| Events for Lectures & Symposia - 2007 |
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Rackham Distinguished Faculty/Graduate Seminar: International Perspectives on Human Rights
1/22/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Nataša Kandić, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade
“Establishing Truth and Responsibility in Post-Conflict Societies”
Nataša Kandić, the founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Law Center. Born in 1946, and first working in housing issues for the Trade Union Organization, in 1992 Kandic formed the Humanitarian Law Center, Yugoslavia’s premier human rights organization. Known for meticulous investigative work despite the extreme danger, HLC has been relied on by the War Crimes Tribunal to research human rights abuses in wartime.
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Evening Concert - 'Courtly Gestures'
1/24/2007; 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Yang Wei, Chinese pipa master
The UM Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present “Courtly Gestures” as this year’s Jill S. Harris Memorial event. Yang Wei’s Visiting Artist residency is supported by the Center for World Performance Studies.
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Thursday Brown Bag Lecture - 'Texas Death Row: Executions by Lethal Injection 1982-2007'
2/8/2007; 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bill Crawford, author and producer, Austin, Texas
Larry Fitzgerald, Public Information Manager for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from 1995-2003
Human Rights Series
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Rackham Distinguished Faculty/Graduate Seminar: International Perspectives on Human Rights
2/9/2007; 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Mary Gallagher, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
“Legislating Harmony: Law and Labor Rights in China”
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Lecture - 'Incongruent Corpora: Writing and Art in Ancient Iraq'
2/15/2007 - 2/16/2007; 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Jerrold S. Cooper, W. W. Spence professor in Semitic Languages
Department of Near Eastern Studies
The Johns Hopkins University
Cosponsored by LSA Department of Near Eastern Studies
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Rackham Distinguished Faculty/Graduate Seminar: International Perspectives on Human Rights
3/9/2007; 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Nick Rine, Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Program for Law and Development in Cambodia, UM Law School
“Rice, Fish, Beer, Designer Jeans and Other Human Rights Flash Points in Cambodia”
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Rethinking the Mandates of University Systems in Sub-Saharan South Africa in the Context of Globalization
3/21/2007 - 3/21/2100; 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ahmed Bawa, Professor of Physics & Education
Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Humor With and Without Words
3/22/2007 - 3/23/2007; 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Ted Cohen, Philosophy, University of Chicago
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The Marc and Constance Jacobson Lecture and Discussion, “History and the Politics of Recognition”
3/30/2007; 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
** Due to unforseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a day later in the year. **
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CANCELLED Rackham Distinguished Faculty/Graduate Seminar: International Perspectives on Human Rights
4/13/2007; 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Thomas Cushman, Professor, Department of Sociology, Wellesley College, and founding editor, The Journal of Human Rights
“The Myth of the International Community”
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Global Improvisation in Art and Life
10/19/2007; 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
A symposium presented in collaboration with Kerrytown Concert House’s Edgefest 2007 Creative Music Festival.
Moderator: Piotr Michalowski (Near Eastern Studies, multi-instrumentalist and Jazz writer)
Participants:
George Lewis (jazz trombonist and author)
Rudresh Mahanthappa (composer and alto saxophonist)
Edward Sarath (School of Music, trumpeter, flugelhorn player, composer)
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