Fears and Realities of the Protest Movements in Egypt and the Arab World Professors Simon Hawkins, Sylvia Alajaji, Rob Riggs and Arabic Language Program Director Uri Horesh Tues. Feb. 8, 4:30 p.m. Brooks House Great Room Co-sponsored by Africana Studies
Ending Violence Against Women: a Prescription for the Progress of Mankind Human rights lawyer and Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center Mon., Feb. 21 @ 7:30 p.m. Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall Human Rights Awareness Week Speaker
Tues. Feb. 22 @ 11:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Registration is necessary - contact Valeri.Harteg@fandm.edu Woods Memorial Meeting Room, Alumni Sports & Fitness Center (pizza will be served) Human Rights Awareness Week event
Silenced Voices and Marked Bodies: Representation and Transcendence of Congolese Trauma Dr. Chiwengo is a Congolese scholar of African and African-American literature Tues., Feb. 22 @ 7:30 p.m. Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall Human Rights Awareness Week Speaker
How We're Fueling the Deadliest War in the World: Our Cell Phones and Congo's Conflict Minerals Author, human rights activist and founder of The Enough Project Thurs., Feb. 24 @ 7:30 p.m. Schnader Theater, Roschel Performing Arts Center Keynote speaker for Human Rights Awareness Week
Allah: A Christian Response Volf is Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology Thurs. March 31, 8 p.m. Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
The F&M student organization THRI (The Human Rights Initiative) invites you to the first annual Poverty & Justice conference, held on the F&M campus April 1-3. Please click the link to learn the details.
What's Stopping Us from Becoming Food Sovereign? Activist and author of Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System. Mon., April 18 @ 8 p.m. Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall Sustainability Week Keynote Speaker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P03nNeYiJo&feature=player_embedded#at=52
Re-examining the Genocide in Rwanda Professor Fujii is the author of Killing Neighbors: Webs of violence in Rwanda (Cornell University Press, 2009). Tuesday, April 19 @12 p.m. Joseph International Center
Local agriculture in a global context Sponsored by Center for Liberal Arts and Society (CLAS) and International Studies Program Tues. Sept. 28 at 5 p.m. Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
Join Professor Lisa Gasbarrone and Dean Patti Brown for an open house and discussion about F&M Going Global. Sat. Oct. 30 2:30-4:30 p.m. Joseph International Center, 701 College Ave.
An Introductory Course in International Humanitarian Law Sat. Dec. 4 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (lunch provided) Joseph International Center Registration is Required