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  •   “Presenting America’s Prisons”   Ronit Avni is a Canadian/ Israeli/ recent American. Ronit Avni is an award-winning filmmaker, human rights advocate and media strategist with an expertise in Israeli–Palestinian […] 0

    Ronit Avni

      “Presenting America’s Prisons”   Ronit Avni is a Canadian/ Israeli/ recent American. Ronit Avni is an award-winning filmmaker, human rights advocate and media strategist with an expertise in Israeli–Palestinian […]

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  • “Kandahar” Kandahar is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. Its original Persian title is Safar-e Ghandehar, which means “Journey to Kandahar”, and it is alternatively […] 0

    Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Kandahar”

    “Kandahar” Kandahar is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. Its original Persian title is Safar-e Ghandehar, which means “Journey to Kandahar”, and it is alternatively […]

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  •   Lecture on Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Kandahar”   Hamid Dabashi is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City. He is the author […] 0

    Hamid Dabashi

      Lecture on Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Kandahar”   Hamid Dabashi is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City. He is the author […]

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  •   “Atrocity, Memory, Photography: Imaging the Concentration Camps of Bosnia. The Case of ITN versus Living Marxism”   David Campbell teaches politics and directs the Center for Transnational Studies at Newcastle […] 0

    David Campbell

      “Atrocity, Memory, Photography: Imaging the Concentration Camps of Bosnia. The Case of ITN versus Living Marxism”   David Campbell teaches politics and directs the Center for Transnational Studies at Newcastle […]

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  •   “Africa, Investing in the Excluded: Grassroots Enterprise, Gender and Community Driven Development”   Jerri Dell is the Program Director of the World Bank Institute and runs programs on Grassroots Management […] 0

    Jerri Dell (Bard ’73)

      “Africa, Investing in the Excluded: Grassroots Enterprise, Gender and Community Driven Development”   Jerri Dell is the Program Director of the World Bank Institute and runs programs on Grassroots Management […]

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  •   “American Responses to Genocide”   Samantha Power, from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, has recently attracted a great deal of attention after she published a […] 0

    Samantha Power

      “American Responses to Genocide”   Samantha Power, from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, has recently attracted a great deal of attention after she published a […]

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  •   “Women on Waves: Abortion Rights and Ocean Activism”   Rebecca Gomperts is a doctor, a seafarer, and an activist — “pro-choice extremist” was the phrase the New York Times […] 0

    Rebecca Gomperts

      “Women on Waves: Abortion Rights and Ocean Activism”   Rebecca Gomperts is a doctor, a seafarer, and an activist — “pro-choice extremist” was the phrase the New York Times […]

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  • Film Screening of You Don’t Know Me   Cambiz Khosravi, owner and operator of Woodstock Heritage Productions, is a widely recognized documentary film and video producer. His works have been in […] 0

    Cambiz Khosravi’s “You Don’t Know Me”

    Film Screening of You Don’t Know Me   Cambiz Khosravi, owner and operator of Woodstock Heritage Productions, is a widely recognized documentary film and video producer. His works have been in […]

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  •   “China Politics and Human Rights After Tiananmen”   Xiao Qiang is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website. He is an adjunct professor […] 0

    Xiao Qiang, Andrew Nathan & Robert Bernstein

      “China Politics and Human Rights After Tiananmen”   Xiao Qiang is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website. He is an adjunct professor […]

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  •   Mark Landsman is a Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker who recently produced and directed the feature-length film, Thunder Soul, on the extraordinary reunion of the legendary Kashmere Stage Band.  The film […] 0

    Mark Landsman’s “Postcards from Peje” and “Peace of Mind”

      Mark Landsman is a Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker who recently produced and directed the feature-length film, Thunder Soul, on the extraordinary reunion of the legendary Kashmere Stage Band.  The film […]

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