March 01, 2003
Rethinking just war: Fall 2002/Spring 2003 events series
Bioterror and America's Secret War CANCELLED
Due to the current situation in Middle East, New York Times journalist Judith Miller has been assigned to northern Iraq and will be unable to make her previously scheduled speaking appoint on February 26. We apologize for any inconvenience. No rescheduling is anticipated at this time.
U.S./Korea: Where are we heading?
4 p.m. February 13 White Hall 208
Emory University announces that James T. Laney, President Emeritus of Emory University, 1977-1993, and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1993-1997, will address the community at the Emory Public Issues Forum.
Students, faculty, and staff are invited. The public is welcome. Seating is limited. Reception to follow in the White Hall lobby. Co-sponsored by the Joint Activities Committee of Emory College, the Division of Campus Life, and the Center for Ethics.
Previous Events
Disability and the Holocaust: History Revealed
4-6:30 p.m., October 23 Geosciences 303
During the Holocaust, Dr. Josef Mengele conducted “scientific” experiments on a Jewish family of actors and musicians, all people of short stature. The documentary film Liebe Perla follows the story of Perla Ovitz, the lone surviving family member, as she searches for the films that Mengele made of her family in Auschwitz.
At the end of this unique documentary, there is often silence in the room as the audience works to take in the myriad of complexities, ambiguities, moral dilemmas and unanswered questions. Then the opinions, questions and often, arguments, begin. Liebe Perla is surely one of the most provocative, profound and disturbing disability-themed films ever produced.
Presented by Dr. Simi Linton, disability rights activist, and author of Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity. Followed by a panel discussion involving key respondents by the Emory community. Free parking is available at the B. Jones Lot.
Sponsored by Women’s Studies, with co-sponsorship from the Center for Ethics. For more information, please contact Rosemarie Garland-Thomson at rgarlan@emory.edu or (404) 727-7282.
Consequences of War for Native Peoples
8 p.m. October 16 Winship Ballroom DUC
Discrimination—one of the criteria of just war theory—holds that any armed conflict should avoid harming noncombatants. In many armed conflicts of the modern era, native peoples have been the unnamed “collateral damage,” caught in between the lines of fire.
The evening lecture features Daemon Records recording artist John Trudell, who helped found and lead the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. Introduction by the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray. Part of the Center for Ethics’ “Rethinking Just War” events series.
The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available at the Peavine Deck and B. Jones Lot.
Free Speech in a Time of War
8 p.m. September 10 Glenn Memorial Auditorium
A graduate of the University of Maryland in African American Studies, cartoonist Aaron McGruder created The Boondocks in 1997. Now circulated in some 210 newspapers, the comic strip the tells story of a group of African American city kids adjusting to life in white suburbia.
A recent issue of Utne Reader highlighted McGruder’s work, noting that McGruder and other cartoonists are often the only consistent voice of opposition to the current war on terrorism available in national newspapers. What are the rights and responsibilities of free speech in a time of war? Are there limits we should recognize? Or is everything fair game?
Sponsored by the Center for Ethics, with assistance from Journalism. Doors open at 7:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Fishburne Deck and the B. Jones Lot on campus.
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