Past Events
Previous major events initiated by the Center include:
10 Years of Innovative Approaches to Global Coexistance 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.
The Ethics Center cosponsors selected events organized by students and other Brandeis centers and departments. To request Ethics Center cosponsorship of an event, click here.
Upcoming Events
* = Event coordinated by the Ethics Center.
Professor Fu Youde, Director of the Center for Judaic Studies, Shandong University, China
Fu Youde is a Chinese scholar who writes about Confucianism and Jewish philosophy. He will give the following talks about religion and ethics:
"Judaism through Chinese Eyes"
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
"Modernity and Tradition: The formation of modern Judaism and its referential value to the construction of Chinese culture today" - a NEJS Teach-in
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Lown 315
"The prophets in Judaism and the sages in Confucianism: a comparative study"
Friday, September 12, 2008
Time: 10:30am
Location: TBA
Cosponsored by NEJS, the Kraft-Hiatt Fund, and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences. For more information, contact Anne Lawrence.
* Summer Internship Funding Sessions
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| A village in Uganda, internship site of ECSF 2008 Benjamin Bechtolsheim. |
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Location: Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Atrium, across from the Heller School
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Location: Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Atrium, across from the Heller School
Given the opportunity, how would you change the world? Here's your opportunity to work for coexistence, peace, social justice, gender rights...the list goes on.
Come learn about the following internship funding opportunities for summer 2009:
Ethics Center Student Fellowship (ECSF) - $3500 stipend for an internship focusing on issues of ethics, broadly defined. For more information, click here.
Eli Segal Citizen Leadership Fellowship - $5000 for a grad student or $3500 for an undergrad for a project in civic engagement in the USA
Louis D. Brandeis Social Justice Stipends - $3500 for an internship in social justice
Hiatt Career Center World of Work Fellowships - $3500 for work and career exploration
Rapaporte Foundation Internship Grants - $2000 for internships dealing with gender equality
All are welcome! For more information, click here.
*Ethics Center Student Fellowship (ECSF) Preliminary Project Proposal Due
Monday, October 6, 2008
Time: by midnight
For more information, click here.
*"Shared Future? Brandeis Vision of Coexistence in Palestine and Israel" - Exhibition on display in the Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery
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| Slifka Scholar Walaa Sbeit '08 |
Photography and Interviews by Naomi Safran-Hon; Writing and Translation by Dalia Alturi
October 13 - November 17, 2008 (tentative)
Reception with the artist and open conversation: Date TBA
Naomi Safran-Hon ’08, an accomplished artist whose photographs have been exhibited on three continents, has created an exhibition of portraits of past Slifka Scholars in their home environment, juxtaposed with text that describes each person’s ideas and thoughts about the joint future of both Arabs and Jews in Israel.
Slifka Scholars interviewed and photographed include:
- Walaa Sbeit ’08 and Naomi Safran-Hon ’08
- Eman Haider ’07 and Margarita Konaev ‘07
- Moran Eisenbaum ’06 and Manar Fawakhry ’06
- Marina Pevzner ‘04 and Waseem Yahya ‘04
- Taher Baderkhan ‘03
- Yoav Borowitz ’00 and Forsan Hussein ‘00
This exhibition is made possible by a generous grant from the Alan B. Slifka Foundation and is cosponsored by the Slifka, Malkin, and Seeds of Peace Scholars at Brandeis University. For more information, contact ethics@brandeis.edu
* Summer Internship Proposal Writing Workshop
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Time: 5:15 - 6:15pm
Location: Levine Ross, Hassenfeld Conference Center (upper Sherman)
How can I turn my idea into a proposal that will land me that award? Although this session is targeted at undergrads applying for summer internship funding, this workshop will be useful for anyone interested in learning to write a project funding proposal. All are welcome.
For information on funding opportunities available for summer 2009, click here.
If you are applying for the Ethics Center Student Fellowship (ECSF), it is recommended, but not required, that you submit a preliminary project proposal by Monday, October 6, so that you can receive feedback at this workshop. For more information on the ECSF optional preliminary project proposal, click here.
For more information, contact ethics@brandeis.edu.
*Ethics Center Student Fellowship (ECSF) Applications Due
Monday, November 3, 2008
Time: by 5pm
For more information, click here.
* Dr. Brian Williams, Epidemiologist, World Health Organization
Distinguished Visiting Practitioner
February 9-13, 2009
Dr. Brian Williams, an epidemiologist at the World Health Organization in Geneva, will address the issue of "human rights" versus "public health" approaches to the management of disease, especially in relation to HIV and TB. Williams has written extensively on a variety of diseases, including AIDS, tuberculosis and trypanosomiasis. He has been particularly concerned with the roles played by government policy and by NGOs in determining the success of public health efforts.
Dr. Williams is the third annual Distinguished Visiting Practitioner of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life. The program brings "real-world" leading practitioners to campus for weeklong residencies that combine public lectures, classroom visits, and small-group discussions on topics of current interest to a wide range of students and scholars at Brandeis.
Dr. Williams' residency is hosted by the Center and the Chemistry Department, with lead faculty member Irv Epstein. A full schedule of events will be posted soon.