Events
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May 19
May 19, 2004
10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWho Lost Uzbekistan?
David Lewis, the Central Asia project director of the International Crisis Group, discussed the current political, economic, and social situation in Uzbekistan, where the government has been intransigent in the face of growing popular discontent.
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May 13
May 13, 2004
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Secret Epidemic
Jacob Levenson discussed his new book on HIV/AIDS among black Americans. Joining him on the panel were two prominent social researchers, Mindy and Robert Fullilove.
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May 11
May 11, 2004
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRecording Truth
Photographers who chronicled Peru s 20-year internal conflict discuss the work of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission through the lens of a groundbreaking local photo exhibit about the violence.
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Apr 29
April 29, 2004
8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBriefing and Discussion with Members of the UN Millennium Project Task Force 3 on Education and Gender Equality
Launched in 2002 by UN officials, the UN Millennium Project seeks to recommend the best strategies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Task Force 3 is charged with assessing progress toward two goals: universal primary education...
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Mar 29
March 29, 2004
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPhotography as Advocacy?
Andrew Lichtenstein and Steve Liss discuss how they have used documentary photography to examine the social, political, and economic repercussions of the U.S. criminal justice system.
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Feb 20
February 20, 2004
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Political Future and War Against Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Journalist Ahmed Rashid discussed issues surrounding the Afghanistan elections, still scheduled for June 2004, and U.S. policies vis a vis the current Pakistani and Central Asian regimes.
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Feb 2
February 2, 2004
2:00–7:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Hundred Little Hitlers
Elinor Langer, a former OSI Individual Project Fellow, discussed her recently published book about the murder of an Ethiopian immigrant by white skinheads in Portland, Oregon in 1988.
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Nov 24
November 24, 2003
4:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPress Freedom in Afghanistan
Two leaders of Afghanistan s budding independent press discussed the significant barriers to free speech that remain in place in the country more than two years after the Taliban's removal.
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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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