Events
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Apr 30
April 30, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDemocracy and the Internet—Re-examining the Core Assumptions
Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov focused on threats to open society posed by the Internet and discussed ways in which authoritarian governments and extremists are using the web to their own advantage..
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Apr 27
April 27, 2009
1:30–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWhy Russia Says No to Methadone
Prof. Vladimir Mendelevich and Dr. Robert Newman, leading experts on drug treatment, discussed the ban on methadone in Russia, and explored barriers to HIV prevention and treatment.
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Apr 24
April 24, 2009
5:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonBreaking Barriers: The Obama Administration, the 111th Congress, and the Future of School-Age Black Males
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Howard University School of Education, and the Open Society Institute presented a discussion on education legislation, including education-related provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment...
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Apr 23
April 23, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkProsecuting Heads of State
This panel event explored the issue of accountability for former heads of state who committed human rights violations and other abuses while in power.
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Apr 22
April 22, 2009
8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkLabor Migration in the Post-Soviet Space After the Economic Crisis
This panel discussion looked at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan.
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Apr 21
April 21, 2009
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Political Impact of New Media in the Middle East A Conversation with “Abu Aardvark”
Influential blogger Marc Lynch discussed how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East.
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Apr 15
April 15, 2009
1:30–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkChanging U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East.
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Apr 13
April 13, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Unwritten Rules of Policing in South Africa and the United States
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of “stop-and-search” and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies.
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Apr 8
April 8, 2009
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDebate Showcase
This round-robin invitational debate was sponsored in part by the Open Society Institute and organized by the International Debate Education Association and Hobart & William Smith Colleges.
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Apr 7
April 7, 2009
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkIraq—In Search of Truth and Trust
Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Susman discussed the texture of ordinary life in Iraq as well as the overall state of the surge.
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Apr 6
April 6, 2009
8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkNigeria’s Progress on Transparency
The Revenue Watch Institute, an Open Society Institute grantee, held a discussion with two leaders in Nigeria’s effort to reform management of natural resource revenues.
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Apr 1
April 1, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRoundtable Discussions in Southern Africa: Rights Not Rescue
SHARP and OSISA hosted roundtable discussions with sex workers in Botswana and Namibia to discuss research findings and recommendations on the human rights of female, transgender, and male sex workers in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
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