The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace welcomes everyone back to Spring Semester 2021. While we are still living through challenging times, progress is being made and we are hopeful that we can see each other soon.
All of our events this semester will be held online only as we continue to operate in a time of uncertainty. We are committed to ensuring the safety of our wider community and holding our events in a virtual format allows us to do this.
Our events program for this semester begins on February 16, 2021 at 2pm with Professor Stephen B. Thomas, Professor, Health Policy and Management and Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity. Professor Thomas will be discussing The Colors of COVID-19: Confronting Health Disparities During a Global Pandemic. You can register to attend here
On March 2, 2021, at 2pm Dr. Alice Evans, Lecturer at King’s College London will giver her lecture on What thwarts and enables feminist activism around the world? . You can register to attend here.
Later in the month, on March 30, 2021 at 2pm, Dr. Sarai Aharoni, Lecturer, Gender Studies Program, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, will present her research on Sharing the burden: Archival traces of Israeli women’s peace activism. You can register to attend here
On April 6, 2021, Professor Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health, at the University of Edinburgh, will give a lecture on Global Health Inequalities during the pandemic. More details on this event will be provided soon.
Closing out the semester, on April 27, 2021 at 12pm, Professor Everisto Benyera, Associate Professor of African Politics, Department of Political Science, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa will present his research on Decoloniality, Ontology and the Structure of Racism. You can register to attend here
Be sure to follow us on social media @bahaichair and visit our website to stay updated on all we have planned for the semester. We wish all students a successful academic semester and hope to virtually ‘see’ you at our events!
About the Author:
Kate Seaman is the Assistant Director to the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace where she supports the research activities of the Chair. Kate is interested in understanding normative changes at the global level and how these changes impact on the creation of peace.
You can find out more about the Bahá’í Chair by watching our video here.