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 Josef Korbel School Dean and Former Ambassador Christopher Hill

  

 

Recently, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and current dean of the Josef Korbel School, Christopher Hill wrote an op-ed on Syria for Project Syndicate.

Read the Op-Ed Here.

     

 Josef Korbel School Professor Erica Chenoweth

 

 

 

 

Assistant Professor Erica Chenoweth co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Peace Research.  The issue highlights the NAVCO data, a project co-lead by Chenoweth out of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center.

Read the Special Issue.

   

 

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  • Global Korea with Ambassador Hill and Ambassador Minton

  • Chenoweth Elected Councilor for the Peace Science Society (International)

    Assistant Professor Erica Chenoweth was selected as one of eight councilors for the Peace Science Society (International).

  • Boeing CEO Visits the Josef Korbel School

    “Cooperation and competition can coexist,” said W. James McNerney, Jr., chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company. This maxim was a key theme in a talk he delivered before 200 Josef Korbel School of International Studies students, faculty, and friends. The talk was part of the School’s Center for China-U.S. Cooperation’s Jackson/Ho China Forum.

  • Documentary Produced by Josef Korbel School Alumna

    Hellen Kassa (BA ’12) is gearing up for the premiere of the documentary she produced thanks to support she received from the University of Denver and Peter Van Arsdale, senior lecturer at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

  • Josef Korbel School Professor Receives Kanishka Project Grant

    Erica Chenoweth, assistant professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and Laura Dugan of the University of Maryland, were awarded funding from the Government of Canada to expand the Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) database to Canada.

  • NAVCO 2.0 Released

    The University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies today announced the release of Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) 2.0 dataset for download.

  • Ambler Call for a Revolution in our Food System

    John Ambler, Josef Korbel School alumnus and Vice President of Strategy at Oxfam America, called for concerted, long-term, and revolutionary action on multiple fronts to avert a future crisis in the world’s food systems.

  • Peter Van Arsdale Semi-Retires

    After teaching at University of Denver for 38 years, Applied Anthropologist and Josef Korbel School of International Studies Senior Lecturer Peter Van Arsdale is semi-retiring this school year.

  • Major General Buster Howes Visits the Josef Korbel School

    Major General Buster Howes, the Defense Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., offered his perspective, as a British soldier, on the current state of U.S. defense.

  • University of Denver Ranks No. 1 on Peace Corps’ List of Top Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Programs

    For the second consecutive year the University of Denver ranks No. 1 on Peace Corps’ 2013 list of top Paul D. Coverdell Fellows programs. Currently, there are 56 DU returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) enrolled as students. The University of Denver also took the No. 4 spot on the list of top Master’s International (MI) programs. There are currently 25 MI students making a difference overseas through Peace Corps service.

  • Jagla and Gates Receive Boren Fellowships

    Two Josef Korbel School graduate students have been awarded Boren Fellowships for the 2013-14 academic year.

  • Petrini: “who sows utopia can harvest reality”

    Nearly 100 students, faculty, and community members gathered in Sie 150 on the University of Denver campus to hear Petrini’s “Toward a New Paradigm for the Global Food System.” During this talk, Petrini illustrated that food is a political issue. “As never before, gastronomy, that is food science, is linked to politics,” explained Petrini.

  • The Korea Society at the Josef Korbel School

    Nearly 100 students, faculty, and University of Denver community members gathered in Sie Cheou-Kang Center, room 150 to hear from thought leaders on Korea, former Ambassador to South Korea and current dean of the Josef Korbel School Christopher Hill, and Ambassador Mark Minton, President of the Korea Society. The pair spoke about Korea’s international leadership and opportunities and challenges on the Korean Peninsula.

  • Dr. Fuad Hussein visits the Josef Korbel School

    Iraqi Kurdistan sits at the intersection of numerous trends, peoples, issues and conflicts. Situated between Turkey, Iran and Syria, it has been awash in conflict and uncertainty for years. However, things are changing. Dr. Fuad Hussein, Chief of Staff to the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, took some time to talk about the past, present and future of both Iraq as a whole and Iraqi Kurdistan in this latest podcast.

