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<b>Spring 2005 Calendar of Events<br><br>
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Summer Internship Information Session<br>
</b>Thursday February 3, 2005<br>
4:30-6:00 p.m.<br>
Location: 10-401 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br>
Proposals for Summer 2005 are due February 25, 2005. <br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj/internships.html" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj/internships.html</a><br><br>
<b>Evidence-cooking and Civil Liberties: From Korematsu to Guantanamo Bay<br>
Harvey Silverglate</b>, Co-founder, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and <b>Carl Takei</b> <br>
Saturday February 26, 2005<br>
2:00-3:30 p.m.<br>
Location: Tang Center E51-085 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br>
<i>Co-sponsored by the Japanese American Citizen's League and the Asian American Resource Workshop<br>
</i><a href="http://www.thefire.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.thefire.org/<br><br>
</a><b>The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Reflections 20 Years Later<br>
</b>Rajan Sharma, lawyer for Bhopal victims<br>
Thursday March 3, 2005<br>
4:30-6:00 pm.<br>
Location: 4-370 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br>
<i>Co-sponsored by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia<br><br>
</i><b>The Idea of Universality in Linguistics and Human Rights <br>
</b>Professor Noam Chomsky, Department of Linguistics & Philosophy, MIT<br>
Tuesday March 15, 2005<br>
5:00-6:30 p.m.<br>
Location: 66-110 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br><br>
<b>Our Brains and Us: Neuroethics, Responsibility and the Self<br>
</b>Conference April 17-19, 2005<br>
Kresge Auditorium<br>
<i>In conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) through its Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER), the MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department, and the Boston Theological Institute <br><br>
</i><b>Open Networks and Open Society: The Relationship between Freedom, Law, and Technology <br>
</b>Professor Hal Abelson, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT<br>
Tuesday April 26, 2005<br>
5:00-6:30 p.m.<br>
Location: 66-110 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br><br>
<b>Science Policy, Politics and Human Rights<br>
</b>Kurt Gottfried, Cornell University<br>
Tuesday May 3, 2005<br>
5:00-6:30 p.m.<br>
Location: 66-110 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br><br>
<b>Forced Labor in the Global Economy<br>
</b>Saturday May 14, 2005<br>
10:00-12:00<br>
Wong Auditorium, E51 <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg</a><br>
<i>Organized with the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service Trust<br><br>
</i><div align="center"><b>Please contact Susan Frick at <a href="mailto:phrj@mit.edu">phrj@mit.edu</a> or 617-258-7614 or visit <a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj">http://web.mit.edu/phrj</a> if you have any questions or would like more information.<br>
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</i><div align="center"><font color="#800000"><b>Other Events of Interest<br><br>
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Taking Women's Studies into the Real World<br>
</b>Kesi Haynie, Lisa Greber, Jigna Desai, Rebecca Herzig, and Corrine Willams<br>
Friday February 11, 2005<br>
3:00-5:00 p.m.<br>
Location: 10-340 (Emma Rogers Room)<br>
<b>Please RSVP</b> to womens-studies@mit.edu <br><br>
<b>From Flight to Freedom?: Tracing the Path of Displacement<br>
</b>The Inter-University Forced Migration Conference at the Fletcher School<br>
February 11-12, 2005<br>
The Fletcher School, Tufts University<br>
<a href="http://fletcher.tufts.edu/refugeeconference/">http://fletcher.tufts.edu/refugeeconference/<br><br>
</a><b><u>SPRING 2005 COURSES<br><br>
</u><font color="#800000">11.164/11.497 Human Rights in Theory and Practice <br>
</b></font>Professor Balakrishnan Rajagopal<br>
M, W 9:30 to 11<br>
Room 3-401, 3-403<br><br>
<font color="#800000"><b>17.907/17.953 Migration Politics, Refugees and International Relations<br>
</b></font>Dr. Gary G. Troeller<br>
Mondays, 1:00 pm3:00pm<br>
Room E51-085<br><br>
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Susan Frick<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Program on Human Rights and Justice<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Building 9 Room 365<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
Tel: 617 258 7614<br>
Fax: 617 253 2654<br>
Email: fricks@mit.edu<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj</a><br>
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