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Webinar: Outsiders in One’s Own Country featuring Binalakshmi Nepram
October 27, 12:50pm PT
“Linking Local to Global Peace Building”
“Local Ownership makes peace stick.” Watch this webinar featuring Binalakshmi Nepram to support the launch of the Peace Science Digest Special Issue on Local, National & International Peacebuilding.
Free Online Seminar: Academic Freedom in the MENA Region
November 4, 2020 – February 16, 2021 Wednesdays 12:00pm (EST) / 6:00pm (CET) for 14 weeks Seminar description: Since the Arab Spring began in early 2010s, countless academics in the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA region) have been fired… Continue reading→
Free Online Seminar: Marx’s Materialism
November 4, 2020 – February 12, 2021 Wednesdays 12.15 pm (CET) / 6.15 pm (EST) Seminar Description: Marx’s critical project has arguably been the most influential body of philosophical work since Lao Tzu and Aristotle. At the heart of Marx’s critical philosophy is… Continue reading→
Forced Migration in a Post-Pandemic World
A year-long multidisciplinary series presented by Columbia’s Committee on Forced Migration Since 2018, the Committee on Forced Migration, an initiative of the Columbia Global Centers, has focused on providing an institution-wide space to advance discourse, both internal and public, on forced… Continue reading→
India and China are clashing. Northeast India is caught in the middle — again.
September 22, 2020 Binalakshmi Nepram, founder-director of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and the Control Arms Foundation of India and the co-founder of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace published an opinion piece in the… Continue reading→
Free Online Seminar: The Political Economy of Natural Resources and Rentier States
Online Seminar Tuesdays 9:00AM – 11:00AM EDT beginning October 13 for 10 weeks. Cosponsored by: The New University in Exile Consortium & Off-University Seminar Description: Natural resources can generate vast sums, in many cases, sums larger than official development assistance… Continue reading→
Free Online Seminar: Law, Justice and Human Rights in China
Hosted on Zoom – register for linkSeptember 16 – November 18, 2020Every Wednesday, 2:00-4:00pm Eastern Time This series will introduce the legal system of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – in practice as well as theory – with an emphasis… Continue reading→