Q&A with Jeremy Weinstein, previous Chief of Staff at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Blanca Andrei October 15, 2015 0 Comments This Fall, professor of political science Jeremy Weinstein has returned to the Stanford Department of Political Science after a leave for public service from 2013-2015. During his leave, Weinstein... Read More »
Stanford class simulates the Iran nuclear deal Pranav Jandhyala September 11, 2015 0 Comments After 20 months of heated negotiations, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council reached a deal on Iran's nuclear program. Similarly, Stanford students found a... Read More »
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at Stanford, celebrates U.N.’s 70th anniversary Jocelyn Woods and Nayanika Kapoor June 29, 2015 0 Comments On Friday, June 26, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon spoke to the Stanford community at Encina Hall. Ban’s visit to Stanford – his second to the University in less than... Read More »
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights speaks Sam Premutico May 6, 2015 0 Comments The former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gave the inaugural HANDA Center Lecture on Human Rights Tuesday night in Cemex Auditorium. Pillay reflected on her time as High... Read More »
Conference on forced migration discusses refugee issues Jeremy Quach April 12, 2015 0 Comments Stanford Association for International Development (SAID) hosted a conference on forced migration last Saturday, inviting top scholars and experts in the field to speak of the troubles facing refugees... Read More »
Ethics and efficacy of Israel divestment Neil Chaudhary January 30, 2015 17 Comments The importance of resisting Israel’s discriminatory and oppressive policies against its Palestinian citizens should not be understated. However, when discussing plans to address this problem at... Read More »
Sigma Nu hosts speaker series with Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Ada Throckmorton January 28, 2015 5 Comments Sigma Nu is hosting a series of four speaker events in partnership with the Stanford Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to encourage fraternity engagement with gender issues. Read More »
In Emma Watson’s U.N. address, argumentative impurity Mina Shah October 14, 2014 2 Comments If Watson really wants to promote feminism, she needs to be more consistent when she makes arguments in speeches. She needs to take specific historical and cultural traditions of oppression into... Read More »