A Brownbag Lecture with David L. Phillips

Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights

Mr. Phillips is a former Foreign Affairs Expert and Senior Adviser to the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State. He is author of many articles and books on political developments in the Middle East, including Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco and From Bullets to Ballots: Violent Muslim Movements in Transition. 

Co-sponsored by the Middle East Institute and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights. 

Panel and Q&A with Columbia Professors Taoufiq Ben Amor and Rym Bettaieb, and SIPA alumnus (PEPM'07) from Tunisia, Rim Nour
Co-sponsored by with Arab Student Association and the Institute for African Studies.

Columbia University Professors Taoufiq Ben Amor and Rym Bettaieb, and SIPA alumnus (PEPM'07) from Tunisia, Rim Nour, share their viewpoints and updates on the recent events in Tunisia exploring topics ranging from the role that young people have played, to the use of social media, to the mechanisms of grassroots mobilization, as well as the stereotypes that the revolution broke. A Q&A session will follow the panel.

A brown bag lecture with Houshang Asadi
 

Brownbag Lecture with Philip Howard

Co-Sponsor: SIPA's International Media, Advocacy and Communications specialization.

A brown bag lecture with Fariba Adelkhah
Time: 12:00-2:00pm

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion and the Alliance Program.

A brown bag lecture with Professor Richard Bulliet
 

A brown bag with Alexander Murinson
 

A brown bag with Rachel Shabi

A brown bag lecture with Célia Belin
 

A brown bag lecture with Victor Kattan
 

A brown bag lecture with Eran Kaplan
 

Co-sponsored by: Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies

A brown bag lecture with Dilip Hiro