Lecture: Humanitarianism
Lecture: Can Humanitarianism Survive Globalization
Date: 02/21/2013 - 4:00pm
Location: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room
"Can Humanitarianism Survive Globalization?"
Professor Michael Barnett
University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University"
Thursday, Feb. 21, 4:00 PM
Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room
Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room
"What is Jewish About American Jewish Internationalism?"
Friday, Feb. 22, 12:00 PM
Institute for Advance Studies in Culture
Watson Manor
Political scientist Michael Barnett is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at George Washington University. He has published extensively on international relations theory, global governance, humanitarian action, and the Middle East. He is the author of many books, including The Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism (2011), The International Humanitarian Order (2010), Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics (2004), Eyewitness to Genocide: the United Nations and Rwanda (2002), and Confronting the Costs of War: Military Power, State, and Society in Egypt and Israel (1992).
Organized by the UVA Jewish Studies Program and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture (IASC) with support from the Corcoran Department of History and the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics.
