International affairs expert to lecture on China, Russia

October 28, 2011

Marmian Grimes

Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
10/26/11

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Office of International Programs and Initiatives will host two presentations Thursday, Nov. 3 by Jonathan Adelman, an international affairs expert from University of Denver.

Adelman will meet with UAF students in the afternoon at the Honors House on Copper Lane. The presentation, “Emerging China, Russia and Israel: What it Really Means for Traveling Millennials,” is co-hosted by the UAF Honors Program.

Adelman’s second lecture “Emerging China and Russia: Impacts and Awareness for Alaska and Alaskans” is free and open to the public. It will take place in the Wood Center Ballroom from 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Adelman is a professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1976 and has been published numerous times regarding international affairs. He has worked with the U.S. State Department and served as doctoral dissertation advisor to former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He currently is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington D.C.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Brandon Ilgen at 907-474-7157 or bmilgen@alaska.edu.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Journalists wishing to cover Adelman’s meeting with students can do so, though that event is not open to the public due to space constraints. The meeting runs from noon-2 p.m. Adelman is also available for advance interviews by emailing jonathan.adelman@du.edu.

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