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October 24, 2014
Next week the Department of Political Science at U of T and others are hosting several interesting and thought-provoking events on the topic of ethics. We look forward to seeing you there!
Monday, October 27th
Centre for Ethics
Seminar Talk
“Forms of Restraint and Religious Coexistence in Ancient Indian Political Thought”
with: Rajeev Bhargava
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Room 200, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place
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Munk School of Global Affairs
“Follies and Fiascos: Why Does U.S. Foreign Policy Keep Failing?”
with: Stephen M. Walt
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place
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Tuesday, October 28th
Centre for Women’s Studies in Education
“Motherhood in Patriarchy: Abolishing the Matrilinear Order”
with: Dr. Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Room 2-225, OISE, 252 Bloor Street West
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Munk School of Global Affairs
“Vincent Who?” Screening with Film Director Curtis Chin in Attendance
with: Film Director – Curtis Chin, Moderator – Takashi Fujitani
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Media Commons, 3rd Floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street
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Munk School of Global Affairs
“Addressing Opportunities and Challenges in a Rising Africa – Perspectives from the African Development Bank”
with: Speaker – Donald Kaberuka, Chair – Wilson Prichard
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place
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Wednesday, October 29th
Centre for Ethics
Ethics at Noon
“Equality in Land Use Law”
with: Ronit Levine-Schnur
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Room 200, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place
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Faculty of Law
“The Umbrella Revolution: Perspectives from the Ground”
with: Jason Y. Ng
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Room 3, Falconer Hall, 84 Queens Park
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Faculty of Law
“Privacy in Canada: Bringing a Coherent and Purposive Approach to a Notoriously Protean Legal Concept”
with: Ron Krotoszynski
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Room 115, Victoria College, 73 Queens Park Crescent East
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Munk School of Global Affairs
“The Holocaust in Hungary, 1941-1945”
with: Tamas Stark
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Room 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place
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Munk School of Global Affairs
“Beyond Sunnies and Shiites: Understanding the Turbulent Reconfiguration of Arab states and Citizens”
with: Rami Khouri
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place
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Science for Peace
“Alternatives to Fossil Fuels: Is the Bio-Economy the Answer We’ve Been Looking For?”
with: Kean Birch
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Room 140, University College, 15 Kings College Circle
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Thursday, October 30th
Munk School of Global Affairs
“The United States and Israel In a Rapidly Changing Middle East”
with: Speaker – Joel Migdal, Chair – Derek J. Penslar
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Bloor – 1st floor Boardroom/Round Room/Library, Munk School of Global Affairs – 315 Bloor Street West
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Department of Philosophy
“Taking Account of Character”
with: Stephen Darwall
3:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street
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Department of Political Science and Geography Program in Planning
Global Innovation and Regional Development Speaker Series
“The Local, Global, and Virtual Geographies of Innovation”
with: Edward J. Malecki
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Room 3130,Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street
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Friday, October 31st
Centre for Ethics
Political Theory Workshop
Lincoln Rathnam, “Emerson, Genius, and the Nature of Democratic Individualism”
Discussant: Ryan Hurl, Department of Political Science
Simon Pratt, “A Pragmatist Theory of Power”
Discussant: Simone Chambers, Centre for Ethics
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Room 200, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place
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Faculty of Law
“Culpability and Fault in Criminal Justice”
with: Erin Kelly
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Room FA2, Solarium, Falconer Hall, 84 Queens Park
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