Welcome to the Alworth Institute Website. Here you will find information about our various programs and activities, as well as resources including the Alworth Institute Weblog and Self Tests. Visit the Memorial Lecture page for a summary of upcoming and past Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Annual Memorial Lectures. The International Lecture section provides information about the Alworth International Lecture Series as well as summarizes recent talks by guest speakers. For information about and a listing of our upcoming noon-time International Brown Bag Lectures, visit our Brown Bag Lecture page.
About the Alworth Institute:
The Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies (The Alworth Institute) was established in 1987 by the Alworth family to commemorate the life and interests of Royal D. Alworth, Jr. In line with those interests, the Alworth Institute aims to engage students, staff and the wider public in open discussion, for educational, social and democratic purposes, of a wide range of international issues and of their domestic implications.
The objectives of the Alworth Institute are to:
- promote knowledge and understanding of both topical, and enduring, international and global issues amongst students, staff and the community served by UMD;
- provide accessible seminars, public lectures and conferences on international issues in ways likely to promote international understanding, enhance democratic discussion, negotiation and reconciliation;
- articulate international issues and any domestic implications in ways that help further discussion nationally and locally;
- act as a shared community resource, on issues relating to international studies, with the wider community served by UMD.
"The role of the Alworth Institute is to create an academic and social space for the public discussion of a whole range of international issues currently under-reported in the media. We supply the information and the opportunities to discuss; you make up your own mind on where you stand."
Dr. W. Henderson
Director of the Alworth Institute
Latest News :
The programs for the fall and spring semester 2007-2008 are now completed. We are busy planning the program for the fall and spring of 2008-2009. The new program will be on website around the third week of August. Watch out for it. It will be a varied and interesting program.
During the summer, web logs will continue to be posted on the relevant page. The rate at which the logs are posted will be slower than during the fall and spring semesters.
Fellowship Fund: The highly successful visit by Dr. Elzbieta Stadtmuller of the University of Wroclaw in Poland came to an end on the 30th April. Dr. Stadtmuller was the first International Visiting Fellow at the Alworth Institute. During the one-month visit, Dr. Stadtmuller gave three very-well attended and well-received public lectures (summaries of these lectures are available on the web log) and made twelve class visits as guest lecturer.
A fund of at least $100,000 will establish the Fellowship on a sustainable basis. The Fellowship (to be held at the Alworth Institute) can be named after a significant donor. If you wish to contribute this Fellowship, please contact Maryann Soleim at 218-726-8993