International Scholar to Speak on Decline of the Global Order

Klaus Larres

Klaus Larres

Klaus Larres, the Richard Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina, will present "Age of Uncertainty: The U.S., Europe, and China. The Decline of the Global Order and What To Do About It" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5 in Giffels Auditorium.  

His talk is free and open to the public and is a part of the University of Arkansas Hartman Hotz Lectures in Law and Liberal Arts.  

Larres is an internationally recognized authority on contemporary U.S. and European foreign relations, especially American and German policies toward China, Southeast Asia and Russia.  

He has spent the past year as a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton University. He is also the author or editor of more than a dozen books on international affairs and serves as a consultant for the German Chancellery and the German and British foreign ministries.

Larres is currently working on a book to be titled The United States and the Unity of Europe from Truman to the Present.

About the Hartman Hotz Lectures in Law and Liberal Arts: All lectures in the series are sponsored by the University of Arkansas School of Law, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and Hartman Hotz Trust Committee. Dr. and Mrs. Palmer Hotz of Foster City, California, established the University of Arkansas Hartman Hotz Lectures in Law and the Liberal Arts to honor the memory of his brother, Hartman Hotz. Hartman Hotz was a graduate from the Department of History at Fulbright College. After graduating from Yale University Law School, he joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he made significant contributions to the study of law.

About University of Arkansas School of Law: The University of Arkansas School of Law prepares students for success through a challenging curriculum taught by nationally recognized faculty, unique service opportunities and a close-knit community that puts students first. With alumni in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two territories and 20 countries, it has been ranked among the top 10 "Values in Legal Education" by the National Jurist magazine for three consecutive years and is among the top 42 public law schools, according to U.S. News and World Report.

About the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences: The J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences is the largest and most academically diverse unit on campus with 19 departments and 43 academic programs and research centers. The college provides the core curriculum for all University of Arkansas students and is named for J. William Fulbright, former university president and longtime U.S. senator.