Global Forum (Johnson Hall)

Professor Gowayed's research centers the lives of cross-border migrants, and the unequal and often violent institutions they face. She is the author of Refuge, which explores how states shape the potential of people pursuing refuge within their borders. Gowayed's talk will focus on her forthcoming second book, The Cost of Borders, which theorizes borders as a series of costly, and often deadly, transactions. Gowayed's global, comparative research, includes a focus on how to conceptualize and potentially re-conceptualize borders within Israel/Palestine.

Ovidio Mauricio is the director of Tutela Legal Dra. Maria Julia Hernandez, a leading human rights organization currently defending many of the tens of thousands of innocent people who have been detained under the State of Exception, a suspension of various constitutional rights that was imposed in March 2022 that has led to mass arrests and widespread human rights abuses, including the deaths of over 150 people while in custody.

A conversation that will explore some of the topics that meet with resistance by governments within the UN system and at national levels. This resistance is also shaped by contexts of global extremist anti-UN, anti-gender and anti-human rights organizing. So – how do activists keep their “eyes on the prize” amidst the swirling political chaos? 

An Informal Conversation with Jacques Fomerand, the Assistant Director of the Kahane UN Program. This talk will explore the legal and political parameters shaping what can concretely and reasonably be expected from the UN when “elephants” fight.

Moderated by Cynthia Rothschild and Jacques Fomerand. The event will feature participants of the fall 2021 Kahane UN Program who will share their experiences working with UN missions, UN agencies, and NGOs including on issues relating to social justice and current events.

James Mann is an award-winning author on American foreign policy. He is a former newspaper reporter, foreign correspondent and columnist for the Los Angeles Times for more than twenty years. He is now an author-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a professor at UC Irvine, specializing in modern Chinese history. His latest book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink, discusses the historical backdrop and contemporary significance of Hong Kong's recent wave of protests.

Audri Scott Williams ran for Congress as a Democratic candidate in one of the reddest districts in Alabama in 2016. She currently serves as the Spiritual Director of the Spiritual Enrichment in Center in Dothan, AL. and is an active member of the Alabama and Houston County Democrats. As an activist, Audri led the Trail of Dreams World Peace Walk over 6 continents and has walked across America for human and environmental justice. 

Presented by Politics Department.