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Human Rights and Gaza

A Symposium

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Broad Art Building 2160E
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

Speakers:

Richard Falk
Visiting Professor, Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara and Emeritus Professor, Princeton University
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights
Author of Achieving Human Rights (2009); Costs of War: the UN, International Law and World Order After Iraq (2008)

Lisa Hajjar
Associate Professor and Chair, Law and Society Program, UC Santa Barbara
Author of Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza (2005)

Saree Makdisi
Professor, English Dept., UCLA
Author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation (2008)

Gabriel Piterberg
Professor, History Dept., UCLA
Author of An Ottoman Tragedy (2003) and The Returns of Zionism (2008)

Moderator:

Susan Slyomovics
Director, Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA

 

 

 

 

Cost: Free

Special Instructions

Parking will be available in Lot 3. Please visit the parking/Information kiosk at Hilgard Ave and Wyton Drive to obtain a parking permit ($9 per car).

Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1181
cnes@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes

Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute