Looking Forward, Looking Back:
On the Bridge to the Millennium
The Hutton House Lectures Looks at Areas of Geo-political
Importance
The Hutton House Lectures program at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island
University is offering a free seminar on Wednesday, September 29 in which
Ralph Buultjens, an award-winning author and professor of economics at
New York University, discusses established patterns of global power and
anticipated change as the world moves toward the new millennium.
Titled "Looking Forward, Looking Back: On the Bridge to the Millennium,"
the seminar will explore what has happened over the past century and consider
what is happening as the world moves into the next century.
Buultjens notes that established patterns of global power are changing
and seminal new developments are taking place. America remains strong internationally,
but domestic politics are limiting its foreign policy. Russia has collapsed.
Japan is weakening economically. The emergence of Euro currency could indicate
the revival of Europe. The Middle East is full of tension. Other areas
of geo-political and geo-economic importance have mixed prospects. How
will these changes affect world power? Who will be the winners and losers
among nations? How long will traditional power balances prevail? These
and other questions will be examined in the context of current world events
and the international experience of the past century as participants "stand
on the bridge" looking forward to a new millennium.
Buultjens, former Nehru Professor/Professorial Fellow at the University
of Cambridge, also serves on the faculty of the New School and is affiliated
with several educational institutions abroad. He is a well-known media
commentator who has been featured on BBC, CNN, ABC and other networks.
He has been a consultant/advisor to the United Nations and major international
organizations. Among Professor Buultjens' publications are Windows on
India, The Decline of Democracy, Rebuilding the Temple -- Tradition and
Change in Modern Asia, and China After Mao. His several hundred
monographs, articles and essays have won numerous awards, including the
Toynbee Prize for the Social Sciences, the French Order of Arts and Letters,
and many honorary degrees.
"Looking Forward, Looking Back: On the Bridge to the Millennium"
will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Hillwood Commons Lecture Hall.
Registration is required for this free lecture. For additional information
or to RSVP, contact Dr. Kay Sato, director of The Hutton House Lectures
at (516) 299-2580. This lecture is supported by a grant from the John P.
McGrath Fund of Long Island University.
The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is located on Northern
Boulevard (Route 25A) in Brookville, New York.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
