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The following talks will be on Fridays from 1-3pm in Brooks Hall Library, unless noted otherwise.
Julia finished her 2 years, 3 month service in the Peace Corps just prior to Thanksgiving. She, from the position of a volunteer, will talk about the structure of the Peace Corps and the relationship that volunteers establish with those they serve. Julia lived in a village in the Upper Casamance, Senegal among the Pulaar people. (They are also known as the Fulani (in Nigeria), the Fula and the Peul.) Her job was to assist a local nurse. She participated in AIDS education that included a long bicycle trip and theatre performances. She also promoted the education of girls, something very much neglected by the Pulaar. Click here to see Julia's lecture photos.
Julia will be most receptive to questions, critical and otherwise, about the Peace Corps which has always been a most curious institution. It is over 40 years old and has over 160,000 alumni.
16 February, Monday - Noon-1:30 - R. Charli Carpenter (Drake University,
Politics and International Relations)
Minor 225.
"Innocent Women and Children": Gender, Norms and the Protection of Civilians,
Carpenter's work argues that the "innocent civilian" is a gendered concept which affects the operational strategies of civilian protection agencies in complex emergencies. The category "women and children" is used as a proxy for "non-combatant" in armed conflict, shaping patterns of belligerent restraint as well as international societal discourse regarding civilian immunity.

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