Ethics
Central
News from The International
Center for Ethics, Justice,
and Public Life
at Brandeis University
SUMMER/FALL 2010
Vol. 13, No.2
FROM THE DIRECTOR – DANIEL TERRIS
Growth, Change,
and Continuity
T
he International Center for
Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
was built on the conviction
that developing and nurturing active
communities across borders and
disciplines creates the knowledge and
inspiration for meaningful social,
institutional, and political change.
Our programs for international
judges foster vital dialogue between farflung courts, strengthening the system
of global justice. We helped develop
the field of coexistence by supporting
practitioners around the world with
publications and institutes that advance
tools and methods for creating just
and stable societies. Our network of
Brandeis students and alumni has
brought the wisdom and experience
of hundreds of NGOs from dozens of
countries into Brandeis classrooms –
and bolstered by their studies they have
moved out to their professional lives
with an even stronger commitment to
improving the world.
This fall, the Center extends that
practice of community building by
taking on a new shape. Following much
planning, we have found a new home
for our Masters Program in Coexistence
and Conflict: Brandeis University’s
n continued on p. 7
Climate Change and the Choices
We Make: A Year of Exploration
A
line of students, faculty, and staff
several people wide circled the
Shapiro Campus Center atrium,
surrounding a patchwork of freshly painted
T-shirts carefully laid out on newspapers
on the floor to dry in the February sun
streaming through the tall windows.
At the end of the line: Hoseob Yoon –
artist, professor, environmental activist
– painting T-shirts to order, mostly with
environmental themes, some with a design
featuring a large “B” created just for this
visit to campus.
Yoon, a South Korean graphic artist and
professor of visual communication design
at Kookmin University in Seoul who has
devoted his career and his life to protecting
the environment, was in residence
last February as the Center’s fourth
Distinguished Visiting Practitioner.
The Yoon residency was a major part of
the Ethics Center’s engagement in a 2009-10
campus-wide initiative focused on climate
change. Academic departments and student
groups brought notable thinkers and creators
to campus, hosted lectures and discussions,
and sponsored some more unusual events, all
designed to raise awareness on the Brandeis
campus about climate change and the choices
we make with regard to the environment.
Professor Yoon’s residency also featured
a gallery talk with students and faculty
members about artwork, activism, and
teaching, and how they interact; a keynote
address, “The Green Canvas: The Artist as
Environmental Activist;” and an informal
conversation with students, hosted by the
Korean Student Association in a dormitory
commons.
His visit culminated with the T-shirt
painting session, hosted by Students
for Environmental Action. “Designing a
Greener Future,” modeled on Yoon’s regular
practice of painting T-shirts for passersby
n continued on p. 7
Environmentally-themed T-shirts designed and
painted by Hoseob Yoon drying on the floor of
the Shapiro Campus Center atrium.
The Distinguished Visiting Practitioner Program
The Ethics Center brings respected practitioners from a range of fields to the Brandeis campus
for several days to examine the ethical challenges and dilemmas of their work. Brandeis faculty
members from any department are invited to propose future distinguished visiting practitioners.
For program and proposal details: brandeis.edu/ethics/atbrandeis/practitioner
 IN THE NEWS
The International Center for
Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
Mission: To develop effective responses to
conflict and injustice by offering innovative
approaches to coexistence, strengthening
the work of international courts, and
encouraging ethical practice in civic and
professional life.
