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COVERING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 6, 2009
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EVENTS
Campus Events
Inaugural Distinguished Lecture in International Justice and Human Rights: Hassan Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
11/30 | 5:30 p.m.
International Lounge, Usdan
The Social Justice Leadership Series presents Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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AIDS Memorial Quilt
11/30 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium

The largest ongoing community project in the world, the AIDS Memorial Quilt helps us to remember those lost through the eyes of those who lost them.

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Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: What's the Deal?
12/2 | 4:30 p.m.
International Lounge, Usdan
A panel, open discussion and filming of The Age of Stupid. Buffet dinner will be served. RSVP to cges@brandeis.edu.

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Environmental Internship Symposium
12/3 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Heller G-1

Students present their internship work with environmental organizations.
Sustaining Hope: Six Tales of Trauma and Transformation
12/3 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Rapaporte Treasure Hall

Hear the PAX 89 students' tales of trauma, and experience their stories of sustaining hopeful transformation.

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Film Screening: The Greatest Silence
12/4 | 2:00 p.m.
Heller G-3

A documentary about the kidnapping, rape, and torture of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Global Event Highlights 09-10
December 2009 Events
Lectures & Panels by Region/Department
Economics Brown Bag Lunch Series:
The Impact of Institutional Restructuring on
China's Research Institutes
12/2 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Alumni Common Room
A talk by Professors Hong Li, Renai Jiang and Gary Jefferson.

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Boston Area Events
Urban Poverty and the Environment
11/30 | 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
MIT University
Muckley Bldg, Room 496

A lecture by Mark Redwood of the International Development Research Centre.

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Seeking Justice in the Wake of Mayhem
12/1 | 8:00 - 8:55 a.m.
Old State House
206 Washington Street, Boston
What is the impact of convictions fifteen years after the Rwandan atrocity? A discussion with Hassan Babucar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

The November 1938 'Kristallnacht' Pogrom in History and Memory
12/1 | 2:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
27 Kirkland Street, Cabot Room
Alan E. Steinweis, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont, discusses his book.

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NEWS
Copenhagen: What's the Deal?


On Wednesday, the Brandeis Forum on Environmental Crisis presents a discussion of the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen. Panelists will explain American vs. European vs. Asian perspectives on the deal, which likely will not end in a legally binding global agreement on reducing CO2 emissions. 

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Tonight: Justice Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will speak on "International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future."

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Ethical Inquiry: Is There a Responsibility to Protect?
Brandeis in the World: Coexistence in Liberia
Jessica Berns and John Moore from Brandeis's Coexistence International program recently traveled to Monrovia, Liberia to co-host a workshop to strengthen the coexistence capacities of Liberian NGOs.

Read the trip blogs:

Reflections from Liberia (11/19)

Helping hands in Liberia (11/11)
Al-Quds University Visits Brandeis
Brandeis recently hosted a delegation of students and faculty from Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, with which Brandeis has a long-standing partnership.

Brandeis students' reflections on the visit

View the slideshow
News recaps
Blog
Reflections from Liberia

One World In Pursuit of Peace
Campus Resources
Global Brandeis Portal
Areas of Study
International Students and Scholars Office
Office of Study Abroad
Global Studies Program
Hiatt Career Center - International
Experiential Learning
OPPORTUNITIES
Info Sessions & Fairs
Study Abroad Information Session: Application Workshop
12/3 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Usdan 122
Study Abroad Information Session: Choosing a Program for 2010-2011
12/4 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Usdan 122
Deadlines
Tauber Institute Graduate Research Awards Deadline,
12/1

NSEP Boren Undergraduate Scholarship - Internal Campus Deadline
12/11
Schusterman Center: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Israeli Studies Application Deadline
12/15
Heller School: M.A. in Sustainable International Development Select Scholarships Application Deadline
3/1
External Funding
Solve Global Health Delivery Workshop
12/4
Women Deliver 2010 Conference Scholarship Application Deadline
12/15
Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes Application Deadline
12/18
Photo credit, above: Rosa Merk, World Wildlife Fund Germany, used by permission. Image of a September 2009 anti-global warming demonstration in Berlin.


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