Upcoming Events
The following is a list of upcoming events sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Visit the Humphrey Institute online at www.hhh.umn.edu.
February 12, 6 p.m.: Political observer Ted Van Dyk, author of Heroes, Hacks, and Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside (University of Washington Press 2007), will discuss his book at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12, in the Humphrey Forum. He will talk about his long career as a presidential candidate adviser and offer his take on the 2008 presidential race. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Books will be available for purchase.
February 13, 12:45 p.m.: Merritt Clapp-Smith, a planner with the St. Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development, will talk about redevelopment plans for the Ford Plant site from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Room 184 of the Humphrey Center.
February 13, 6 p.m.: The Center on Women and Public Policy will host the next Front Runners workshop at 6 p.m. on February 13 in Freeman Commons (205 HHH). Front Runners is a once-a-month series of networking, strategizing, skill building, and peer support workshops for women interested in changing the world through electoral politics. The February workshop will feature Representative Debra Hilstrom (DFL-Brooklyn Center) and Minneapolis school board member Peggy Flanagan, who will talk about developing credibility on policy issues. There is no charge to attend, and all are welcome.
February 18, 3 p.m.: Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne will talk about his new book Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right from 3 to 4:15 p.m. on February 18 in Cowles Auditorium.
February 20, 3:30 p.m.: The Race, Gender, and Public Policy (RGPP) initiative will host a discussion with Professor Wendy Chapkis about “Trafficking in Human Rights: Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on February 20 in the Wilkins Room (215 Humphrey Center). Chapkis will discuss her research, which considers the effects of governmental policies on human rights, like the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, while evaluating their impact on women’s sexual activity. All are welcome. RGPP postdoctoral fellow Julie Hua will moderate.
February 21, 12:30 p.m.: All are invited to a half-day seminar on “Race and Gender Along the Global Assembly Line” from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, in the Wilkins Room (215 Humphrey Center). Vera Fennell, an RGPP postdoctoral fellow at the Humphrey Institute, will moderate the program featuring keynote speaker Bama Athreya, executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum. The program will conclude with a screening of the film Mardi Gras: Made in China. There is no charge to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
February 26, 7:30 p.m.: Professor Larry Jacobs will engage in a conversation about American democracy and dissent with Daniel Ellsberg at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, as part of the University of Minnesota’s “Great Conversations” series. Ellsberg is a former American military analyst who precipitated a national uproar in 1971 when he leaked the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of the U.S. government’s decision making during the Vietnam War. The publication of this document set in motion a chain of historic events that ended both the Nixon presidency and the Vietnam War. Tickets are $28.50 ($23.50 for U of M faculty, staff, students, and UMAA and MPR members). To order tickets call (612) 624-2345. For more information, visit www.cce.umn.edu/conversations/2008conversations/.
February 27, 5:30 p.m.: The Women’s Human Rights Film Series will feature Crimes of Honour at 5:30 p.m. on February 27 in the Humphrey Forum. Filmed in Jordan and on the West Bank, Crimes of Honour examines the practice of femicide, or honor killings, found throughout the Islamic world. There is no charge to attend.
February 28, 4 p.m.: The Sawyer Seminar will feature a lecture about human rights by Harvard law professor David Kennedy at 4 p.m. on February 28 in Cowles Auditorium. Kennedy teaches international law, international economic policy, legal theory, law and development, and European law. He will talk about the different human rights agendas around the world and the tension caused by these differences.
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March 5: The Women and Politics Reading Group will discuss Saturday’s Child: A Memoir by Robin Morgan at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, in Freeman Commons (205 HHH).
March 6: Not For Sale and So Deep a Violence are two compelling short films that address prostitution and trafficking as linked violent actions against women. The Center on Women and Public Policy will host screenings of both films at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, at the Humphrey Institute.
March 11: Visiting economist Kaye Husbands Fealing will talk about the “Science of Science and Innovation Policy” from 10:30 a.m. to noon on March 11 in Cowles Auditorium.
March 11: The Women’s Human Rights Film Series will feature a free screening of View from a Grain of Sand at 12:45 p.m. on March 11 at the Humphrey Institute. The movie captures the last 30 years of Afghanistan’s history as lived by three Afghan women.
March 12: The March Front Runners workshop will focus on establishing a leadership track record. Participants will gather at the state capitol.
March 13: The Humphrey Institute will host a conversation with Tufts University professor Jeff Berry on March 13 in the Humphrey Forum (time TBA). Berry will talk about his research on nonprofit organizations and public policymaking. More information will follow.
March 24 or 25: The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance will hold a conference on the vice presidency featuring Vice President Walter F. Mondale. Watch the center’s website for more information.
March 26: Roxanne T. Ornelas, an RGPP postdoctoral fellow at the Humphrey Institute, will lecture on “Water and the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples” from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on March 26 in Room 30 at Mondale Hall.
March 26: Ronald Heifetz, King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, will give a public lecture about leadership from noon to 1:30 p.m. on March 26 in Cowles Auditorium.
March 26: Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre will participate in a public forum at the Humphrey Institute from 6 to 7 p.m. on March 26. Watch www.micglobe.org for more information.
March 27: A roundtable discussion for regional social policy practitioners on the European experience of implementing social policy reform will be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 27 at the McNamara Alumni Center. E-mail Laura Seifert at seif0056@umn.edu for more information.
March 27: Security expert Bruce Schneier, author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, will talk about the “Theater of Security” from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at the Weisman Art Museum. The Humphrey Institute is co-sponsoring this program as part of the Weisman’s new exhibition Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power.
March 29: The Center for Democracy and Citizenship will co-sponsor “Represent! Civic Videos by Area Youth” with the Weisman Art Museum from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on March 29. Teen video artists and civic activists will share concerns, questions, and visions for the future through conversation and film. Find out more online.