Staff
Daniel Terris, Director
Cynthia Cohen, Director of Programs in
Peacebuilding and the Arts
Barbara Epstein ’73, Program Administrator
for Peacebuilding and the Arts
Marci McPhee, Associate Director
Barbara Strauss ’02, Senior Department Coordinator
Leigh Swigart, Director of Programs in International Justice and Society
David J. Weinstein, Communications Specialist
and Newsletter Editor
International Advisory Board
Richard J. Goldstone, Chair
Diego Arria
Thomas Buergenthal
James Carroll
Hans Corell
Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Kishore Mahbubani
Jamie F. Metzl
Sari Nusseibeh
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
Michael Ratner ’66
Stephen J. Solarz ’62
Theodore C. Sorensen, Founding Chair
Shiranee Tilakawardane
Norbert Weissberg
The International Center for
Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
Brandeis University
MS 086, P.O. Box 549110
Waltham, MA 02454-9110 USA
Phone: 781-736-8577
Fax:
781-736-8561
Email:
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Website: brandeis.edu/ethics
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Staff Highlights
Cynthia Cohen, Director of Programs in
Peacebuilding and the Arts, presented “Art
and Social Transformation: A Framework
for Assessment” at the Root Cause/
Social Innovation Forum in Boston, and
“Acting Together on the World Stage”
at the UN Commission on the Status of
Women International Conference in New
York in March. In July she co-convened
the Arts and Peace Commission at the
International Peace Research Association in
Sydney. n An opinion piece by Coexistence
International (CI) Director Jessica Berns on
a possible French ban on Islamic veils was
published by GlobalPost.com in February.
She presented “Coexistence and Why a
Complementary Approach: Observations
and Questions on Latin America” at the
Latin American and Caribbean Social
Science Conference in Mexico City in May.
n Ted Johnson, Assistant Professor in
the Conflict and Coexistence program,
presented on advanced negotiation,
intercultural communication, and
management culture to World Health
Organization senior managers and directors
in Delhi in June. n In July, Center Associate
Director Marci McPhee returned from a
one-year leave of absence spent teaching
English in the Marshall Islands. She will
talk about her experience September 16th.
(See the Center website.) n “Lessons on
Disaster Response: Quick Checklist for
Relief Organizations Responding to the
Earthquake in Haiti” by John Lewis Moore,
CI Program Manager, was published in the
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Quarterly
Newsletter in February. n Congratulations
to valued Ethics Center student workers
and newly-minted Brandeis alums Tiffany
Roberts, Jackie Saffir, and Dara Yaffe. n
Senior Department Coordinator Barbara
Strauss’ short story “Ready” was published
in the literary magazine technicolor. n
Congratulations to Shannon Taylor, CI
Program Coordinator, who graduated from
the Sustainable International Development
Masters Program of the Heller School. n
In a Los Angeles Times op-ed published in
April, Center Director Dan Terris explained
why he believes personal attacks on Justice
Richard Goldstone (Chair of the Center’s
International Advisory Board), by defenders
of Israel are wrong. n David Weinstein, who
served as Interim Program Specialist during
Marci McPhee’s absence, officially joined the
Center as Communications Specialist in July.
Sorensen Fellows Meet Distinguished Lawyer, Author,
JFK Advisor and Speechwriter Ted Sorensen
The 2010 Sorensen Fellows had the opportunity to meet with Theodore C. “Ted” Sorensen
during his visit to the Brandeis campus in March. The Fellows discussed their internship
plans, and asked Sorensen about his work in the Kennedy Administration and beyond.
The undergraduate Sorensen Fellowship honors Ted Sorensen for his lifelong
commitment to public service and his ten years as Founding Chair of the Center’s
International Advisory Board. Sorensen was policy advisor, legal counsel, and
speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy, has practiced international law for four
decades, and is a widely published author
on the presidency and foreign affairs.
The 2010 Sorensen Fellows worked
this summer on a diverse set of projects
in five cities in four countries on three
continents: Cairo, Egypt; Moshi, Tanzania;
Bangalore and Mumbai, India; and the La
Loma region of Ecuador.
Read about the 2010 Sorensen Fellows’ projects:
brandeis.edu/ethics/atbrandeis/sorensenfellowship/bios2010.html.
The deadline to submit a preliminary internship proposal for feedback for the 2011 Sorensen
Fellowship is October 6, 2010 (optional). The deadline for the complete final application is
November 1, 2010. For details: brandeis.edu/ethics/atbrandeis/sorensenfellowship
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 PEACEBUILDING AND THE ARTS
Nathan Cummings Foundation Supports Acting Together
Educational Toolkit, Book, and Documentary
P
eople working on social justice,
post-conflict coexistence, and
peacebuilding do not commonly
intersect with those in the fields of the arts
and culture. The Acting Together project,
initiated through a collaboration between
the Ethics Center and Theatre Without
Borders (theatrewithoutborders.com), is
designed to strengthen work at the nexus of
the arts and peacebuilding.
A new print anthology and film, both
titled Acting Together, document exemplary
peacebuilding performance efforts around
the globe, and are intended to serve as
resources for education and advocacy.
The impact of this project will be
greatly magnified by support from the
Nathan Cummings Foundation, which has
awarded $75,000 to the Center’s programs
in Peacebuilding and the Arts to enable
the creation of an educational “toolkit” to
accompany the Acting Together anthology
and film, and to aid the distribution of these
resources to educators and practitioners
doing related work.
“In the Acting Together project we have
learned that collaborations between artists
and peacebuilders can be very effective,
yet they are fraught with challenges,” says
Cynthia Cohen, Director of the Center's
Programs in Peacebuilding and the Arts.
“Artists worry about their work being overly
instrumentalized, while peacebuilders
and funders generally need specific,
documentable outcomes. Support from the
Nathan Cummings Foundation will allow us
to reach artists and peacebuilders and help
them engage creatively with this tension,
respecting the strengths and the needs of
both fields.”
Each element of the Acting Together
toolkit – discussion guides, policy briefs,
and short video discussion-starters – is
crafted to stimulate conversation about
an issue or dilemma raised by this work.
The toolkit links the knowledge generated
through the Acting Together project to
particular constituencies, including
students, practitioners, policy makers, and
funders, addressing their distinct needs,
reservations, and concerns.
The anthology will consist of two
volumes of case studies and emerging
theory; the first will be published in June
…we have learned that
collaborations between artists
and peacebuilders can be very
effective, yet they are fraught
with challenges….”
– Cynthia Cohen
2011 by New Village Press. The film
is based on interviews with the artists
and researchers who contributed to the
anthology; it will be launched at the La
Mama Experimental Theatre in New York in
September 2010 (see box below).
“The film’s subjects inspire me,” says
Allison Lund, who edited the documentary,
and produced it along with Cohen. Lund, a
filmmaker and editor who has had several
films selected for national and international
festivals, hopes Acting Together “will bring to
light the courageous actions being taken by
intellectuals and artists who believe in their
work as an affirmation of creativity over
destruction.”
Coming Soon
Acting Together will be launched with a
special screening at a major international
conference on theater and peacebuilding in
conflict zones at the La Mama Experimental
Theatre in New York City on September
23, 2010. The anthology will be published
by New Village Press in two volumes
beginning in June 2011.
Visit brandeis.edu/ethics/peacebuildingarts
for:
• summaries of the case studies
• biographies
• updates on events
• links to related resources
• the trailer for the film
Acting Together documents performances
ranging from reconciliation rituals (e.g. at left,
from Australia), to staged works (e.g. at right,
from Serbia), to community-engaged theater.
Visit the redesigned Peacebuilding and the Arts website:
brandeis.edu/ethics/peacebuildingarts
To be updated on the anthology and film,
complete the contact form on the website
or call 781-736-5001
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 AT B R A N D E I S
“If we are truly committed to social justice,
. . . we have to work to make it happen.”
I
n 2009 the Ethics Center launched Advocacy for Policy Change,
an initiative designed to encourage citizens to bring moral and
ethical insights to the process of making and revising laws. The
centerpiece of this initiative focuses on Brandeis undergraduate
students, through a Legal Studies Program course introduced in
spring 2010, taught by Professor Melissa Stimell.
“Advocacy for Policy Change” (LGLS 161b) combines an
investigation of the ethical dilemmas that arise in the process of
lawmaking with hands-on advocacy work with entities seeking to
reform laws or to propose new ones. Students choose existing laws
they feel could be credibly challenged on ethical or moral grounds,
or proposed laws being promoted to redress perceived wrongs.