  • General Casey Visits the Josef Korbel School

    For the second consecutive year, Josef Korbel School of International Studies alumnus and former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General George Casey is spending two weeks at the Josef Korbel School conducting guest lectures and meeting with students. He will also be a panelist at “Lessons from the Iraq War, 10 Years On,” which will evaluate the lessons learned during the Iraq War.

  • Integrating Diplomacy and Social Media

    Social media has become a key form of communication around the globe. This was particularly seen during the Arab Spring of 2010, where protestors used social media to organize. In response to this shift in communications, last summer the Aspen Institute and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies convened the Dialogue on Diplomacy and Technology to ask the question “how can the diplomatic realm better utilize new communications technologies?”

  • John Ambler to visit Josef Korbel School

    As part of the Office of Career and Professional Development’s Professional in Residence series, John Ambler, vice president of strategy at Oxfam America, will visit the Josef Korbel School of International Studies on Monday, May 13.

  • General Casey leads a "Korbel Climb"

    This spring, the Korbel Climb student group hosted General George Casey, who led fifty current and prospective students through the rugged trails of the Colorado wilderness. As General Casey and the students noted, the Korbel Climb truly builds leadership skills and community among the future leaders of international affairs.

  • Josef Korbel School Student Among 2013 Rosenthal Fellows

    Josef Korbel School MA candidate is among the 2013 Roesenthal Fellows. The Fellowship provides graduate students at APSIA member schools the opportunity to spend a summer working on international relations related issues in the US government Executive Branch or the Congress.

  • Erica Chenoweth Receives Grawemeyer Award, Delivers Public Lecture

    Erica Chenoweth, an assistant professor at the Korbel School of International Studies, and Maria Stephan, a lead foreign affairs officer with the U.S. State Department, earned the Grawmeyer Award for the ideas set forth in their book, "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Non-Violent Conflict." Columbia University Press published the book in 2011.

  • Alumni panel offers students career advice

    Students filled the Cyber Café at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies this week to meet with several panels of Josef Korbel School alumni to discuss the private, government and nonprofit sector job markets in Denver. The Josef Korbel School’s Office of Career and Professional Development’s (OCPD) hosted the Networking Week.

  • Josef Korbel School students hold annual crisis simulation

    Few would envy the bureaucrats and politicians tasked with handling international crisis, especially those that involve multiple states and international organizations. Yet, every year, dozens of students at the Josef Korbel School commit themselves to working in just such an environment as part of the annual Crisis Engagement and Negotiation Exercise, or CENEX. A daylong simulation, CENEX hopes to create the sort of high-stakes, tense, fast-paced scenarios that Josef Korbel School students will likely have to face in their professional careers. Previous exercises have focused on scenarios such as changing relations in east East and southeast Southeast Asia resulting from the United States' "pivot" to the Pacific and simultaneous clashes in the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula.

  • Political Violence @ a Glance wins Award

    Erica Chenoweth's Blog Political Violence @ a Glance wins the 2013 Outstanding Achievement in International Studies (OAIS) Blogging Award for Most Promising New Blog

  • Two Panels Discuss Lessons Learned in the Iraq War

    Over 200 students, professors, and community members from across Colorado filled the Anderson Academic Commons on Wednesday, April 3 for two panel discussions on Lessons from the Iraq War, 10 Years On.

  • Josef Korbel School to host two panel discussions on the war in Iraq

    Josef Korbel School to host two panel discussions on the war in Iraq

  • Hill Kicks off Spring Quarter

    This spring quarter is filled with networking events, professional panels and guest visitors at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, one of the world’s leading schools in international relations, according to Dean Christopher Hill.

  • Sisk Co-Editor of Handbook of International Statebuilding

    Josef Korbel School Professor and Associate Dean of Research Timothy Sisk’s edited volume Routledge Handbook of International Statebuilding was published on March 20, 2013.

