[Mitai-announce] Upcoming events from MIT's PHRJ

[Susan Frick]

Upcoming Events from MIT's Program on Human Rights and Justice (PHRJ)
(Please note room changes!)

Refugee and Indigenous Rights: A Discussion of Human Rights Issues in 
Northern Thailand
Professor Sue Darlington, Anthropology & Asian Studies, Hampshire College
Michael Forhan, Executive Director, Burma Border Projects
Josh Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International
Thursday April 8, 2004
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Location: E38-615, 292 Main Street, Kendall Square

Report Back: A Personal Look at the Health and Human Rights Consequences of 
Occupation on Israelis and Palestinians
Dr. Alice Rothchild and Dr. Alan Meyers, the Jewish American Medical Project
Thursday April 15, 2004
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Location: E38-615, 292 Main Street, Kendall Square

Human Rights & Colombian Coal in Salem, Massachusetts
Professor Avi Chomsky & the North Shore Colombia Solidarity Committee
Friday April 16, 2004
7:00 p.m.
Location: 66-110
Co-sponsored by the MIT Western Hemisphere Project

Workshop on Gender and Politics
Brooke Ackerly, "Gender, Culture, and Human Rights Theory"
Thursday April 22, 2004
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: E51-275, Deans Conference Room
Hosted by Sarah Song, Assistant Professor of Political Science and 
co-sponsored by the MIT Political Science Department and the MIT Program in 
Women's Studies

Shall We Choose? What Types of People Are Born:
Rights and Ethics in Scientific Research
Jonathan Glover, Director of the Centre for Medical Law and Ethics, King's 
College, University of London
Tuesday April 27, 2004
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Location: 66-110

MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY and DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE
*Applying Human Rights Theory
Thursday April 29, 2004
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Location: 66-110

*Technology in Action
Friday April 30, 2004
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: 4-237
Co-sponsored by Design that Matters

Conflicts between Multiculturalism and Feminism
MIT Women's Studies Intellectual Forum
Sarah Song, Political Science and Womens Studies
Friday April 30, 2004
12:00 lunch, 12:30 talk
Location: 14E-417
Co-sponsored by the MIT Program in Women's Studies

An Evening with Alex Cockburn & Noam Chomsky
Tuesday May 4, 2004
7:00 p.m.
Location: 26-100

Constructing the Rule of Law: Public Security, Justice and Democracy Building
Arturo Alvarado, Research Fellow, MIT Program on Human Rights & Justice
Thursday May 13, 2004
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Location: E38-615, 292 Main Street

Also of possible interest to PHRJ affiliates is the following seminar 
series, linked to the DUSP-CIS Jerusalem/Al-Quds 2050 Project. Please 
contact Diane Davis at dedavis at mit.edu for more information.

CITIES AGAINST NATIONALISM: URBANISM AS VISIONARY POLITICS
All seminars are held in Building 10-485, 5:30 PM--7:00 PM.
UPCOMING SPEAKERS INCLUDE:


Jo Beall, London School of Economics***
WEDNESDAY April 7th: "When Cities Save Nations: Post-Apartheid Metropolitan 
South Africa"
***(Please note that due to the Passover holiday this talk is WEDNESDAY, 
NOT Monday!)

Richard Sennett, London School of Economics
Monday, April 12th: "Cities as Spaces for Democracy"

Jonathan Glover, Kings College London
Monday, April 26th: "Identity and National Conflict"

Leslie Sklair, London School of Economics
Monday, May 3rd: "Iconic Architecture and Global Cities"

Bruce Mazlish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday, May 10th: "The Global and the Local in Jerusalem"
For more information, please visit: 
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Susan Frick
Program Assistant
Program on Human Rights and Justice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E38-277, 292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Tel: 617 258 7614
Fax: 617 452 3962
Email: fricks at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/phrj
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