December 2006
Update from Palestine: "Our difficulties are many, but our resolve is strong."
Mohammad Sawalha, director of the Palestinian House of Friendship, gives the Center a perspective of the situation on the ground in Nablus, the largest city in Palestine.
Alone With Five Others: Dispatches from a Changing World (12/07/2006)
The 2006 Ethics Center Student Fellows presented their summer experiences abroad to the larger Brandeis community, and unveiled the publication containing their post-internship reports.
The Free Play Theatre Cooperative presents "The Black Eyed"
Written by Betty Shamieh, the play tells the story of four Palestinian women from different historical periods that meet in the afterlife.
November 2006
Margaret Marshall, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, attends the Brandeis unveiling of Andy Warhol's painting of Louis Brandeis (11/13/2006)
Marshall, a member of the Center's International Advisory Board, joined President Jehuda Reinharz and an audience of hundreds to highlight Justice Brandeis's contributions to American jurisprudence on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Assessment Report: The Brandeis 2005-06 Intercultural Residency Series
The inaugural year of the ICRS, sponsored by the Slifka Program and MusicUnitesUS, is assessed by co-directors Cynthia Cohen and Judith Eissenberg.
"War Criminals, Beware"
An article in The Nation highlights the Center for Constitutional Rights -- headed by Center Board Member Michael Ratner -- and its impending case against U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for alleged war crimes.
Coexistence International Advisory Board Member Dekha Ibrahim Abdi Featured in PeaceWomen Publication
The book, published by a Swizterland-based committee, profiles each of the 1,000 women the committee nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.
Woodrow Wilson International Center Publication Highlights Mari Fitzduff's Work
Fitzduff suggests a list of core competencies for graduate programs in coexistence and conflict work.
October 2006
Ethics Central (10/19/2006)
The Center's newsletter, sporting a brand new title, is now available in print and online.
Kate Bornstein speaks (10/04/2006 - 10/06/2006)
The author, playwright, and performance artist discussed sexual energy and sharing as a way to follow desire.
September 2006
Brandeis Provost Releases Report from Committee on Exhibitions and Public Expression on Campus (09/25/2006)
The committee examined the "Voices of Palestine" controversy that arose in May.
Scars, Roots and Hope: Latin American Emigrants in Israel (09/20/2006)
Israeli psychologist Tamara Melnick, who lived in Chile for 13 years before emigrating to Israel, discusses the challenges faced by Latin American Jews who emigrate to Israel.
"Peace by Artful Means" (09/17/2006)
ABC Radio National reports on Coexistence International's peacebuilding efforts
9/11: Brandeis Reflects Five Years Later (09/11/2006)
"International Law in Flux," by Hans Corell (PDF) (09/08/2006)
Center Board Member Hans Corell speaks at a global issues forum in Berlin
Center Associate Director Marci McPhee Speaks to STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) (09/07/2006)
McPhee's speech was the keynote event of the vigil commemorating the second anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Assistant Professor Ted Johnson Joins the Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence for the 2006-07 Academic Year (09/01/2006)
A Senior Program Manager with Mercy Corps Conflict Management Group and a Ph.D. candidate at Tufts University, Johnson will teach a Mediation course, a short Research Methods course, and a short Conflict and Development course, as well as design a short course on Trends in Diversity Management.
August 2006
The Center and the Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence Welcome the 2006-07 Class of the Master's Program in Coexistence & Conflict
Fifteen students representing 12 countries will spend an academic year at Brandeis, followed by a semester-long field placement.
Center Board Member Publishes The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council, 1980-2005
David M. Malone, High Commissioner Designate of Canada, has produced a comprehensive analysis of the U.N. Security Council's involvement in Iraq over the past 25 years.
Commencement Profile: ECSF Alumna Darnisa Amante
Amante, a 2004 ECSF alumna, was profiled in the Summer 2006 issue of Brandeis University Magazine for her work in and out of the classroom.
Center Board Member Michael Ratner '66 Receives 2006 Alumni Achievement Award (08/28/2006)
The president of the Center for Constitutional Rights is one of two recipients of the University's highest honor bestowed on alumni.
The stories behind the Ethics Center greeting cards
Read about the artists, their backgrounds, and the works they created that are displayed on the greeting cards sent out by the Center.
July 2006
Marci McPhee Visits Will Chalmus at the School of Playback Theatre in New York
Chalmus, a 2006 Ethics Center Student Fellow, is conducting an internship at Playback through the end of July.
The 2006 Ethics Center Student Fellows Reach their Destinations
Six students are spending the summer in Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Mexico, Senegal, and South Africa.
Brandeis Alumna and Slifka Scholar Lands at Local NGO
Mariva Pevzner '04 becomes Executive Director at the Central Square Business Association in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three Center Staff Members Receive Promotions (07/01/2006)
Cynthia Cohen, Marci McPhee, and Leigh Swigart have new titles and responsibilities as of July 1, 2006.
June 2006
Iraq Memory Foundation Releases Inaugural Newsletter
The organization founded by Kanan Makiya, the Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University, puts out its first issue of "Memory." The newsletter features an editorial by Hassan Mneimneh, Director of the Memory Foundation's Documentation Project, profiles of witnesses interviewed by the Oral History Project, and links to recent media coverage of the MF.
"Patterns of Conflict, Paths to Peace" (06/29/2006 - 07/03/2006)
Coexistence International staff attend the biennial conference of the International Peace Research Association
The 2004-05 Master's Students: An Update
A look at what the first class of Coexistence and Conflict master's students are doing since graduating from the program
Update from Palestine: "We may find ourselves in a civil war."
Mohammad Sawalha, director of the Palestinian House of Friendship, gives the Center a perspective of the situation on the ground in Nablus, the largest city in Palestine.
Former Brandeis International Fellow Helps Bring Cambodian Stories to U.S.
Ly Daravuth, director of the Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture, partnered with the Asia Society and Inta Inc. to bring Japanese-American artists Eiko and Koma to 10 U.S. cities.
2006 Ethics Center Student Fellow Continues Tradition
Dana Sawitz '08 works with the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal
May 2006
Uncommencement: A Celebration of Graduating Seniors' Accomplishments (05/04/2006)
Three ECSF alums were presented with awards for their outstanding work at Brandeis.
Peace, Love, and Coexistence: A Journey Through Oz (05/03/2006)
