September 10, 1997
Middlebury College Holds Third Annual Peace Symposium:
Author Barbara Ehrenreich Keynote Speaker
Featuring renowned activists, authors and social commentators
from the local community and around the country, the Third Annual
Middlebury College Peace Symposium will take place from September
1820. Offering a series of talks and a panel discussion,
the symposium will explore obstacles to peace as well as efforts
to encourage and maintain a conflict-free world.
Barbara Ehrenreich will give the keynote address on September
18 at 7:30 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street. Her talk
will be closely related to her newest book, “Blood Rites:
Origins and History of the Passions of War.” Robin Fox,
co-author of “The Imperial Animal,” says of Ms. Ehrenreich,
“With ‘Blood Rites’ Barbara Ehrenreich joins the band of
brilliant, questing amateurs who rush in where academic angels
fear to tread. She does so with her characteristic boldness and
thoroughness to produce an original and challenging thesis
although
bound
to stir controversy, it will have to be taken seriously, for this
is surely one of the most interesting books of the last decade.”
Ms. Ehrenreich writes regularly for “Time” and “The
Nation,” and her commentary, which the “Utne Reader”
described as “scathing” and “sardonic,” has
been featured in such publications as “Mother Jones,”
“MS,” “The New Republic,” “Harpers Magazine,”
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On September 19, Michael Klare, director of peace and world security
studies at Hampshire College, will give a presentation entitled
“Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws: America’s Search for
a New Foreign Policy.” Professor Klare advises the Cambridge,
Mass.-based Arms Sales Monitoring Project, a sub-committee of
the Federation of American Scientists, and has testified before
congress numerous times on the subject of conventional arms sales
policy. He is also the defense correspondent for “The Nation”
and serves on the executive committee of the Peace Studies Association,
a group of United States scholars and academics concerned with
international security issues. He will speak in the library of
the Geonomics House on Hillcrest Road off of College Street at
4:15 p.m.
Following Michael Klare’s talk, a panel will discuss their responses
to his presentation at 7:30 p.m. on September 19 in the Redfield
Room in Proctor Hall on Hepburn Road off of College Street. The
director of the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Ellen
Kahler, will join the director of the acclaimed “Seeds of
Peace” conflictresolution camp for Middle Eastern youth,
John Wallach. Assistant professor of geography, Guntram Herb,
and assistant professor of political science, Allison Stanger
both of Middlebury Collegealso will be panelists.
On September 20 at 10:00 a.m. in Dana Auditorium, John Wallach,
who is also the former foreign editor of The Hearst Newspapers,
will give a presentation on the five-year-old camp he founded,
“Seeds of Peace.” Describing the camp, “The New
York Times” said “for a visitor to spend two days with
[the campers]
is to see something powerful.” Middlebury
College student Larry McDermott ‘99 will share his experiences
as a counselor there this summer.
All Peace Symposium events are open to the public. Admission
to all events is free.
Peace Symposium Schedule:
Thursday, September 18 - Saturday, September 20
Thursday, September 18
7:30 p.m., Dana Auditorium, College Street
Keynote Address: “Blood Rites: Origins and History of the
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Barbara Ehrenreich, author
Friday, September 19
4:15 p.m., Geonomics House Library, Hillcrest Road, off of College
St.
Presentation: “”Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws: America’s
Search for a New Foreign Policy”
Michael Klare, Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College
6:00 p.m., Proctor Hall, Redfield Room, Hepburn Road, off of College
St.
Panel discussion: panelists respond to Professor Klare’s presentation
Ellen Kahler, Peace and Justice Center, Burlington; John Wallach
‘64, Seeds of Peace International Camp, Wayne, Maine; Allison
Stanger, Middlebury College Political Science Dept.; and Guntram
Herb, Middlebury College Geography Dept.
Saturday, September 20
10:00 a.m., Dana Auditorium, College St.
Presentation: Seeds of Peace International Camp of Wayne, Maine
John Wallach ‘64 will discuss his acclaimed summer conflict-resolution
program for Middle Eastern youth.
All events are free and open to the public.