Greetings all:

First, kudos to one of our own, Eugene J, on the high honor of receiving a Peabody Award for 'Why We Fight'. Check it out at: http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=607.

Second, another of our own (Brown alum), Rachel Boynton, will be coming this week to discuss her doc, 'Our Brand is Crisis'. Regular times apply: Tuesday 4 pm screening, Wednesday class discussion with the filmmaker. Bonus points for whoever finds and blogs her 1994-5 IR honors thesis, “Conflict in the Sand: Roots of the Tuareg Uprising in the Republic of Mali” (Neil Lazarus and Anani Dzidzienyo).

Third, if you're interested in Human Rights and Media, hot conference in Cambridge this Saturday, April 21, featuring one of our own....see http://humanrightsandmedia.com/schedule.html

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