Working in teams, students research the issues and design
and implement advocacy projects to address a particular law. They
are mentored by a state legislator and/or a member of an advocacy
organization, who helps them understand the lawmaking process,
connect with colleagues, and set realistic goals.
Vanessa Kerr ’11 says the course stretched her thinking on social
justice, a central component of the Brandeis University mission.
“In ‘Advocacy for Policy Change,’ my belief in social justice was
challenged,” she says. “Through being immersed in an advocacy
organization, lobbying legislators, and personally joining the fight
for positive change in state law, I now understand that social justice
is not something to study, or merely believe in. If we are truly
committed to social justice, then we have to work to make it happen.”
Each student documents and reflects upon the experience in an
“advocacy journal.” What follows is a brief, edited excerpt from the
Vanessa Kerr ’11 and Morgan Manley ’11 (behind table, left to
right) ask Brandeis community members to sign petitions and
write letters in support of the Massachusetts In-State Tuition Bill.
advocacy journal of Kerr. She and her team partner, Morgan Manley ’11,
advocated for legislation to grant undocumented immigrants the
ability to attend Massachusetts public colleges at in-state tuition rates.
Read more about the Advocacy for Policy Change initiative:
brandeis.edu/ethics/atbrandeis/advocacy
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Advocacy for Policy Change is supported by generous multi-year commitments
from Center board member Norbert Weissberg and his wife, former board member Judith Schneider.
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 I N T E R N AT I O N A L J U S T I C E
Toward an International Rule of Law:
The 7th Brandeis Institute for International Judges
S
ixteen judges from thirteen
international courts and tribunals
gathered at the seventh Brandeis
Institute for International Judges (BIIJ) in
Salzburg, Austria this July.
The participants represented a
wide spectrum of international justice
institutions, including long-time supporters
such as the International Court of Justice,
the International Criminal Court, and the
European Court of Human Rights; as well
as two institutions participating for the
first time: the Extraordinary Chambers in
the Courts of Cambodia and the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon.
The theme of this year’s Institute,
“Toward an International Rule of Law,”
encompassed topics including the fairness
of international law, the accessibility of
international courts and tribunals, and the
impact of diversity on the establishment of
an international rule of law. The Institute
also continued a tradition of examining
ethical issues faced by members of the
international judiciary.
“This year’s theme was particularly
interesting,” said Fausto Pocar, a judge and
past president of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. “It allowed
us to discuss a number of topics pertinent
to our work in an integrated manner.”
The institute also featured a keynote
address by United Nations Under-SecretaryGeneral for Legal Affairs Patricia O’Brien,
and an informal session led by Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Anthony Kennedy.
Over the past eight years the BIIJ has
developed a reputation among members
of the international judiciary for offering
a unique opportunity to discuss diverse
aspects of their work with colleagues from
far-flung institutions in an intimate and
relaxed setting.
Since 2002 the Ethics Center has
hosted more than 65 international judges
Gérard Niyungeko of Burundi, a judge of
the African Court on Human and Peoples’
Rights, and Nina Vajić of Croatia, a judge
of the European Court of Human Rights, in
conversation at the BIIJ in Austria.
and law experts at the Brandeis Institute
for International Judges. Participants have
met in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and
the United States to reflect on the practical
challenges as well as philosophical aspects of
their work, share best practices, and expand
their circle of professional acquaintances.
For Institute reports, photos, and more information,
see brandeis.edu/ethics/internationaljustice/biij
Students Encounter International Justice at The Hague
I
n 2010 Brandeis collaborated with the
Grotius Centre for International Legal
Studies at the University of Leiden to
launch a summer study abroad program at
The Hague in the Netherlands. Eighteen
Brandeis undergraduates spent six weeks
exploring how international law seeks to
further peace, justice, and human rights
amidst the hard realities of a complex world.
The program culminated a process
begun with contacts at The Hague made by
Dan Terris, Director of the Ethics Center and
Brandeis Vice President for Global Affairs,
with the idea of creating a student learning
experience that built on the Center’s expertise
in the field of international justice. Professor
Richard Gaskins (Legal Studies), the Office
of Global Affairs, and the Office for Study
Abroad developed this idea in detail, and
ensured a successful pilot program.
“The students exceeded my expectations,”
said Gaskins, who led the program and
taught with guest faculty from the University
of Leiden. “We really tested their endurance,
setting the bar very high, and I’m impressed
with how much they learned so quickly.”
Along with coursework, students
met with judges, advocates, and policy
specialists, including Hague Prosecutor
Ekkehard Withopf and former NATO
Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
They applied readings to events taking
place in the courtrooms, visiting the
International Court of Justice, the
International Criminal Court, and the
Special Criminal Tribunals for Sierra Leone
and the Former Yugoslavia.
“I’m constantly thinking and engaged,”
wrote Shira Straus ’11 during the program.
“Taught by international lawyers and
academics, we’ve covered everything from
overviews of international institutions to
the specific definitions and histories of
international crimes to cross-examination
workshops. It has all been extremely
interesting!”
During workshops at the Grotius Centre’s
Bilingual Summer School, the Brandeis
students connected with graduate students
and professionals from all over the world.
Among the interactive exercises was a moot
court competition. The three Brandeis teams
did well, and one distinguished itself by
winning the top prize ­– after competing in the
final round against a French-speaking team
of seasoned lawyers – a fitting achievement
for students representing a school named for
Justice Louis D. Brandeis.
Brandeis plans to continue this
program, with the continued involvement
of the Ethics Center’s international justice
community. For details contact the Office of
Study Abroad: abroad@brandeis.edu.
For more on Brandeis Programs in International
Justice and Society, visit brandeis.edu/ethics/
international justice
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 AT B R A N D E I S
Students Engage with World Leaders
Former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker
(R-Kansas) talks with Brandeis students.
Read more and see more photos:
brandeis.edu/ethics/news/2010/2010.March.8.html
The Center, in collaboration with the Social
Justice Leadership Series, invited Brandeis
students to small, informal conversations
with eminent members of the Center’s
International Advisory Board in March.
In “The Obama Administration, One
Year On” former U.S. Senator Nancy
Kassebaum Baker, lawyer and former John
F. Kennedy legal advisor and speechwriter
Theodore Sorensen, and businessman and
philanthropist Norbert Weissberg discussed
the political landscape and challenges facing
the Administration.
In “Update from Across the Globe” the
President of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem
Sari Nusseibeh, Special Representative of
the U.N. Secretary General for Somalia
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah of Mauritania, and
Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Shiranee Tilakawardane spoke about recent
developments connected with their work.
“The question is,” said Nusseibeh during
the Q&A, “how can somebody step in and
help, not on the basis that he’s on one side
against the other, but with the understanding
that he is in fact for both sides.”
Justice Richard J. Goldstone of South
Africa, Chair of the Ethics Center’s
International Advisory Board, and diplomat
and jurist Hans Corell of Sweden were
guests of the “International Law and
Organizations” course (LGLS 125b).
 highlights of recent events
January
March
International judges and international
law experts from the Israeli government,
military, academic community, and judiciary
convened in Jerusalem for “Balancing
Sovereignty, Security, and Regard for
International Norms,” organized by the
Ethics Center, hosted by the Mishkenot
Sha’ananim international cultural and
conference center, and funded by the
David Berg Foundation.
Gloria White-Hammond, Co-Founder of
My Sister’s Keeper, presented “Building
Pathways to Sustainable Peace in Sudan:
Why We Can’t Wait,” a Social Justice
Leadership Series lecture, in cooperation
with the Schuster Institute for Investigative
Journalism.
Coexistence International and the Masters
Program in Coexistence and Conflict
sponsored “Leadership for Coexistence,”
featuring panelists affiliated with the Club
of Madrid, an independent organization
dedicated to strengthening democratic
values and leadership around the world,
consisting of former heads of state and
government from 50 countries.
