Month: April 2017
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NEW Climate Disruption course Fall 2017 PEAC/SOCI/ENVS
PEAC 055. Climate Disruption, Conflict, and Peacemaking (Cross-listed as ENVS 066, SOAN 055C) The course will examine several ways in which climate change is a driving force of violent and nonviolent conflict and creates opportunities for peacemaking and social justice. Already, climate change has been identified by the U.S. military as a threat to national…
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Animating Resistance: Live Cinema Explorations of the Global Nonviolent Action Database
Animating Resistance: Live Cinema Explorations of the Global Nonviolent Action Database Prof. Ali Momeni, Carnegie Mellon University 19 April: 5:00 p.m. Artist’s Lecture in Science Center Room 101 20 April: 12:30-6:30 pm and 8:00-10:00 pm Workshop in Kohlberg 326 Language Center 21 April: 8:00 pm Outdoor Performance (Pearson Hall Lawn. Rain Location: LPAC Lobby) More…
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Border Walls and the Politics of Becoming Non-Human
“Border Walls and the Politics of Becoming Non-Human” Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of the Zolberg Institute for Migration and Mobility at the New School. Friday, April 21st 2:30 – 4:00 pm Science Center Room 199 Swarthmore College (directions) Abstract: “In this talk I am concerned by the ways in which border walls and zones…
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Doctors of the Revolution: Medicine and Violence in Egypt’s Tahrir Square
Doctors of the Revolution: Medicine and Violence in Egypt’s Tahrir Square Dr. Soha Bayoumi (Harvard University) Dr. Sherine Hamdy (Brown University) Friday, April 14, 2017 4:30pm Science Center 199 Swarthmore College Organized by Peace and Conflict Studies and Co-Sponsored by Arabic, Biology, Health and Societies Program, Islamic Studies, Political Science, Pre-Med Office, Sociology and Anthropology, Lang…
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Nancy Lindborg: Lessons from the Ebola Crisis
This event has now been rescheduled. Details below. From our friends in the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility and the Economics Department Lessons from the Ebola Crisis A Lecture by Nancy Lindborg President of the United States Institute of Peace Discussant: Professor Steve O’Connell Gil and Frank Mustin Professor of Economics TUESDAY, MARCH…
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Reflections on covering war and crime
“From the streets of Kabul to the streets of New York: Reflections on covering war and crime” A conversation with New York Times reporter, Joseph Goldstein Friday, April 7th @ 4:30 PM Science Center 105 Swarthmore College Joseph Goldstein’s first newspaper job was at the 6,000-circulation Daily Citizen in Searcy, Ark, where he wrote, among…