Past Events


2009
  • "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," documentary film screening about a group of women in Liberia who were instrumental in bringing peace to their country after decades of civil war, with discussion afterwards with Janet Johnson Bryant, one of the film's protagonists, Wednesday, October 21, 2009—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
  • "Talk to an Iraqi," Haider Hamza, journalist, telling the story of the war in his country through words and images, Tuesday, October 20, 2009—a Social Justice Leadership Series event.
  • "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North" slavery documentary screening and discussion with filmmaker Katrina Brown, Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
  • Lecture by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Hank Klibanoff: "The Race Beat-Then and Now"
    Thursday, October 8, 2009.
  • 6th Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture featuring Maria Hinojosa, MEXICANA FEMINIST JOURNALIST ACTIVISTA: The political responsibility of owning one's voice, September 17, 2009.
  • *TMI: Social Justice in the Age of Facebook, a two-day workshop featuring five panel discussions on the impact of new digital technology on social justice, September 10-11, 2009. 
  • "Free the Slaves," Kevin Bales, abolitionist, lecture and discussion with one of the world's leading authorities on modern-day slavery and human trafficking—the inaugural Social Justice Leadership Series lecture, September 2, 2009.
  • "Sudan and the Lost Girls: Another Step in the Journey," a panel discussion by members of the Sudanese community and David Chanoff, member of the Board of Directors of the Boston-based Sudanese Educational Fund; April 16, 2009.
  • E.J. Graff delivered the keynote speech entitled “Sexual Harassment of Teens on the Job: Sex and the Abuse of Power” to the first annual Brandeis Undergraduate Sexualities Research Conference; April 2, 2009.
  • E.J. Graff speaks on the keynote panel at Yale University Law School's "OPT OUT" OR PUSHED OUT: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27-28, 2009.
  • Gender Issues in China & How Media Reflect Them: A Journalist's Perspective, presented by the Gender and International Development Committee of the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center and co-sponsored by the Gender Working Group of the Heller School and the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism; March 26, 2009.
  • Peter Canellos discusses his new book "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy," presented by Gen Ed Now and co-sponsored by Journalism Program, History Department, and the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism; March 18, 2009.
  • PBS NOW and the Schuster Institute collaborate in a first-time broadcast investigation on sexual harassment of teens at work. Watch the show (Feb. 20, 2009) and learn more at Sexual Harassment of Teens at Work. 
  • Schuster Institute Senior Fellow Andrew Kreig moderates a panel discussion for "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus," a sold-out symposium focusing on how $6 billion of the stimulus package tagged for broadband communications services should be spent; National Press Club, February 19, 2009.
  • BrandeisNOW puts Florence Graves in the spotlight! Read the interview, which highlights current activities at the Schuster Institute and stresses the importance of investigative reporting within a society heavily dependent upon accurate information; January 26, 2009.  
  • WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show discusses the baby trade and its connection to the international adoption network; January 15, 2009.
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