  • Office of Career and Professional Development Announce Spring 2013 Programming

    The Office of Career and Professional Development at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies has an exciting and busy workshop schedule for the spring quarter.

  • Ambassador Haslach Visits the Josef Korbel School of International Studies

    On March 4, 2013, the Josef Korbel School welcomed Ambassador Patricia Haslach, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.

  • Martha Raddatz Visits the Josef Korbel School

    On February 25, 2012, Over 100 students, faculty, and staff gathered at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies to hear from the ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz.

  • University of Denver Ranks No. 2 on Peace Corps Top Graduate Colleges List

    University of Denver Ranks No. 2 on Peace Corps Top Graduate Colleges List

  • Dean Hill on CBCNews

    Dean Hill recently spoke with CBCNews about North Korea's underground nuclear test

  • Islam and Democracy After the Arab Spring

    In a new policy brief Nader Hashemi, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, reminds readers that democratic transitions take time—and the Arab World is no exception.

  • University of Denver to Launch Center for Middle East Studies

    On Tuesday, February 26, the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies will officially launch its Center for Middle East Studies, the first institution of its kind in Colorado.

  • The University of Denver Officially Launches its Center for Middle East Studies

    The University of Denver’s Center for Middle East Studies kicked off its official launch with a lecture by Middle East expert and dean of the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, Vali Nasr.

  • China Center Scholars to Join Josef Korbel School

    On Friday, January 18, 2013, a delegation from Beijing Foreign Studies University, one of the top international studies universities in China, visited the University of Denver to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

  • University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies to Host Award-Winning Author

    Celebrated journalist and award-winning author Pankaj Mishra will visit the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies on January 24, 2013 at noon.

  • University of Denver's Center for Middle East Studies Hosts Conference on Crisis in Syria

  • University of Denver and China's Beijing Foreign Studies University to sign MOU

  • Health and Development Programs: The Building Blocks of Revolution

  • Researchers at the University of Denver Contribute to Major Intelligence Report

  • Government Actions in a Terror Environment-Israel Dataset is Released

  • Announcing the Opening of the Center for Middle East Studies

  • Korbel 2012-2013 Speaker Series

    This year's Korbel Speaker Series will explore issues of religion and violence.

  • Dean Christopher Hill speaks with BBC's Newsday

    Dean Christopher Hill discusses Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Syria

  • The Journal of Contemporary China is moving up in the ranks

    The Journal of Contemporary China (JCC), edited by Professor Suisheng (Sam) Zhao from the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School, is moving up in the ranks.

  • Center for Sustainable Development and International Peace Merges with the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy

    The merger of two academic centers will bring together the Josef Korbel School's research capacities on international peace and security under a single adminisstrative unit.

  • Institutions Partner to Promote Transparency in the Private Military and Security Industry

    The Sié Chéou-Kang Chenter for International Security and Diplomacy at the University of Denver’s Korbel School in partnership with the Geneva based Center for Democrtic Control of Armed Forces, DCAF, has created an online web portal containing all publicly available information on global private military and security services.

  • Five DU students win Fulbright scholarships

    Five University of Denver students have won Fulbright Scholarships to study or teach abroad in the 2012–13 academic year. This is the largest number of DU students to win Fulbright scholarships in more than 10 years.

  • A Josef Korbel School Alumnus in Washington DC

    However, I found that attending the Josef Korbel School set me apart from other job seekers that received their degree from within the beltway (the term affectionately given to DC). The connection with alumni was stronger.

  • Logistics Lessons for Humanitarian Emergencies

    Highlighting the importance of logistics in humanitarian emergencies, Save the Children Senior Operations Specialist and Josef Korbel School alum Jerry Montgomery spoke to students in the Humanitarian Assistance Certificate Program at the Josef Korbel School last week.

