Sponsored by the Facing East/Facing West Programming Initiative. The exhibition is co-curated by Amze Emmons, Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Zoë Charlton, Assistant Professor of Art at American University, Washington, D. C. It runs from January 16th-March 1st.

Professor Saskia Sassen, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar: “The Global City: A New Frontier Zone”

Co-Sponsored by the Muhlenberg College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Miller Forum,
Moyer Hall
7:00 p.m.

Showing of the film Transnational Tradeswomen

Sponsored by Fired Up Films

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Dr. Michael Parenti: “Political Perception and Deception: How to Think about Empire”

Organized by Student Kirill Melesivich and sponsored by the Political Science, Media and Communication Depts., the President’s Office, and the Office of Multicultural Life

2/7/08

Miller Forum,
Moyer Hall
7:00 p.m.

Dr. Shirley M. Tilghman, President of Princeton University: " Promises Made, Promises Kept: Women in Higher Education"

Keynote Address for the 50th Anniversary of Co-Education at Muhlenberg.

Showing of the film Nalini By Day, Nancy by Night

Sponsored by Fired Up Films

Professor Jodie Roure, John Jay College: Domestic Violence Reform in Brasil: The Importance of Grassroots Organizing and International Human Rights Law

Professor Rounaq Jahan: "Women's Empowerment: A Continuing Struggle"

Miller Forum,
Moyer Hall
7:00 p.m.

Professor Ingrid Mattson: "Framing Muslim Women: Islam, Gender and Human Rights in the Global Media”

In her talk, Dr. Mattson will address the case of Pakistani rape-survivor Mukhtar Mai and how her situation was helped or distorted and her story told and re-framed by various groups such as Pakistani and international women's groups, international journalists and other media and politicians.