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Upcoming Seminars--Rule of Law in Mexico City, Post Sept. 11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (M.I.T. Program on Human Rights and)
Wed Nov 14 13:02:31 2001
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Announcements in this e-mail:
1. Diane Davis, M.I.T. Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning, to speak 4PM
Monday, November 19th on "When the Guarantors are the Violators: Police
Impunity and Unrule of Law in Mexico."
2. Perez Hoodhboy, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University,
Islamabad, to speak 7PM Friday, November 16th on "Post Sept. 11
Developments: A View From Islamabad."
Details follow...
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The M.I.T. Program on Human Rights and Justice
Announces its sixth seminar for fall 2001
Professor Diane Davis
M.I.T. Department of Urban Studies & Planning and author of Urban
Leviathan: Mexico City in the Twentieth Century (Temple University Press,
1994)
"When the Guarantors are the Violators:
Police Impunity and Unrule of Law in Mexico"
Monday, November 19, 4:00-5:30PM
CIS | 7th Floor Conference Room | Bldg. E38 | 292 Main Street
The talk is open to the public.
Refreshments will be provided.
Profile of Professor Diane Davis
Dr. Davis is an expert in such themes as political change in contemporary
Mexico, politics of urban policy, cities and national development, and
policing and public security issues. Before coming to M.I.T. Diane Davis
served as chair of the Department of Sociology, Graduate Faculty of
Political and Social Science, New School University. In addition to
currently being a Carnegie Scholar (2001-2003), Davis received a John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for the research project
entitled, "Police Impunity, Public Insecurity, and Deteriorating Rule of
Law in Mexico City." Diane Davis received her Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA
in 1986.
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The South Asia Forum at MIT sponsors the following talk:
"Post Sept. 11 Developments: A View from Islamabad"
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Professor, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
Friday November 16, 2001
7:00 PM Bldg. 1-190
About the Speaker
Pervez Hoodbhoy is a theoretical physicist and a peace activist. He has
published extensively in physics and in issues relating to science and
society. Professor Hoodbhoy has been actively involved in raising awareness
about democratic freedoms, arms control and disarmament.
Co-sponsored by Tha Alliance for a Secular and democratic South Asia
The seminar is open to public. Please e-mail asur@mit.edu for further
information.
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1. Diane Davis, M.I.T. Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning, to
speak 4PM Monday, November 19th on "When the Guarantors are the
Violators: Police Impunity and Unrule of Law in Mexico."<br>
<br>
2. Perez Hoodhboy, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University,
Islamabad, to speak 7PM Friday, November 16th on "Post Sept. 11
Developments: A View From Islamabad."<br>
<br>
<br>
Details follow...<br>
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The M.I.T. Program on Human Rights and Justice<br>
Announces its sixth seminar for fall 2001<br>
<br>
<br>
Professor Diane Davis<br>
M.I.T. Department of Urban Studies & Planning and author of <i>Urban
Leviathan: Mexico City in the Twentieth Century </i>(Temple
University Press, 1994)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
“When the Guarantors are the Violators<i>: <br>
</i>Police Impunity and Unrule of Law in Mexico”<br>
<br>
<br>
Monday, November 19, 4:00-5:30PM<br>
CIS | 7th Floor Conference Room | Bldg. E38 | 292 Main Street<br>
<br>
The talk is open to the public.<br>
Refreshments will be provided.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
<u>Profile of Professor Diane Davis<br>
</u>Dr. Davis is an expert in such themes as political change in
contemporary Mexico, politics of urban policy, cities and national
development, and policing and public security issues. Before coming
to M.I.T. Diane Davis served as chair of the Department of Sociology,
Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School
University. In addition to currently being a Carnegie Scholar
(2001-2003), Davis received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation Fellowship for the research project entitled, "Police
Impunity, Public Insecurity, and Deteriorating Rule of Law in Mexico
City." Diane Davis received her Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA
in 1986. <br>
<br>
<br>
<hr>
<br>
<br>
The South Asia Forum at MIT sponsors the following talk:<br>
<br>
<br>
<div align="center">
"Post Sept. 11 Developments: A View from Islamabad"<br>
<br>
<br>
Pervez Hoodbhoy <br>
Professor, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University,
Islamabad<br>
<br>
Friday November 16, 2001 <br>
<br>
7:00 PM Bldg. 1-190<br>
<br>
</div>
About the Speaker<br>
<br>
Pervez Hoodbhoy is a theoretical physicist and a peace activist. He has
published extensively in physics and in issues relating to science and
society. Professor Hoodbhoy has been actively involved in raising
awareness about democratic freedoms, arms control and disarmament.<br>
<br>
<br>
Co-sponsored by Tha Alliance for a Secular and democratic South
Asia<br>
<br>
The seminar is open to public. Please e-mail asur@mit.edu for further
information.<br>
<br>
<hr>
<br>
<br>
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