Josephine Neulen suspects her interest in studying the rise of populism in Western Europe stems from her ancestry: Her mother is French and her father is German. She was raised in Germany until moving to the United States when she was 13. And it doesn’t hurt that she’s fluent in German and French, making foreign-language research materials accessible.
An audience of about 120 got an advance peek at a new HBO documentary depicting the last months of the Obama administration’s foreign policy team last Thursday at Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington. The film, “The Final Year,” was followed by an hour-long panel discussion featuring three key members of the administration and moderated by Ellen Laipson, the director of the Center for Security Policy Studies at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
Schar School of Policy and Government political science professor Toni-Michelle C. Travis is the 2018 recipient of the Jack Wood Award for Town and Gown Relations. Travis was presented with the legacy award for her longtime voluntary leadership in fostering relations with the surrounding community.
Members of the George Mason University community will get an advance look at a new documentary that examines the political and personal intrigue of the Obama administration’s last year in office when the Center for Security Policy Studies hosts a screening of HBO’s “The Final Year.” The 90-minute film, directed by Greg Barker, will screen Thursday, May 10, at Mason’s Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington at 6 p.m.