Below is a listing of upcoming CIR programs and events. Click on the Programs/Events tab to the left for more detail on each of the items below, for future events or for Community (non-CIR) Events.
Upcoming Programs and Events
Elegant Bishop’s Lodge Dinner Evening and Talk with Dr. Richard Bulliet
When: May 18, 2012
From: 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Join us for an elegant dinner evening and talk at Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort
Featuring: Dr. Richard Bulliet of Columbia University
Political Islam, Iran and the Arab Spring
Location: Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort,
1297 Bishop’s Lodge Road
Cost: $60 CIR members
$85 Non-members (Non-member tickets purchased at this price include one year free membership to CIR)
Reservations must be made by Tuesday, May 15!
Richard W. Bulliet is a professor of history at Columbia University who specializes in the history of Islamic society and institutions, the history of technology, and the history of the role of animals in human society.
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World Affairs Discussion Luncheon on Global Child Survival
When: June 8, 2012
From: 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Location: Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort, 1297 Bishop’s Lodge Rd.
Topic: Global Child Survival - The Past 30 Years
Speaker: Stephen C. Joseph, M.D.
Cost: $26 CIR Members
Cost: $32 Non-members and Guests
Cost: Please note on your order if you would like a vegetarian meal.
Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, June 5
Stephen C. Joseph’s life in medicine has taken him to residential assignments in Nepal, Central Africa, Indonesia and Newfoundland, with shorter stints in more than a score of countries in Africa and Asia.
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Ambassador from Liechtenstein to the United States – Evening Reception and Talk
When: July 6, 2012
From: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Speaker: Ambassador Claudia Fritsche
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Topic: How a Small State Asserts Its Presence in Washington
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Location: Santa Fe Historic Foundation, 545 Canyon Road
Cost: $25 CIR Members & Invited Guests (505) 982-4931 Attendance limited: advance reservations required.
Join CIR in welcoming Ambassador Claudia Fritsche of Liechtenstein to Santa Fe at an elegant summer evening event that will include wine and light hors d’oeuvres served in the scenic home of the Santa Fe Historic Foundation on Canyon Road. Claudia Fritsche is Liechtenstein’s former Ambassador to the United Nations and has been working as a diplomat for decades. During the evening Ambassador Fritsche will address the role of a small state in the multilateral context as well as how a small state asserts its presence in Washington. Read the rest of this entry »