EPIIC

Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship. Through innovative and rigorous curricula and projects, EPIIC prepares young people to play active roles in their communities, whether at the local, national or global level.

Date & Time October 8, 2015 7:30pm
Location
Braker 001
Program
EPIIC

Women's Empowerment and Social Innovation in Tibet

Join us for an evening with Dr. Losang Rabgey, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Machik, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, whose work address the challenges faced in the fields of education, women's empowerment, social entrepreneurship and common dialogue on the Tibetan plateau. The talk will be followed by a screening of Summer Pasture, an award-winning documentary focusing on the changes semi-nomadic yak herding communities in Kham, southeastern Tibet, face due to the changing pace of development and globalization within this community.

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Area Studies
Education Innovation
Date & Time October 7, 2015 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location
ASEAN Auditorium
Program
EPIIC

The Iran Nuclear Deal: A Net Assessment

A distinguished expert panel surveys the Iran Nuclear Deal, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Panelists will address such questions as: Will it pave or block Iran’s path to nuclear weapons? What are the verification issues? What will be the implication of the lifting of sanctions? When and how could sanctions be reimposed? What are the Agreement’s merits and shortcomings, strengths and weaknesses? Come and benefit from a nuanced discussion of these and other questions and issues.
 

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Global Security
Date & Time October 19, 2015 8:00pm
Location
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Program
EPIIC

The Scheherazade Initiative: Celebrating the Resilience of Women and Girls in the Face of Violence

The Institute, for the third year, is co-sponsoring this benefit concert organized by Music for Life International and featuring Scheherazade-inspired works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Maurice Ravel led by the Indian conductor George Mathew.  This year's concert will benefit the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women.  Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Fund's Executive Director and the Under-Secretary-General for Women at the United Nations, will deliver the opening remarks.

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Date & Time September 8, 2015 3:00pm
Location
Crane Room, Paige Hall
Program
EPIIC

EPIIC 2015-2016 Colloquium: The Future of Europe

From Athens to Zurich, from Brussels to Kiev, from Berlin to London, from Warsaw to Ceuta, this course will consider the future of Europe through multiple prisms.

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Date & Time February 17-21, 2016 7:00pm
Location
Tufts University
Program
EPIIC

EPIIC 2016 Symposium: Europe in Turmoil

Join the Institute for Global Leadership as it presents the 31st Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium on "Europe in Turmoil" from February 17-21, 2016.  The symposium will be four (18th-21st) days of debate and discussion with more than 60 practitioners, academics, policymakers and journalists on topics such as Europe’s identity, its confrontation with Russia, the future of NATO and the transatlantic partnership, the challenges of the current migration crisis, identity and the roles of religion and ethnicity, questions of political and economic integration, coll

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Date & Time May 16, 2015 12:00pm
Location
IGL, 96 Packard Ave
Program
EPIIC

Graduating Senior Reception

The IGL will be holding its annual graduating senior reception for seniors, family, and friends. The event will be at 96 Packard Ave. Light refreshments will be available.

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Date & Time May 17, 2015 12:00pm
Location
IGL, 96 Packard Ave
Program
EPIIC

Graduating Senior Reception

Graduating Students and Families: The IGL invites you to a reception on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the IGL.  Please bring your familes to reminisce about your times at Tufts and the IGL and to celebrate your bright futures.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Date & Time March 26, 2015 7:00pm
Location
Cabot 205
Program
EPIIC

Where Is Israel Going: The Consequences of the Israeli Election

Benjamin Pogrund has lived and worked in Israel for the last 15 years. He is the founder of the Yakar Center for Social Concern, which is dedicated to fostering dialogue among Israel’s many different religious communities. He has also written for Haaretz. While and INSPIRE Fellow at the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership, he began his work on his most recent book, Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel. Pogrund is also a recipient of the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award from the Institute.

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Date & Time February 17, 2015 7:30pm
Location
Tufts Hillel, Large Chapel
Program
EPIIC

A Day with Thomas de Waal

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Date & Time February 3, 2015 7:00pm
Location
TBA
Program
EPIIC

Thomas de Waal Event

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