The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is pleased to announce its spring 2014 events schedule. Below you will find more information on upcoming lectures as a part of both the long-standing International Security Speakers Series and the newly established Intelligence Studies Project, along with details for larger conferences and symposia we’re hosting or co-sponsoring with other departments and centers on campus. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

• Thursday, January 23rd
Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11
Mr. Michael Allen, Majority Staff Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
12:15-1:30pm in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH) 3.122
This event is a part of the Intelligence Studies Project and is co-hosted with UT’s Clements Center for History, Strategy, and Statecraft.

• Monday, February 3rd
Comparing European and North American Approaches to Human Rights: Approaches to Counterterrorism
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Dorsey & Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School; and Aziz Rana, Associate Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School
3:45-5:30pm in the Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) at the UT School of Law
This event is co-sponsored with the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice.

• Thursday, February 6th
War and Peace in Time and Space
Dr. Mary Dudziak, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law and Director of the Project on War and Security in Law, Culture, and Society at Emory University
12:15-1:30pm in Garrison (GAR) 4.100

• Saturday, March 8th
South by Southwest Interactive Festival
After Snowden: Privacy, Surveillance, and the NSA
3:30-6:00pm at the AT&T Center
Note that registration is required to attend SXSW events. More information can be found on the SXSWi website.

• Monday, March 17th
The New Middle East Cold War
Dr. Gregory Gause, Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont and Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
12:15-1:30pm in Batts Hall (BAT) 5.108

• Monday, March 24th
Accountability: From War Crimes to Terrorist Financing to Looted Art
Dr. Allan Gerson, Chairman of AG International Law, PLLC
12:15-1:30pm in the Eidman Courtroom at the UT School of Law

• Thursday, April 3rd – Friday, April 4th
Intelligence Studies Project Spring Conference
Privacy, Surveillance, and the NSA
This is a public conference, hosted by the Strauss Center and the Clements Center at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

• Monday, April 14th
Current Legal Issues Facing the CIA
CIA Office of General Counsel
12:15-1:30pm in the Eidman Courtroom at the UT School of Law

• Tuesday, April 29th
The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
Dr. T.V. Paul, the James McGill Professor of International Relations at McGill University
12:15-1:30pm in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH) 3.122

For the most up-to-date information on our events, please visit our website.