May 2008
Center Board Chair Publishes Memoir (05/06/2008)
Theodore Sorensen, who served as a speechwriter and advisor to President John F. Kennedy, has written Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History.
April 2008
Update on The International Judge (04/29/2008)
The book written by Daniel Terris and Leigh Swigart of the Center and Cesare Romano of Loyola Law School was recently the subject of panel discussions and a review.
Film on Ethics Center Board Member Opens (04/18/2008)
Constantine’s Sword, the story of James Carroll, screens in New York City and in selected U.S. theaters on upcoming dates.
Professor Speaks on Gender Rights in Senegal (04/16/2008)
Professor Fatou Kiné Camara of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, says the remnants of colonialism in the country have restricted access to justice for women.
Ethics Central - Spring 2008 (04/14/2008)
The Spring 2008 issue of Ethics Central, the Center's newsletter, is now available in print and online.
Films Highlight Immigration Issues in U.S. (04/04/08)
Topics include the experiences of immigrant women, the arrest of undocumented workers in New Bedford, Mass., and how immigrants are perceived in places of resettlement.
March 2008
Former Student Fellow Publishes Article on Child Prostitution (03/27/08)
Wendi Adelson '01, a 1999 Ethics Center Student Fellow, had an opinion piece published this week in the Tallahassee Democrat.
Student Fellow Wins Grant for Rwanda Project (03/19/08)
Margot Moinester ’09, a 2007 Ethics Center Student Fellows, has been named a recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace for 2008.
Center Faculty Associate Reflects on Iraq War (03/18/08)
Kanan Makiya has written an article for Slate magazine upon the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Buergenthal Talk Highlights 10th Anniversary Celebration (03/17/08)
The Center hosts a keynote speech by Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice, a symposium examining the next decade of Center activites, and a gala dinner.
ECSF Presents Paper at Anthropology Conference (03/03/08)
2007 Ethics Center Student Fellowship recipient Dan Koosed ’08 speaks about the Rwandan genocide at the Greater Boston Anthropology Consortium annual conference.
February 2008
Slifka Executive Director Facilitates Coexistence Workship in Liberia (02/29/2008)
Cynthia Cohen joins individuals representing civil society and intergovernmental organizations from Africa in a workshop called “Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and Coexistence.”
Talk Examines HIV/AIDS Caregiving Issues in South Africa (02/13/2008)
Professor Brook Baker of Northeastern University School of Law and Donna Gallagher, a registered nurse, speak on “HIV/AIDS and the Gender Politics of Social Care.”
Ambassador Details South African History, Current Challenges (02/12/2008)
Welile Nhlapo, South African Ambassador to the United States, gives the annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture.
Center Board Member Publishes Book on Asian Hemisphere (02/01/2008)
Kishore Mahbubani has written The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East.
January 2008
2008 Ethics Center Student Fellows Named (01/31/2008)
Six students have been selected to participate in summer internships abroad, addressing issues of peacebuilding and social justice.
Slifka Program Professor Leads Workshop for Commission (01/29/2008)
Theodore Johnson leads a negotiation and consensus-building workshop for the secretariat of the CODEX Alimentarius Commission in Rome.
Center Board Member Writes on Chavez Regime (01/23/2008)
Diego Arria, who served as the Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, criticized Venezuela President Hugo Chavez in an opinion piece in the New York Daily News.
CI Board Member Wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize' (01/11/2008)
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi is a recipient of a 2007 Right Livelihood Award, honoring those “working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.”
Center Board Member Receives Puffin/Nation Prize (01/02/2008)
Michael Ratner, Center Board Member and president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, has been named the recipient of the 2007 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
