Solomon Asch Center

Crackdown Provokes Fears for Sri Lanka’s Democracy

lbeck — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:34:39 +0000

Former Asch Fellow Alan Keenan, now a Sri Lanka expert at the International Crisis Group, is quoted in a February 16 New York Times article about the military coup.

“Sri Lanka has been on a clear path towards the consolidation of power in the hands of very few people, many of them related to each other.” Read article

Images that Divide and Unite

lbeck — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:15:21 +0000

The Conflict and Visual Culture Initiative presents

Dale Kinney
History of Art, Bryn Mawr College

The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001, the violent protests over Danish cartoons of Muhammad in 2005, and the current debate over requiring display of the Crucifix in Italian classrooms are all recent examples of conflict provoked by or focused on visual symbols. This presentation offers a sampling of such instances from the past and an introduction to the paradigms typically offered by art historians to explain them.

"Bye, Bye, Buddha Brand," Ben Sakoguchi, 2002.

Monday, 29 March, 2010
4:15-5:30 pm
Carpenter Library, Room 21
Bryn Mawr College

poster

February 8: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as Reflected in Propaganda Images

lbeck — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:37:13 +0000

The long, drawn-out Ethnopolitical conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has long been waged through a war of words and images. In an illustrated lecture, Professor Angus Kress Gillespie of Rutgers University reviews how the battle of propaganda has been played out. Both sides have tried to implant the most beneficial images into western media in order to win over western minds.

This lecture is part of the Asch series on Conflict and Visual Culture.

4:15-5:30pm, February 8, 2010

Carpenter Library, Room 21

Bryn Mawr College

Poster

Directions

Asch Seminar: Dov Shinar, from Ben Gurion University of Negev, Israel

lbeck — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:57:40 +0000

War Discourse, Peace Discourse: More of the Same?

Analysis of media coverage of war leads to some conclusions and open questions on the role of the media in peace-building. Suggestions are offered for development of peace journalism and “common ground discourse.”

Monday, 25 January, 2010
4:15-5:30 pm
Carpenter Library, Room 21 (NOTE NEW LOCATION)
Bryn Mawr College

Refreshments will be served

Negotiation Genius, by Deepak Malhotra & Max Bazerman

lbeck — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:20:41 +0000

Psychology Today’s website offers a mini-reunion for Asch Summer Institute alumni, as one former Asch fellow reviews a new book by another. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond, by Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman (2007, Random House) is aimed at a business audience but will interest anyone seeking more effective communication with others.

In the review, Mikhail Lyubansky recounts a night out during the 2001 Asch Summer Institute when most of the group left before the bill arrived. Most people would resign themselves to picking up the tab for the freeloaders (you know who you are), Malhotra saw an opportunity to negotiate a settlement with the bar that would benefit everyone involved.

The entire review, as well as a link to an excerpt from Negotiation Genius, can be found here.

lbeck — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:27:54 +0000

lbeck — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:55 +0000

InterAct Theatre Company presents: THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY

lbeck — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:13:46 +0000

A play on globalization and ethnic conflict

by Kristoffer Diaz

Directed by Seth Rozin

October 23-November 22

Tickets: $18-29

GET TICKETS: Call 215-568-8079 or visit www.InterActTheatre.org

REVIEWS BELOW:

http://www.philly.com/philly/calendar/64793492.html

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/stage/The-Elaborate-Entrance-of-Chad-Deity.html

The Silence Of the Spider, by Fabienne Le Houérou

lbeck — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:38:08 +0000

Fabienne Le Houérou, Le silence de l’araignée, Paris, L’Harmattan, septembre 2009, 201 p.

The book, written in French, is based on the interviews (in Arabic) of Furawis Refugees in Cairo. Taken from the anthropological film, “Nile Hotel, Voices from Darfur” (CNRS Images, Wapiti productions, 2007, 54 minutes, Sudan, Egypt- English/Arabic), the book suggests that contrary to what the media has presented about the conflict, Darfur is not to be defined as a genocide. Rather, the war crimes are the results of centuries of marginalisation of Darfur and the product of Sudan policies.

Visible on : www.imagmundi.com

lbeck — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:00:08 +0000