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Upcoming Events

  

 
     
   

Public Lecture
CLAUDIA CARD
Emma Goldman Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
on
“Evils and Inexcusable Wrongs"
Thursday, 19 November, 2009 4:00 pm
UMass Boston, Chancellor's Conference Room (Quinn Administration Bldg., 3rd Floor)
     
    A discussion with the UMB Philosophy Club
CLAUDIA CARD
on
“Between Good and Evil" (Kant's theory of radical evil)
Friday, 20 November, 2009 3:00 pm
UMass Boston, Troy Conference Room (Wheatley, 2nd Floor, by the catwalk, across from the CLA Dean's office)
     

Past Events

    
anat   The Philosophy Department and the Philosophy Club
at UMass Boston Presents
ANAT BILETZKI
professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University
on
“Politicizing Human Rights (using international law).”
Friday, 24 April 2009 3:00 pm
UMass Boston, Campus Center, 2nd floor, room 2540
     

rwanda

  

"Remembering Rwanda 1994: Genocide and its Aftermath", a conference commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi. Friday, April 17th, 2009, 9:30 a.m. until -3:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Alumni Room.

Special guests:  
James Kimonyo, Ambassador from Rwanda to the USA, Henry Theriault (Worcester State), co-editor in chief of The Journal of Genocide Studies and Prevention, and  Alexandre Dauge-Roth (Bates College).

Rwandan speakers include: Chantal Kayitesi, J.Bosoco Rutagengwa, Elisée Rutagambwa. With UMB Faculty Speakers: Winston Langley, Robert Weiner, Amani El-Jack, and Lynne Tirrell.
 
3:30-6:30: Film Screening: Boston Premiere: Behind This Convent
followed by discussion with the filmmaker, Gilbert Ndahayo
Media Auditorium, Healey Library, LL.