Obama in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan: How a Decade of War and New Technology Have Changed American Strategy
Come join us for a talk by David Sanger
Chief Washington Correspondent
Author of The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power
Thursday, October 27, 2011
4:30 p.m.
Science Center 183
Swarthmore College (maps and directions)
Sponsored by the President’s Office, Peace and Conflict Studies, and War News Radio
The Peace and Justice Studies meetings in Memphis were a success, and Swarthmore was well represented. Ivan Boothe ’05 continues to serve on the organization’s board, and the Global Nonviolent Action database attracted considerable attention. Thanks to the PJSA organizers and Gandhi-King Conference for their hard work.
Next year’s meeting will be held October 4-6, 2012 at Tufts University in Medford, MA (Boston), and hopefully we will be able to take a van from Swarthmore. Stay tuned!
Here are a few pictures (click twice on pictures for full size):
AUDITIONS FOR PRODUCTION ENSEMBLE 2012 (THEA 022; Spring 2012)
IVONA, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDIA by Witold Gombrowicz
A grotesque and paranoiac fairytale from 1938.
THURSDAY 11/17 7PM-10 PM and SATURDAY 11/19 2PM-5PM in the FREAR ENSEMBLE THEATER
Director/Professor: K. Elizabeth Stevens
No need to prepare anything for the audition. You will be given scenes to read.
* Auditions are open to all students that have taken Acting I (THEA 002A).
* Participation in THEA 022 fulfills a requirement for all Theater majors and minors.
* Students that have previously done Production Ensemble may audition and be cast again for academic credit, registering for THEA 042 or THEA 06.
* Copies of the script for the production will be made available through the Theater Department Office (13 LPAC) starting Monday, October 31st.
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
Production Ensemble rehearses weekly on the following schedule:
Mondays 4:00-7:00 pm
Wednesdays 4:00-10:00 pm
Sundays: 12 noon-6:00 pm
No student will be called to rehearsal for more than 12 hours in a given week. Some students may be called for only 6. It is okay to have a conflict with one of the rehearsal times.
This schedule will be expanded for tech/dress rehearsals and performances March 18, 2011. Performances will take place the weekend of March 23-26. Other than for a post-mortem meeting for the students and faculty involved, the work for the production will be finished by March 26. The production team includes Matthew Saunders as Set Designer, Laila Swanson as Costume Designer, Jim Murphy as Lighting Designer, and Mike Kiley as Sound Designer.
Questions: contact K. Elizabeth Stevens (esteven1@swarthmore.edu, 610-690-6889)
The Peace and Justice Studies Association 2011 meeting is being held at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN, October 20-23. The PJSA has partnered with the Gandhi King Youth Conference to design a joint conference this year.
You can follow the conference online. Follow and contribute to the #pjsa-gkc hashtag on Twitter, or watch the conference Livestream embedded on this page. The schedule for the conference is also available online.
At a recent presentation on “Organizing your data” for senior sociology and anthropology students (including some Peace and Conflict Studies students) who are working on theses, a number of students expressed interest in a further information session / tutorial on using Atlas.ti
Atlas.ti is software designed for organizing multiple forms of research data (text, video, audio, survey, and geo-spatial) to facilitate theorizing and smart retrieval of information. Atlas.ti is available in select computer labs on campus, and personal student copies (for PCs and Macs running Windows) can be purchased at 5% of the cost of a regular single user license. For more information, visit http://www.atlasti.com/
Our next tutorial will be in the SOAN seminar room (Kohlberg 236) on Wed. October 26 at 4:00. Please feel welcome to attend. It would be helpful if you would register your interest in attending via this simple form at http://bit.ly/n0h9iq
The Peace and Conflict Studies program announces the release of a new book by Prof. Lee Smithey. Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland is now available from Oxford University Press.
Drawing on almost twenty years of studying and traveling to Northern Ireland, including sustained periods of intensive fieldwork, Smithey focuses on the importance of collective identity change that is central to conflict transformation. He argues that it is important for ethnopolitical division to be addressed from within ideologically committed quarters of divided societies. In this case, he finds that many unionists and loyalists are modifying symbolic and often ritualistic expressions of collective identity that have often been considered divisive, such as parades, bonfires, and murals, and
are making them less polarizing. The development and modification of these activities provide opportunities for the incremental reframing of fundamental ethnopolitical ideas and narratives. If you are interested in studying peace processes from grassroots psychocultural angles, this book might appeal to you.
You can read more about the book and order copies at Oxford University Press and Amazon.com (where a Kindle version is available.) A pdf flyer and a mail-in order form are also available.
Find other books by Peace and Conflict Studies faculty at Swarthmore here.
Aszure Barton & Artists will perform BUSK and BLUE SOUP in the Pearson Hall Theater at 8PM on November 11, 2011. Sponsored by the William J. Cooper Foundation and the Department of Music and Dance, this will be an exciting and entertaining evening of performance. A Master Class with the company will take place in Troy Dance Lab (LPAC 2) on November 10, 2011 at 4:30PM. For more info on the master class, contact Kim Arrow (karrow1@swarthmore.edu).
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Aszure Barton & Artists will perform BUSK and BLUE SOUP in the Pearson Hall Theater at 8PM on November 11, 2011. Sponsored by the William J. Cooper Foundation and the Department of Music and Dance, this will be an exciting and entertaining evening of performance. A Master Class with the company will take place in Troy Dance Lab (LPAC 2) on November 10, 2011 at 4:30PM. For more info on the master class, contact Kim Arrow (karrow1@swarthmore.edu).
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photo credit: Julien Harneis
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, nearly 6 million people have died as a result of violent conflict since 1996, making it one of the deadliest and leastdiscussed humanitarian crises in human history.
Come see Kambale Musavuli
Spokesperson for “Friends of the Congo”
Friday Oct. 21st, 4:15 pm
Science Center 128 (maps and directions)
Mr. Kambale Musavuli, will be speaking on the causes of the conflict, the environmental consequences, and the systematic violence against women. Mr. Musavuli is a well-known Congolese human rights activist and spokesperson for Friends of the Congo. His goal is to mobilize the global community to help bring an end to the conflict in the Congo and provide support to the people of Congo.
photo credit: Campus Progress
Sponsored by: Forum for Free Speech, Swarthmore STAND, Swarthmore Political Science Department, Swarthmore Gender and Sexuality Studies, Swarthmore Peace and Conflict Studies, and the Office of the President
Prof. K. Elizabeth Stevens is working on a new piece with Headlong Dance Theater at the Machine Shop (N. 21st and Washington in Philly). November 11 – 13, 2011. www.headlong.org or 215.545.9195 for tickets!