U-M events respond to war

The following calendar lists U-M lectures and panel discussions regarding various war issues. These events are free and open to the public.

International Implications of the War in Iraq

7-9 p.m. March 31, Rackham Auditorium

U-M experts in international affairs will address the Iraq war and its implications in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The panel includes Juan Cole, professor, Department of History; Geoff Eley, Sylvia L. Thrupp Collegiate Professor of Comparative History, Department of History, professor, German Studies, and director, Program in the Comparative Study of Social Transformations; Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor, Department of Political Science; Susan Waltz, professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; and Meredith Woo-Cumings, professor, Department of Political Science. Michael Kennedy, vice provost for international affairs and director of the International Institute, will moderate.

Sponsor: The International Institute.

Is Arab-Israeli Peace Still Possible?

4-6 p.m. April 2, Angell Hall Auditorium A

Aaron Miller, former deputy special Middle East coordinator for Arab-Israeli Negotiations, U.S. Department of State, will give this lecture. He became president of Seeds of Peace in January. Since 1985, he has served at the Department of State as an adviser to six secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the senior adviser for Arab-Israeli Negotiations.

Sponsors: the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the International Institute.

End of the Two-State Solution?

4-6 p.m. April 9, Angell Hall Auditorium A

Salim Tamari, associate professor, department of sociology and anthropology, Bir Zeit University, and director, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, will give the lecture. He is the editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly File, dedicated to providing scholarly articles on Jerusalem's history and on the dynamics and trends currently shaping the city.

Sponsors: the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the International Institute.

Settlement: Space and Resources in Israel and Palestine

4-6 p.m. April 10, Angell Hall Auditorium C

A panel discussion featuring Sarah Roy, Salim Tamari and Eyal Weizman.

Sponsors: the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the International Institute.

Peace-Building in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-2003

4-6 p.m. April 16, Angell Hall Auditorium A

A lecture by Ifat Maoz, professor, Department of Communications, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sponsors: the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the International Institute.

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