010 | In a World of Conflict: Finding a Way Out |
| 2011 | The World in Transition |
| 2012 | The World in Transition |
| 2013 | Development, Defense and Diplomacy |
| 2014 | Redefining Global Security |
| 2015 | Redefining Global Security |
| 2016 | Redefining Global Security |