SoJust Leadership Series: A Crime So Monstrous
2/22 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
E. Benjamin Skinner will
discuss his award-winning book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With
Modern-Day Slavery, which details his journeys through
such countries as Romania, India, Haiti, and Sudan, and his quest to
expose the horrors of modern-day slavery.
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Opening
Reception: Tear/Repair
2/23 | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Kniznick Gallery
The opening reception for artist-in-residence Andi Arnovitz's Tear/Repair, an exhibit of a series of paper coats for Jewish women who have impacted history and changed the world.
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Marked with a Story: Holocaust Testimony and Public Memory
2/25 | 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Epstein, Lecture Hall
Karen Frostig, a post-studio memory artist engaged in transnational feminist
activism, will discuss her use of primary source material
to locate her "voice" in relation to her family's Holocaust narrative.
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Soli Sorabjee Lecture Series: Paromita Vohra Screening
2/25 | 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
A screening of two of acclaimed Indian filmmaker/writer Paromita Vohra's films. Followed by Q & A with the filmmaker.
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SID Friday Speaker Series
2/26 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Heller G4
A talk by
Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's
Kennedy School, and research fellow at the Ash Institute for Democratic
Governance and Innovation.
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| Lectures & Panels by Region/Department |
Philosophy, Religion and Development Cafe
2/24 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
SID Library
A talk by visiting scholar and lecturer Raj Sampath.
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Anthropology Colloquia Series: Maoz Azaryahu
2/25 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Brown
A talk by Maoz Azaryahu, associate professor in the Department of Geography
and Environmental Studies at the University of Haifa.
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Classical
Colloquium Series: Livy's
Early Books: The Voice of the People
2/25 | 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Pearlman Lounge
A talk by Ann
Vasaly, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University.
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Why History Matters: International Law and the
Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
2/22 | 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
MIT, Landau 110
A talk by Victor Kattan, teaching fellow at the University of London. He will be introduced by Noam Chomsky.
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Africa: The Final Frontier
2/24 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Tufts University, Cabot Intercultural Center
Emanuel Katongole, CEO of Quality Chemicals Limited, Uganda and Zain
Latif, Principal of TLG Capital, London discuss the challenges of doing business in Africa from a financial and cultural
perspective, and the role that private equity can play
at the small and medium size enterprise level.
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Is India a Flailing State?
2/26 | 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University, Weatherhead Center
A talk by Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International
Development and Faculty Chair of the Masters in Public Policy in
International Development program at Harvard's Kennedy School
of Government.
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Two weeks in India: President Reinharz reflects
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Brandeis University and India have a long history together, and I
decided to visit the world's largest democracy in order to build on this
history and to strengthen our connections for the future...
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Soli Sorabjee Lecture Series: Indian filmmaker and social activist Paromita Vohra will visit Brandeis on Thursday
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 On Thursday (see event listing, left) acclaimed Indian filmmaker Paromita
Vohra will present the second Soli Sorabjee Lecture Series in South Asian Studies. The screenings of Morality TV and the Loving Jehad: A Thrilling Tale and Cosmopolis: A Tale of Two Cities, will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
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Exposing Modern-Day Slavery
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On Monday, E. Benjamin Skinner, a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute, will
discuss his award-winning book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With
Modern-Day Slavery, which details his journeys through
such countries as Romania, India, Haiti, and Sudan, and his quest to
expose the horrors of modern-day slavery.
Read More
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Talk about burqa ban before it's too late (GlobalPost)
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Brandeis' Jessica Berns (program director of Coexistence International) is a guest author on the online news magazine GlobalPost.
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| Brandeis in the World |
Shaina Gilbert '10 started a summer camp in Hinche, Haiti this past summer.
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Alumni of the Heller School's Sustainable International Development program reconnect at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.
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Dr. Ruben Cohen '97 and Dr. Elie Schochet '97, former dormmates and now both surgeons, reconnected while volunteering in Haiti.
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JBS and Brandeis in The Hague Information Table
2/22 | 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Rapaporte (at Skinner lecture)
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Study Abroad Info Session
2/23 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Usdan 122
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JBS Info Session: Beacon Hill Report
2/25 | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center 313
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