Events & News

Fall 2000

Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:00 PM
Five College Faculty Panel
"After Palestinian Statehood: Prospects for Peace in the Middle East"
Panelists:
Tayeb El-Hibri, UMASS
N. Gordon Levin, Amherst College
David Mednicoff, UMASS
Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall, Amherst College

Monday, October 2, 2000 7:30 PM
"Colombia: Our New Latin American War"
Adam Isacson, Center for International Policy
Location: Herter 277, UMASS
In Depth: Links on Columbia

Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:00 PM
Five College Faculty Panel
"US Foreign Policy and the Presidential Elections"
Panelists:
James Der Derian, UMASS and the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton University
Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke College
Mary Geske, Smith College
Jon Western, Mount Holyoke College
(Watch the Presidential Debate with US at 9:00 PM)
Location: Seelye 110, Smith College
In Depth: Links on the Presidential Elections and International Affairs

Wednesday, November 1, 2000 7:30 PM
"The Myth of the Cold War"
Howard Zinn, Boston University (Emeritus)
Location: Thompson 106, UMASS

Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Two Lectures by Rachel Stohl, Center for Defense Information
"A Worst Form of Child Labor: Child Soldiers"
Time and Location: 4:30, Neilson Browsing Room, Smith College
"Child Soldiers: Invisible Combatants"
Time and Location: 8:00, Thompson 102, UMASS
In Depth: Links on Child Soldiers

Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:30 PM
"The Illegal Diamond Trade and Human Rights Abuses in Africa"
Peter Takirambudde, Human Rights Watch
Location: East Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College
In Depth: Links on the Diamond Trade

All Public Lectures are free and open to the public. Please email us at pawss@hampshire.edu or call (413) 559-5367 for further information.