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Wintersession 2020
INEQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Women and Work in the "Developing World"
Wintersession 2020
CULTURE
HUMAN RIGHTS
How Free Are We?
Wintersession 2020
LEADERSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS
Welcome Address: The Spirit of Beijing
Wintersession 2020
EDUCATION
HUMAN RIGHTS
Empowering Girls -- Design Thinking and STEAM Learning
Wintersession 2020
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
How International Organizations Can Direct the Conversation and Create Change Around Gender
Wintersession 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights are Women’s Rights, and Women's Rights Are Human Rights
Wintersession 2020
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
The Paradox of Civil Resistance in the 21st Century
Wintersession 2020
INEQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
The Feminist Awakening in China
Wintersession 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS
Diplomacy, Defeating Extremism, and the Role of Soft Power
Wintersession 2020
INEQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Women and Work in the “Developed World"
Wintersession 2018
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS
Who Is Mr. Putin and What in the World Is He After?
Nina Tumarkin, the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies and a Professor of History at Wellesley College, shared her insight into the history of the rise of Vladimir Putin and his role and goals in the current global landscape.
Wintersession 2018
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS
Beyond the Headlines: Understanding Korea
Jieun Baek, PhD Candidate of Policy Policy at Oxford University, Melissa Hanham, Senior Research Associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and a human rights activists shared their various experiences living in and working with the people of North Korea in a panel moderated by Kathy Moon, Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and professor of political science at Wellesley.
Wintersession 2018
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Aiding Refugees: Obama and Trump Administration Policies
Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (2012-2017), shared her experience working in the Department of State and discussed the evolving policies around aid given to refugees.
Wintersession 2018
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Criminalizing and Surveilling Immigrants: How Increased Enforcement Threatens Safety and Democracy
“Criminalizing and Surveilling Immigrants: How Increased Enforcement Threatens Safety and Democracy," Sarah Sherman-Stokes
Wintersession 2017
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
CULTURE
EDUCATION
From Exodus to Action: Claiming our Common Humanity in the Refugee Crisis
The Albright Institute’s annual Public Dialogue with Secretary Albright will focus on understanding the demands of advancing beyond resettlement into rebuilding society.
Wintersession 2017
HUMAN RIGHTS
All You Need to Know about Border Syndrome
Gazmend Kapllani, Ph.D., Author - Teaching, Creative Writing and European History, Emerson College, discussed his personal experience as a person navigating across international borders and the impact that borders have on our perception of the world and ourselves.
Wintersession 2017
HUMAN RIGHTS
Addressing the Refugee Crisis
Bob Kitchen, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, International Rescue Committee presented information on the scale and scope of the international refugee crisis and what the IRC is doing to address this pressing concern.
Wintersession 2017
HEALTH & WELLBEING
HUMAN RIGHTS
The World is in Syria and Syrians are Everywhere: Globalization 2016
Jennifer Leaning, Ph.D., Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health shared with Fellows information regarding the factors fueling the global refugee crisis, as well as the scale of the crisis, with a particular emphasis on the case of Syria.
Wintersession 2017
CULTURE
HUMAN RIGHTS
Imaginative Literature and Global Affairs
Larry Rosenwald, Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of American Literature; Professor of English, Wellesley College, discussed how the imaginative process is an important source of change.
Wintersession 2016
LEADERSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS
Addressing the Refugee Crisis
by Bob Kitchen, Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response, International Rescue Committee
David Miliband
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS
Antonia De Meo
’89
OHCHR Representative & Chief of Human Rights and Rule of Law Service, United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Susan Bailey
’63
Professor Emerita of Women's and Gender Studies and Education, Wellesley College; Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for...
EDUCATION
HUMAN RIGHTS
Delaram Farzaneh
Adjunct Law Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law & Visiting Scholar, UC Davis School of Law
HUMAN RIGHTS
Samantha Power
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2013-2017)
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS
Mical Darley-Emerson
Writer
INEQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Emmanuel Kamanzi
Director of Campus Development, University of Global Health Equity
HUMAN RIGHTS
Sandra Pepera
Director For Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute
INEQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Sarah Sherman-Stokes
Lecturer and Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Law
HUMAN RIGHTS
Xiaohe Cheng
Associate Professor, School of International Studies
CULTURE
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Bianka Takaoka
’15
Spoke Contributor
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Mark Sanagan
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Kathryn J. Norlock
Kenneth Mark Drain Chair in Ethics at Trent University
INEQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
Sarah Mahmood
’14
2014 Albright Fellow, Student at Stanford Law School
HUMAN RIGHTS
Anne C. Richard
Centennial Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
HUMAN RIGHTS
George Papandreou
President, Socialist International; Greek Prime Minister (2009-2011)
GOVERNANCE & CIVIL SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS
Gerald Knaus
European Stability Initiative; Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow
HUMAN RIGHTS
Nadya Hajj
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College
HUMAN RIGHTS
Asmaa Albukaie
Case Manager, Agency For New Americans
HUMAN RIGHTS
Haki Abazi
Director, Pivotal Place: Western Balkans, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
HUMAN RIGHTS