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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Roland Benedikter

May, 2008

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents:

Workshop on
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

Saturday, May 10, 2008
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Mosher Alumni House

Roland Benedikter

February, 2008

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents:

BILL WASSERMAN and NIEMAT AHMADI
Voices From Darfur

Thursday, February 28, 2008
12:00 NOON
Multicultural Center Theater

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Roland Benedikter

February, 2008

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents:

ROLAND BENEDIKTER
The "Three Ends" of Our Epoch and Their Interplay with the Four System Spheres of Economics, Politics, Culture and Religion

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
12:00 NOON
Orfalea Center Seminar Room, 1005 Rob Gym

Palestine Children's Relief Fund

February, 2008

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES and the STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE present:

BASEL OTHMAN
Healing Hands
Thursday, February 14, 2008
12:00 NOON
MCC Theater

The main objective of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund is to identify and treat every child in the Middle East in need of specialized surgery not available to them locally. The PCRF aslo helps to improve the quality of medical care in the Middle East by sending medical equipment and supplies to the West Bank and Gaza.

Martin Riesebrodt book

January, 2008

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:

MARTIN RIESEBRODT
Theorizing Religion
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
3:00 pm

This event is co-sponsored by the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and the Departments of Religious Studies and Sociology.

John Menzies

January, 2008

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENT:

AMBASSADOR JOHN MENZIES
Bosnia & Kosovo: The Future of Peacekeeping
Friday, January 25, 2008
2:00 pm

November, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENT:

DR. BAMA ATHREYA
Corporate Accountability: Hard Law vs. Voluntary Approaches
Thursday, November 29, 2007
12:30 pm

November, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENT:

SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN
Nuclear Politics: Iran and India
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
12:00 pm

Chad

November, 2007

MASTER OF ARTS IN GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES and the ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENT:

MEMBERS OF THE SANTA BARBARA CHAD RELIEF COMMITTEE:
The Forgotten Refugees: The Central African Republic Camps in South Chad
Thursday, November 8, 2007
12:30 pm

Thai monk

October, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:

MICHAEL JERRYSON:
Militarizing Buddhism: The Cost of a State Religion
Thursday, October 25, 2007
12:30 pm

Rebecca Tinsley

October, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:

REBECCA TINSLEY:
Rwanda - Genocide & Recovery
Thursday, October 18, 2007
12:30 pm

Cheetham

May, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:

SOPHIE CHEETHAM:
Fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa: The Role of NGOs and Community-Based Organizations
Monday, May 14, 2007
12:30 pm

Ateek

April, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
Naim Ateek
Palestinian Christians and the Middle East Conflict
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Darfur

April, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
The Crisis in Darfur:
A Challenge of Conscience
Saturday, April 21, 2007

George Mathew

April, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
George Mathew :
Making Grassroots Democracy Work
Wednesday, April 19, 2007
noon, Orfalea Center Seminar Room

Barbara Bodine

February, 2007

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
Barbara Bodine
Two talks:
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 and Thursday, February 8, 2007

 

Bill Clinton

December, 2006

Muli Peleg
One Voice: Consensus for Conflict Resolution, Mobilizing Againsts Violent Extremism
Israeli-Palestinian movement presentation on Al Hurra TV

 

Bill Clinton

November, 2006

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
David Krieger
Nuclear Weapons and the Global Future
Thursday, November 30, 12:00-1:00

 

Bill Clinton

November, 2006

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
Walden Bello
The Crisis of the Globalization Project and Civil Society's Response
Thursday, November 2, 12:30-1:30

 

Bill Clinton

October, 2006

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS:
Ambassador Derek N. Shearer
Beyond Bush - Rethinking America's Role in the World
Thursday, October 19, 12:30-1:30

 

Bill Clinton

October, 2006

ORFALEA CENTER FOR GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SPECIAL EVENT:
Former President William J. Clinton and Entrepreneur Paul Orfalea To Take Part in October 13 Global Issues Dialogue in Santa Barbara

 

Mark Juergensmeyer addresses Club de Madrid, August 21, 2006.

Mark Juergensmeyer reports from Lebanon, July 14, 2006

UCSB to Establish New Global Studies Graduate Program and Center with Support from Orfalea Foundation, May 3, 2005

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