  • University of Denver Ranks as Peace Corps’ Top Paul D. Coverdell Graduate School

    Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams is proud to recognize the Peace Corps’ Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program with the most returned Peace Corps volunteers. The University of Denver is the top Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program with 77 returned Peace Corps volunteers enrolled as students.
Josef Korbel School student Majo Aldana

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Josef Korbel School student Alex Conway

I was really attracted to the GFTEI program in particular because it seemed very interdisciplinary and towards the end of my undergrad I got really interested in economics.

Josef Korbel School student Lauren

I chose Korbel because of the strong Global Finance Trade and Economic Integration program and also because of the Peace Corps Fellows program.

Kyle

The GFTEI program at Korbel attracted me because I felt it combined my undergrad and professional experience with my international interests.

Josef Korbel School student Jesse Hunter

I came and visited, and I liked how this was under the radar a little bit, yet still a great quality school. It is a really solid program that is a functional degree.

Erica

I wanted a more qualitative, traditional academic degree rather than one that's more policy focused. I wanted a degree that is amenable to different paths – one I would be able to use in the Department of State or outside of it.

Josef Korbel School Student Colin Lawrence

The classes that I take here do an excellent job of providing an understanding of the history of slavery and how it's influenced trafficking in the current era.

Josef Korbel School student Michael Marcous

I will be entering the Foreign Service in 2012, so this internship provided an excellent opportunity to engage in the work of a Foreign Service Officer. It also helped to improve my Arabic language skills.

Josef Korbel School student Maureen Mersmann

I was attracted to the Administration program because of its focus on practical training in quantitative analysis and management skills and because of the freedom it allowed me in terms of selecting electives.

Josef Korbel MA student Laura Morales

Korbel was one of the places where I could study Latin America but also expand my horizon and take classes that I had no background in. The flexibility was important.

Josef Korbel School student Jonathan Moyer

"The hardest thing is that it's difficult for me to stop thinking about this stuff at the end of the day... The best part about being here is biking to work in the crisp fall air and the view of the mountains, and then getting here and working with people that, at some level, are really impacting other people. The combination of all of that is pretty cool."

Josef Korbel School student Steven Meyers

I felt that Korbel had more of niche reputation, whereas I had also gotten into some D.C. schools and I thought I would be paying a lot more money and there are thousands of people coming to them each year so I might as well have my own special path.

Josef Korbel School student Kiela Parks

At Korbel, you are not just a face; you are not just a number. It really feels like there’s a collaborative effort between students, faculty, and staff to help you succeed.

Josef Korbel School student Rhiannan Price

When deciding on a graduate program, Korbel stood out as a competitive program that would help me build the needed skills to start a career in the field. The balance of theory and practical application in the coursework and opportunities at Korbel are unmatched by other international studies programs

Josef Korbel School student Porscha Stiger

I was intrigued by the GFTEI program; it's so flexible and interdiscirplinary. I think it's important to understand the intricacies of the international financial system, especially in light of my past few years.

Josef Korbel School MA student Molly Stolpman

Korbel stood out from other schools in that it allowed students the opportunity to personalize their education. At Korbel, two students in the same program may have very distinct experiences based on the concentrations they choose, the internships they complete, and the focus of their research.

Josef Korbel School student Stephanie Wegmann

I was debating between Korbel and the Fletcher School at Tufts University, but ultimately chose Korbel due to the flexibility of its programs and the quality of life in Denver.

Josef Korbel School student Amy Wong

I was accepted to other prestigious APSIA institutions in D.C. and on the East Coast, but I ultimately decided on Korbel because of its location outside of the Beltway and the flexibility of its program.

Josef Korbel School student Shaye Worthman

The interdisciplinary nature of the Josef Korbel School's International Development program appealed to me. I felt it was a good mix of theoretically based courses coupled with the opportunity to take more practical courses, such as Statistics, Project Management, Project Analysis, Project Evaluation, and Econometrics.

Josef Korbel School student Sahar Yarjani

Looking at the professors and what they’ve done was very encouraging. I see them in the field where I want to be, they’ve worked where I want to work.

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