February
South Korean graphic artist and professor
Hoseob Yoon served as the Center’s fourth
Distinguished Visiting Practitioner. See page 1.
Panelists discussed “Changing People in a
Changing Climate? The Ethical Implications
of Climate Disruption”. See page 1.
Brandeis students discussed world events
with eminent members of the Center’s
International Advisory Board. See article
above.
April
Documentary films and guest speakers
explored conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Haiti, and Cyprus at “Women in Conflict,”
organized by Masters Program in
Coexistence and Conflict (COEX) students
Diler Erdengiz and Denil Ertug and
cosponsored by COEX, the Graduate Student
Association, and Brandeis Girl Effect.
Students from "Advocacy for Policy Change"
(see page 4) presented their work at “Present
and Defend.”
May
In an annual tradition, the Center
celebrated undergraduates and graduate
students who have been affiliated with
the Center during their time at Brandeis
at “UnCommencement” 2010. Honoree
Mohammad Kundas ’10 performed with
a member of his band Mochila. Photos:
facebook.com/EthicsBrandeis.
In a lunchtime conversation, Ron Gerlitz and
Ali Hader, Co-Executive Directors of Sikkuy:
The Association for the Advancement of
Civic Equality in Israel, provided insights
into their most recent Sikkuy Equality
Index, measuring the socio-economic gaps
between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.
Hosted by Coexistence International and the
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.
July
The seventh Brandeis Institute for
International Judges was held in Salzburg,
Austria. See page 5.
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 FROM THE DIRECTOR
Growth, Change, and Continuity
 continued from page 1
(Above) Professors Cristina Espinosa and
Bernadette Brooten (l-r) discuss the ethical
implications of climate disruption.
(Left) During a gallery talk Hoseob Yoon
explains his design for a Brandeis T-shirt.
in downtown Seoul, was one of the most
unusual – and most popular – events of his
residency.
In March, the Center continued its
commitment to the campus-wide climate
change initiative by hosting Changing
People in a Changing Climate? The Ethical
Implications of Climate Disruption, an
interdisciplinary conversation on the
ethical implications of climate change,
with organizers Charlie Chester of
Environmental Studies and Irving Epstein
of the Chemistry Department.
The multi-part event brought
together Michael Appell of the Brandeis
International Business School; Bernadette
Brooten of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies,
Women’s and Gender Studies, and Classics;
Cristina Espinosa of the Sustainable
International Development Program of
the Heller School; and sculptor Tory Fair, a
professor in the Department of Fine Arts.
Changing People included a slideshow
of student environmental installations;
and the first screening of a short film of
Brandeis community members’ perceptions
of climate change and our personal and
collective responsibilities, produced by
Charlie Radin, Brandeis Director of Global
Communications and Operations, followed
by responses from the panel.
Changing People was introduced
by Saleem Ali, Associate Professor of
Environmental Studies at the University
of Vermont, and author of Treasures of the
Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future.
“Should we think about resources as a
planetary trust?” asked Ali in his keynote.
“Think about it in terms of contingency
planning. But my argument is that we must
not neglect our responsibility as humans.
We in a university have a role to find
solutions to problems ultimately. At some
level, that’s the goal in any department. You
are channeling that great human endeavor
of finding solutions. So, that remains an
ethical imperative as well.”
Learn more:
• Read brief essays by the panel sharing their
perspectives on climate change: brandeis.
edu/ethics/events/ChangingClimate.html
• Explore the issues with the Ethical
Inquiry “Who Bears Responsibility for
the Environment?”: brandeis.edu/ethics/
ethicalinquiry/2010/february.html
• The Yoon residency was hosted by Eric Olson,
Senior Lecturer in Biology and the Heller School.
For more about Yoon’s residency, life, and work:
brandeis.edu/ethics/events/Yoon.html
• In a continuing collaboration between Hoseob
Yoon and Brandeis, one of Yoon’s designs was the logo of a set of campus sustainability
initiatives around green commuting. Visit the Brandeis Campus Sustainability Initiative
website: brandeis.edu/campussustainability
Heller School for Social Policy and
Management.
