Lectures Archive

  •   “Election Violence in Kenya”   Chandra Lekha Sriram is Professor of Law at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She has written and lectured […] 0

    Chandra Lekha Sriram

      “Election Violence in Kenya”   Chandra Lekha Sriram is Professor of Law at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She has written and lectured […]

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  •   Anthony Shadid was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010. 0

    Anthony Shadid

      Anthony Shadid was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010.

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  •   Jess Sundin is a founding member of the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee. Her recent activism has been in response to the occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but she has […] 0

    Jess Sundin

      Jess Sundin is a founding member of the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee. Her recent activism has been in response to the occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but she has […]

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  •   Deborah Frances Tannen is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She has been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and was a […] 0

    Deborah Tannen

      Deborah Frances Tannen is an American academic and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She has been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and was a […]

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  •   “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb”   Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who is Professor of English on the Helen […] 0

    Amitava Kumar

      “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb”   Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who is Professor of English on the Helen […]

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  •   David Rieff is a longtime journalist and commentator on international affairs, especially on human rights and humanitarian crises. He has written widely on the political conflicts of the post […] 0

    David Rieff

      David Rieff is a longtime journalist and commentator on international affairs, especially on human rights and humanitarian crises. He has written widely on the political conflicts of the post […]

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  •   Edward L. Peck is a retired career United States diplomat who served thirty-two-years in the U.S. Foreign Service (from 1956 until 1989). Edward Peck served as Special Assistant to […] 0

    Edward Peck

      Edward L. Peck is a retired career United States diplomat who served thirty-two-years in the U.S. Foreign Service (from 1956 until 1989). Edward Peck served as Special Assistant to […]

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  •   Yara El-Sherbini has a playful, multi disciplinary approach to art-making, exploring ideas of what art is and can be through her use of humour and popular culture. Using jokes, […] 0

    Yara El-Sherbini

      Yara El-Sherbini has a playful, multi disciplinary approach to art-making, exploring ideas of what art is and can be through her use of humour and popular culture. Using jokes, […]

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  •   “Human Rights in the History of Global Cosmopolitanisms”   Samuel Moyn is a Professor of History at Columbia University. His research interests are in Modern European intellectual history, with […] 0

    Samuel Moyn

      “Human Rights in the History of Global Cosmopolitanisms”   Samuel Moyn is a Professor of History at Columbia University. His research interests are in Modern European intellectual history, with […]

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  •   Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won […] 0

    Jeremy Scahill

      Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won […]

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