[Mitai-announce] Darfur & Burma Lectures tomorrow (10/17)

[Kayvan]

Please join us tomorrow for back-to-back lectures updating the situation 
in Darfur and Burma (please note the two events are in different rooms):

1) War in Darfur and the Search for Peace

Speaker: Alex de Waal, director of Justice Africa and fellow of
Harvard's Global Equity Initiative

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time: 7:00p–8:00p
Location: 4-270 (http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=4-270&mapsearch=go)

Alex de Waal is the director of Justice Africa, based in London, a
fellow of Harvard's Global Equity Initiative, and an expert on the
current situation in Darfur, Sudan in northeast Africa. He has been
involved in the peace negotiations in Sudan, and more specifically,
Darfur, for the past decade. As the war is escalating and the genocide
continues in that region, Alex and others are searching for a
long-lasting solution to the conflict. He has written several books on
this topic, including his latest, just released, entitled "War in Darfur
and the Search for Peace." Come hear him talk about the current
situation in Darfur, what can be done in the future to alleviate the
violence, and his new book.


2) Burma Roundtable Discussion, with Mark A. McDowell

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time: 8:00p–9:00p
Location: 56-114 
(http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=56-114&mapsearch=go)

The roundtable will be led by Mark A. McDowell, a Canadian diplomat who 
has covered Burma while stationed in Bangkok during the last four years. 
Mark traveled to Burma every month while stationed in Thailand (which 
hosts a large part of the exiled opposition) and is very knowledgeable 
about the local situation in Burma. He is currently on leave from his 
position to study at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

http://web.mit.edu/amnesty for more info