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December 2003

Center Affiliate Kanan Makiya cited in Saddam Hussein editorial (12/15/2003)

Former Brandeis International Fellow Shiranee Tilakawardane named Supreme Court Judge in Sri Lanka (12/15/2003)

Brandeis University and Al-Quds University partnership planning project
Six Brandeis faculty and administration visit Al Quds University in Jerusalem, Israel to explore the prospect of a partnership between the two universities.

Center mourns the loss of board member Paul Simon (12/10/2003)
Obituary from The New York Times: Paul Simon, former Senator from Illinois, dead at 75

Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellowship Celebration (12/03/2004)


November 2003

A Region Inflamed: The past; A paper trail follows Iraqi merchants of tyranny (11/24/2003)
The New York Times speaks with Kanan Makiya

Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, Center board member, authors the majority opinion for Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court landmark ruling on the protection of rights for same-sex unions (11/19/2003)

From Minas to Massachusetts (11/12/2003)
The Center hosts a humanities-based seminar on Brazilian immigration in cooperation with the Framingham State College Center for Global Education to explore the enormous influx of Brazilians in the last decade to the "Metro West" region.


October 2003

Iraqi's optimism endures - Exiled leader urges crackdown on Ba'athists (10/23/2003)
The Boston Globe reports on Kanan Makiya, his work in Iraq, and his recent return to Brandeis

Rebuilding Iraq: Brandeis scholar offers insight into his native land (10/23/2003)
The News Tribune reports on Makiya's talk to members and guests of the Brandeis Community


September 2003

Literary Responses to Mass Violence (9/16/2003 - 9/18/2003)
Writers and scholars read from their works and considered theoretical models for understanding literary responses to mass violence.

. . And honoring the victims (09/11/2003)
Author and Center Board Member James Carroll reflects on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 in The Boston Globe

Path to Brandeis rooted amid Ireland's 'killing fields' for new coexistence master's program director (09/09/2003)
Fitzduff is newly arrived at Brandeis, where she is preparing to launch a master's program in conflict resolution and coexistence.

Does the wall also need to cut our campus in two? (09/01/2003)
An emergency appeal by Sari Nusseibeh, the Al-Quds University president and member of the Center's board


August 2003

Brandeis in the Berkshires
Daniel Terris served a program director for the second annual series of institutes where professional and community leaders gathered to examine major issues of the day. Terris was joined by Center advisory board members James Carroll and Sen. Paul Simon.

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Center continues seminars on end-of-life issues (08/03/2003)
The Center held a seminar entitled "Complex Issues in End-of-Life Care," as part of the long-standing Brandeis Seminars in the Humanities and the Professions program. It was organized in collaboration with the Smith College School for Social Work’s Center for Innovative Practice.


July 2003

International Jurisprudence: The Best and Worst of Times (07/22/2003)
Theodore Sorensen delivers the keynote address on the occasion of the Brandeis Institute for International Judges (BIIJ) July 22, 2003 at the Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria

Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2003 (07/20/2003 - 07/26/2003)
The second Brandeis Institute for International Judges (BIIJ), "Authority and Autonomy: Defining the Role of International and Regional Courts," was held at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria on July 20-26, 2003.

Friends of Brandeis in South Africa (07/09/2003)
The first ever Friends of Brandeis in South Africa function was held at All Africa House, University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday, July 9, 2003.

Learn about the Program, the Fellows, and their work
Fellows have been selected for '03-'04 The Brandeis International Fellowship Program: "Recasting Reconciliation through Culture and the Arts '03-'04"

Rich legacy to human rights (07/07/2003)
An opinion piece in the The Boston Globe praises the richness of the material in the Andrei Sakharov Archive at Brandeis.


June 2003

The Center Welcomes Chief Justice Margaret Marshall to the Board (06/25/2003)
Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts joins the Center's Advisory Board.

Digital Stories reach Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan (06/11/2003)

"Seeing Both Sides" (06/05/2003)
Cynthia cohen to speak at Lesley University


May 2003

Alan B. Slifka honored for dedication to coexistence at Commencement 2003 (05/18/2003)

"Haven or Home?" (05/16/2003)
A pilot program of the Brandeis Seminars in Humanities and the Professions explores issues facing refugees and their host communities

Brandeis scholarships create unlikely partners in peace program (05/14/2003)
The New York Times

Theodore Sorensen, advisory board chair, delivers commencement address at American University (05/11/2003)

Looking for hope in an apartheid monster's eyes (05/10/2003)
Interview with former Center affiliate Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Student Fellows prepare for a summer of new experiences (05/03/2003)


April 2003

A nation lost (04/22/2003)
Article in the The Boston Globe by Center board member James Carroll

Speaking with Kanan Makiya:

"A tribute to the life and work of Theodore C. Sorensen" (04/21/2003)
Brandeis University and the Council on Foreign Relations co-sponsors event

Both Sides of the Bench (04/01/2003 - 04/03/2003)
New Perspectives on International Law and Human Rights


March 2003

The War in Iraq: Global Perspectives (03/31/2003)

Kanan Makiya (03/17/2003)
On Now with Bill Moyers

Being antiwar isn't enough (03/16/2003)
Daniel Terris, LA Times

Towards a Robust Ideal of Peace
Dan Terris, director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life

The Psychology of Chronic Conflict - by Dr. Gary Jacobson (03/14/2003)

War's power of seduction (03/11/2003)
James Carroll, The Boston Globe

Russell Banks comes to Brandeis (03/11/2003)

A war policy in collapse (03/04/2003)
James Carroll, The Boston Globe


February 2003

Watching the war with both eyes (02/25/2003)
James Carroll, The Boston Globe

Our hopes betrayed: How a US blueprint for post-Saddam government quashed the hopes of democratic Iraqis (02/16/2003)
Kanan Makiya, The Observer

Iraqi opposition slams plan for military governor (02/16/2003)
Luke Harding, The Observer

Brandeis Fellow (2001-2003) named President of the Court of Appeals for Sri Lanka

Saying no to war (02/11/2003)
James Carroll, The Boston Globe

Mari Fitzduff appointed professor of coexistence and director of the proposed master's program


January 2003

Makiya takes leadership role in shaping Iraq's future (01/14/2003)
The Justice

Kanan Makiya participates in a meeting at the White House with Iraqi Dissidents (01/12/2003)
The New York Times

Andrei Sakharov sculpture to be unveiled at special music performance at Brandeis (01/10/2003)

The Boston Phoenix selects The Rose exhibit for its "Editors' Pick" (01/09/2003)

Cynthia Cohen visits the Sewa Lanka foundation, a Center partner in Sri Lanka