IOP Pritzker Fellow Lisa Franchetti on "Tragedy Leads to 'Pacific Partnership'”

THIS SEMINAR IS OPEN TO CURRENT UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY

Tuesday, February 17

3:30-4:45pm

This U.S. Navy-led humanitarian civic assistance mission in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands - started in 2006 - just completed its 21st mission in 2025. Let’s take a deep dive into the planning, execution and results of Pacific Partnership 2010 and its visits to Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia x 3, Timor Leste and East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. We’ll do deep dives on the mission’s stops in Indonesia with USNS MERCY and in Papua New Guinea with HMAS TOBRUK, discuss how this mission has evolved over the years and the People’s Republic of China’s efforts to copy it.

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Ella Kumano-Maloney (ikmaloney@uchicago.edu).