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Nicole Hassoun on Global Health Justice
We live in tragic times. Millions are sheltering in place to avoid exacerbating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. How should we respond to such tragedies? This presentation argues that the human right to health can help us do so because it inspires hum ...
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Syria Round Table II: Syrian Gulag: Inside Assad’s Prisons
Out of a pre-war Syrian population of 24 million, at some point during the ongoing conflict, there were about 250,000 Syrians detained in its many prisons, a percentage of the population (1%) that dwarfs that of many other authoritarian regimes. Imprisonm ...
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Through the Clouds– The Art of Amy West
Please join us for the opening of the latest exhibit in the Combes Fine Art Gallery. Through the Clouds is a glass and silk installation from artist Amy West. ...
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Educide in Gaza
What are the definitions of Ecocide, Urbicide, Domicide, Culturicide and Educide? Why do these definitions apply to the Gaza war? Why do many international humanitarian and human rights organizations, UN officials, and thousands of scholars consider this ...
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Cahiers Series: Mercy, Athena
The CWT presents: Andrea Applebee The Chaiers Series- Mercy, Athena Having arrived from the United States to make a new life in Greece, Andrea Applebee gives a vivid account of the challenges and pleasures that await her as she learns a new language and m ...
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Book Presentation of Darrel Moellendorf's Mobilizing Hope – Climate Change and Global Poverty (OUP)
A climate crisis and other pressures on planetary ecology are cause for profound anxiety. Climate change threatens to trap hundreds of millions of people in poverty and to separate further an already deeply divided world. However, a new generation of acti ...
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Anti-Social Capital: Community Cohesion and Tax Avoidance among American Elites
On April 15th, 2024 the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host: Anti Social Capital: Community Cohesion and Tax Avoidance among American Elite by Professor Yossi Harpa (Sociology, Tel Aviv Univeristy) Professor Harpaz is a tenured Senior Lecturer ...
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Les Conférences francophones: « Le jury terroir et la roue des arômes du Comté: goûter la diversité »
S’il vous plaît, étant donné qu'une dégustation est impliquée, il est important de s'inscrire à la conférence ci-dessous. (Sinon, nous ne pourrons pas garantir qu'il y aura suffisamment de fromage pour tout le monde... et ce serait dommage. ...
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That Other Word
upcoming events at their respective centers, including the CWT’s publication of the latest in The Cahiers ... Walser's Berlin Stories 12:48- Recent events at the CWT: Helen DeWitt, Cynthia Haven, Ivan ... Vladislavić's A Labour of Moles 13:58- Recent and upcoming events at the CAT: Perry Link, Richard Howard, Jay ...
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Building Bridges
held a focus group that we framed as an International Meet and Greet. The incredibly successful event ...