Civil Society & Socio-Economic Development Workshop Series
March 24, 2008, 12:00PM
April 17, 2008, 12:30PM
April 24, 2008, 11:30AM
Fares Center Conference Room
Led by: Tosun Aricanli, Professor of Political Economy, Southern New Hampshire University, Fares Center Spring 2008 Visiting Scholar
This workshop series takes a critical approach to analyzing the connections between development and civil society, and evaluates the promotion of civil society in the third world today. Cultural context of the emergence of the concept of civil society will be examined, and the adequacy of the application of civil society institutions to other cultural contexts will be questioned. One of the objectives of the workshop series is to emphasize the role of the "community" in the definition of civil society. Sessions are open to all those interested who would like to explore the topic further, in conjunction with their academic work.

An Interdisciplinary Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in South Asian Studies
April 5, 2008
Rabb Room, Lincoln-Filene Center, Tufts University
Cosponsored by the Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, History Department, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Arts and Sciences Diversity Fund
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Jerusalem: Conflict and Resolution
May 5-6, 2000
Tufts University European Center, Talloires, France
The symposium was designed to provide an opportunity for leading experts, scholars and practitioners to identify and explore problems and resolutions related to the final status of Jerusalem. Emphasis was placed upon a practical multi-disciplinary approach that would draw on the religious, historical, political, and demographic identity of the city to produce practical measures for solving the problems of its future.  Learn more >