The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago

Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, interviewed about her book "The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God and World Affairs" by Susan B. Thistlethwaite, president of Chicago Theological Seminary. Co-sponsored by CTS. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

David Cole is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation and a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” Moderated by Susan Gzesh, Director, University of Chicago Human Rights Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series and Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series. Cosponsored by the Human Rights Program.

Paul Rusesabagina's book "An Ordinary Man" explores what the Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda could not: the inner life of the man who became one of the most prominent public faces of that terrible conflict. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

Robert Pape is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. Presented in collaboration with the 2nd Annual Joint Threat Anticipation Center Workshop. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

John Comaroff is Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series and Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series.

A talk by Zackie Achmat, a South African activist most widely known as founder and chairman of Treatment Action Campaign. Presented in collaboration with Students for Global Public Health and the Human Rights Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series and Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Ahmed Kathrada is a contemporary of Nelson Mandela's and was a co-accused in the Rivonia Trial which sentenced Mr. Mandela and the others to life imprisonment. "Memoirs" chronicles his life as a political activist. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

A talk by Olcay Unver, former head of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and founder of the Euphrates-Tigris Initiative for Cooperation. Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Environmental Studies Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

A talk by Leila Harris, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin. Co-sponsored by the Center fro Middle Eastern Studies and the Environmental Studies Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

A talk by David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center PhD Program in Anthropology. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.