VOICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

IRVINE.— Ten of the eleven students involved in disrupting a speech at UC Irvine were found guilty by a jury today. The students were sentenced to three years of informal probation, no jail time is to be served. The students were convicted of two misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to disturb a meeting and disturbance of […]

IRVINE.– Dr. John L. Esposito is a Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding: History and International Affairs in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. The event will include fundraising for the Irvine 11, all donations help with legal fees […]

IRVINE, Ca.– On Friday May 20,2011 the UC Irvine Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality presents The Implications of Drones on the Just War Tradition with speakers Daniel R. Brunstetter, Professor of Political Science, UCI and Megan Braun, Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University.  The aim of Brunstetter’s talk is to analyze some of the […]

IRVINE, Ca.– Thursday May 19,2011 the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies host speaker Michael Doyle, Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Political Science at Columbia University; and Former Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The lecture will discuss: what should rules for international nonintervention and intervention be if they […]

IRVINE, Ca.– On May 11, 2011, the Spanish and Portuguese Department at UC Irvine present Columbia professor of Anthropology, Claudio Lomnitz. Claudio Lomnitz works on culture and politics in Mexico and the Americas. He has published several books on the ideology, culture and politics of Mexico. The presentation focuses on the appearance and disappearance of […]