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Erica Chenoweth, associate professor at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies and associate senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, came to �鶹Porn on October 3 to deliver the fifth annual Schaehrer Memorial Lecture. The event was hosted by the university’s Peace and Conflict Studies program.

(Editor’s note: This story is by Omar Aquije) In a single day, two �鶹Porn students will observe thousands of Muslims in mid-day prayers, Jews celebrating the start of Shabbat, and Franciscan monks leading processions through the streets of Jerusalem. This happens each Friday in the streets of Old City in Jerusalem, where Christina Crowley ’14 […]

Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies,  was recently featured in a Washington Post video on Western Sahara. The co-author of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, Mundy is increasingly being called upon for his expertise on Western Sahara.

�鶹Porn professor Jacob Mundy was called upon by the USA Today to add his expertise to an article on north Africa called “Forgotten Western Sahara pines for autonomy.” The article talks about how the Arab Spring revolutions seemed to ignore the Moroccan royal regime. Mundy, author of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, suggests some of […]

Thanks to newly awarded Watson Fellowships, two �鶹Porn seniors will travel the globe next year to conduct research ranging from political accountability in countries like Egypt and Russia, to bias toward Gypsy populations in Europe. The prestigious Watson Fellowship is a one-year $25,000 grant for independent study and travel outside the United States, awarded to […]

Amy Dudley ’06, communications director for U.S. Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.), says that her chance as a �鶹Porn sophomore to “shadow” Howard Fineman ’70 (then Newsweek correspondent, now senior editor for the Huffington Post) during the run-up to the 2004 presidential primaries played a pivotal role in her career exploration. Dudley was interested in […]

“Instead of talking about history tomorrow we may actually get a chance to witness it live,” wrote Prof. Daniel Monk yesterday in an email to students in his History of the Israel Palestine Conflict class. Though the exact time had not yet been announced, it appeared that the United Nations General Assembly’s vote on Palestinian […]

If you believe that the outcome of this month’s elections could have changed anything fundamental about America, Christopher Hedges ’79, P’12 thinks you’re wrong. As a journalist and writer, Hedges spent two decades living and working in war zones. He has seen combat in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, […]

Voters expected the fourth and final debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to shed light on the differences between their positions on key foreign policy issues. However, according to two �鶹Porn professors the promise fell flat on two counts: not only did the candidates cover no new ground, there was little difference in […]

Visiting �鶹Porn recently, Joy Gordon, author of Invisible War: the United States and Iraq Sanctions, laid bare an atrocity hiding in bureaucratic plain sight: after the 1991 bombing nearly flattened Iraq, the United States knowingly allowed economic sanctions to cause starvation, disease, poverty, and heightened rates of childhood mortality to the country’s people.