Events
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Nov 17
November 17, 2003
5:00–10:00 a.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCasualties of War: Iraqi Women's Rights and Reality Then and Now
A panel discussion on Iraq sponsored by the Network Women's Program and V-Day, a nonprofit organization active in the global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
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Nov 13
November 13, 2003
1:00–6:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHuman Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
A former U.S. State Department official and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author discussed human rights, humanitarian intervention, and government policy both today and during the turbulent 1990s.
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Oct 9
October 9, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkReconciliation and Responsibility in the Balkans
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and a prominent Serbian human rights activist discussed the court s ongoing challenges.
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Sep 8
September 8, 2003
5:00 a.m. until
December 15, 2003
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPost-Graduate Course in International Education Policy Studies
The Education Support Program, OSI–Budapest, and Columbia University (Teachers College) offered a joint post-graduate course on international education policy studies.
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Sep 4
September 4, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Turning Point in Human Rights
Panelists including Mark Danner, staff writer for the New Yorker and author of The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War discussed the 1981 massacre of civilians by government soldiers in the village of El Mozote, El Salvador.
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Jun 26
June 26, 2003
4:30–10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPetroleum and Poverty
This panel discussion focused on the "resource curse"—a pattern in which poor countries become poorer when they start selling lucrative oil exploration rights.
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Jun 11
June 11, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe USA Patriot Act's Effect on Civil Liberties
Experts on immigration and homeland security discuss the U.S. Justice Department's detention policies and related antiterrorist legislation.
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May 14
May 14, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkInequality or Interdependence
Three analysts discuss the economic and social impact, both in the United States and abroad, of contemporary U.S. conservatism and propose widespread policy changes.
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May 5
May 5, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Battle for Civil Society in Egypt
An Egyptian activist who spent nearly three years as a political prisoner discussed his strong hopes for a “democratic transformation” in the Middle East.
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Apr 24
April 24, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMurder by Public Policy
OSI Fellows and acclaimed authors Eric Klinenberg (Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago) and Samantha Power (A Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide) discuss similarities in two seemingly unrelated tragedies: the July...
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Apr 11
April 11, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBuilding the Afghan State
An Afghanistan expert warned that failing to curtail the power of the country’s warlords could jeopardize the successful implementation of a new constitution.
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Apr 2
April 2, 2003
2:00–7:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRadical Islam and Arab Nationalism
Olivier Roy discussed terrorist groups’ appeal to pan-Islamic nationalism and the failure of U.S. policy makers to fully comprehend this trend.
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