International Discourse

• Crises of Memory and the Second World War
  Wed. 3/12, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Shiffman 219
  Susan Suleiman, Dillon Professor of The Civilization of France at Harvard University, presents on her book.

• Justice 2018: Charting the Course
  Thurs. 3/13, 4:00 p.m., International Lounge, Usdan
  What will international justice look like in 2018? Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice examines major trends in justice and where they might lead in the next ten years.
  

• Peter Frumhoff, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
  Fri. 3/14, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m., Heller Zinner Forum
  Peter Frumhoff, Chief Scientist of the UCS Climate Campaign, will speak on last December's UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Bali. Part of the SID Friday Speaker Series.
  

East Asia and Asian-American Heritage Spotlight

• "The China Puzzle:  How Can Rapid Growth Continue in a Predatory State?"
  Tues. 3/11, 12:00 - 2:30 p.m., Heller Zinner Forum
  Dr. Minxin Pei, Senior Associate Scholar and Director of the China Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks in this Contemporary China Seminar.
  
  
• Korean Student Association Forum: Comfort Women
  Wed. 3/12, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
  The KSA hosts a presentation and panel discussion on World War II Comfort Women.
  
  
• Card Me When I'm Dead: Identification Papers and the Pursuit of the Good Afterlife in Fuzhou, China
  Thurs. 3/13, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Brown 316
  This talk by Professor Julie Chu (Wellesley College) offers an appraisal of state identification in China and its associations with entitlement. Part of the Anthropology Colloquium Series.
  
  
• Re-imagining Tokyo: The Great Zoo Massacre: Ôdachi Shigeo and the Logic of Sacrifice in Wartime Japan
  Thurs. 3/13, 3:30 p.m., Shiffman 216
  Professor Ian Miller (Harvard University) discusses the 1943 mass ritualized slaughter of Tokyo's famous zoo animals in this Japanese Spring Colloquium Series event.
  
  
• SKIN Fashion Show 2008
  Thurs. 3/13, 7:30 p.m., Levin Ballroom
  All donations go to support the Hunger Project.

Other Event Highlights

• Kashariyot: Women in the Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
  Tues. 3/11, 12:30 p.m., Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Epstein
  Lenore Weitzman raises questions about the gender-based assumptions in the prevailing definitions of resistance.
  
  
• The Theology of Disengagement: Rabbinical Response to a Crisis of Faith
  Thurs. 3/13, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Lown 203
  Dr. Motti Inbari from NEJS & The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies presents a lecture on the theological dilemmas raised by Israel's Disengagement plan.
  
  
• Visions for the Future: New Strategies of the Anti-Mining Movement in Junin, Ecuador
  Thurs. 3/13, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Olin-Sang 212
  A presentation by Katie Kelly-Hankin '08 and Hannah Ramer '08 (2008 Jane's Travel Grant recipients).
  
  
• University-Community Weekly Walk
  Fri. 3/14, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m., Gosman Outdoor Track
  Community residents and Brandeis students, staff, and faculty walk together while improving skills in Spanish, English and other languages.
  

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Global News

• Slifka Director Attends Coexistence Workshop in Liberia
  
  
• Researchers debunk "declining attachment to Israel" thesis
  
  
• STAND conference introduces new campaign
  
  
• "Year One of the Empire" with Professor Joyce Antler
  
  
• A Journey to Dachau
  
  
• International higher education news roundup: The Global Classroom, Code of Ethics for study abroad is offered to colleges and providers, Free college courses feed global hunger for learning, American students abroad can't be global citizens, Princeton plans for an early year abroad, Goldman Sachs unveils "10,000 Women", From the Bay Area to the Red Sea
  
  
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