The following calendar lists University of Michigan lectures and panel discussions regarding various war issues. These events are free, open to the public and held on U-M’s Central Campus. For a campus map, visit www.umich.edu/news/maps.html

"Media and Fundamentalists in Islamic Countries"
Wednesday (March 26), 4:30-6 p.m., Founders Room, Alumni Center, 200 Fletcher St.
Javed Nazir, 2002-2003 Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism, department of communication studies, will lecture. In recent years, fundamentalists (militant or radical Islamists) have been dogged adversaries for truth-seeking journalists. Non-conforming journalists are regularly intimidated, attacked and often chased out of the country. Since state entities like the judiciary lack the spine to ensure safety and fair trials for those who cross the ideological line, the chances for a free media and democracy remain dismal. Sponsor: Department of communication studies.

Non-partisan war discussion
Wednesday (March 26) 5-7 p.m., Elderveld Room, 5th Floor in Haven Hall
A panel of U-M political science professors will answer various war-related questions, such as, “Why are we at war?” and “Are the protests and petitions useful?” Sponsor: Undergraduate Political Science Association.

“For a University of the World”
Thursday (March 27), 2:30-4 p.m. Power Center for the Performing Arts, 121 Fletcher St.
The International Institute, on the occasion of President Mary Sue Coleman’s inauguration, organized a symposium and student essay contest. Panelists include Gary M. Olson, Paul M. Fitts Collegiate Professor of Human Computer Interaction, professor of information, and associate dean for research in the school of information, and professor of psychology; C.K. Prahalad, Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration at the U-M business school; William G. Rosenberg, Alfred G. Meyer Collegiate Professor of History; and Amy K. Stillman, associate professor of American culture and musicology and the director of Asia Pacific Islander Studies in the program in American culture. Michael D. Kennedy, vice provost for international affairs, director of the International Institute, and professor of sociology, will be the moderator.

"War Without Borders: Empire/Rights/Security"
Friday ( During his talk, "War and Peace in the Second Nuclear Age," guest speaker Jonathan Schell will discuss how the war relates to "the second nuclear war," to the changing forms of empire, and to the position of the United States as a global hegemonic power. Schell is a journalist with “The Nation” and author of “The Fate of the Earth.” Other dialogue participants: Fernando Coronil (anthropology and history); Richard D. Friedman (law school); Scott Atran (anthropology, psychology and School of Natural Resources and Environment); Oana Mateescu (anthropology and history); Zareena Grewall (anthropology and history); Mamadou Diouf (department of history). Sponsors: International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies; department of anthropology; department of history; and Program in the Comparative Study of Social Transformations.

"International Implications of the War in Iraq"
Monday
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 D. Kennedy, vice provost for international affairs and director of the International Institute, will moderate.

"Is Arab-Israeli Peace Still Possible?"
Wednesday
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 2003. 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: Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, department of political science, and International Institute

"End of the Two-State Solution?"
Wednesday State St.
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 Jerusalem Quarterly File, dedicated to providing scholarly articles on Jerusalem’s history and on the dynamics and trends currently shaping the city.
Sponsors: Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, department of political science, and International Institute

"Settlement: Space and Resources in Israel and Palestine"
Thursday ( State St.

A panel discussion featuring Sarah Roy, Salim Tamari and Eyal Weizman. Sponsors: Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, department of political science, and International Institute "Peace-Building in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-2003"
Wednesday State St.
A lecture by Ifat Maoz, professor, Department of Communications, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sponsors: Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Political Studies, department of political science, and International Institute.