Past Events

Date & Time November 21, 2019 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location
Crane Room, Paige Hall
Program
Amnesty International

Guantanamo: Who, What, Why

Tufts Amnesty International in collaboration with Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College and ALLIES will be hosting a discussion with Dr Stephen Soldz on the history of Guantanamo prison and of the interrogations and trials that occurred and are taking place there.    

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Date & Time November 21, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location
112 Miner Hall
Program
Women in IR

Women in IR: Discussion with Caroline Armstrong Hall

Join Tufts Women in International Relations and Caroline Armstrong Hall (F’19) in our discussion about women in the field of International Relations this Thursday, November 21 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at 112 Miner Hall.

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Date & Time November 20, 2019 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location
Eaton 206
Program
ALLIES

ALLIES Weekly Discussion- The Kurdish Skirmish

Dispersed across Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, the Kurds have been the largest stateless minority in the Middle East since the re-shaping of borders after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. In the past 80 years, in all parts of Kurdistan various attempts have been made to demand increased cultural and linguistic rights, autonomy and the creation of an independent Kurdish state. In 2014, Syrian Kurds established control over a large portion of Syria with the help of US troops which intervened in the war to help defeat ISIS.

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