Building Pathways to Sustainable Peace in Sudan: Why We Can't Wait
3/22 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Heller G2
Gloria White-Hammond, co-founder of My Sister's Keeper, will present this Social Justice Leadership Series
lecture.
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Brown Bag Seminar: Leadership in Saudi Arabia: Missing an Opportunity?
3/23 | 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Olin Sang 207
A talk by Dr. Philip Robins, Oxford
University Lecturer in Politics and a Governing Body Fellow at St.
Anthony's College.
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Changing People in a Changing Climate?: The Ethical Implications of Climate Disruption
3/23 | 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Who bears the responsibility for climate change? What would motivate
and inspire people to make actual changes in their lives? Come hear a
variety of disciplinary perspectives on climate change, its ethical and
educational challenges, and strategies for reducing its causes and
ameliorating its consequences.
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Driving Down Electric Avenue: A New Route
to an Oil-Independent World?
3/23 | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Lee Lecture Hall
A talk by Shai Agassi, founder and chief executive of Better Place, the leading electric vehicle services provider. Agassi is this year's winner of the IBS Asper Award and is featured in the Boston Globe (see "Electric car-power pioneers get Brandeis award" in the News column).
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Nuremberg
3/23 | 5:00 p.m.
Lown 2
Watch footage of the Nuremberg Tribunal and discuss the merits and
controversies of the trial with Massachusetts Chief Public Defender and
adjunct Brandeis professor William Leahy.
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First Annual Hunt Lecture in Economic
Anthropology: "Solid Work and Rash Experiments: The Imperative to Comparison
in the Agro-Ecology of Africa"
3/25 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Epstein Lecture Hall
A talk by Jane Guyer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at
Johns Hopkins University.
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| Lectures & Panels by Region/Department |
Business Strategy in Times of Globalization
3/22 | 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Lemberg 54
A talk by Sarah Zohn, Former Vice President of Operations and Business Development for the EMEA sales organization at EMC Corporation.
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Classical Colloquium Series: What to do with a Wonder of the World: The
Puzzle of Petra (Jordan)
3/22 | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Lown 2
A talk by Susan Alcock, Professor of Classics at Brown University.
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Jane's Travel Grant Presentation: Dramatic Interventions in Sexual Health Education
3/22 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Olin-Sang 207
A presentation by Simona Lang '10, 2010 Jane's Travel Grant
recipient.
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The
Demand for Sons: An Economic Perspective on Son Preference and Missing
Women
3/23 | 5:30 p.m.
Faculty Club
A talk by Elizabeth Brainerd, Chair in Economics and Women's and Gender Studies.
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Transplanting the Flower of Civilization: the 'Peony Girl' and
Japan's 1874 Expedition to Taiwan
3/24 | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Shiffman 202
A talk by Professor Matthew Fraleigh, Assistant Professor of East Asian Literature and Culture.
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Jewish German Dialogue "Letters from Chicago"
3/24 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Olin-Sang 207
A film portrait of Lore and Gustav Frank, who were forced out of Germany and settled in the U.S. in 1939.
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SID Friday Speaker Series: Pearl Robinson
3/26 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Heller G4
A talk by Pearl Robinson, assistant professor of Political Science at Tufts University and
director of the interdisciplinary program Africa in the New World.
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Prospects for Peace: The Israeli Perspective
3/23 | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Bowie-Vernon Room (K-262)
1737 Cambridge St
A talk by Nadav Tamir, Consul
General of Israel to New England at the Consulate General of Israel in
Boston.
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Boston Muslim Film Festival: Three Times Divorced
3/24 | 6:30 p.m.
Boston University
College Sargent College, Room 102, 635 Commonwealth Ave.
A piercing look at the pervasive inequalities suffered
by Khitam, an immigrant Arab in Israel whose residency status remains
contingent on an abusive marriage.
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Modern Day Slavery
3/25 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall
700 Boylston St
Join Primary Source for an informative and insightful panel discussion
with some of the most prominent figures leading the fight against
slavery in the 21st century.
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Monday: Why We Can't Wait for Peace in Sudan
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On Monday, Gloria White-Hammond, humanitarian activist and co-founder of My Sister's Keeper, will present a Social Justice Leadership Series
lecture entitled "Building Pathways to Sustainable Peace in Sudan: Why We Can't Wait". My Sister's Keeper is a faith-inspired, multiracial collective
of women who lend humanitarian assistance to communities of women
globally, with a focus on Sudan. (See left for details). Read More
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Electric car-power pioneers get Brandeis award
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| Shai Agassi is an Israeli entrepreneur who has vowed to bring user-friendly electric vehicle power to the world. Michael Granoff is an Israeli investor who has partnered and invested with Agassi and his vision. Together they are co-winners of this year's Asper Award given by the Brandeis International Business School for entrepreneurs "who have demonstrated exemplary citizenship, creativity, innovation and business success." (See left for details of Agassi's upcoming visit.) Read More
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| New Crown Center Essay Series Looks at the The Rise of Hamas |
| The first in a new Crown Center Essay Series, Professor Susser's "The Rise of Hamas in Palestine and the Crisis of
Secularism in the Arab World" uses Hamas' rise as a starting point to
examine the crisis of secularism in the Palestinian and the broader
Middle Eastern context. Read More
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Green Careers Forum
And Networking Event
3/25 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Hassenfeld Conference Center
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