Theresa Williamson ’97 graduated with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies, and she is coming back home to tell us about her work with Catalytic Communities, a development organization she founded and directs. Come to her talk on December 5 in the Scheuer Room. Catalytic Communities: Entrepreneurship in Community Development in Rio de Janeiro A [...]
A NIGHT OF SCENES 2011 consisting of excerpts from THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG (1992) By Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006) Directed by Regina Noto ‘12 Lighting Design by Abigail Henderson ’14 & Evelyn Wightman ‘15 with Mihika Srivastava ‘14, Camila Osorio van Isschot ’12, Amelia Dornbush ‘15 THE LOVER (1962) By Harold Pinter (1930-2008) Directed by [...]
NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY (1948) The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration One Screening Only! Monday, December 5, 2011 7:00 pm Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema (maps and directions) Special guest Sandra Schulberg (’71) – daughter of filmmaker Stuart Schulberg & producer of the restoration – will speak about the making of Nuremberg and its subsequent suppression in [...]
Student Conference on Democracy and Ethnic Conflict Monday, November 28, 1:15-4pm, Trotter 301 The final meeting of Pols 79: Democracy and Ethnic Conflict is a conference in which students will present concrete findings from their larger research projects-in-progress. In addition to presenting evidence from a wide variety of cases of ethnic conflict, the conference will seek to [...]
The Pop Culture Hustle Latoya Peterson, blogger at Racialicious.com, is coming to speak at Swarthmore! A certified media junkie, Latoya Peterson provides a hip-hop feminist and anti-racist view on pop culture with a special focus on video games, anime, American comics, manga, magazines, film, television, and music. Tuesday, 11/22 7:00 pm SCI Center, 199 Hosted by [...]
The Department of Music and Dance presents the Fall Student Dance Concert on December 2nd and 3rd at 8PM in the LPAC Pearson-Hall Theater. Join us for an exciting evening of African-Brazilian drum and dance, Kathak, Swing, Tap and Taiko! Also, check out a special performance with Taiko Repertory and Gamelan Semara Santi on Sunday, [...]
Anyone who has worked with or studied with Jim MacMillan, instructor of Peace and Conflict Journalism, knows that he is a high-calibre journalist who lives and breathes his profession. You may also know that he is also a long-time professional photojournalist, whose work is recognized for its artistic quality. His photograph “First Light, 09/12/01,” is [...]
The Department of Theater and Senior Company 2012 presents Fefu and Her Friends by Marie Irene Fornes. The play will debut Thursday, December 1st at 8:30 pm and will be performed Friday, December 2nd at 8pm, Saturday, December 3rd at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday, December 4th at 2pm and 7pm. This production will take [...]
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, founder of The Shalom Center of Philadelphia, received the Peace Award from Germantown Mennonite Church today. He spoke to the congregation on bringing labor and rest into alignment with a healthy quality of life and a healthy planet. His recent book, co-authored with Rabbi Phyllis O. Berman, is titled, Freedom Journeys: The [...]
We have had a busy and engaging couple of weeks in Peace and Conflict Studies with events on nonviolent resistance in the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, mountaintop removal, and women and violence in the Congo. Here are some pictures and video offered as a brief recap: (click on the thumbnails below for larger images) [...]