Spring 2008

Tuesday, April 1
"Flirting with Human Rights: Soviet Diplomacy, 1954-1958"
Jennifer Amos, History, University of Chicago
John Hope Franklin Room
(with the Russian Studies Workhop)

Thursday, April 17
"Guerrilla Pedagogies against 'Backyard Colonialism': Political Education, Frontier Justice, and the Prison Rebellion Years"
Professor Alan Gomez, History, Ithaca College
Pick Hall 105, 5828 South University Avenue

Thursday, April 24
"The Politics of Prestige: Factional Violence Among Palestinians in Lebanon"
Sarah Parkinson, Political Science, University of Chicago
Wilder House, 5811 South Kenwood Avenue
(with the Comparative Politics Workshop)

Thursday, May 1
"Neo-Liberal Democracy: Civic Participation and the Politics of Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
Nick Smith, Political Science, University of Chicago
Pick Hall 105
(with the African Studies Workshop)

Thursday, May 22
"From Gandhi to gurus: The Paradox of Deliberative Democracy in Gujarat, India"
Mona Mehta, Political Science, University of Chicago
South Asia Lounge, Foster Hall 103-104
1130 East 59th Street
(with the Theory and Action in South Asian Studies Workshop)

Tuesday, June 3, 4:30
"A Roundtable Discussion on the Illinois Criminal Justice System"
Pick Hall 105

Wednesday, June 4: TBD

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