KISHWER FALKNER
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
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'Dialogues and Tensions between the Western and Muslim Worlds', Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Freedom Forum Palestine, Ramallah, 19 July 2008.
'Challenges facing social and economic liberalism in the climate of political authoritarianism, economic hardship and growing Islamic militancy', Seminar hosted by the Democratic Front Party and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, Cairo, Egypt, 28 June 2008.
Speech at Installation as Chancellor of the University of Northampton, 10 February 2008. (full text)
Speaker at 2nd Doha Debate at Cambridge, on the motion 'This House Believes Britain's Role in the Middle East is in Terminal Decline', BBC World Service, 26 November 2007. (see link)
Participant and Chair at Conference on 'The prospects for Pakistan and its neighbourhood', The Ditchley Foundation, 5-7 October 2007.
'Muslim integration in Europe', Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 23 July 2007.
Panelist at conference on "Post-9/11 issues for Muslims in the West", Middlebury College, Vermont, 20-21 April 2007.
Participation at Atlantic Conference 2007 on 'Migration and Migrant Integration in the Atlantic Region', Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Real Instituto Elcano, Seville, Spain, 22-24 March 2007.
'US Foreign Policy and Democracy in the Muslim World: Options After Iraq', University of Pittsburgh, 19 February 2007. (see full text)
'A Liberal Looks at Multiculturalism', Brandeis University, USA, 6 February 2007 (an earlier version was delivered at St Antony's College, Oxford University, 23 January 2007, under the title 'Does Multiculturalism Work?'). (see full text)
Panelist at Conference on 'Muslims in Europe and in the United States: A Transatlantic Comparison', Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 15-16 December 2006.
Participation at The Ditchley Foundation conference on 'Can Terrorism Be Eradicated?', 8-10 December 2006.
'Muslim Communities in Domestic and Foreign Policy-making in the UK and the USA', Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Centre for Studies in Security and Diplomacy, Birmingham University, UK, 4 November 2006.
Keynote address, 'Upholding Europe's Legacy of Freedom and Openness', ELDR Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 13 October 2006.
Testimony to Congressional Hearing on 'Combating Terrorism: Lessons Learned from London', Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, 19 September 2006. (see press release)
'Five years after 9/11: Understanding a complex world', Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, 11 September 2006. (see IOP report)
'Managing Diversity in a Democracy', John Smith Fellowship Programme, Centre for Studies in Diplomacy and Security, University of Birmingham, UK, 3 July 2006.
'Multiculturalism and Integration in the UK', at The Immigration, Integration and Security Initiative, Conference on Immigration, Integration and Human Security Issues Post 9/11 in a Comparative Perspective, Sciences Po, Paris, France, 8-9 June 2006.
Seminar on Muslims in Britain and America, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago, USA, 5 June 2006.
'Tackling Extremism, the Need for a Systematic Across-Government Strategy', HSRD Conference 'Terrorism in the UK', Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), UK, 5 May 2006.
Keynote speaker at conference on engaging with European Islam, Wiardi Beckman Stichting, The Netherlands, April 2006.
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