The Heller School, with a 50-year
tradition of blending sophisticated
analysis with real-world practice, is the
ideal permanent home for the M.A.
Program. The Coexistence and Conflict
Program and its longstanding Heller
School partner the Masters Program in
Sustainable International Development
can continue to build mutually beneficial
connections between students, faculty
members, and practitioners in the field.
Coexistence International (CI),
engaged in the vital work of building
bridges between the coexistence field and
fields such as human rights, democracybuilding, and economic development,
will also move to Heller.
We extend our thanks and gratitude
to the faculty and staff who have
built the M.A. Program and CI: Mari
Fitzduff, Ted Johnson, Anne Gudaitis,
Jessica Berns, and John Moore. At the
Heller School they will remain our
Brandeis colleagues, and we anticipate
with pleasure and pride much fruitful
collaboration as we build communities
for knowledge and action.
The Center continues to be the
home for pathbreaking programs in
peacebuilding and the arts, our flagship
program for international judges, the
undergraduate Sorensen Fellowship, and
extensive programming at Brandeis.
Indeed, 2010-11 promises to be
a banner year, with the publication
of a major anthology on theater and
peacebuilding and the release of a
companion documentary (page 3),
our seventh Brandeis Institute for
International Judges (page 5), and the
continued development of the Advocacy
for Policy Change initiative (page 4).
We look forward to new ventures and
new opportunities to build networks of
knowledge and practice that strengthen
the quest for peace and justice.
The International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life n Brandeis University
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 new center resources
Report on South American Judicial
Colloquium now available in Spanish
In collaboration with the International
Judicial Academy, the Center organized
“The Value of International Law for National
Legal Systems” (“El Valor
del Derecho Internacional
Respecto de los Sistemas
Legales Nacionales”), in
Buenos Aires, Argentina,
in November 2009.
Now available to view or
download: a complete
report in Spanish and
a summary in English:
brandeis.edu/ethics/news/2009/2009.
November.4_7.html
Coexistence Focus Papers newly translated
to Spanish and French
Coexistence International recently published
its first Spanish translation, “¿Qué es la
convivencia y por qué adoptar un enfoque
complementario? (“What is Coexistence and
Why a Complementary Approach?”), already
available in French, and two new French
translations: “Accent Sur la Coexistence et le
 new B oard M ember
Renforcement de la Démocratie en Afrique
Occidentale” (“Focus on Coexistence and
Democracy-Building in West Africa”), and
“Accent Sur la Coexistence et les Droits
de la Personne” (“Focus on Coexistence
and Human Rights”). These and many
other publications are available at
www.coexistence.net and by request at
coexistenceintl@brandeis.edu.
“Key Issues in Coexistence and Education”
The newest installment in the Coexistence
International Focus Papers series, “Key
Issues in Coexistence and Education,”
compares and contrasts the education policy
choices of Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands,
the United States, and others, and discusses
how education relates to the creation of
shared societies,
acknowledging that it
can be an opportunity
both to reinforce a
common national
identity and to
recognize the diverse
cultures within a
nation.
The Center is pleased to welcome Thomas
Buergenthal to its International Advisory
Board. A United States citizen, Judge
Buergenthal has been a judge on the
15-member International Court of Justice
(ICJ) in The Hague since 2000,
and will be resigning from the
Court in September 2010. He
is a former President of the
Inter-American Court of Human
Rights and a former member
of the UN Human Rights
Committee. Recipient of the
Gruber Foundation International
Justice Prize and member of the Ethics
Commission of the International Olympic
Committee, he has been re-appointed
Lobingier Professor of Comparative
Law and Jurisprudence at the George
Washington University Law School, where
he taught before his election to the ICJ.
Judge Buergenthal is author or co-author of
numerous books and law review articles on
international law and international human
rights topics. His memoir A Lucky Child: A
Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
was published in 2009.
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