Past Events
Previous major events initiated by the Center include:
10 Years of Innovative Approaches to Global Coexistence and Justice
Acting Together on the World Stage
Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle
9/11 – Reflections Five Years Later
For round-ups of other past events, see our News section or use the "Search" function above to search for a specific event or topic.
Cosponsorship guidelines
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Upcoming Events
* = Event coordinated by the Ethics Center
*The Green Canvas: The Artist as Environmental Activist
Can we design our way to a greener climate?
Hoseob Yoon from Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
Distinguished Visiting Practitioner residency
February 8-11, 2010
Hoseob Yoon, a South Korean graphic artist who has devoted his career and his life to protecting the environment, will serve as the Center’s fourth Distinguished Visiting Practitioner. The residency will include class visits, art demonstrations, exhibits, and one-on-one visits with students and members of the community. Yoon will share his message about the risk of climate change and the threats it poses to agriculture, water supplies, health, and biodiversity.
Schedule of Public Events
Monday, February 8
2:00-3:30 pm; Shapiro Campus Center Gallery
Gallery Talk with the Artist -- Professor Yoon kicks off the residency with a discussion of his artwork and his activism -- and how the two overlap. All are welcome.
Tuesday, February 9
7:00 pm; Pollack Auditorium
**Keynote Address: "The Green Canvas: The Artist as Environmental Activist"**
9:00 pm; Ridgewood Commons
KSA Hangout -- Gather with Professor Yoon for an informal conversation hosted by the Korean Student Association. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
Wednesday, February 10
2:00-3:30 pm; Shapiro Campus Center Gallery
"A Day in the Life of an Environmental Artist" -- Are you an artist who seeks to engage with climate change or other pressing social issues? Are you an activist committed to making a difference? Listen to Professor Yoon tell stories about the choices that he made, the people who influenced him, and his day-to-day life committed to the Earth's environment. Dessert and drinks provided. All are welcome.
3:30-4:30 pm; Shapiro Campus Center Gallery
"Office Hours with Professor Yoon" -- Here's your chance to ask Professor Yoon focused questions one-on-one. Don't miss this opportunity to speak with this noted artist/activist in a casual, individual setting. First come, first served; no appointment needed.
Thursday, February 11
2:00-8:00 pm; Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Designing a Greener Future -- Come and work with Professor Hoseob Yoon to collaborate on the design and painting of T-shirts with artful messages that will help preserve the planet. Bring your own T-shirt if you want! All are welcome -- to design, paint, watch, discuss! Hosted by Students for Environment Action (SEA). Snacks will be served.
This residency is hosted by Eric Olson, Senior Lecturer in Ecology in the Program in Sustainable International Development. It is part of a year of activities designed to raise awareness on the Brandeis campus about climate change and the choices we all make in relation to the Earth's environment, now and in the future.
Visit Brandeis University's website devoted to issues of climate change. For more information, contact us here.
"A Crime So Monstrous," E. Benjamin Skinner, journalist
Monday, February 22, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
E. Benjamin Skinner has the dubious honor of having seen the purchase of human beings on four continents. Skinner, a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute, will discuss his award-winning book, "A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery," which details his journeys through such countries as Romania, India, Haiti, and Sudan, and his quest to expose the horrors of modern-day slavery, still all too prevalent in today's society.
Skinner will also speak about his personal journey, and how he came to follow a path of journalism, social justice, and human rights.
This is a Social Justice Leadership Series lecture cosponsored by the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism. For more information contact Lindsay Markel.
A Coming Together…Musika Rox/موسيقى روكس/מוזיקה רקס
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Time: 8:00-10:00 pm
Location: Levin Ballroom, Usdan
“A Coming Together…Musika Rox/موسيقى روكس/מוזיקה רקס” is an original cross-cultural coexistence performance. Musika Rox, literally, Music (Hebrew) Dance (Arabic) reflects a new alliance between B’yachad, Brandeis’ semi-professional Israeli dance troupe and Mochila, Brandeis’ Arab jazz fusion band (created by Slifka scholar, Mohammad Kundas ‘10). The show, with guest performances by Spoken Word, BU's Kalaniot, and Ibrahim Miari of the Acco Theater Company, will be a coming together of identities, talents and beliefs. Musika Rox will focus on the possibilities of peace and coexistence through a cultural model. Israelis, Palestinians, Jews and Muslims will come together to put aside all tensions for an evening of co-existence, performance, talent and cultural appreciation.
This event is cosponsored by B'yachad, Mochila, the Consulate General of Israel to New England, Israel Campus Roundtable, the Center for Arab Culture, the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance, the Karpf and Hahn Peace Award, and the Office of Global Affairs. Doors open at 7:30. Admission is $3 or free with a Brandeis ID. For more information, email Marnina Cowan.
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| Sculpture and photo by Tory Fair |
*Changing People in a Changing Climate? The Ethical Implications of Climate Disruption
Is it enough to recycle? Is it enough to drive a Prius?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 2:00-5:00 pm
Location: Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Who bears the responsibility for climate change? What would motivate and inspire people to make actual changes in their lives? Come hear a variety of disciplinary perspectives on climate change, its ethical and educational challenges, and strategies for reducing its causes and ameliorating its consequences.
Introduction by Saleem Ali, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont and Adjunct Professor at Brown, and author of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future.
Original film of Brandeis communitiy members discussing their thoughts, feelings, and dilemmas about climate change.
Responses by Michael Appell of the International Business School; Bernadette Brooten of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, and Classics; Cristina Espinosa of the Sustainable International Development Program in the Heller School; and Tory Fair of Fine Arts. Brief essays by this panel sharing their perspectives on climate change will be available beginning March 15 on Brandeis' campus sustainability website.
This event is hosted by the Ethics Center with organizers Charlie Chester of Environmental Studies and Irving Epstein of the Chemistry Department. It is free and open to the public. For more information, email ethics@brandeis.edu.
*My Sister's Keeper - humanitarian activist Gloria White-Hammond
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Gloria White-Hammond, co-founder of My Sister's Keeper, will present this Social Justice Leadership Series lecture. My Sister’s Keeper is a faith-inspired, multiracial collective of women who lend humanitarian assistance to communities of women globally, with a focus on Sudan. For more information, visit the Social Justice Leadership Series page.