Lectures tagged "genocide"

Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
October 21, 2009
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century. During his medical school days, James Orbinski journeyed to Rwanda on a year-long research trip.
Never Again, Again, Again...
Lane Montgomery
October 6, 2009
00:37:29
Lane Montgomery discusses her photographic essay with text on the six major genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries: Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda and Darfur.
Edward Hirsch Reads "A Partial History of My Stupidity"
Edward Hirsch
April 1, 2009
Hirsch often finds inspiration in the work of other writers and artists, as is the case with this poem, "A Partial History of My Stupidity." In response to a poem by Polish writer Czeslaw Milosz, in which the author wrote that the history of his stupidity would fill many volumes, Hirsch said he thou
Lost Boys of Sudan: Inside Sudan's Civil War
Mark Bixler
January 25, 2007
00:40:17
Mark Bixler, author of The Lost Boys of Sudan and staff writer at The Atlanta Journal Constitution, discusses the Sudanese conflict and challenges facing refugees.
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Women to Women: Journey to Darfur
Gloria White-Hammond
November 17, 2005
01:23:31
Linda Mason, Liz Walker and Gloria White-Hammond discuss their experiences and thoughts about the future of Darfur and its people and what the United States can do.