World Affairs Forum event on Burma & Tibet: Despair and Hope for Two Buddhist Societies

Oct. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- Steve Crawshaw, UN Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, and Robert Barnett, lecturer in Modern Tibetan Studies for EALAC, a member of Columbia's East Asian Institute, will both speak at a World Affairs Forum event on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 on Burma & Tibet:  Despair and Hope for Two Asian Buddhist Societies at UCONN/Stamford.
Steve Crawshaw, United Nations advocacy director, works to further the UN's human rights agenda through public and private advocacy. In his previous position with Human Rights Watch as London director, Crawshaw did advocacy work with the UK government, gave TV and radio interviews on behalf of the organization, and published on human rights issues in the UK press.
Robert Barnett is Lecturer in Modern Tibetan Studies for EALAC, a member of Columbia's East Asian Institute, and a Consultant for the Centre d'Analyse et de Pre'vision in Paris. He has edited or written a number of books on modern Tibet and has also worked as a journalist for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), the BBC, the Observer, the Independent (London), and other news outlets.

The Forum event, which takes place at UCONN/Stamford, starts at 6:15 P.M. with networking and refreshments.  The lecture is from 6:45 to 8:00 P.M.

General Admission:  Free for Forum and Ambassadors’ Roundtable members, Faculty and Students, and $20 for all others.
                                     
For reservations, please contact the World Affairs Forum at 203-356-0340 or E-mail: info@worldaffairsforum.org.  

The University of Connecticut Stamford Campus is located on the corner of Broad Street & Washington Blvd.  Parking is available in the UCONN Parking Garage on Washington Blvd. – 2nd floor.

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